Referees · Portugal
José Bessa: referee stats
José Bessa has refereed 5 league games in the 2026/27 season, with 5.6 yellow cards, 0.4 red cards and 0.4 penalties a game. That is above the same leagues' average this season: 4.6 yellow and 0.3 red a game. The latest game was Nacional – Braga 1–0 on 25 October (4 yellow, 0 red). José Bessa has refereed 35 league games in our data in three seasons (2024/25–2026/27), 5 of them this season. Cards a game: 5.9 yellow and 0.4 red; the average in the same leagues and seasons was 5.0 yellow and 0.3 red.
This season's games
| Date | League | Match | Score | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct | Primeira Liga | Nacional – Braga | 1–0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 Oct | Segunda Liga | Leixões – FC Porto B | 1–2 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 Sep | Primeira Liga | Casa Pia – Porto | 1–4 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 Aug | Primeira Liga | Alverca – Estrela | 2–2 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 Aug | Primeira Liga | Moreirense – Braga | 2–2 | 6 | 0 |
Yellow and red cards of both teams. A match with a page of its own is a link.
By season
| Season | League | Games | Yellow a game | Red a game | Penalties a game | Home wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 5.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 25% |
| 2026/27 | Segunda Liga | 1 | 7.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0% |
| 2025/26 | Primeira Liga | 12 | 7.08 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 17% |
| 2025/26 | Segunda Liga | 3 | 5.67 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 33% |
| 2024/25 | Primeira Liga | 8 | 5.50 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 62% |
| 2024/25 | Segunda Liga | 7 | 4.43 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 43% |
| 3 seasons | 35 | 5.86 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 34% |
Cards of both teams as the source records them, a red counted once (twice when a card tip is settled). Penalties awarded in play, scored or missed, where our data has every game's events (else –).
Leagues
- Primeira Liga24 games
- Segunda Liga11 games
See also
Portugal: all referees Primeira Liga: table and matches All referees
League games of the last three seasons in our data. A name that appears in two games on one day belongs to two people and gets no page. History only, never a prediction.
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