Joseph Attard (born on 1 July 1965), is a Maltese former football referee who was a listed international referee from 1997 to 2010. He started as the assistant referee during the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification in France between Georgia and Moldova on 7 June 1997. He was promoted to a referee on 1 September 2001, where he was summoned to officiated the match between Wales and Armenia. In 2008, Attard and Albanian coach Ilir Pelinku were charged for bribing a goalkeeper Saviour Darmanin before the match and match manipulation. They appeared and arranged in court in May 2009.