Mustapha Ghorbal

Mustapha Ghorbal
	Ghorbal at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Born	19 August 1985; Oran, Algeria
Domestic
Years	League
2011–	Algerian Ligue 1
International
Years	League
2014–	FIFA listed

Mustapha Ghorbal (Arabic: مصطفى غربال; born 19 August 1985) is an Algerian association football referee. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2014.

Career

Mustapha Ghorbal made his debut in the Algerian first division in 2011 and has been an international referee for the FIFA since 2014.

Statistics

Games and cards in Ligue Professionnelle 1

Season	Games	Total	per game	Total	per game
2010–11	2	4	2	0	0
2011–12	13	41	3.15	1	0.07
2012–13	16	43	2.68	2	0.12
2013–14	12	37	3.08	1	0.08
2014–15	12	49	4.08	2	0.16
2015–16	10	45	4.5	0	0
2016–17	13	49	3.76	2	0.15
2017–18	17	91	5.35	4	0.23
2018–19	12	44	3.66	3	0.25
2019–20	10	41	4.1	5	0.5
2020–21	12	60	5.0	4	0.33
2021–22	6	25	5.0	1	0.33
2022–23	9	38	5.0	2	0.33
2023–24
TOTAL	144	506	3.51	27	0.19

Record

Major national team competition

2019 Africa Cup of Nations – Egypt^[1]
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
24 June 2019	Ivory Coast – South Africa	Al Salam Stadium	Cairo	Group stage	1–0	4	0	^[2]
30 June 2019	Zimbabwe – DR Congo	30 June Stadium	Cairo	Group stage	0–4	4	0	^[3]
5 July 2019	Uganda – Senegal	Cairo International Stadium	Cairo	Round of 16	0–1	5	0	^[4]
10 July 2019	Senegal – Benin	30 June Stadium	Cairo	Quarter-final	1–0	3	1	^[5]
2021 FIFA Arab Cup – Qatar
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
25 June 2021	Bahrain – Kuwait	Khalifa International Stadium	Al Rayyan	Qualification stage	2–0	4	0
2021 Africa Cup of Nations – Cameroon^[6]
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
9 January 2022	Cameroon – Burkina Faso	Olembe Stadium	Yaoundé	Group stage, opening match	2–1	3	0	^[7]
12 January 2022	Mauritania – Gambia	Limbe Stadium	Limbé	Group stage	0–1	5	0
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) – Senegal
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
29 March 2022	Senegal – Egypt	Diamniadio Olympic Stadium	Dakar	Third stage, 2nd leg final	1–0 (a.e.t.)	8	0
2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
25 November 2022	Netherlands – Ecuador	Khalifa International Stadium	Al Rayyan	Group stage	1–1	1	0
30 November 2022	Australia – Denmark	Al Janoub Stadium	Al Wakrah	Group stage	1–0	3	0
5 December 2022	Japan – Croatia	Al Janoub Stadium	Al Wakrah	Round of 16	1–1 (1–3 p)	As fourth official
9 December 2022	Croatia – Brazil	Education City Stadium	Al Rayyan	Quarter-final	1–1 (4–2 p)	As fourth official
2023 Africa Cup of Nations – Ivory Coast
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
14 January 2024	Ghana – Cape Verde	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium	Abidjan	Group stage	1–2	VAR referee
18 January 2024	Ivory Coast – Nigeria	Alassane Ouattara Stadium	Abidjan	Group stage	0–1	1	0
23 January 2024	Gambia – Cameroon	Stade de la Paix	Bouaké	Group stage	2–3	VAR referee
2 February 2024	DR Congo – Guinea	Alassane Ouattara Stadium	Abidjan	Quarter-final	3–1	3	0
2025 Africa Cup of Nations – Morocco
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
28 December 2025	Ivory Coast – Cameroon	Marrakesh Stadium	Marrakesh	Group stage	1–1	3	0
10 January 2026	Egypt – Ivory Coast	Adrar Stadium	Agadir	Quarter-final	3–2	2	0
2026 FIFA World Cup – Canada/Mexico/United States
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
13 June 2026	Haiti – Scotland	Gillette Stadium	Foxborough	Group stage	0–1	4	0
25 June 2026	Turkey – United States	SoFi Stadium	Inglewood	Group stage	3–2	1	0
30 June 2026	Mexico – Ecuador	Estadio Azteca	Mexico City	Round of 32	2–0	As fourth official

