Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo,born 14 June 1987, is a DR Congolese football referee, and a FIFA-listed international referee since 2013.
Ndala began his career in the Katanga Province Football League, and later ascended to the country’s top division, the Linafoot.
He is a renowned referee at CAF level tournaments, and has participated in four Africa Cup of Nations, first in the 2019 edition in Egypt, followed by the 2022 tournament in Cameroon, the 2024 Cup in the Ivory Coast, and in Morocco in 2025–2026, with his most advanced game being the final in Rabat in January 2026.
He has also overseen games in the CAF qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
In 2021, Ndala refereed the December CAF Super Cup between Al Ahly SC and Raja CA in Qatar.
Two years later, in May 2023, he led the first leg final of the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup between Young Africans S.C. and USM Alger in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and in November of that year, Ndala oversaw the second leg final of the 2023 African Football League between Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. and Wydad AC at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa.
Ndala’s FIFA career reached international level (beyond CAF) in 2019, when he was chosen as an official for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland, where he led two group stage matches.
He was pre-selected for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in October 2020, but he was not ultimately included in the final list. In April 2025, Ndala was named for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.
In January 2026, Ndala was appointed as a referee at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. He oversaw two group stage games and was appointed for the 18 January final match between Senegal and the locals Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.
He officiated the Africa Cup of Nations final between Senegal and Morocco in Rabat where he awarded a controversial penalty to host Morocco.
