List of FIFA World Cup red cards

This is a list of all red cards shown during FIFA World Cups; that is, the occasions when a player has been expelled from the game in a football World Cup Finals match (not including qualifying matches). As FIFA is the governing body of football, official red cards are only noted when FIFA recognised that a player was expelled or sent off in a match.

This list includes all dismissals since the first FIFA World Cup in 1930. The use of red and yellow cards to respectively indicate dismissals and cautions is a more recent invention, having been introduced at the 1970 tournament.

Notable World Cup red cards

  • Plácido Galindo was the first player to be sent off in a World Cup match, playing for Peru on 14 July 1930 against Romania.
  • Uruguay's José Batista received the quickest red card when he was sent off in the first minute in 1986 for bringing down Gordon Strachan in a game against Scotland.
  • Five players have been sent off in the final. Argentina's Pedro Monzón was the first in 1990 and was quickly followed by teammate Gustavo Dezotti in the same match. Marcel Desailly, playing for France in 1998, was the first player to be sent off from the winning team in the final. In 2006, Zinedine Zidane of France, who scored twice in 1998, would become the first captain to be sent off in the final.
  • Argentina's Claudio Caniggia became the first person to be sent off from the substitute's bench, after he swore at the referee in a game against Sweden in 2002.
  • The most players sent off on one day occurred on 18 June 1998 when five players received a red card across two different first round matches.
  • The 2006 tournament had the highest amount of red cards; a total of 27 players were sent off.
  • Rigobert Song became the first player to receive two red cards - one in 1994 and one in 1998. Zinedine Zidane replicated this in 1998 and 2006.
  • Three South American countries lead the list of most red cards for a national team with Brazil having 11 players dismissed. Argentina have had 10 players sent off, and Uruguay 9 players.
  • The single World Cup match with the greatest number of red cards was the Portugal-Netherlands game in the second round of the 2006 World Cup, this match also known as the "Battle of Nuremberg". 4 players, 2 from each team, were sent off; overall referee Valentin Ivanov dished out 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards, the greatest number of players booked and sent off in any one match.
  • The physical red card was introduced in 1970, but nobody was sent off. Carlos Caszely of Chile became the first person to receive a red card, after his second yellow card against West Germany in 1974, for bringing down Berti Vogts. Chile lost 1–0.

List of World Cup red cards

Order Player Card Combination Time of cards Representing Final
Score
