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
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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