AFC Champions League Elite referees
Asia
AFC Champions League Elite referees 2026/2027
Every referee's cards, penalties and fouls per game this season, strictest first. Cards count both teams, second yellows included. The league averages 3.39 cards and 0.23 penalties a match over 62 matches.
Strictest
Qasim Matar Al-Hatmi
5.00 cards a game
Most lenient
Muhammad Nazmi bin Nasaruddin
1.33 cards a game
Appointed
0
referees named for the next two weeks
| Referee | Next match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qasim Matar Al-Hatmi | 3 | 5.00 | 15 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.0 | – |
| Omar Mohamed Al Ali | 3 | 4.33 | 11 | 2 | 0.33 | 24.7 | – |
| Asker Nadjafaliev | 3 | 3.67 | 10 | 1 | 0.00 | 19.0 | – |
| Salman Ahmad Falahi | 3 | 3.67 | 10 | 1 | 0.00 | 23.7 | – |
| Jong-Hyeok Kim | 3 | 3.67 | 11 | 0 | 0.67 | 19.0 | – |
| Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh | 4 | 3.50 | 13 | 1 | 0.25 | 22.8 | – |
| Alireza Faghani | 4 | 3.50 | 14 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.3 | – |
| Ahmad Al Ali | 3 | 3.33 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.7 | – |
| Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al Jassim | 3 | 3.33 | 10 | 0 | 0.67 | 24.3 | – |
| Ilgiz Tantashev | 3 | 3.33 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 22.0 | – |
| Hyun-Jae Choi | 4 | 2.75 | 10 | 1 | 0.50 | 21.8 | – |
| Khaled Al Teris | 3 | 2.33 | 7 | 0 | 0.33 | 24.7 | – |
| Muhammad Nazmi bin Nasaruddin | 3 | 1.33 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.0 | – |
| Ning Ma | 2 | 7.00 | 12 | 2 | 0.00 | 20.5 | – |
| Majed Al Shamrani | 2 | 5.50 | 9 | 2 | 1.00 | 28.0 | – |
| Ammar Ebrahim Hasan Mahfoodh | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 0.50 | 17.5 | – |
| Mooud Bonyadifard | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.5 | – |
| M. Al-Shammari | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 22.0 | – |
| Yusuke Araki | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Mohammed Al Hoaish | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 31.0 | – |
| A. King | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.5 | – |
| Zaid Thamer Mohammed | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.0 | – |
| Abdullah Jamali | 2 | 2.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Adel Al Naqbi | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Sadullo Gulmurodi | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.0 | – |
| Jingyuan Jin | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 13.0 | – |
| League average | 62 | 3.39 | 3.23 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 21.3 |
Bars compare cards per game with the league average (the middle tick): red is stricter, green more lenient. Tap a referee for their card-line form, recent matches and the card odds on their next match. Callouts need 3+ matches.