Opponent Tournament Round Date
1.Plácido Galindo54' Peru 1–3 Romania1930, Uruguay First roundJuly 14, 1930
2.Imre Markos63' Hungary 1–2 Austria1934, Italy Quarter-finalsMay 31, 1934
3.Hans Pesser96' Germany 1–1aet  Switzerland1938, France First roundJune 4, 1938
4.Zezé Procópio14' Brazil 1–1aet Czechoslovakia Quarter-finalsJune 12, 1938
5.Jan Říha89' Czechoslovakia 1–1aet Brazil Quarter-finalsJune 12, 1938
6.Machado89' Brazil 1–1aet Czechoslovakia Quarter-finalsJune 12, 1938
7.József Bozsik71' Hungary 4–2 Brazil1954, Switzerland Quarter-finalsJune 27, 1954
8.Nílton Santos71' Brazil 2–4 Hungary Quarter-finalsJune 27, 1954
9.Humberto79' Brazil 2–4 Hungary Quarter-finalsJune 27, 1954
10.Ferenc Sipos79' Hungary 1–2 Wales1958, Sweden First roundJune 17, 1958
11.Titus Buberník102' Czechoslovakia 1–2 Northern Ireland First roundJune 17, 1958
12.Erich Juskowiak59' West Germany 1–3 Sweden Semi-finalsJune 24, 1958
13.Giorgio Ferrini8' Italy 0–2 Chile1962, Chile First roundJune 2, 1962
14.Mario David41' Italy 0–2 Chile First roundJune 2, 1962
15.Cabrera71' Uruguay 1–3 Yugoslavia First roundJune 2, 1962
16.Vladimir Popović71' Yugoslavia 3–1 Uruguay First roundJune 2, 1962
17.Honorino Landa80' Chile 2–4 Brazil Semi-finalsJune 13, 1962
18.Garrincha83' Brazil 4–2 Chile Semi-finalsJune 13, 1962
19.Rafael Albrecht65' Argentina 0–0 West Germany1966, England First roundJuly 16, 1966
20.Antonio Rattín35' Argentina 0–1 England Quarter-finalsJuly 23, 1966
21.Horacio Troche49' Uruguay 0–4 West Germany Quarter-finalsJuly 23, 1966
22.Héctor Silva54' Uruguay 0–4 West Germany Quarter-finalsJuly 23, 1966
23.Igor Chislenko44' Soviet Union 1–2 West Germany Semi-finalsJuly 25, 1966
24.Carlos Caszely 13', 67' Chile 0–1 West Germany1974, West Germany First roundJune 14, 1974
25.Julio Montero Castillo69' Uruguay 0–2 Netherlands First roundJune 15, 1974
26.Mulamba Ndaye22' Zaire 0–9 Yugoslavia First roundJune 18, 1974
27.Ray Richards 37', 83' Australia 0–0 Chile First roundJune 22, 1974
28.Luís Pereira84' Brazil 0–2 Netherlands Second roundJuly 3, 1974
29.András Törõcsik 48', 82' Hungary 1–2 Argentina1978, Argentina First roundJune 2, 1978
30.Tibor Nyilasi 21', 89' Hungary 1–2 Argentina First roundJune 2, 1978
31.Dick Nanninga88' Netherlands 2–2 West Germany Second roundJune 18, 1978
32.Ladislav Vízek87' Czechoslovakia 1–1 France1982, Spain First roundJune 24, 1982
33.Gilberto Yearwood89' Honduras 0–1 Yugoslavia First roundJune 24, 1982
34.Mal Donaghy62' Northern Ireland 1–0 Spain First roundJune 25, 1982
35.Américo Gallego84' Argentina 1–2 Italy Second roundJune 29, 1982
36.Diego Maradona85' Argentina 1–3 Brazil Second roundJuly 2, 1982
37.Mike Sweeney 52', 85' Canada 0–2 Hungary1986, Mexico First roundJune 6, 1986
38.Ray Wilkins 40', 42' England 0–0 Morocco First roundJune 6, 1986
39.Basil Gorgis52' Iraq 1–2 Belgium First roundJune 8, 1986
