World Cup Refs (list)

Dark Horse · 05-26-10, 05:30 PM

Howard Webb: 2.98 yellow cards per game; 0.14 red card per game.

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Yellow / red cards per game
Year	Games	Total 	per game	Total 	per game
2000–01	26	58	2.23	1	0.04
2001–02	32	69	2.16	5	0.16
2002–03	39	145	3.72	4	0.10
2003–04	34	92	2.94	9	0.26
2004–05	34	100	2.94	2	0.06
2005–06	47	117	2.49	7	0.15
2006–07	43	151	3.51	9	0.21
2007–08	38	128	3.37	2	0.05
2008–09	40	132	3.30	6	0.15
Overall	333	992	2.98	45	0.14

looch10 · 05-26-10, 05:35 PM

great thread, this is important stuff

radishman · 05-26-10, 05:50 PM

could be difficult to find them all

Wolfgang Stark:
matches: 363
yellow cards: 1340 (3,69)
red cards: 64 (0,18)

radishman · 05-26-10, 07:03 PM

ok, wasn't too difficult to find them

I already calculated their cards per game. you can find the number of matches in brackets behind their name. I couldn't find much about the exotic ones though.

Benquerença (168):
yellow: 4,91
red: 0,27

Busacca (192):
yellow: 3,5
red: 0,22

Hansson (108):
yellow: 3,19
red: 0,20

Kassai (88):
yellow: 4,11
red: 0,28

Lannoy (191):
yellow: 3,83
red: 0,23

Rosetti (184):
yellow: 4,52
red: 0,33

Stark (363):
yellow: 3,69
red: 0,18

Undiano Mallenco (138):
yellow: 4,83
red: 0,28

de Bleeckere (192):
yellow: 3,54
red: 0,22

Webb (333):
yellow: 2,98
red: 0,14

Amarilla (36):
yellow: 5,56
red: 0,64

Baldassi (117):
yellow: 4,90
red: 0,33

Larrionda (57):
yellow: 4,19
red: 0,68

Pozo (43):
yellow: 5,16
red: 0,63

Ruiz (63)
yellow: 5,56
red: 0,57

Simon (74):
yellow: 1,24
red: 0,31

Al Ghamdi (5):
yellow: 4,2
red: -

Irmatov (13):
yellow: 2,77
red: 0,31

Mohd Salleh (12):
yellow: 3,5
red: 0,25

Nishimura (42):
yellow: 3,88
red: 0,26

Benouza (17):
yellow: 3,76
red: 0,41

Coulibaly (20):
yellow: 3,15
red: 0,05

Damon (40):
yellow: 3,8
red: 0,23

Maillet (31):
yellow: 3,38
red: 0,10

Aguilar (17):
yellow: 4,29
red: 0,59

Archundia (110):
yellow: 4,49
red: 0,4

Batres (16):
yellow: 5,31
red: 1,06

Rodriguez (90):
yellow: 4,92
red: 0,63

Hester (11):
yellow: 3,73
red: 0,55

O’Leary (10):
yellow: 4,2
red: 0,5

mihaita666 · 05-26-10, 07:05 PM

refs are sometimes more important than players. Good thread darkhorse

onizuka · 05-26-10, 10:37 PM

Wow, complete and very useful!

Jimmy0607 · 05-26-10, 11:37 PM

Good thread

JOHON8 · 05-27-10, 01:07 AM

Good thread Dark Horse, this is good stuff for prop betting.

radishman · 05-27-10, 04:30 AM

these refs show 4,04 yellow and 0,36 red cards in average making it 258,56 yellow and 23,04 red cards during the world cup.

current odds @ pinnacle:
yellow:
over 284.5 -108
under 284.5 -108

red:
over 21.5 +100
under 21.5 -117

based on these statistics under 284.5 yellow cards seems to be a smart play.
the problem is that we don't know how often these refs will be appointed for the matches.

phenomenon · 05-27-10, 04:33 AM

ty dudes, good thread

Toronto-boy · 05-27-10, 06:10 AM

Is beckham playing in world cup 2010 this time???

radishman · 05-27-10, 06:41 AM

no, he's injured

pouroupoupou · 05-27-10, 07:39 AM

Nice thread

Dark Horse · 05-27-10, 09:22 AM

Thanks for doing the work, radishman.

Carlos Batres a red card per game. Scary.

umdterps · 05-27-10, 09:33 AM

Great stuff guys, thanks for the info.

looch10 · 05-27-10, 11:11 AM

when are the ref assignments released? anybody know?

can we deduce that, for instance, italy's group will be officiated by an african or asian group since group F has no teams from those zones?

and that Bastres stat is staggering

pavyracer · 05-27-10, 11:27 AM

I find this article interesting

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/world-cup-2010/05/26/FIFA.tackles.ap/index.html

