Istvan Kovacs
Romania 41 Age (16.09.1984)
Career Statistics
Main Referee Referee Type
449 Total Matches Officiated
132 Total Penalties
4.27 YC per Match
0.32 RC per Match
0.29 Pen/M
League
Season
Team
Lig Seviyesi Matches Penalty P/M P/M Pen/M
Superliga
300 1319 106 88 4.40 0.35 0.29
UEFA Champions League
45 199 11 13 4.42 0.24 0.29
UEFA Europa League
39 184 10 10 4.72 0.26 0.26
Saudi Pro League
20 71 5 7 3.55 0.25 0.35
FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA
11 40 5 4 3.64 0.45 0.36
UEFA Nations League
10 30 0 4 3.00 0.00 0.40
UEFA EURO, Qualification
6 20 2 1 3.33 0.33 0.17
Int. Friendly Games
6 0 2 1 0.00 0.33 0.17
UEFA Euro
3 22 2 0 7.33 0.67 0.00
UEFA Conference League
3 12 0 0 4.00 0.00 0.00
FIFA World Cup
2 3 0 1 1.50 0.00 0.50
FIFA Club World Cup
2 17 2 3 8.50 1.00 1.50
Stars League
1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Premier League
1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sezon Matches Penalty P/M P/M Pen/M
2026
5 16 1 1 3.20 0.20 0.20
25-26
32 145 8 18 4.53 0.25 0.56
24-25
35 132 7 9 3.77 0.20 0.26
2025
2 12 0 0 6.00 0.00 0.00
2024
5 29 4 1 5.80 0.80 0.20
23-24
30 101 7 5 3.37 0.23 0.17
2023
4 11 1 5 2.75 0.25 1.25
22-23
26 130 9 13 5.00 0.35 0.50
21-22
38 194 8 14 5.11 0.21 0.37
2021
7 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
2022
4 9 2 1 2.25 0.50 0.25
20-21
24 129 6 10 5.38 0.25 0.42
19-20
26 132 3 5 5.08 0.12 0.19
18-19
21 109 6 3 5.19 0.29 0.14
2019
2 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0.50
2018
4 0 1 3 0.00 0.25 0.75
17-18
21 111 8 5 5.29 0.38 0.24
16-17
19 99 5 6 5.21 0.26 0.32
2016
2 0 1 0 0.00 0.50 0.00
15-16
21 100 5 3 4.76 0.24 0.14
14-15
24 112 9 6 4.67 0.38 0.25
2014
3 0 1 1 0.00 0.33 0.33
13-14
25 132 10 3 5.28 0.40 0.12
12-13
25 136 14 7 5.44 0.56 0.28
11-12
21 0 19 5 0.00 0.90 0.24
10-11
22 0 9 7 0.00 0.41 0.32
2006
1 0 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00
Takım Matches W D L Team Cards Opponent Cards
Dinamo Bucuresti
45 14 10 21
113
11
112
6
Farul Constanta
43 14 7 22
94
5
98
6
Uni Craiova
43 17 11 15
117
7
113
6
FCSB
42 22 9 11
107
9
116
9
CFR Cluj
39 22 13 4
99
3
87
11
Astra Giurgiu
35 18 6 11
81
7
78
8
Gaz Metan
32 9 11 12
74
6
65
6
Rapid Bucuresti
28 9 11 8
53
5
55
6
Botosani
28 11 7 10
64
2
76
1
Petrolul Ploiesti
24 7 8 9
52
7
37
3
Uni Cluj
22 10 8 4
39
3
34
4
Politehnica Iasi
21 7 7 7
50
3
49
1
Otelul Galati
18 6 7 5
28
5
19
6
CS Pandurii Lignitul Targu Jiu
17 8 4 5
34
3
49
6
FC Brasov (2017)
15 4 8 3
31
5
31
3
Voluntari
13 4 4 5
34
3
27
0
Concordia Chiajna
13 1 5 7
