There are usually four officials controlling a soccer match: one Referee, two Assistant Referees, and a Fourth Official. In non-professional games, the Fourth Official is usually not present. In some youth games (U10 and below in the US), the offside law is not applied, and so the Assistant Referees are also not used. To confound things more, there is a FIFA sanctioned experiment in the use of two Additional Assistant Referees stationed near the goals (one on each side). There may also be Reserve Assistant Referees who take no part in the match unless an Assistant Referee is unable to continue.
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in a game there are 4, two linesmen and 2 acuall refs (the ones who call the penalties)
207 countries play soccer