Istvan Kovacs
Romania 41 Age (16.09.1984)
Career Statistics
Main Referee Referee Type
452 Total Matches Officiated
134 Total Penalties
4.26 YC per Match
0.33 RC per Match
0.30 Pen/M
League
Season
Team
Lig Seviyesi Matches Penalty P/M P/M Pen/M
Superliga
301 1322 107 89 4.39 0.36 0.30
UEFA Champions League
46 203 14 13 4.41 0.30 0.28
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
Int. Friendly Games
6 0 2 1 0.00 0.33 0.17
UEFA EURO, Qualification
6 20 2 1 3.33 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 Club World Cup
2 17 2 3 8.50 1.00 1.50
World Cup
2 3 0 1 1.50 0.00 0.50
Chinese Super League
1 3 0 1 3.00 0.00 1.00
Premier League
1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Stars League
1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sezon Matches Penalty P/M P/M Pen/M
26-27
2 7 1 1 3.50 0.50 0.50
2026
6 19 1 2 3.17 0.17 0.33
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
46 15 10 21
115
11
113
7
Uni Craiova
44 17 11 16
118
8
115
6
Farul Constanta
43 14 7 22
94
5
98
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
Botosani
28 11 7 10
64
2
76
1
Rapid Bucuresti
28 9 11 8
53
5
55
6
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
Uta Arad
10 2 5 3
24
1
28
1
Ceahlaul Piatra
10 2 2 6
14
0
17
1
PSG
8 5 1 2
18
1
32
3
U Craiova
8 0 3 5
16
4
22
2
Champions FC Arges
7 2 2 3
15
1
11
0
ACS Poli Timisoara
7 3 0 4
21
1
27
2
Al Hilal
6 4 2 0
7
0
16
3
Atletico
6 1 1 4
22
1
15
1
Chindia Targoviste
6 1 3 2
14
0
14
1
Mioveni
6 1 3 2
13
0
12
2
Roma
6 4 1 1
16
0
11
2
Inter
5 3 1 1
11
0
9
0
Al Qadsiah
5 1 4 0
9
1
10
1
Slovenia
5 3 2 0
11
0
13
2
Al-Ittihad
5 3 1 1
6
1
6
0
Real Madrid
5 3 0 2
8
0
5
0
ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș
5 2 0 3
10
2
5
3
Slovakia
4 2 1 1
12
0
9
1
Northern Ireland
4 1 1 2
8
3
5
1
Man City
4 3 0 1
6
0
8
0
FC Viitorul Constanta
4 2 1 1
13
0
7
0
Sportul Studențesc
4 1 0 3
0
1
0
0
Dortmund
4 2 0 2
2
0
5
0
Gloria Bistrita
4 2 1 1
0
0
0
1
Damac
4 0 2 2
9
1
6
1
Porto
3 2 0 1
10
1
10
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
Milan
3 2 0 1
5
0
6
1
FC Zorya Luhansk
3 0 1 2
7
0
5
0
Barcelona
3 0 1 2
6
2
11
0
Rangers
3 0 2 1
3
1
8
0
Wales
3 1 0 2
5
0
12
0
Napoli
3 0 2 1
11
1
3
0
Academica Clinceni
3 0 2 1
6
0
8
1
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
Croatia
3 3 0 0
7
0
5
0
Sevilla
3 1 0 2
9
0
8
0
Celtic
3 1 0 2
3
0
15
2
Bayern Munich
3 3 0 0
5
0
10
1
Victoria Branesti
2 0 0 2
0
0
0
0
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 1 1 0
6
0
1
0
Basaksehir
2 1 0 1
4
0
6
0
Italy
2 0 1 1
0
0
4
0
Copenhagen
2 1 1 0
1
0
3
0
Denmark
2 1 1 0
3
0
0
0
Juventus
2 0 1 1
4
0
3
0
Vointa Sibiu
2 0 1 1
0
1
0
1
Al-Wehda
2 2 0 0
0
0
0
0
Turnu-Severin
2 0 2 0
2
0
3
0
Finland
2 0 1 1
5
0
7
1
North Macedonia
2 0 0 2
1
0
0
0
Montenegro
2 0 0 2
5
1
0
0
Krasnodar
2 2 0 0
3
0
3
0
Norway
2 2 0 0
1
0
5
1
Marseille
2 0 0 2
8
1
3
0
Armenia
2 0 1 1
0
0
2
0
Ukraine
2 1 1 0
3
1
2
0
Turkiye
2 1 0 1
12
0
5
2
Latvia
2 1 0 1
2
0
3
1
Unirea Slobozia
2 0 2 0
6
0
2
0
Al-Khaleej
2 0 1 1
8
0
4
0
Liechtenstein
2 0 1 1
5
1
0
0
Serbia
2 0 1 1
6
0
5
0
Al-Taawoun
2 1 0 1
3
0
2
0
England
2 1 1 0
0
0
2
0
Scotland
2 0 0 2
2
0
8
0
Al-Fateh
2 0 1 1
4
1
2
0
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2 1 0 1
6
0
2
0
Lokomotiv Moscow
2 1 0 1
4
0
1
1
Feyenoord
2 0 0 2
3
0
6
0
Arsenal
2 1 0 1
4
0
5
0
Galatasaray
2 0 1 1
9
0
5
0
Bilbao
2 0 2 0
4
0
3
1
Young Boys
2 0 1 1
6
1
6
0
Lille
2 2 0 0
7
0
7
0
Dinamo Zagreb
2 2 0 0
5
0
5
1
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
Chengdu Rongcheng
1 0 1 0
1
0
2
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
Bodoe/Glimt
1 1 0 0
2
0
2
3
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
Wuhan Three Towns FC
1 0 1 0
2
0
1
0
Monaco
1 0 1 0
4
1
1
0
Al-Faisaly
1 0 1 0
0
0
0
0
Union Gilloise
1 0 0 1
2
3
2
0
Nice
1 0 0 1
0
1
1
0