Mutaz Ibrahim
Mutaz Ibrahim is a Libyan football referee, who has been a FIFA-listed international referee since 2019.
Career
At club level, Ibrahim oversaw the 2023 [CAF Champions League final] first leg between Al Ahly SC and Wydad AC in Cairo. Ibrahim refereed the 2024 CAF Super Cup in September 2024, at the Kingdom Arena, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The game was played between Egyptian teams Al Ahly SC and Zamalek SC, with a Zamalek victory on penalties.In national team competitions, Ibrahim was selected as Libya's representative for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia, where he refereed two group-stage matches: Group E's France v. South Korea, and the Group F's victory of Venezuela over New Zealand.
The next year, Ibrahim was chosen for the 2023 [Africa Cup of Nations] in the Ivory Coast, where he oversaw four matches: two group-stage ones, one round-of-16 match, and a semifinal between the 2023 [Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage#Ivory_Coast_vs_DR_Congo|locals and DR Congo]. In 2023, Ibrahim led matches at the 2022 [African Nations Championship|African Nations Championship] in Algeria.
Other international tournaments for Ibrahim were the 2021 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Mauritania and games of the CAF qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
In 2024, Ibrahim was chosen as CAF Men's Referee of the Year.
Among his most recent tournaments was the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States, serving as a reserve referee. He served as VAR official at the 2025 [FIFA Club World Cup Group C|Group C] match between Bayern Munich and Auckland City FC, and at the 2025 FIFA [Club World Cup Group H|Group H] game between Mexican team Pachuca and Austrians FC [Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg], ended in a 2025 FIFA Club [World Cup Group H#Pachuca_vs_Red_Bull_Salzburg|victory 2–1] for the Europeans.