Major club competition

2019 FIFA Club World Cup – Qatar^[8]
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
24 June 2019	Al-Sadd – Hienghène Sport	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium	Al Rayyan	First round	3–1 (a.e.t.)	2	0	^[9]
2020 CAF Champions League final – Egypt
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
27 November 2020	Zamalek – Al Ahly	Cairo International Stadium	Cairo	Final	1–2	5	2
18 May 2024	ES Tunis – Al Ahly	Hammadi Agrebi Stadium	Radès, Tunis	Final	0–0	4	0
2021 FIFA Club World Cup – United Arab Emirates
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
3 February 2022	Al-Jazira – AS Pirae	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium	Abu Dhabi	First round	4–1	3	0
9 February 2022	Monterrey – Al-Jazira	Al Nahyan Stadium	Abu Dhabi	Fifth place	3–1	5	0
12 February 2022	Chelsea – Palmeiras	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium	Abu Dhabi	Final	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Fourth official
2022 CAF Super Cup – Morocco
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
10 September 2022	Wydad AC – RS Berkane	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium	Rabat	Final	0–2	4	0
2025 FIFA Club World Cup – United States
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
18 June 2025	Pachuca – Red Bull Salzburg	TQL Stadium	Cincinnati	Group stage	1–2	1	0
22 June 2025	Manchester City – Al Ain	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Atlanta	Group stage	6–0	3	0
29 June 2025	Paris SG – Inter Miami	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Atlanta	Round of 16	4–0	Fourth official
9 July 2025	Paris SG – Real Madrid	MetLife Stadium	East Rutherford	Semi-final	4–0	Fourth official

Other competitions

2015 African U-17 Championship – Niger
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
16 February 2015	Mali – Cameroon	Stade Municipal	Niamey	Group stage	3–1	0	0
21 February 2015	Nigeria – Zambia	Stade Municipal	Niamey	Group stage	3–1	5	0
26 February 2015	Mali – Guinea	Stade Général Seyni Kountché	Niamey	Semi-final	2–1	2	0
2017 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations – Gabon
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
20 May 2017	Gabon – Cameroon	Stade de Port-Gentil	Port-Gentil	Group stage	0–1	0	0
24 May 2017	Ghana – Niger	Stade de Port-Gentil	Port-Gentil	Semi-final	0–0 (6–5 p)	1	0
2018 African Nations Championship – Morocco
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
19 January 2018	Libya – Nigeria	Stade Ibn Batouta	Tangier	Group stage	0–1	4	0
24 January 2018	Congo – Angola	Stade Adrar	Agadir	Group stage	0–0	4	0
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup – Poland
Date	Match	Venue	Location	Round	Result	Yellow cards	Red cards	Ref
23 May 2019	Poland – Colombia	Łódź Stadium	Łódź	Group stage	0–2	2	0	^[10]
29 May 2019	Italy – Japan	Bydgoszcz Stadium	Bydgoszcz	Group stage	0–0	2	0	^[11]
7 June 2019	Colombia – Ukraine	Łódź Stadium	Łódź	Quarter-final	0–1	7	1	^[12]

