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VAR in Liga 1

Who video review has helped and hurt since 2022. From 2023–2024 the decisions come from API-Football, match by match; for 2022–2023 and anything missing there, from the match reports.

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Helped most by VAR

UTA Arad

27 decisions for, 18 against

Hurt most by VAR

Dinamo București

20 decisions against, 11 for

Checked most often

FCSB

90 VAR checks in its matches, 0.53 per match

Referee with the most VAR reviews

István Kovács

0.56 per match, in 75 matches since 2022

The VAR table

Every VAR check, including those that confirmed the call on the pitch. In every column: first the decisions about the team, then about its opponents. The balance counts only the decisions that were changed.

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1UTA Arad+9
170 matches · 72 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
10
13
Goals confirmed
1
1
Penalties given by VAR
2
1
Penalties confirmed
9
13
Penalties overturned
2
6
Reds after VAR
5
4
2Oțelul Galați+8
129 matches · 56 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
4
9
Goals confirmed
2
5
Penalties given by VAR
1
0
Penalties confirmed
8
9
Penalties overturned
1
4
Reds after VAR
7
6
3FCU 1948 Craiova+8
78 matches · 32 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
5
8
Goals confirmed
1
1
Penalties given by VAR
2
1
Penalties confirmed
1
5
Penalties overturned
2
2
Reds after VAR
0
2
4Universitatea Craiova+7
172 matches · 62 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
8
7
Goals confirmed
2
3
Penalties given by VAR
3
2
Penalties confirmed
9
8
Penalties overturned
2
6
Reds after VAR
3
3
5Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe+5
131 matches · 54 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
10
15
Goals confirmed
2
1
Penalties given by VAR
1
1
Penalties confirmed
6
7
Penalties overturned
2
3
Reds after VAR
2
2
6Politehnica Iași+4
78 matches · 39 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
7
11
Goals confirmed
1
6
Penalties given by VAR
0
0
Penalties confirmed
3
3
Penalties overturned
2
1
Reds after VAR
2
3
7FC Argeș Pitești+3
93 matches · 23 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
3
4
Goals confirmed
1
1
Penalties given by VAR
1
2
Penalties confirmed
2
1
Penalties overturned
1
2
Reds after VAR
0
2
8FC Hermannstadt+2
156 matches · 61 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
10
9
Goals confirmed
3
3
Penalties given by VAR
4
2
Penalties confirmed
8
5
Penalties overturned
3
5
Reds after VAR
4
3
9FC Botoșani+2
170 matches · 64 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
8
12
Goals confirmed
5
3
Penalties given by VAR
0
2
Penalties confirmed
7
9
Penalties overturned
3
5
Reds after VAR
4
3
10Metaloglobus București+2
39 matches · 18 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
2
5
Goals confirmed
0
2
Penalties given by VAR
0
0
Penalties confirmed
3
4
Penalties overturned
1
0
Reds after VAR
0
0
11CS Mioveni+1
41 matches · 14 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
4
4
Goals confirmed
0
0
Penalties given by VAR
1
1
Penalties confirmed
0
0
Penalties overturned
1
2
Reds after VAR
0
0
12FK Csíkszereda+1
53 matches · 27 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
3
7
Goals confirmed
3
1
Penalties given by VAR
0
0
Penalties confirmed
3
7
Penalties overturned
1
0
Reds after VAR
2
0
13Corvinul Hunedoara0
12 matches · 6 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
1
2
Goals confirmed
1
0
Penalties given by VAR
0
0
Penalties confirmed
0
1
Penalties overturned
0
0
Reds after VAR
1
0
14Chindia Târgoviște-1
39 matches · 8 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
2
1
Goals confirmed
0
1
Penalties given by VAR
1
0
Penalties confirmed
0
0
Penalties overturned
1
1
Reds after VAR
1
0
15Gloria Buzău-1
41 matches · 17 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
2
2
Goals confirmed
0
0
Penalties given by VAR
0
0
Penalties confirmed
3
7
Penalties overturned
1
1
Reds after VAR
0
0
16Petrolul Ploiești-2
168 matches · 65 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
14
12
Goals confirmed
5
1
Penalties given by VAR
0
1
Penalties confirmed
6
11
Penalties overturned
4
3
Reds after VAR
2
3
17FCSB-3
171 matches · 90 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
15
13
Goals confirmed
2
1
Penalties given by VAR
1
3
Penalties confirmed
18
7
Penalties overturned
8
7
Reds after VAR
4
7
18CFR Cluj-3
172 matches · 65 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
10
8
Goals confirmed
2
4
Penalties given by VAR
0
1
Penalties confirmed
7
10
Penalties overturned
4
3
Reds after VAR
3
5
19Farul Constanța-4
170 matches · 76 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
12
10
Goals confirmed
2
3
Penalties given by VAR
3
3
Penalties confirmed
10
9
Penalties overturned
8
3
Reds after VAR
3
4
20Universitatea Cluj-7
170 matches · 54 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
12
7
Goals confirmed
4
3
Penalties given by VAR
1
1
Penalties confirmed
11
5
Penalties overturned
4
2
Reds after VAR
2
2
21Unirea Slobozia-7
78 matches · 35 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
9
3
Goals confirmed
1
2
Penalties given by VAR
0
1
Penalties confirmed
5
4
Penalties overturned
1
1
Reds after VAR
4
4
22FC Voluntari-7
90 matches · 29 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
5
2
Goals confirmed
2
3
Penalties given by VAR
0
0
Penalties confirmed
5
1
Penalties overturned
3
2
Reds after VAR
2
1
23Rapid București-8
172 matches · 60 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
11
10
Goals confirmed
3
1
Penalties given by VAR
1
1
Penalties confirmed
9
7
Penalties overturned
5
2
Reds after VAR
3
1
24Dinamo București-9
135 matches · 63 reviews
theirsopponents
Goals ruled out
11
4
Goals confirmed
6
3
Penalties given by VAR
1
0
Penalties confirmed
10
10
Penalties overturned
4
3
Reds after VAR
3
2