FIFA to crack down on dangerous tackles

BRUGES, Belgium (AP) -- FIFA medical chief Michel D'Hooghe has a message for players at the World Cup in South Africa: You'll pay for those bone-crunching tackles.
D'Hooghe said Wednesday that he plans to give referees plenty of instruction and warning, adding that a big event like the World Cup offers a chance to send the message that these kinds of tackles are unacceptable.
"We will specifically tell our referees and let everyone know'' to use the red card as soon as a career-threatening foul is committed at the World Cup, D'Hooghe said.
Early this season, D'Hooghe produced a DVD of some of the worst fouls committed in recent years to convince national federations to curb violent play. Nevertheless, it has continued and D'Hooghe doesn't want it to spill over into the World Cup.
"I took action after four or five serious incidents in a row,'' he told The Associated Press at his medical office in western Belgium.
One of the fouls was from the Belgian league when Standard Liege midfielder Axel Witsel snapped both bones in the right leg of Poland international defender Marcin Wasilewski in a grudge match against Anderlecht.
D'Hooghe is hoping his campaign will match the success he had combating facial injuries ahead of the last World Cup in Germany.
The 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan saw no less than a dozen serious facial injuries from elbows, often flying in anger and with callous determination. When Germany came around in 2006, the medical staff at FIFA campaigned to make the elbow to the face an automatic red card.
"We really stressed this ahead of the World Cup in Germany and we went from 12 to just two injuries,'' D'Hooghe said. "This is my main point: the first doctor at the World Cup is the referee.''
The spate of horrific tackles and injuries this season have often boiled down to players blindly launching a tackle and not really caring if the ball is still there. Then, with the outstretched leg, they get the opponent's foot often in the most delicate area between foot and shin. In comparison, a good tackle goes for the ball just in front of the foot so it doesn't break a bone if it misses the ball.
"If you know that over one third of injuries comes down to foul play, and you can cut down on foul play, then you already achieved a lot,'' he said.
Players don't always get red carded for these challenges, as they invariably claim they were trying to get the ball and a severe injury was accidental.
Arsenal is a case in point when it comes to being victimized by dangerous tackles. Its challenge for this season's Premier League title was undermined by injuries.
Defender Kieran Gibbs broke a bone in his left foot in November and was left with what manager Arsene Wenger called "a big hole in his leg'' following a tackle in the Champions League by Standard Liege player Eliaqium Mangala.
Gibbs did not play again this season, while midfielder Aaron Ramsey could be out for as long as a year after his leg was broken in February by Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross.
The rough play this season has also had an impact on several World Cup teams. Germany captain Michael Ballack tore ligaments in his right ankle in the FA Cup final because of a wild tackle from an opponent.
"In case of Ballack, his World Cup is over and out,'' D'Hooghe said.

Ced's shadow · 05-27-10, 06:03 PM

Originally posted by Dark Horse

For bets on yellow and red cards. It would be good to have averages on these guys, to see if they hand out cards easy or not.

North, Central America and Caribbean
Joel Aguilar, El Salvador
Benito Archundia, Mexico
Carlos Batres, Guatemala
Marco Rodriguez, Mexico

How the heck is FIFA still taking these 2 lazy asses to the most important soccer event!!! This really pisses me off as they're not professional at all

Karayilan9 · 05-27-10, 08:20 PM

Howard Webb is a good ref but has a huge ego and sometimes makes controversial decisions just to show everyone how ard he is

Watch out for the different styles of refereeing, South American refs generally are more lenient but can be very inconsistent, alot of the refs don't see shoulder barges as a foul but are not shy to show a straight red.

bdevil · 05-27-10, 09:30 PM

I personally watched Webb in Premiere League, and there he has shown a lot of cards. He's punishing the small teams, when it comes to showing cards in important games, he's using verbal threat more than showing cards. I believe his last game was the final uefa champions league game, and that game had 3 yellow cards when the line of the game was set to 6.5 cards.

suckerforparlays · 05-28-10, 12:20 AM

great info dude much appreciated stuff !!!

radishman · 05-28-10, 02:44 AM

thx for the points looch10

Originally posted by looch10

can we deduce that, for instance, italy's group will be officiated by an african or asian group since group F has no teams from those zones?

I don't think so.
I just checked the wc 2006 and for instance, Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) was assigned for 4 matches, all of them with European teams

d1m@ · 05-28-10, 02:56 AM

thanks for info

Karayilan9 · 06-08-10, 07:24 PM

This should be stickied.

Carlos Simon, Brazil

Anybody that follows Brazil will be shocked that this ref is in the world cup, he may have struck a deal with fifa

BatemanPatrickl · 06-09-10, 12:21 AM

Great information DH; thank you for sharing.

JOHON8 · 06-09-10, 12:27 AM

Tread lightly on these stats. These refs are being briefed about a totally different agenda at the WC than their leagues.

fedtpels · 06-09-10, 02:49 AM

Dark Horse can you update the thread when the info comes in so it's all at the top? Thanks to all the contributors. greatly appreciated.

lakerboy · 06-09-10, 09:03 AM

Solid info DH.

Kemalettin · 06-09-10, 09:55 AM

Wow what an amazing thread

Dark Horse · 06-11-10, 12:58 AM

This referee blog should give the ref assignments for each gameday (hopefully), plus some background.

http://referees.worldcupblog.org/

Irmatov is the ref for the opener.

Dark Horse · 06-11-10, 11:17 AM

Nishimura from Japan for the France-Uruguay match. Averages 3.88 yellow cards.

ad617 · 06-11-10, 01:42 PM

Originally posted by Dark Horse

Nishimura from Japan for the France-Uruguay match. Averages 3.88 yellow cards.

qft bro. that evra booking was some real bs.

Dark Horse · 06-27-10, 02:27 AM

Larrionda for Germany-England.
0.68 red card per game.

radishman · 07-12-10, 02:39 AM

Originally posted by radishman

these refs show 4,04 yellow and 0,36 red cards in average making it 258,56 yellow and 23,04 red cards during the world cup.

based on these statistics under 284.5 yellow cards seems to be a smart play.

Total number of yellow cards: 260

hope some of you tailed and made a nice profit!