Referee profile

Mustapha Ghorbal

Algeria
27 matches officiated

Matches officiated: 27
Yellow cards / match: 3.48
Reds / match: 0.11
Yellow / match, recent: 3.20

Last 12 months

5 matches since 7 Nov 2025, compared with the average referee

Last 12 months
Metric	Mustapha Ghorbal	Average	Difference from average
Yellow cards / match	3.20	3.99	−20%
Red cards / match	0.00	0.21	−100%
Penalty goals / match	0.20	0.23	−13%
Goals / match	3.00	2.79	+8%
Home wins	60%	44%	+37%
Draws	20%	25%	−21%

Ranked 940 of 1118 referees for yellow cards (1 = strictest).

Match results

By league

1 Africa Cup of Nations 3.50 goals · – yellows / match 2 matches
2 FIFA World Cup 3.00 goals · – yellows / match 2 matches
3 Africa Cup of Nations Qual. 2.00 goals · – yellows / match 1 match

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 27 matches

Africa Cup of Nations 9 9 matches · 3.0 yellow/match

FIFA Club World Cup 6 6 matches · – yellow/match

FIFA World Cup 4 4 matches · 2.5 yellow/match

U-20 World Championship 3 3 matches · – yellow/match

Africa Cup of Nations Qual. 2 2 matches · 5.0 yellow/match

World Cup Qual. CAF 2 2 matches · – yellow/match

FIFA Intercontinental Cup 1 1 matches · – yellow/match

Recent matches

FT 24 Sep

Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana 2 0

Africa Cup of Nations Qual. 5 0

FT 26 Jun

Türkiye

USA 3 2

FIFA World Cup 1 0

FIFA World Cup 4 0

Africa Cup of Nations 2 0

FT 28 Dec

Côte d'Ivoire

Cameroon 1 1

Africa Cup of Nations 4 0

FT 23 Jun

Manchester City

Al-Ain 6 0

FIFA Club World Cup –

FT 19 Jun

CF Pachuca

Red Bull Salzburg 1 2

FIFA Club World Cup –

FT 19 Nov

Senegal

Burundi 2 0

Africa Cup of Nations Qual. –

FT 22 Sep

Al-Ain

Auckland City 6 2

FIFA Intercontinental Cup –

FT 8 Jun

Cameroon

Cabo Verde 4 1

World Cup Qual. CAF –

FT 2 Feb

DR Congo

Guinea 3 1

Africa Cup of Nations –

FT 18 Jan

Côte d'Ivoire

Nigeria 0 1

Africa Cup of Nations –

FT 11 Feb

Al Ahly FC

Flamengo 2 4

FIFA Club World Cup –

FIFA World Cup –

FIFA World Cup –

World Cup Qual. CAF –

FT 9 Feb

CF Monterrey

Al-Jazira 3 1

FIFA Club World Cup –

FT 3 Feb

Al-Jazira

AS Pirae 4 1

FIFA Club World Cup –

FT 9 Jan

Cameroon

Burkina Faso 2 1

Africa Cup of Nations –

FT 11 Dec

Al-Sadd

Hienghène Sport 3 1

FIFA Club World Cup –

FT 10 Jul

Senegal

Benin 1 0

Africa Cup of Nations –

FT 5 Jul

Uganda

Senegal 0 1

Africa Cup of Nations –

FT 30 Jun

Zimbabwe

DR Congo 0 4

Africa Cup of Nations –

FT 24 Jun

Côte d'Ivoire

South Africa 1 0

Africa Cup of Nations –

FT 7 Jun

Colombia U20

Ukraine U20 0 1

U-20 World Championship –

FT 29 May

Italy U20

Japan U20 0 0

U-20 World Championship –

FT 23 May

Poland U20

Colombia U20 0 2

U-20 World Championship –