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Referee Profiles

How strict is each referee, how soon do they show the first card, and what do they book players for?

  • Cards shown
    628
    4.8 per match
  • Average first card
    ⁦32'⁩
    Across 132 matches with a card
  • Cards to team staff
    45
    7% of all cards
  • Sendings-off
    37
    29 straight reds · 8 second yellows
  • Key finding6.9

    cards per match from Mohammed Al-Sherif, the strictest with 3+ matches; 3.2 for Moatasem Ahmad Al-Mazyed. League average 4.8.

  • Key finding36%

    of cards come after the 75th minute; 127 of the 628 in stoppage time.

  • Key finding13%

    of all cards are for dissent, including 43 of the 45 shown to coaches and team staff.

  • Key finding37

    sendings-off: 29 straight reds and 8 second yellows. Every match so far has produced at least one card.

Cards per Match

How it's counted

Cards per Match

Whose card

Every card on a report is credited to that match's referee.

Ranked referees

Referees are ranked once they have 3+ matches.

Second yellow

One sending-off. The first caution stays a yellow; the dismissal counts as a second yellow, not a straight red.

How strict each referee is against the league average.

  • Yellow cards
  • Sendings-off
League average 4.8
Referee
Cards per match
Mohammed Al-Sherif
6.9
Yousef Yaqoub Al-Sharshani
6.0
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim
5.7
ﻮﺗﻮﻤﻴﻧﺎﺗ ﻮﻳﺭ
5.7
Meshari Ali Al-Shamari
5.3
Abdulla Ali Athba
5.2
Nayef Mohamed Al-Kadiri
4.7
Salman Falahi
4.5
Khalid Abdulla Nabet
4.3
Abdulhadi Alasmar Al-Ruaile
4.3
Hamad Maqed Al-Subaie
4.0
Mohammed Ahmed Alobedly
4.0
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
3.6
Khamis Mohammed Al-Marri
3.5
Moatasem Ahmad Al-Mazyed
3.2

The First Card

How it's counted

The First Card

Whose card

Every card on a report is credited to that match's referee.

Ranked referees

Referees are ranked once they have 3+ matches.

First card

Each match's first card; stoppage minutes ignored.

45+3'
45'

Cards with no minute

A card shown after the final whistle is kept in the data but left off charts drawn by minute.

How soon each referee reaches for a card.

  • Average
  • Earliest to latest
Referee
Avg first card
Abdulla Ali Athba
⁦18'⁩
Khalid Abdulla Nabet
⁦24'⁩
Mohammed Al-Sherif
⁦24'⁩
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim
⁦26'⁩
Nayef Mohamed Al-Kadiri
⁦28'⁩
Yousef Yaqoub Al-Sharshani
⁦29'⁩
Khamis Mohammed Al-Marri
⁦30'⁩
Abdulhadi Alasmar Al-Ruaile
⁦30'⁩
Mohammed Ahmed Alobedly
⁦32'⁩
Hamad Maqed Al-Subaie
⁦34'⁩
Salman Falahi
⁦34'⁩
Meshari Ali Al-Shamari
⁦36'⁩
Moatasem Ahmad Al-Mazyed
⁦42'⁩
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
⁦45'⁩
ﻮﺗﻮﻤﻴﻧﺎﺗ ﻮﻳﺭ
⁦47'⁩
Match minute

When Cards Come

How it's counted

When Cards Come

90+1 or 90+10

When a narrow report cell prints 90+1 but the wider column prints 90+10, we use 90+10.

Cards with no minute

A card shown after the final whistle is kept in the data but left off charts drawn by minute.

When in the match cards are shown.

628 cards
050100150
Match minute · 15-minute windows

Why Cards Are Shown

How it's counted

Why Cards Are Shown

Whose card

Every card on a report is credited to that match's referee.

Booking reasons

The referee's wording on the report, grouped into six reasons.

Ranked referees

Referees are ranked once they have 3+ matches.

Why cards are shown, across the league and by referee.

  • Unsporting behaviour
  • Stopping an attack
  • Dissent
  • Delaying the restart
  • Violent or abusive conduct
  • Other
Referee
Cards
All referees
628
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim
86
Mohammed Al-Sherif
76
Salman Falahi
59
Abdulhadi Alasmar Al-Ruaile
56
Nayef Mohamed Al-Kadiri
52
Meshari Ali Al-Shamari
48
Hamad Maqed Al-Subaie
44
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
40
Yousef Yaqoub Al-Sharshani
36
Abdulla Ali Athba
31
Moatasem Ahmad Al-Mazyed
29
Khamis Mohammed Al-Marri
21
Mohammed Ahmed Alobedly
20
ﻮﺗﻮﻤﻴﻧﺎﺗ ﻮﻳﺭ
17
Khalid Abdulla Nabet
13

Referee Explorer

How it's counted

Referee Explorer

Whose card

Every card on a report is credited to that match's referee.

Second yellow

One sending-off. The first caution stays a yellow; the dismissal counts as a second yellow, not a straight red.

Each referee's season, match by match.

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  • Yellow card
  • Second yellow
  • Straight red
Team staff
Al-Shamal 3–4 Al-Rayyan
Round 3 · 2 Sept 2023 · 10 cards
Al-Markhiya 1–2 Al-Duhail
Round 5 · 28 Sept 2023 · 5 cards
Muaither 0–2 Al-Sadd
Round 7 · 28 Oct 2023 · 7 cards
Al-Markhiya 0–4 Al-Arabi
Round 10 · 1 Dec 2023 · 6 cards
Qatar 1–1 Umm Salal
Round 14 · 24 Feb 2024 · 2 cards
Al-Arabi 2–3 Al-Rayyan
Round 15 · 1 Mar 2024 · 8 cards
Al-Wakrah 2–1 Al-Duhail
Round 17 · 10 Mar 2024 · 5 cards
Al-Markhiya 1–2 Qatar
Round 18 · 17 Mar 2024 · 7 cards
Al-Arabi 0–1 Al-Gharafa
Round 19 · 30 Mar 2024 · 12 cards
Al-Shamal 0–0 Al-Wakrah
Round 13 · 16 Apr 2024 · 6 cards
Qatar 4–2 Al-Duhail
Round 22 · 28 Apr 2024 · 8 cards