AIFF LEVEL 5 Match Officials are eligible to officiate all national-level matches. The referee needs again to be active in their state for 365 days as a LEVEL 6 Referee or assistant referee and they must officiate at least 30 matches in their top level of the state league matches before state nominates them for LEVEL 5 National Exam to be conducted by AIFF. The Referees again need to undergo all the four stages and these all need to be cleared to become LEVEL 5 Referee (Fitness Test - Theory Exam - Viva OC - Practical)