WC Qualification Europe referees
Europe
WC Qualification Europe referees 2026
Every referee's cards, penalties and fouls per game this season, strictest first. Cards count both teams, second yellows included. The league averages 3.79 cards and 0.35 penalties a match over 171 matches.
Strictest
Michael Oliver
6.67 cards a game
Most lenient
Danny Desmond Makkelie
2.00 cards a game
Appointed
0
referees named for the next two weeks
| Referee | Next match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael Oliver | 3 | 6.67 | 19 | 1 | 0.00 | 26.0 | – |
 Espen Eskås | 4 | 5.50 | 22 | 0 | 0.25 | 27.5 | – |
| Jesús Gil Manzano | 4 | 5.50 | 20 | 2 | 0.50 | 26.5 | – |
| Istvan Kovacs | 3 | 5.33 | 15 | 1 | 0.00 | 31.7 | – |
| Davide Massa | 4 | 4.75 | 18 | 1 | 0.25 | 23.5 | – |
| Daniel Siebert | 3 | 4.67 | 14 | 0 | 0.67 | 20.3 | – |
| Serdar Gözübüyük | 3 | 4.67 | 14 | 0 | 0.33 | 31.3 | – |
| Clément Turpin | 4 | 4.25 | 14 | 3 | 0.50 | 22.0 | – |
| Glenn Nyberg | 4 | 4.25 | 16 | 1 | 0.50 | 24.3 | – |
| Halil Umut Meler | 3 | 4.00 | 12 | 0 | 0.33 | 25.3 | – |
| Marco Guida | 3 | 4.00 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.3 | – |
| Donatas Rumšas | 3 | 3.67 | 10 | 1 | 0.00 | 23.7 | – |
| Anastasios Papapetrou | 3 | 3.67 | 11 | 0 | 0.67 | 22.3 | – |
| Felix Zwayer | 4 | 3.50 | 13 | 1 | 0.00 | 15.5 | – |
| Slavko Vinčić | 3 | 3.33 | 10 | 0 | 0.67 | 23.3 | – |
| Əliyar Ağayev | 3 | 3.33 | 10 | 0 | 0.67 | 23.3 | – |
| Maurizio Mariani | 4 | 2.75 | 11 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.3 | – |
 Anthony Taylor | 4 | 2.75 | 11 | 0 | 0.25 | 22.5 | – |
| Szymon Marciniak | 3 | 2.67 | 7 | 1 | 0.67 | 23.0 | – |
| Luis Miguel Branco Godinho | 3 | 2.67 | 8 | 0 | 0.33 | 22.7 | – |
| José María Sánchez Martínez | 3 | 2.67 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.7 | – |
| Srđan Jovanović | 3 | 2.33 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.3 | – |
| François Letexier | 4 | 2.00 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.0 | – |
| Danny Desmond Makkelie | 3 | 2.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.67 | 21.0 | – |
| Giorgi Kruashvili | 1 | 13.00 | 11 | 2 | 1.00 | 35.0 | – |
| Harm Osmers | 1 | 9.00 | 8 | 1 | 0.00 | 27.0 | – |
| Allard Lindhout | 2 | 7.50 | 13 | 2 | 0.50 | 23.0 | – |
| Duje Strukan | 1 | 7.00 | 7 | 0 | 2.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Kristo Tohver | 2 | 6.50 | 13 | 0 | 0.50 | 24.5 | – |
| Juan Martínez Munuera | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.0 | – |
| Lawrence Visser | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 1.00 | 35.0 | – |
| António Emanuel Carvalho Nobre | 1 | 6.00 | 5 | 1 | 1.00 | 25.0 | – |
| Vasilis Fotias | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 1.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Sven Jablonski | 2 | 5.00 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.5 | – |
| N. Walsh | 2 | 5.00 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.5 | – |
| Juxhin Xhaja | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.0 | – |
| John Brooks | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Horatiu Fesnic | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.0 | – |
| M. Jug | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.0 | – |
| Anastasios Sidiropoulos | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | 16.0 | – |
| Enea Jorgji | 1 | 5.00 | 4 | 1 | 0.00 | 37.0 | – |
| Igor Pajač | 2 | 4.50 | 9 | 0 | 0.50 | 19.5 | – |
| Nikola Dabanović | 2 | 4.50 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.0 | – |
| Jakob Kehlet | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 0.50 | 18.0 | – |
| Andris Treimanis | 2 | 4.00 | 7 | 1 | 0.50 | 21.5 | – |
| Erik Lambrechts | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 1.00 | 23.0 | – |
| Ivan Kružliak | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 0.50 | 19.0 | – |
| Chris Kavanagh | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.5 | – |
| Sebastian Gishamer | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.0 | – |
| Andrea Colombo | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.0 | – |
| Paweł Raczkowski | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.0 | – |
| Alejandro José Hernández Hernández | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | – |
| Irfan Peljto | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 2.00 | 19.5 | – |
| Ondřej Berka | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.50 | 32.5 | – |
| Marian Alexandru Barbu | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 33.0 | – |
| Filip Glova | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.5 | – |
| João Pedro Silva Pinheiro | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.50 | 21.5 | – |
| Joao Pedro Pinheiro | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.50 | 19.5 | – |
| Mohammad Al Emara | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.50 | 21.5 | – |
| Benoît Bastien | 2 | 3.00 | 5 | 1 | 0.50 | 18.0 | – |
| Rade Obrenović | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.5 | – |
| Georgi Kabakov | 2 | 3.00 | 5 | 1 | 0.50 | 19.5 | – |
| Igal Frid | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Nikolai Balakin | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.0 | – |
| Rohit Saggi | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 22.0 | – |
| Stéphanie Frappart | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 34.0 | – |
| Horațiu Mircea Feșnic | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.0 | – |
| Jarred Gillett | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 19.0 | – |
| Sander van der Eijk | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | – |
| Damian Sylwestrzak | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.50 | 25.0 | – |
| Mohammed Al Hakim | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.5 | – |
| Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.50 | 26.0 | – |
| Urs Schnyder | 2 | 2.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | 24.0 | – |
| Radu Petrescu | 2 | 2.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.0 | – |
| Julian Weinberger | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 22.0 | – |
| Orel Grinfeeld | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.0 | – |
| Nenad Minaković | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 15.0 | – |
| Javier Alberola Rojas | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 27.0 | – |
| Goga Kikacheishvili | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 22.0 | – |
| Elçin Məsiyev | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.0 | – |
| John Beaton | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 15.0 | – |
| Morten Krogh | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 23.0 | – |
| Sascha Stegemann | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 18.0 | – |
| Willy Delajod | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 20.0 | – |
| Manfredas Lukjančukas | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 20.0 | – |
| Balazs Berke | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 16.0 | – |
| League average | 171 | 3.79 | 3.65 | 0.13 | 0.35 | 23.3 |
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.