40.Miguel Bossio 13', 19' Uruguay 1–6 Denmark First roundJune 8, 1986
41.José Batista1' Uruguay 0–0 Scotland First roundJune 13, 1986
42.Frank Arnesen 36', 88' Denmark 2–0 West Germany First roundJune 13, 1986
43.Thomas Berthold64' West Germany 0–0 MexicoQuarter-finalsJune 21, 1986
44.Javier Aguirre 20', 100' Mexico 0–0 West GermanyQuarter-finalsJune 21, 1986
45.André Kana-Biyik61' Cameroon 1–0 Argentina1990, ItalyFirst roundJune 8, 1990
46.Benjamin Massing 10', 89' Cameroon 1–0 ArgentinaFirst roundJune 8, 1990
47.Eric Wynalda52' United States 1–5 CzechoslovakiaFirst roundJune 10, 1990
48.Volodymyr Bezsonov48' Soviet Union 0–2 ArgentinaFirst roundJune 13, 1990
49.Eric Gerets 35', 42' Belgium 3–1 UruguayFirst roundJune 17, 1990
50.Khalil Ghanim 36', 76' United Arab Emirates 1–4 YugoslaviaFirst roundJune 19, 1990
51.Peter Artner34' Austria 2–1 United StatesFirst roundJune 19, 1990
52.Yoon Deuk-yeo70' South Korea 0–1 UruguayFirst roundJune 21, 1990
53.Ricardo Gomes85' Brazil 0–1 ArgentinaSecond roundJune 24, 1990
54.Rudi Völler22' West Germany 2–1 NetherlandsSecond roundJune 24, 1990
55.Frank Rijkaard22' Netherlands 1–2 West GermanySecond roundJune 24, 1990
56.Refik Šabanadžović31' Yugoslavia 0–0aet ArgentinaQuarter-finalsJune 30, 1990
57.Ľubomír Moravčík 11', 70' Czechoslovakia 0–1 West GermanyQuarter-finalsJuly 1, 1990
58.Ricardo Giusti103' Argentina 1–1aet ItalySemi-finalsJuly 3, 1990
59.Pedro Monzón65' Argentina 0–1 West GermanyFinalJuly 8, 1990
60.Gustavo Dezotti 5', 87' Argentina 0–1 West GermanyFinalJuly 8, 1990
61.Marco Etcheverry84' Bolivia 0–1 Germany1994, United StatesFirst roundJune 17, 1994
62.Miguel Angel Nadal26' Spain 2–2 South KoreaFirst roundJune 17, 1994
63.Ion Vlădoiu74' Romania 1–4  SwitzerlandFirst roundJune 22, 1994
64.Gianluca Pagliuca21' Italy 1–0 NorwayFirst roundJune 23, 1994
65.Luis Cristaldo 22', 82' Bolivia 0–0 South KoreaFirst roundJune 23, 1994
66.Rigobert Song84' Cameroon 0–3 BrazilFirst roundJune 24, 1994
67.Sergei Gorlukovich 1', 49' Russia 1–3 SwedenFirst roundJune 24, 1994
68.Tsanko Tsvetanov 45', 67' Bulgaria 2–0 ArgentinaFirst roundJune 30, 1994
69. Leonardo44' Brazil 1–0 United StatesSecond roundJuly 4, 1994
70.Fernando Clavijo 64', 85' United States 0–1 BrazilSecond roundJuly 4, 1994
71.Gianfranco Zola76' Italy 2–1aet NigeriaSecond roundJuly 5, 1994
72.Emil Kremenliev 12', 50' Bulgaria 1–1aet MexicoSecond roundJuly 5, 1994
73.Luis García 28', 57' Mexico 1–1aet BulgariaSecond roundJuly 5, 1994
74.Stefan Schwarz 43', 101' Sweden 2–2aet RomaniaQuarter-finalsJuly 10, 1994
75.Jonas Thern64' Sweden 0–1 BrazilSemi-finalsJuly 13, 1994
76.Anatoli Nankov 27', 89' Bulgaria 0–0 Paraguay1998, FranceFirst roundJune 12, 1998
77.Ha Seok-ju30' South Korea 1–3 MexicoFirst roundJune 13, 1998
78.Patrick Kluivert79' Netherlands 0–0 BelgiumFirst roundJune 13, 1998
79.Raymond Kalla43' Cameroon 0–3 ItalyFirst roundJune 17, 1998