References

↑ "CAN-2019 : Mustapha Ghorbal dans la liste des arbitres retenus par la CAF". footalgerien.com. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
↑ "Ivory Coast vs. South Africa". ESPN. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
↑ "Zimbabwe vs. Congo DR". ESPN. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
↑ "Uganda vs. Senegal". ESPN. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
↑ "Senegal vs. Benin". ESPN. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
↑ "Le trio arbitral Ghorbal, Etchiali et Gourari retenu". liberte-algerie.com. Rachid Abbad. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
↑ "Ghorbal officiera le match d'ouverture de la CAN". liberte-algerie.com. Rachid Abbad. 9 January 2022.
↑ "MONDIAL DES CLUBS 2019 :LES ARBITRES ALGERIENS GHORBAL ET GOURARI RETENUS". faf.dz. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
↑ "Match report – First round – Al-Sadd SC v Hienghène Sport" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
↑ "Match report – Group A – Poland v Colombia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
↑ "Match report – Group B – Italy v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
↑ "Match report – Quarter-final – Colombia v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

External links

Mustapha Ghorbal, WorldReferee.com

[1] "CAN-2019 : Mustapha Ghorbal dans la liste des arbitres retenus par la CAF". footalgerien.com. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

[2] "Ivory Coast vs. South Africa". ESPN. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[3] "Zimbabwe vs. Congo DR". ESPN. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[4] "Uganda vs. Senegal". ESPN. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[5] "Senegal vs. Benin". ESPN. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[6] "Le trio arbitral Ghorbal, Etchiali et Gourari retenu". liberte-algerie.com. Rachid Abbad. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

[7] "Ghorbal officiera le match d'ouverture de la CAN". liberte-algerie.com. Rachid Abbad. 9 January 2022.

[8] "MONDIAL DES CLUBS 2019 :LES ARBITRES ALGERIENS GHORBAL ET GOURARI RETENUS". faf.dz. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

[9] "Match report – First round – Al-Sadd SC v Hienghène Sport" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[10] "Match report – Group A – Poland v Colombia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[11] "Match report – Group B – Italy v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

[12] "Match report – Quarter-final – Colombia v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

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Referees at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
AFC	Abdulrahman Al-Jassim Chris Beath Alireza Faghani Ma Ning Mohammed Abdulla Yoshimi Yamashita
CAF	Bakary Gassama Mustapha Ghorbal Victor Gomes Salima Mukansanga Maguette Ndiaye Janny Sikazwe
CONCACAF	Iván Barton Ismail Elfath Mario Escobar Saíd Martínez César Arturo Ramos
CONMEBOL	Raphael Claus Andrés Matonte Kevin Ortega Fernando Rapallini Wilton Sampaio Facundo Tello Jesús Valenzuela
OFC	Matthew Conger
UEFA	Stéphanie Frappart Istvan Kovacs Danny Makkelie Szymon Marciniak Antonio Mateu Lahoz Michael Oliver Daniele Orsato Daniel Siebert Anthony Taylor Clément Turpin Slavko Vinčić

Referees at the 2026 FIFA World Cup
AFC	Omar Al Ali Abdulrahman Al-Jassim Khalid Al-Turais Alireza Faghani Ma Ning Adham Makhadmeh Ilgiz Tantashev Yusuke Araki
CAF	Pierre Atcho Dahane Beida Mustapha Ghorbal Jalal Jayed Amin Omar Abongile Tom
CONCACAF	Iván Barton Juan Gabriel Calderón Ismail Elfath Oshane Nation Drew Fischer Katia Itzel García Saíd Martínez Tori Penso César Arturo Ramos
CONMEBOL	Ramon Abatti Juan Gabriel Benítez Raphael Claus Yael Falcón Cristián Garay Darío Herrera Kevin Ortega Andrés Rojas Wilton Sampaio Gustavo Tejera Facundo Tello Jesús Valenzuela
OFC	Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh
UEFA	Espen Eskås Alejandro Hernández Hernández István Kovács François Letexier Danny Makkelie Szymon Marciniak Maurizio Mariani Glenn Nyberg Michael Oliver João Pinheiro Sandro Schärer Anthony Taylor Clément Turpin Slavko Vinčić Felix Zwayer