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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
    602
    4.6 per match
  • Average first card
    ⁦31'⁩
    Across 130 matches with a card
  • Cards to team staff
    34
    6% of all cards
  • Sendings-off
    29
    16 straight reds · 13 second yellows
  • Key finding6.6

    cards per match from Yousef Yaqoub Al-Sharshani, the strictest with 3+ matches; 3.4 for Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari. League average 4.6.

  • Key finding36%

    of cards come after the 75th minute; 125 of the 602 in stoppage time.

  • Key finding11%

    of all cards are for dissent, including 27 of the 34 shown to coaches and team staff.

  • Key finding29

    sendings-off: 16 straight reds and 13 second yellows. 1 match ended without a 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 4.6
Referee
Cards per match
Yousef Yaqoub Al-Sharshani
6.6
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim
6.0
Mohsin Yaqoub Al-Sharshani
5.8
Mohammed Al-Sherif
5.4
Khamis Mohammed Al-Marri
5.1
Hamad Maqed Al-Subaie
4.8
Mohammed Ahmed Alobedly
4.7
Abdulla Ali Al-Athba
4.3
Abdulla Ali Athba
4.2
Salman Falahi
4.2
Moatasem Ahmad Al-Mazyed
3.9
Abdulaziz Mousa Abdulla
3.7
Abdulhadi Alasmar Al-Ruaile
3.5
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
3.4
Fewer than 3 matches · not ranked
Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
6.0
Nayef Mohamed Al-Kadiri
5.5
Al Marri Ali Abdulrahman
3.0
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3.0
Naser Ayesh
2.0

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
Yousef Yaqoub Al-Sharshani
⁦17'⁩
Moatasem Ahmad Al-Mazyed
⁦18'⁩
Hamad Maqed Al-Subaie
⁦23'⁩
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim
⁦25'⁩
Abdulhadi Alasmar Al-Ruaile
⁦25'⁩
Mohammed Ahmed Alobedly
⁦28'⁩
Mohammed Al-Sherif
⁦29'⁩
Mohsin Yaqoub Al-Sharshani
⁦31'⁩
Salman Falahi
⁦31'⁩
Abdulla Ali Al-Athba
⁦32'⁩
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
⁦35'⁩
Khamis Mohammed Al-Marri
⁦41'⁩
Abdulla Ali Athba
⁦48'⁩
Abdulaziz Mousa Abdulla
⁦64'⁩
Match minute
Fewer than 3 matches · not ranked
  • Average
  • Earliest to latest
Referee
Avg first card
Nayef Mohamed Al-Kadiri
⁦14'⁩
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⁦29'⁩
Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
⁦33'⁩
Al Marri Ali Abdulrahman
⁦45'⁩
Naser Ayesh
⁦76'⁩
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.

602 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
602
Mohammed Al-Sherif
75
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim
72
Khamis Mohammed Al-Marri
72
Salman Falahi
50
Abdulhadi Alasmar Al-Ruaile
46
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
44
Abdulla Ali Al-Athba
43
Moatasem Ahmad Al-Mazyed
39
Mohsin Yaqoub Al-Sharshani
35
Yousef Yaqoub Al-Sharshani
33
Abdulla Ali Athba
21
Hamad Maqed Al-Subaie
19
Mohammed Ahmed Alobedly
14
Abdulaziz Mousa Abdulla
11

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.

Full referee profile →
  • Yellow card
  • Second yellow
  • Straight red
Team staff
Umm Salal 3–2 Al-Shamal
Round 2 · 16 Aug 2024 · 6 cards
Al-Rayyan 4–2 Al-Shahania
Round 4 · 13 Sept 2024 · 6 cards
Umm Salal 0–0 Al-Khor
Round 8 · 26 Oct 2024 · 9 cards
Al-Wakrah 0–1 Al-Shahania
Round 14 · 31 Jan 2025 · 6 cards
Al-Shamal 1–2 Al-Gharafa
Round 15 · 8 Feb 2025 · 6 cards