42
7
40
3
Sepsi OSK
12 4 3 5
19
1
36
2
SC Vaslui
12 3 5 4
13
2
14
4
Hermannstadt
11 1 6 4
18
0
21
0
Ceahlaul Piatra
10 2 2 6
14
0
17
1
Uta Arad
10 2 5 3
24
1
28
1
U Craiova
8 0 3 5
16
4
22
2
PSG
8 5 1 2
18
1
32
3
ACS Poli Timisoara
7 3 0 4
21
1
27
2
Champions FC Arges
7 2 2 3
15
1
11
0
Roma
6 4 1 1
16
0
11
2
Al Hilal
6 4 2 0
7
0
16
3
Chindia Targoviste
6 1 3 2
14
0
14
1
Mioveni
6 1 3 2
13
0
12
2
Atletico
6 1 1 4
22
1
15
1
ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș
5 2 0 3
10
2
5
3
Al-Ittihad
5 3 1 1
6
1
6
0
Inter
5 3 1 1
11
0
9
0
Slovenia
5 3 2 0
11
0
13
2
Real Madrid
5 3 0 2
8
0
5
0
Al Qadsiah
5 1 4 0
9
1
10
1
Gloria Bistrita
4 2 1 1
0
0
0
1
Sportul Studențesc
4 1 0 3
0
1
0
0
Dortmund
4 2 0 2
2
0
5
0
FC Viitorul Constanta
4 2 1 1
13
0
7
0
Damac
4 0 2 2
9
1
6
1
Man City
4 3 0 1
6
0
8
0
Northern Ireland
4 1 1 2
8
3
5
1
Slovakia
4 2 1 1
12
0
9
1
Croatia
3 3 0 0
7
0
5
0
Club Brugge
3 1 0 2
11
0
5
0
Fenerbahce
3 1 1 1
4
0
5
0
Villarreal
3 1 2 0
5
0
10
0
Liverpool
3 1 0 2
3
0
6
0
Crvena Zvezda
3 1 1 1
8
1
4
1
Leverkusen
3 1 0 2
10
0
12
1
FC Zorya Luhansk
3 0 1 2
7
0
5
0
Barcelona
3 0 1 2
6
2
11
0
Milan
3 2 0 1
5
0
6
1
Rangers
3 0 2 1
3
1
8
0
Wales
3 1 0 2
5
0
12
0
Academica Clinceni
3 0 2 1
6
0
8
1
Napoli
3 0 2 1
11
1
3
0
Shakhtar
3 1 1 1
6
0
5
0
Genk
3 1 1 1
4
0
5
0
France
3 2 0 1
0
0
3
0
Al Nassr
3 0 0 3
7
0
10
0
Al-Ittifaq
3 1 0 2
10
0
9
0
Netherlands
3 1 1 1
3
0
2
0
Porto
3 2 0 1
10
1
10
0
Celtic
3 1 0 2
3
0
15
2
Sevilla
3 1 0 2
9
0
8
0
Bayern Munich
3 3 0 0
5
0
10
1
Basaksehir
2 1 0 1
4
0
6
0
Dinamo Zagreb
2 2 0 0
5
0
5
1
Italy
2 0 1 1
0
0
4
0
Feyenoord
2 0 0 2
3
0
6
0
Copenhagen
2 1 1 0
1
0
3
0
Juventus
2 0 1 1
4
0
3
0
Vointa Sibiu
2 0 1 1
0
1
0
1
Lille
2 2 0 0
7
0
7
0
Victoria Branesti
2 0 0 2
0
0
0
0
North Macedonia
2 0 0 2
1
0
0
0
Montenegro
2 0 0 2
5
1
0
0
Turnu-Severin
2 0 2 0
2
0
3
0
Norway
2 2 0 0
1
0
5
1
Marseille
2 0 0 2
8
1
3
0
Turkiye
2 1 0 1
12
0
5
2
Al-Wehda
2 2 0 0
0
0
0
0
Ukraine
2 1 1 0
3
1
2
0
Krasnodar
2 2 0 0
3
0
3
0
Al-Khaleej
2 0 1 1
8
0
4
0
Armenia
2 0 1 1
0
0
2
0
Scotland
2 0 0 2
2
0
8
0
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 1 1 0
6
0
1
0
Unirea Slobozia
2 0 2 0
6
0
2
0
England
2 1 1 0
0
0
2
0
Latvia
2 1 0 1
2
0
3
1
Serbia
2 0 1 1
6
0
5
0
Denmark
2 1 1 0
3
0
0
0
Lokomotiv Moscow
2 1 0 1
4
0
1
1
Arsenal
2 1 0 1
4
0
5
0
Al-Fateh
2 0 1 1
4
1
2
0
Al-Taawoun
2 1 0 1
3
0
2
0
Bilbao
2 0 2 0
4
0
3
1
Galatasaray
2 0 1 1
9
0
5
0
Young Boys
2 0 1 1
6
1
6
0
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2 1 0 1
6
0
2
0
Finland
2 0 1 1
5
0
7
1