80.Miklos Molnar67' Denmark 1–1 South AfricaFirst roundJune 18, 1998
81.Alfred Phiri 65', 68' South Africa 1–1 DenmarkFirst roundJune 18, 1998
82.Morten Wieghorst85' Denmark 1–1 South AfricaFirst roundJune 18, 1998
83.Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi19' Saudi Arabia 0–4 FranceFirst roundJune 18, 1998
84.Zinedine Zidane71' France 4–0 Saudi ArabiaFirst roundJune 18, 1998
85.Pável Pardo29' Mexico 2–2 BelgiumFirst roundJune 20, 1998
86.Gert Verheyen55' Belgium 2–2 MexicoFirst roundJune 20, 1998
87.Darryl Powell 4', 45' Jamaica 0–5 ArgentinaFirst roundJune 21, 1998
88.Rigobert Song (2) 8', 51' Cameroon 1–1 ChileFirst roundJune 23, 1998
89.Lauren89' Cameroon 1–1 ChileFirst roundJune 23, 1998
90.Craig Burley54' Scotland 0–3 MoroccoFirst roundJune 23, 1998
91.Ramón Ramírez89' Mexico 2–2 NetherlandsFirst roundJune 25, 1998
92.David Beckham47' England 2–2aet ArgentinaSecond roundJune 30, 1998
93.Arthur Numan 17', 76' Netherlands 2–1 ArgentinaQuarter-finalsJuly 4, 1998
94.Ariel Ortega87' Argentina 1–2 NetherlandsQuarter-finalsJuly 4, 1998
95.Christian Wörns40' Germany 0–3 CroatiaQuarter-finalsJuly 4, 1998
96.Laurent Blanc74' France 2–1 CroatiaSemi-finalsJuly 8, 1998
97.Marcel Desailly 48', 68' France 3–0 BrazilFinalJuly 12, 1998
98.Boris Živković59' Croatia 0–1 Mexico2002, Korea/JapanFirst roundJune 3, 2002
99.Alpay Özalan86' Turkey 1–2 BrazilFirst roundJune 3, 2002
100.Hakan Ünsal 24', 90' Turkey 1–2 BrazilFirst roundJune 3, 2002
101.Thierry Henry25' France 0–0 UruguayFirst roundJune 6, 2002
102.Salif Diao62' Senegal 1–1 DenmarkFirst roundJune 6, 2002
103.Carsten Ramelow 37', 40' Germany 2–0 CameroonFirst roundJune 11, 2002
104.Patrick Suffo 60', 77' Cameroon 0–2 GermanyFirst roundJune 11, 2002
105.Claudio Caniggia[1]45' Argentina 1–1 SwedenFirst roundJune 12, 2002
106.Carlos Paredes 4', 22' Paraguay 3–1 SloveniaFirst roundJune 12, 2002
107.Nastja Čeh81' Slovenia 1–3 ParaguayFirst roundJune 12, 2002
108.Shao Jiayi58' China PR 0–3 TurkeyFirst roundJune 13, 2002
109.João Pinto27' Portugal 0–1 South KoreaFirst roundJune 14, 2002
110. Beto 22', 66' Portugal 0–1 South KoreaFirst roundJune 14, 2002
111.Roberto Acuña90' Paraguay 0–1 GermanySecond roundJune 15, 2002
112.Rafael Márquez88' Mexico 0–2 United StatesSecond roundJune 17, 2002
113.Francesco Totti 22', 103' Italy 1–2aet South KoreaSecond roundJune 18, 2002
114.Ronaldinho57' Brazil 2–1 EnglandQuarter-finalsJune 21, 2002
115.Avery John 15', 46' Trinidad and Tobago 0–0 Sweden2006, GermanyFirst roundJune 10, 2006
116.Jean-Paul Abalo 23', 53' Togo 1–2 South KoreaFirst roundJune 13, 2006
117.Vladyslav Vashchuk47' Ukraine 0–4 SpainFirst roundJune 14, 2006
118.Radosław Sobolewski 28', 75' Poland 0–1 GermanyFirst roundJune 14, 2006
119.Mateja Kežman65' Serbia and Montenegro 0–6 ArgentinaFirst roundJune 16, 2006
120. Andre 44', 79' Angola 0–0 MexicoFirst roundJune 16, 2006
