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DutchReferee.com in 2012
2012 was a good year for DutchReferee.com. The site got more interesting articles and more people have read them. Thank you all for reading, commenting, sharing or liking! If you have any suggestions, just let me know. Already got some replies to my Twitter and Facebook requests. Some people ask me to write about topics like racism and advantage in special occasions. And suggested referees for interviews: Skomina, Cakir, officials from other sports, futsal referees. Just contact me via @DutchReferee, my FB page or e-mail (dutchreferee at gmail.com) to send your requests. Below I’ve added some stats from 2012 on DutchReferee.com Best read referee articles Most people read articles on…
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Totals of card stats in one view
I promised you the sums of average cards per match in 2010/2011 season. Here they are. These graph below is based on previously posted stats for yellow, second yellow and red cards on Dutch Referee Blog – all shown on a heat map of Europe.
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Portugese players can’t stop after first yellow card
The last card stats: Portugal also leads the second yellow card competition. Players in Portugese Liga ZON Sagres also got the most yellow and straight red cards on average per match. (NB: I’m working on a visualisation of the totals, but that takes some time because I’ve to work. Hope to get it on the blog before the end of the week.) A short explanation for the the infographic below. It shows the countries where most second yellow cards are given based on data from Worldfootball.net and Futebol365.pt. How darker the tint, the more reds due to second yellow are handed out. Portugal scores 0,233333 in the stats, which means…
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Portugese national league ‘reddest’ in Europe
Players in Portugese national league get the most straight red cards per match in Europese national leagues. Each five matches in 2010/2011 season Portoguse referees showed (on average( one straight red card. Belgium, Spain, Romania and The Netherlands complete the top five of countries with hard players. Or are the referees just mild in countries like Norway (1 straight red in 21 matches), Czech Republic (1 in 15) or Ukrain (1 in 14)? In the infographic below, you can see the ‘reddest’ country based on data from Worldfootball.net and Futebol365.pt. How darker the tint, the less matches are played on average before a straight red card is handed out. The…
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Fifa u20 World Cup: disciplinary statistics
The Fifa u20 World Cup will start tomorrow. Here are some disciplinary stats about last tournaments with some amazing matches with four red cards. The referees for this tournament are published here. Fifa says this tournament is a good springboard for young referees. “Five of them even directed a World Cup final: Arnaldo Coelho (BRA, 1982), Edgardo Codesal Mendez (MEX, 1990), Sandor Puhl (HUN, 1994), Horacio Elizondo (ARG, 2006) and Howard Webb (ENG, 2010)”, according to the Fifa press realease. All stats below are from Fifa’s databases and provide info of previous u20 World Cups. Most red cards in a match 4 Italy – Hungary 2009 4 Netherlands – Honduras…
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Facts about referees in World Cup finals
Some more statistics about the World Cup. Fifa announced today that Howard Webb will get the final of 2010’s World Cup in South Africa. The last English referee was Jack Taylor in the match between The Netherlands and West Germany. In all 19 WC finales (including 2010) there were 4 referees from Britain. Referees in World Cup finals 2010 Howard Webb (England) 2006 Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) 2002 Pierluigi Collina (Italy) 1998 Said Belgola (Marocco) 1994 Sandor Puhl (Hungary) 1990 Edgardo Codesal Mendez (Mexico) 1986 Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) 1982 Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil) 1978 Sergio Gonella (Italy) 1974 Jack Taylor (England) 1970 Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany) 1966 Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) 1962…
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New and updated World Cup referee stats
More and updated stats about the World Cup referees. Most cards this World Cup Howard Webb: 17 yellow cards (in 3 matches) Yuichi Nishimura: 15 yellows (including one second yellow card) and 1 red card (in 4 matches) Khalil Al Ghamdi: 15 yellow cards and 1 red card (in just 2 matches, so his average number of cards per match is the highest during the South Africa World Cup) Lowest average number of cards 1 by Michael Hester: 1 card in 1 match 2,66 by Ravshan Irmatov: 8 yellows in 3 matches (Saturday he’ll officiate his 4th match) 3 by Massimo Busacca: 2 yellows and 1 red in 1 match…
