Bakary Papa Gassama (born 10 February 1979) is a Gambian football referee.

[7] In March 2013, FIFA named Gassama as one of the fifty potential referees for the 2014 World Cup.

He officiated the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final match on 8 February 2015 between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.

On 27 April 2017, Gassama was selected as CAF's sole referee for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

His assistants were announced to be Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) and Marwa Range (Kenya), and his video assistant referee was appointed to be Malang Diedhiou (Senegal).