Liechtenstein
2 0 1 1
5
1
0
0
Gloria Buzau
1 0 1 0
2
0
2
0
Slavia Sofia
1 0 0 1
4
1
3
0
Panathinaikos
1 1 0 0
0
0
3
1
SL Benfica
1 1 0 0
2
0
1
0
Germany
1 1 0 0
2
0
0
0
Shkendija Tetovo
1 0 0 1
0
0
2
0
Plzen
1 0 0 1
3
1
4
0
St. Patrick´s
1 0 1 0
3
0
4
1
Thun
1 0 1 0
4
0
3
0
Czechia
1 0 0 1
5
2
11
0
Flamengo
1 0 0 1
6
1
3
0
Anderlecht
1 0 0 1
4
0
1
0
Slavia Prague
1 1 0 0
2
0
4
0
Sweden
1 1 0 0
0
0
1
0
Burnley
1 1 0 0
3
0
2
0
Koper
1 0 1 0
1
0
4
0
Rosenborg
1 0 1 0
5
0
3
0
Gabala
1 0 0 1
1
0
1
0
FC Timisoara
1 0 1 0
0
1
0
0
Partizan Belgrade
1 0 1 0
3
0
2
0
Newcastle
1 1 0 0
3
0
4
0
Saint-Etienne
1 1 0 0
1
0
4
0
Zamalek
1 0 1 0
0
0
0
0
Ankaraspor
1 1 0 0
5
0
3
0
Czestochowa
1 0 1 0
3
0
0
0
France
1 1 0 0
0
1
0
0
Chelsea
1 0 0 1
2
0
1
0
Al-Raed
1 1 0 0
2
0
4
1
Metalurg S
1 0 0 1
0
0
0
1
Tunisia
1 0 0 1
0
0
0
0
Portugal
1 1 0 0
0
0
2
0
Iceland
1 0 0 1
1
0
0
0
Lazio
1 0 0 1
4
0
1
0
Daugavpils
1 0 0 1
0
0
0
0
SK Rapid
1 1 0 0
3
0
5
0
AL Batin
1 0 0 1
2
0
3
0
Granada
1 0 0 1
3
0
1
0
Rabotnicki Skopje
1 1 0 0
3
0
4
0
Man Utd
1 1 0 0
1
0
3
0
Tromsoe
1 1 0 0
0
0
0
0
Japan
1 1 0 0
0
0
0
0
Elfsborg
1 1 0 0
2
0
3
0
Kardemir Karabukspor
1 0 1 0
3
0
5
0
Levski Sofia
1 0 0 1
1
0
4
0
Italy
1 0 0 1
0
0
0
1
Qarabag
1 1 0 0
0
1
0
0
Olomouc
1 0 0 1
0
0
1
0
Greece
1 1 0 0
0
0
0
0
San Marino
1 0 0 1
4
1
0
0
Albania
1 1 0 0
3
0
2
0
Al Ahli Saudi
1 1 0 0
2
0
4
0
Pafos
1 0 1 0
2
1
3
0
Vaduz
1 0 1 0
3
0
4
0
Real Sociedad
1 0 1 0
3
1
3
0
Jelgava
1 0 0 1
4
0
3
0
Vestmannaeyjar
1 0 1 0
3
0
4
1
Belarus
1 0 0 1
0
1
0
0
Sarpsborg
1 0 0 1
0
0
1
0
Braga
1 0 0 1
2
1
1
0
Alkmaar
1 0 0 1
0
0
2
0
Argentina
1 1 0 0
0
0
3
0
Al Sadd
1 0 0 1
0
0
0
0
Molde
1 0 0 1
3
0
2
0
Jordan
1 0 0 1
3
0
0
0
Midtjylland
1 0 0 1
3
0
5
0
Switzerland
1 0 1 0
0
0
0
0
Siroki Brijeg
1 0 1 0
4
1
3
0
Metaloglobus
1 0 1 0
1
0
3
0
Ostersund
1 0 1 0
3
0
1
0
Al-Shabab
1 0 0 1
5
1
1
0
Unirea Urziceni
1 1 0 0
0
0
0
0
Bologna
1 1 0 0
5
0
1
0
Eindhoven
1 1 0 0
0
1
0
0
CS Navodari
1 0 0 1
0
0
1
0
Vikingur Reykjavik
1 0 1 0
4
0
1
0
Atalanta
1 1 0 0
4
0
3
0
Cyprus
1 0 0 1
0
0
1
0
Basel
1 0 0 1
0
0
1
0
Everton
1 0 0 1
2
0
2
0
Al Ahly (EGY)
1 0 1 0
0
0
0
0
Sparta Prague
1 1 0 0
3
0
1
0
Moldova
1 0 0 1
0
0
0
0
Lithuania
1 0 0 1
0
0
2
0
Hajer
1 0 1 0
0
0
0
0
Valencia
1 1 0 0
3
0
4
1
Scotland
1 1 0 0
0
0
0
1
Al-Hazm
1 0 1 0
0
0
0
0
Spartans
1 1 0 0
4
0
1
0
AL Wakrah
1 1 0 0
0
0
0
0
Spain
1 0 1 0
0
0
0
0
Hajduk
1 1 0 0
3
0
4
1
Saint Petersburg
1 0 0 1
1
0
0
0
Astana
1 0 0 1
7
2
2
0
Olympiacos
1 0 1 0
3
0
2
1
Monaco
1 0 1 0
4
1
1
0
Al-Faisaly
1 0 1 0
0
0
0
0
Nice
1 0 0 1
0
1
1
0