Referee profile

Istvan Kovacs

Romania
454 matches officiated

Matches officiated: 454
Yellow cards / match: 5.31
Reds / match: 0.31
Yellow / match, recent: 5.03

Last 12 months

38 matches since 2 Nov 2025, compared with the average referee

Last 12 months
Metric	Istvan Kovacs	Average	Difference from average
Yellow cards / match	4.74	3.99	+19%
Red cards / match	0.47	0.21	+119%
Penalty goals / match	0.37	0.23	+61%
Goals / match	2.76	2.79	−1%
Home wins	37%	44%	−16%
Draws	37%	25%	+46%

Ranked 180 of 1127 referees for yellow cards (1 = strictest).

Match results

By league

1 SuperLiga României 2.44 goals · 4.94 yellows / match 18 matches
2 UEFA Champions League 3.13 goals · 4.63 yellows / match 8 matches
3 Saudi Pro League 3.25 goals · – yellows / match 4 matches
4 UEFA Europa League 4.50 goals · – yellows / match 2 matches
5 World Cup Qual. UEFA 1.50 goals · – yellows / match 2 matches
6 FIFA World Cup 4.00 goals · – yellows / match 2 matches

Cards per match

Recent matches (oldest to newest); the dashed line is the career average. Click a bar to open the match.

Yellow cardsRed cardsCareer avg.

League breakdown

Competitions of the last 30 matches

SuperLiga României 15 15 matches · 5.3 yellow/match

UEFA Champions League 7 7 matches · 5.1 yellow/match

Saudi Pro League 3 3 matches · 4.0 yellow/match

FIFA World Cup 2 2 matches · 3.0 yellow/match

Chinese Super League 1 1 matches · 4.0 yellow/match

World Cup Qual. UEFA 1 1 matches · 5.0 yellow/match

UEFA Europa League 1 1 matches · 7.0 yellow/match

Recent matches

Older matches exist at the source.

FT 21 Oct

Real Madrid

RB Leipzig 4 1

UEFA Champions League 2 0

FT 16 Oct

SC Oțelul Galați

Csíkszereda 1 1

SuperLiga României 7 2

FT 5 Sep

Dinamo București

FCSB 2 1

SuperLiga României 8 2

Saudi Pro League 2 0

UEFA Champions League 7 2

FT 22 Aug

UTA Arad

FC Corvinul Hunedoara 0 0

SuperLiga României 6 0

FT 14 Aug

FC Voluntari

FC Petrolul Ploiești 1 2

SuperLiga României 9 0

FT 11 Aug

Bodø/Glimt

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 3 2

UEFA Champions League 6 3

FT 1 Aug

Chengdu Rongcheng

Wuhan Three Towns 1 1

Chinese Super League 4 0

FT 25 Jul

Dinamo București

Universitatea Craiova 5 1

SuperLiga României 3 1

FIFA World Cup 3 0

FIFA World Cup –

SuperLiga României 8 0

FT 8 May

CFR Cluj

Universitatea Craiova 0 0

SuperLiga României 4 0

FT 4 May

AFC Unirea 04 Slobozia

FC Hermannstadt 2 2

SuperLiga României 4 0

FT 26 Apr

UTA Arad

FCV Farul Constanța 0 0

SuperLiga României 3 0

FT 17 Apr

FC Argeș Pitești

CFR Cluj 0 1

SuperLiga României 6 0

FT 13 Apr

FC Universitatea Cluj

Universitatea Craiova 4 0

SuperLiga României 1 1

FT 8 Apr

FC Barcelona

Atlético Madrid 0 2

UEFA Champions League 5 1

FT 26 Mar

Wales

Bosnia & Herzegovina 1(2) 1(4)

World Cup Qual. UEFA 5 0

FT 19 Mar

AS Roma

Bologna 3 4

UEFA Europa League 7 0

FT 14 Mar

Rapid București

Dinamo București 3 2

SuperLiga României 11 1

FT 25 Feb

Paris Saint-Germain

AS Monaco 2 2

UEFA Champions League 6 1

FT 22 Feb

FC Argeș Pitești

FCV Farul Constanța 1 0

SuperLiga României 2 0

Saudi Pro League 2 0

Universitatea Craiova 1 1

SuperLiga României 4 0

FT 28 Jan

Borussia Dortmund

Inter 0 2

UEFA Champions League 3 0

FT 25 Jan

FC Petrolul Ploiești

FCV Farul Constanța 0 1

SuperLiga României 3 0

FT 21 Jan

Galatasaray

Atlético Madrid 1 1

UEFA Champions League 7 0

FT 8 Jan

Al-Nassr

Al-Qadsiah 1 2

Saudi Pro League 8 0