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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
    704
    5.4 per match
  • Average first card
    ⁦26'⁩
    Across 129 matches with a card
  • Cards to team staff
    60
    9% of all cards
  • Sendings-off
    37
    27 straight reds · 10 second yellows
  • Key finding7.3

    cards per match from Mohammed Al-Sherif, the strictest with 3+ matches; 3.6 for Abdulla Ali Al-Athba. League average 5.4.

  • Key finding34%

    of cards come after the 75th minute; 125 of the 704 in stoppage time.

  • Key finding13%

    of all cards are for dissent, including 57 of the 60 shown to coaches and team staff.

  • Key finding37

    sendings-off: 27 straight reds and 10 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 5.4
Referee
Cards per match
Mohammed Al-Sherif
7.3
Mohammed Ahmad Al-Mazyed
6.6
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim
6.1
Khalid Abdulla Nabet
6.0
Abdulhadi Alasmar Al-Ruaile
5.8
Abdulrahman Ali Al-Mulla
5.1
Salman Falahi
5.1
Abdulaziz Mousa Abdulla
5.0
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
5.0
Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
4.8
Naser Ayesh
4.6
Abdulla Ali Al-Athba
3.6
Fewer than 3 matches · not ranked
Nayef Mohamed Al-Kadiri
9.0
Yusuke Araki
4.5

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
Khalid Abdulla Nabet
⁦18'⁩
Mohammed Al-Sherif
⁦18'⁩
Mohammed Ahmad Al-Mazyed
⁦21'⁩
Abdulrahman Ali Al-Mulla
⁦22'⁩
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
⁦24'⁩
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim
⁦25'⁩
Abdulla Ali Al-Athba
⁦27'⁩
Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
⁦27'⁩
Abdulaziz Mousa Abdulla
⁦28'⁩
Abdulhadi Alasmar Al-Ruaile
⁦29'⁩
Naser Ayesh
⁦29'⁩
Salman Falahi
⁦32'⁩
Match minute
Fewer than 3 matches · not ranked
  • Average
  • Earliest to latest
Referee
Avg first card
Yusuke Araki
⁦17'⁩
Nayef Mohamed Al-Kadiri
⁦32'⁩
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.

704 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
704
Abdulhadi Alasmar Al-Ruaile
92
Mohammed Ahmad Al-Mazyed
86
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim
86
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
65
Mohammed Al-Sherif
58
Salman Falahi
56
Mohammed Nasser Ahmed
53
Abdulrahman Ali Al-Mulla
51
Naser Ayesh
46
Abdulla Ali Al-Athba
40
Abdulaziz Mousa Abdulla
35
Khalid Abdulla Nabet
18

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
Al-Gharafa 4–2 Umm Salal
Round 1 · 15 Aug 2025 · 4 cards
Al-Duhail 0–1 Al-Wakrah
Round 2 · 23 Aug 2025 · 9 cards
Al-Wakrah 3–2 Umm Salal
Round 6 · 26 Sept 2025 · 8 cards
Al-Sadd 5–1 Al-Rayyan
Round 9 · 30 Oct 2025 · 8 cards
Al-Shahania 3–0 Al-Gharafa
Round 11 · 27 Dec 2025 · 5 cards
Al-Gharafa 0–1 Al-Shamal
Round 16 · 22 Feb 2026 · 5 cards
Al-Sailiya 3–2 Al-Shahania
Round 19 · 18 Mar 2026 · 15 cards
Al-Rayyan 4–0 Al-Arabi
Round 22 · 27 Apr 2026 · 4 cards