Africa Cup of Nations referees
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Africa Cup of Nations referees 2025
Every referee's cards, penalties and fouls per game this season, strictest first. Cards count both teams, second yellows included. The league averages 4.39 cards and 0.33 penalties a match over 49 matches.
Strictest
Abongile Tom
8.00 cards a game
Most lenient
Dahane Beida
3.00 cards a game
Appointed
0
referees named for the next two weeks
| Referee | Next match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Abongile Tom | 3 | 8.00 | 22 | 2 | 0.33 | 30.0 | – |
| Issa Sy | 3 | 6.00 | 17 | 1 | 0.00 | 33.3 | – |
| Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo | 3 | 5.00 | 15 | 0 | 1.00 | 34.3 | – |
| Pacifique Ndabihawenimana | 3 | 4.67 | 12 | 2 | 0.33 | 25.7 | – |
| Pierre Ghislain Atcho | 3 | 4.33 | 12 | 1 | 0.00 | 26.7 | – |
| Jalal Jayed | 4 | 3.25 | 13 | 0 | 0.75 | 28.8 | – |
| Dahane Beida | 3 | 3.00 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 37.3 | – |
| Peter Waweru Kamaku | 2 | 7.00 | 14 | 0 | 0.00 | 34.0 | – |
| Abdou Abdel Mefire | 2 | 6.50 | 13 | 0 | 1.00 | 36.0 | – |
| Stephen Yiembe | 1 | 6.00 | 5 | 1 | 1.00 | 39.0 | – |
| Messie Nkounkou | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.0 | – |
| Zakhele Thusi Granville Siwela | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | 43.0 | – |
| Boubou Traore | 2 | 4.50 | 9 | 0 | 0.50 | 32.0 | – |
| Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour | 2 | 4.00 | 7 | 1 | 0.00 | 34.5 | – |
| Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim | 1 | 4.00 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 | 20.0 | – |
| Mehrez Malki | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | 20.0 | – |
| Shamirah Nabadda | 1 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 39.0 | – |
| Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 38.5 | – |
| Mustapha Ghorbal | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.0 | – |
| Clement Franklin Kpan | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.0 | – |
| Patrice Mebiame | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 30.0 | – |
| Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.0 | – |
| Omar Abdulkadir Artan | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.50 | 31.0 | – |
| Amin Mohamed Omar | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.50 | 20.0 | – |
| Daniel Nii Ayi Laryea | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 51.0 | – |
| Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.0 | – |
| League average | 49 | 4.39 | 4.20 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 31.2 |
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.