2018 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record
In the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, the main disciplinary actions taken against players came in the form of red and yellow cards.
A player sanctioned with a red card was sent off from the pitch and could not be replaced. Furthermore, the player was automatically banned from his team's next match. After a straight red card, FIFA conducted a hearing and considered extending this ban beyond one match. If the ban extended beyond the end of the World Cup finals (for example, a player was sent off in his team's last match), it had to be served in the team's next competitive international match(es).
A player also received a one match ban if he picked up a single yellow card in two different games from the beginning of the group stage until the end of the quarter-finals, where single yellow cards were negated.[1] However, such a ban did not carry over beyond the World Cup finals if the second yellow card was collected in his team's last match.[2]
Disciplinary statistics
- Total number of yellow cards: 219
- Average yellow cards per match: 3.42
- Total number of red cards: 4
- Average red cards per match: 0.06
- First yellow card of the tournament:
Aleksandr Golovin for Russia against Saudi Arabia - First red card of the tournament:
Carlos Sánchez Moreno for Colombia against Japan - Fastest yellow card from kick off: 1st minute
- Fastest yellow card after coming on as a substitute: 1st minute
- Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+8th minute
Aleksandar Prijović for Serbia against Costa Rica, Cédric Soares for Portugal against Iran - Latest yellow card in a match with extra time: 118th minute
- Fastest dismissal from kick off: 3rd minute
- Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+4th minute
- Shortest time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 9 minutes
Igor Smolnikov for Russia against Uruguay (booked in the 27th minute and again in the 36th minute) - Most yellow cards (team): 15
Croatia - Most red cards (team): 1
Colombia, Germany, Russia, Switzerland - Fewest yellow cards (team): 1
Saudi Arabia - Most yellow cards (player): 3
Sebastian Larsson - Most red cards (player): 1
Jérôme Boateng, Michael Lang, Carlos Sánchez Moreno, Igor Smolnikov - Most yellow cards (match): 8
Belgium vs Panama, France vs Argentina, Colombia vs England - Most red cards (match): 1
Colombia vs Japan, Germany vs Sweden, Uruguay vs Russia, Sweden vs Switzerland - Fewest yellow cards (match): 0
Argentina vs Iceland, Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia - Most cards in one match: 8 yellow cards
Belgium vs Panama, France vs Argentina, Colombia vs England
Sanctions
By match
Day | Home | Score | Away | Round | Referee | Total cards | ![]() |
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Group stage | |||||||||
Day | 1Russia ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
Group A | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 2Egypt ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
Group A | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 2Morocco ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
Group B | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 2Portugal ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
Group B | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 3France ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
Group C | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 3Argentina ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
Group D | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 3Peru ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
Group C | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 3Croatia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
Group D | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 4Costa Rica ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
Group E | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 4Germany ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
Group F | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 4Brazil ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
Group E | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 5Sweden ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
Group F | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 5Belgium ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
Group G | ![]() | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 5Tunisia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
Group G | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 6Colombia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
Group H | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Day | 6Poland ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
Group H | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 6Russia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
Group A | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 7Portugal ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
Group B | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 7Uruguay ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
Group A | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 7Iran ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
Group B | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 8Denmark ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
Group C | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 8France ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
Group C | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 8Argentina ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
Group D | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 9Brazil ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
Group E | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 9Nigeria ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
Group D | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Day | 9Serbia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
Group E | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Day 10 | Belgium ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
Group G | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Day 10 | South Korea ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
Group F | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Day 10 | Germany ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
Group F | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Day 11 | England ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
Group G | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Day 11 | Japan ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
Group H | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Day 11 | Poland ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
Group H | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Day 12 | Uruguay ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
Group A | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Day 12 | Saudi Arabia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
Group A | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Day 12 | Iran ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
Group B | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Day 12 | Spain ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
Group B | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Day 13 | Denmark ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
Group C | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Day 13 | Australia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
Group C | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Day 13 | Nigeria ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
Group D | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Day 13 | Iceland ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
Group D | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Day 14 | South Korea ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
Group F | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Day 14 | Mexico ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
Group F | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Day 14 | Serbia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
Group E | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Day 14 | Switzerland ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
Group E | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Day 15 | Japan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
Group H | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Day 15 | Senegal ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
Group H | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Day 15 | England ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
Group G | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Day 15 | Panama ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
Group G | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Knockout stage | |||||||||
Day 16 | France ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
Round of 16 | ![]() | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Day 16 | Uruguay ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
Round of 16 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Day 17 | Spain ![]() | 1–1 aet (3–4 p) | ![]() |
Round of 16 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Day 17 | Croatia ![]() | 1–1 aet (3–2 p) | ![]() |
Round of 16 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Day 18 | Brazil ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
Round of 16 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Day 18 | Belgium ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
Round of 16 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Day 19 | Sweden ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
Round of 16 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Day 19 | Colombia ![]() | 1–1 aet (3–4 p) | ![]() |
Round of 16 | ![]() | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Day 20 | Uruguay ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Day 20 | Brazil ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Day 21 | Sweden ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Day 21 | Russia ![]() | 2–2 aet (3–4 p) | ![]() |
Quarter-finals | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Day 22 | France ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
Semi-finals | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Day 23 | Croatia ![]() | 2–1 aet | ![]() |
Semi-finals | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Day 24 | Belgium ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
Third place play-off | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Day 25 | France ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
Final | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Source: [3]
By referee
Referee | Country | Matches | ![]() |
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PKs awarded |
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Damir Skomina | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Malang Diedhiou | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Szymon Marciniak | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Alireza Faghani | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
Néstor Pitana | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
Mark Geiger | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
Ravshan Irmatov | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Gianluca Rocchi | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Cüneyt Çakır | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
Andrés Cunha | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
Björn Kuipers | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Milorad Mažić | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
Sandro Ricci | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Nawaf Shukralla | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Janny Sikazwe | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Enrique Cáceres | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
Antonio Mateu Lahoz | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
César Arturo Ramos | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Sergei Karasev | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Clément Turpin | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Felix Brych | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Gehad Grisha | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Joel Aguilar | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Bakary Gassama | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Wilmar Roldán | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Matthew Conger | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jair Marrufo | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
By team
By player
Source: [3]
Notes
- 1 2 As Lang was sent off in Switzerland's last match of the tournament, he will serve a suspension during the next competitive game of Switzerland (vs Iceland in 2018–19 UEFA Nations League).
References
- ↑ "What if...?". FIFA. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ↑ "FIFA Disciplinary Code 2017 edition, art. 38" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- 1 2 "FIFA World Cup Statistics". ESPN. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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