					Goals ruled out		Goals confirmed		Penalties given by VAR		Penalties confirmed		Penalties overturned		Reds after VAR

1	UTA Arad	170	72	+9	10	13	1	1	2	1	9	13	2	6	5	4
2	Oțelul Galați	129	56	+8	4	9	2	5	1	0	8	9	1	4	7	6
3	FCU 1948 Craiova	78	32	+8	5	8	1	1	2	1	1	5	2	2	0	2
4	Universitatea Craiova	172	62	+7	8	7	2	3	3	2	9	8	2	6	3	3
5	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	131	54	+5	10	15	2	1	1	1	6	7	2	3	2	2
6	Politehnica Iași	78	39	+4	7	11	1	6	0	0	3	3	2	1	2	3
7	FC Argeș Pitești	93	23	+3	3	4	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	0	2
8	FC Hermannstadt	156	61	+2	10	9	3	3	4	2	8	5	3	5	4	3
9	FC Botoșani	170	64	+2	8	12	5	3	0	2	7	9	3	5	4	3
10	Metaloglobus București	39	18	+2	2	5	0	2	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	0
11	CS Mioveni	41	14	+1	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
12	FK Csíkszereda	53	27	+1	3	7	3	1	0	0	3	7	1	0	2	0
13	Corvinul Hunedoara	12	6	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
14	Chindia Târgoviște	39	8	-1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
15	Gloria Buzău	41	17	-1	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	7	1	1	0	0
16	Petrolul Ploiești	168	65	-2	14	12	5	1	0	1	6	11	4	3	2	3
17	FCSB	171	90	-3	15	13	2	1	1	3	18	7	8	7	4	7
18	CFR Cluj	172	65	-3	10	8	2	4	0	1	7	10	4	3	3	5
19	Farul Constanța	170	76	-4	12	10	2	3	3	3	10	9	8	3	3	4
20	Universitatea Cluj	170	54	-7	12	7	4	3	1	1	11	5	4	2	2	2
21	Unirea Slobozia	78	35	-7	9	3	1	2	0	1	5	4	1	1	4	4
22	FC Voluntari	90	29	-7	5	2	2	3	0	0	5	1	3	2	2	1
23	Rapid București	172	60	-8	11	10	3	1	1	1	9	7	5	2	3	1
24	Dinamo București	135	63	-9	11	4	6	3	1	0	10	10	4	3	3	2

Balance = for (opponents' goals ruled out, penalties won, opponents' penalties overturned, opponents' reds, own reds cancelled) minus against (the same, the other way). Penalties VAR only confirmed change nothing and are left out. Matches = matches we have data for.

The referees

How often they go to VAR, how many cards they show and penalties they give, per match, in the period picked above. Referees with at least 10 matches.


	143	0.39	4.2	0.19	0.35	2026–27
	96	0.25	4.6	0.20	0.29	2026–27
	93	0.35	4.7	0.25	0.42	2026–27
no matches since 2025–26	82	0.35	4.2	0.22	0.34	2025–26
	79	0.47	4.4	0.24	0.28	2026–27
	76	0.36	4.2	0.16	0.37	2026–27
	75	0.56	4.8	0.29	0.45	2026–27
	70	0.34	4.3	0.16	0.39	2026–27
	67	0.36	5.0	0.13	0.19	2026–27
	65	0.34	4.5	0.20	0.35	2026–27
	57	0.47	4.5	0.26	0.40	2026–27
	55	0.40	4.9	0.31	0.35	2026–27
	54	0.44	2.7	0.11	0.37	2026–27
	52	0.50	3.6	0.23	0.38	2026–27
no matches since 2025–26	43	0.30	3.9	0.16	0.28	2025–26
	42	0.50	4.1	0.19	0.36	2026–27
no matches since 2023–24	29	0.21	4.7	0.17	0.52	2023–24
	26	0.31	3.8	0.15	0.23	2026–27
	15	0.53	4.4	0.20	0.47	2026–27
no matches since 2024–25	13	0.92	3.5	0.38	0.54	2024–25
no matches since 2023–24	13	0.31	5.2	0.23	0.23	2023–24
no matches since 2025–26	13	0.46	4.0	0.23	0.38	2025–26
	11	1.00	3.8	0.55	0.36	2026–27
	11	0.45	3.5	0.09	0.55	2026–27
no matches since 2024–25	10	0.40	5.1	0.20	0.40	2024–25

How long the reviews took comes next, once we re-read the reports that mention it.