Referee Profile

Hakim Ben El Hadj

France
Ligue 1 Referee Event coverage Β· 100%
FederationFFF
Biography

About Hakim Ben El Hadj

Hakim Ben El Hadj is a French football referee currently involved in Ligue 1 appointments. This profile is designed to give The VAR Verdict readers a quick overview of the official’s current top-flight role, disciplinary tendencies and general match-management profile in France’s top division.

In the 2025/26 Ligue 1 season, Hakim Ben El Hadj has officiated 8 league matches, averaging 20.88 fouls, 0.50 penalties, 3.25 yellow cards and 0.25 red cards per game. Those numbers point to a penalty-active and firm profile, with a moderate disciplinary line, and a visible tendency to award penalties. That statistical snapshot helps explain the threshold and tone Hakim Ben El Hadj has shown this season.

Referee Style Penalty-active and firm
Officiating record

Matches

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Match history

Recent Matches

Historical coverage is selective. We only show seasons and competitions where our sources provide enough verified referee data, so some older seasons may not be available.

Trusted archive

Full Match History

27 matches
Ligue 1 2025/26 Β· May 10, 2026
Angers SCO 1–1 RC Strasbourg Alsace
6 0 PEN 1 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 Β· April 12, 2026
Toulouse FC 0–4 Lille OSC
2 1 PEN 1 VAR 1 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 Β· March 21, 2026
AJ Auxerre 3–0 Stade Brestois 29
4 1 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 Β· March 1, 2026
Paris FC 1–0 OGC Nice
9 1 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 Β· January 25, 2026
Nantes 1–4 OGC Nice
5 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 Β· January 4, 2026
Le Havre AC 2–1 Angers SCO
2 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 Β· December 7, 2025
OGC Nice 0–1 Angers SCO
2 1 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 Β· November 22, 2025
Stade Rennais FC 1901 4–1 AS Monaco FC
1 1 PEN 1 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 Β· November 9, 2025
FC Lorient 1–1 Toulouse FC
4 0 PEN 2 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 Β· October 26, 2025
AJ Auxerre 0–1 Le Havre AC
4 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2025/26 Β· August 22, 2025
Paris Saint-Germain FC 1–0 Angers SCO
0 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 Β· May 21, 2025
Metz 1–1 Reims
4 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 Β· May 17, 2025
OGC Nice 6–0 Stade Brestois 29
5 0 PEN 1 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 Β· April 27, 2025
Angers SCO 0–2 Lille OSC
6 1 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 Β· April 4, 2025
OGC Nice 1–2 Nantes
2 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 Β· March 30, 2025
Toulouse FC 2–4 Stade Brestois 29
5 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 Β· March 9, 2025
Nantes 0–1 RC Strasbourg Alsace
2 0 PEN 0 VAR 1 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 Β· February 9, 2025
Angers SCO 0–2 Olympique de Marseille
3 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 Β· January 25, 2025
Paris Saint-Germain FC 1–1 Reims
4 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Ligue 1 2024/25 Β· January 5, 2025
Real Racing Club de Santander 0–1 Toulouse FC
7 1 PEN 1 VAR 1 Details
Career

Competition & Season History

Historical coverage is selective. Only seasons with sufficient verified referee data are shown; some competitions and older seasons are intentionally unavailable when coverage is incomplete.

Ligue 1

France
27trusted matches

2025/26

100% event coverage Β· 84.2% league referee coverage
Good coverage
Matches11
Yellow39
Red5
Penalties5
VAR Events1
VAR Appsβ€”

2024/25

100% event coverage Β· 90.3% league referee coverage
Excellent coverage
Matches16
Yellow65
Red2
Penalties4
VAR Events4
VAR Appsβ€”

Tracked Statistics Snapshot

Matches27
Yellow Cards104
Red Cards7
Penalties9
Yellow / Covered Match3.85
Red / Covered Match0.26
Penalty / Covered Match0.33
VAR & Discipline

VAR Record

Explicit VAR Events5Provider-coded incidents
VAR Appointmentsβ€”Structured role coverage unavailable
Goal Cancelled4Explicit provider event
VAR Penalty1Explicit provider event

VAR event counts describe provider-coded incidents. They do not represent The VAR Verdict's editorial judgment on whether a decision was correct or incorrect.

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