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Encyclopedia > Red card
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A red card is used in many sports as a means of indicating that a player has received a certain level of punishment, typically that they have been sent off (expelled from the game). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A yellow card is used in many sports as a means of cautioning a player regarding their conduct, or indicating that a player is to receive a certain level of punishment. ...


Association football

Players are cautioned with a yellow card, and sent off with a red card, which is sometimes round. Players are cautioned with a yellow card, and sent off with a red card, which is sometimes round.
Players are cautioned with a yellow card, and sent off with a red card, which is sometimes round.

In association football (soccer), a red card is shown by a referee to signify that a player has been sent off following serious misconduct. Image File history File links Yellow_card. ... Image File history File links Red_card. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A referee presides over a game of association football (soccer). ...


A player who has been sent off is required to leave the field of play immediately and must take no further part in the game. The player who has been sent off cannot be replaced during the game; their team must continue the game with one player fewer.


Law 12 of the Laws of the Game (which are set by the International Football Association Board and used by the sport's international governing body FIFA) lists the categories of misconduct for which a player may be sent off. Broadly these are: The Laws of the Game (also known as the Laws of Football) are the rules governing a game of association football (soccer). ... The International Football Association Board (IFAB) is the body that determines the Laws of the Game of association football (soccer). ... The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, universally known by its acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of football (soccer) and the largest sporting organization in the world. ...

  1. Serious foul play. This includes a tackle that endangers the safety of an opponent.
  2. Violent conduct
  3. Spitting at anyone
  4. A deliberate hand ball to deny an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by any player other than a goalkeeper in his own penalty area
  5. Committing an offence that denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (informally known as a professional foul)
  6. Using offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures
  7. Receiving a second caution (yellow card) in one game

In addition to being excluded from participating in the rest of the game, a player who has been sent off may be subject to off-field sanctions. These are usually in the form of suspensions from playing for a number of future games. The exact punishments are determined by tournament or competition rules (not by the Laws of the Game). However, FIFA in particular has been adamant that a red card in any football competition must result in the guilty player being suspended for at least the next game without the right to appeal. Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle. ... The goalkeeper in a football (soccer) team is that teams player who directly defends his teams goal and has special privileges within the game. ... In sports, a professional foul is a deliberate act of foul play, usually to prevent an opponent scoring. ... A yellow card is used in many sports as a means of cautioning a player regarding their conduct, or indicating that a player is to receive a certain level of punishment. ... An appeal is the act or fact of challenging a judicially cognizable and binding judgment to a higher judicial authority. ...


However, The Football Association has boldly defied FIFA with respect to appeals. As of 2006 in England, if a direct red card is shown the player is sent off immediately and faces an automatic three-match ban. However, the ban for a direct red card can be overturned with a successful appeal. The onus is on the player to prove his case and the ban can be extended if the FA deems the appeal to be frivolous. In the case of a red card that was shown after two yellow cards, the player is sent off and receives an automatic one match ban without the right to appeal. The FA's appeals policy is generally seen as quite restrictive and only a small percentage of red cards are ever overturned. Nonetheless, successful red card appeals have become constant source of friction between the FA and FIFA. FIFA President Sepp Blatter has occasionally mooted suspending the FA from FIFA and barring England from international tournaments for its continued defiance of FIFA directives, but as of 2006 had taken no further action. The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – 60,609... Joseph Sepp Blatter (born March 10, 1936 in Visp, Wallis, Switzerland) is the current president of FIFA. He was elected on June 8, 1998, succeeding Dr. João Havelange (Brazil). ...


When a goalkeeper is sent off (regardless of second yellow or a direct red card), the goalkeeper must leave the field immediately. If a substitute goalkeeper is available, he can be brought on at the expense of an outfield player. If no substitute goalkeeper is available, or the team has already made the maximum permitted substitutions, an outfield player has to go in goal. This often happened in the period when teams were only allowed one substitute, and on occasion outfield players were known to perform very well in goal, with some even saving penalty kicks.


Yellow and red cards were first introduced in the game by British referee Ken Aston and its first major use was in the 1970 World Cup: he actually had the idea whilst sitting in his car waiting at traffic lights. The system of cautioning and sending-off existed prior to 1970; however, the use of coloured cards allows referees to convey their intentions directly regardless of the language spoken. The cards were only made mandatory at all levels in 1992. Kenneth George Aston (1 September 1915 - 23 October 2001) was an English teacher, soldier, and football referee, who was responsible for many important developments in football refereeing. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ... Traffic lights will sometimes differ where there are several lanes of traffic. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...


Other sports

Other sports also use a red card to indicate a permanent expulsion from a game, including volleyball, futsal, handball, rugby union, British rugby league, water polo, and field hockey. In the sport of fencing, a red card indicates a touch awarded to the offending fencer's opponent; the fencing equivalent to football's red card is the black card. In International Rules Football, a red card means the offending player is sent off the field of play for the remainder of the match. Mixed martial arts promotion PRIDE uses red cards in matches held under its Bushido rules, which do not result in disqualification but do carry a 10% deduction of the guilty fighter's fight purse. Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams, separated by a high net, hit a ball back and forth over the net between the teams. ... Futsal players Futsal is the indoor version of association football (soccer) that is officially sanctioned by footballs international governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... Handball (also known as team handball, field handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. ... General phase play in rugby union. ... Rugby league is a team sport, played by two teams of 13 players. ... Water polo is a team water sport, which can be best described as a combination of swimming, football (soccer), basketball, ice hockey, rugby and wrestling. ... A game of field hockey in progress A field hockey goalkeeper makes a glove save Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... Russian Ivan Tourchine and American Weston Kelsey fence in the second round of the Olympic Mens Individual Épée event at the Helliniko Fencing Hall on Aug. ... In fencing, the Black card is used to penalize fencers duing a match. ... Official tournament logo International rules football is a hybrid code of football which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules footballers and Gaelic footballers. ... Victory in MMA is often the result of a knockout or submission. ... PRIDE or PRIDE Fighting Championships in Japan is the worlds most popular mixed martial arts championship. ...


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