Barcelona

How Barcelona play under each referee

Every Barcelona game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample Barcelona are 114-17-25 (73.1%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Jesús Gil Manzano has the most Barcelona games in this sample (13).

Updated Sep 30, 2026, 12:31 a.m.·2021-2026 (2022-04-03 – 2026-05-23)

Barcelona record: 114-17-25 (73.1%)

Qualified refs in this table account for 86 of 156 team matches (55%) in this sample. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
+17.8 pts vs team-0.8
José María Sánchez Martínez
+16.9 pts vs team+0.6
Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias
-3.1 pts vs team+1.1
Alejandro José Hernández Hernández
-3.1 pts vs team-2.4
Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz
-3.1 pts vs team-5.1
José Luis Munuera Montero
-6.4 pts vs team-0.2
Jesús Gil Manzano
-11.6 pts vs team-0.4
César Soto Grado
-43.1 pts vs team-3.4

Close-match proxy

How Barcelona compares in one-goal matches vs the full sample. Based on verified match results.

Close games (≤1 goal margin)

85 of 156 games match this window

Avg combined goals
Close-match avg
2.3
Season avg
3.2
Pressure impact
-0.9
Avg cards
Close-match avg
20.1
Season avg
20.4
Pressure impact
-0.3
Over rate
Close-match avg
16.5%
Season avg
37.8%
Pressure impact
-21.3 pp

Over benchmark: 3.2 combined goals · Seasons: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 156 total games in sample

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Barcelona games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: Barcelona went 114-17-25 (73.1%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: who gets called more. A positive number means opponents are whistled more often than Barcelona.

Scores, fouls, cards, and referee assignments from ESPN (1551 games, 183 with sportsbook totals). Referee coverage only where ESPN lists gameInfo.officials (2021-22 onward); games without referee names are excluded entirely. football-data.co.uk SP1 CSVs lack a Referee column and are not used. Matrix: 473/640 ref×team pairs with 3+ games. 349 games skipped (no official listed). Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.