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

Red and yellow card

In association football (soccer), a yellow card is shown by the referee to indicate that a player has been officially cautioned. The player's details are then (traditionally) recorded by the referee in a small notebook; hence a caution is also known as a booking. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1133x949, 58 KB) Description: Deutsch: Gelbe und Rote Karte beim Fußball English: Yellow and red card (Soccer) Source: Erstellt von de:Benutzer:Guety (selbstgemacht) Date: 19:38, 7. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1133x949, 58 KB) Description: Deutsch: Gelbe und Rote Karte beim Fußball English: Yellow and red card (Soccer) Source: Erstellt von de:Benutzer:Guety (selbstgemacht) Date: 19:38, 7. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A referee presides over a game of association football (soccer). ...

A player who has been cautioned may continue playing in the game. However, a player who receives a second caution in a match is sent off (shown first the yellow card again, and then a red card), meaning that he must leave the field immediately, take no further part in the game, and that he may not be replaced. Red Card may refer to: Red card - A punishment indicator Red Card - A fictional special forces unit of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

Law XII of the Laws of the Game (which are set by the International Football Association Board and used by FIFA) lists the categories of offences that may result in a caution. 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. Unsporting behaviour
2. Dissent by word or action
3. Persistently infringing the Laws of the Game
4. Delaying the restart of play
5. Failing to respect the required distance of a corner kick or free kick
6. Entering or re-entering the field of play without the referee’s permission
7. Deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee’s permission

Note that these are very broad categories, and the referee has a very large degree of discretion as to whether an act constitutes a cautionable offence. Other Laws may specify circumstances under which a caution should or must be given, and numerous directives to referees also provide guidance. A controversial change to the Laws of the Game championed by FIFA President Sepp Blatter mandated automatic yellow cards for players who remove their shirts after goals (this is considred unsporting behavior by FIFA) and came into effect in 2004. This rule is strongly disliked by most players and fans in the more popular leagues and there is considerable pressure to either relax the rule remove it although this is unlikely so long as Blatter is President of FIFA. Some domestic associations, such as the English Football Association have mooted openly defying FIFA's directive and instructing their referees to not caution players for this particular celebration unless other circumstances warrant it. Joseph Sepp Blatter (born March 10, 1936 in Visp, Wallis, Switzerland) was elected president of FIFA on June 8, 1998, succeeding Dr. João Havelange (Brazil). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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). ...

Whilst a player who has been cautioned may continue to play in a game, many football jurisdictions have off-field penalties for players who accumulate a certain number of cautions in a season, tournament or phase of a tournament. Typically these take the form of a suspension from playing in their team's next game after that number of cautions has been reached. Such off-field penalties are determined by the competition's rules, and not by the Laws of the Game.

Yellow and red cards were first introduced in the game by British referee Ken Aston and their first major use was in the 1970 World Cup. 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). ... 1990 copy of the World Cup Trophy awarded to West Germany. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Other sports

Yellow cards are also in use in other sports, such as volleyball, women's lacrosse, field hockey, rugby union, rugby league in many countries, and handball. In both rugby codes, a player shown a yellow card is suspended from the game for 10 minutes (colloquially termed being sent to the sin bin). In the sport of fencing, a yellow card represents a warning, nullifying the action just made by a fencer. The Mixed Martial Arts promotion PRIDE also uses yellow cards, but a fighter can be shown two yellow cards without being disqualified, not one. 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. ... A womens lacrosse player carries the ball past a defender. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... General phase play in rugby union. ... Rugby league is a team sport, played by two teams of 13 players. ... 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. ... For the part of a football (soccer) pitch called the box, see penalty area. ... 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. ... Ryan Purwick (top) works the guard of Joaquin Velasco. ... Pride refers to a strong sense (or desire) of self-respect, a refusal to be humiliated as well as joy in the accomplishments of oneself or a person, group, or object that one identifies with. ...

Other usage

• A World Health Organization Yellow Card, or Carte Jaune is an international certificate of vaccination, containing records of immunizations and vaccinations, dated and certified by the physicians who administered them. It is presented to immigration authorities with one's passport, upon entering countries which are quarantined by reason of disease.
• The term yellow card has become a colloquial expression suggesting a warning or last chance.
• Yellowcard is a punk rock band founded in 1997, known for the hit single "Ocean Avenue".
• When a player of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance breaks a Law in an engagement, on the first offense the Judge will give the player a yellow card, indicating that the character will be subject to some punishment relative to the severity of the Law-breaking.
• A Yellow Card was issued to UK troops in Northern Ireland. This listed the Rules of Engagement - when troops were allowed to fire their weapons.

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See also

• Red card