121.Tomáš Ujfaluši66' Czech Republic 0–2 GhanaFirst roundJune 17, 2006
122.Daniele De Rossi28' Italy 1–1 United StatesFirst roundJune 17, 2006
123.Pablo Mastroeni45' United States 1–1 ItalyFirst roundJune 17, 2006
124.Eddie Pope 21', 47' United States 1–1 ItalyFirst roundJune 17, 2006
125.Luis Pérez 27', 61' Mexico 1–2 PortugalFirst roundJune 21, 2006
126.Albert Nađ 17', 45' Serbia and Montenegro 2–3 Ivory CoastFirst roundJune 21, 2006
127.Cyril Domoraud 41', 90' Ivory Coast 3–2 Serbia and MontenegroFirst roundJune 21, 2006
128.Jan Polák 35', 45' Czech Republic 0–2 ItalyFirst roundJune 22, 2006
129.Dario Šimić 32', 85' Croatia 2–2 AustraliaFirst roundJune 22, 2006
130.Brett Emerton 81', 87' Australia 2–2 CroatiaFirst roundJune 22, 2006
131.Josip Šimunić[2] 61', 93' Croatia 2–2 AustraliaFirst roundJune 22, 2006
132.Ziad Jaziri 9', 45' Tunisia 0–1 UkraineFirst roundJune 23, 2006
133.Teddy Lučić 28', 35' Sweden 0–2 GermanySecond roundJune 24, 2006
134.Costinha 31', 45' Portugal 1–0 NetherlandsSecond roundJune 25, 2006
135.Khalid Boulahrouz 7', 64' Netherlands 0–1 PortugalSecond roundJune 25, 2006
136.Deco 73', 78' Portugal 1–0 NetherlandsSecond roundJune 25, 2006
137.Giovanni van Bronckhorst 59', 90' Netherlands 0–1 PortugalSecond roundJune 25, 2006
138.Marco Materazzi51' Italy 1–0 AustraliaSecond roundJune 26, 2006
139.Asamoah Gyan 48', 81' Ghana 0–3 BrazilSecond roundJune 27, 2006
140.Leandro Cufré[1]120' Argentina 1–1aet GermanyQuarter-finalsJune 30, 2006
141.Wayne Rooney62' England 0–0aet PortugalQuarter-finalsJuly 1, 2006
142.Zinedine Zidane (2)110' France 1–1aet ItalyFinalJuly 9, 2006
143.Nicolás Lodeiro 65', 81' Uruguay 0–0 France2010, South AfricaFirst roundJune 11, 2010
144.Abdelkader Ghezzal 59', 73' Algeria 0–1 SloveniaFirst roundJune 13, 2010
145.Aleksandar Luković 54', 74' Serbia 0–1 GhanaFirst roundJune 13, 2010
146.Tim Cahill56' Australia 0–4 GermanyFirst roundJune 13, 2010
147.Itumeleng Khune76' South Africa 0–3 UruguayFirst roundJune 16, 2010
148.Sani Kaita33' Nigeria 1–2 GreeceFirst roundJune 17, 2010
149.Miroslav Klose 12', 37' Germany 0–1 SerbiaFirst roundJune 18, 2010
150.Harry Kewell24' Australia 1–1 GhanaFirst roundJune 19, 2010
151.Kaká 85', 88' Brazil 3–1 Ivory CoastFirst roundJune 20, 2010
152.Valon Behrami31'  Switzerland 0–1 ChileFirst roundJune 21, 2010
153.Yoann Gourcuff25' France 1–2 South AfricaFirst roundJune 22, 2010
154.Antar Yahia 76', 90' Algeria 0–1 United StatesFirst roundJune 23, 2010
155.Marco Estrada 21', 37' Chile 1–2 SpainFirst roundJune 25, 2010
156.Ricardo Costa89' Portugal 0–1 SpainSecond roundJune 29, 2010
157.Felipe Melo73' Brazil 1–2 NetherlandsQuarter-finalsJuly 2, 2010
158.Luis Suárez120' Uruguay 1–1aet GhanaQuarter-finalsJuly 2, 2010
159.John Heitinga 56', 109' Netherlands 0–1aet SpainFinalJuly 11, 2010
160.Maxi Pereira94' Uruguay 1–3 Costa Rica2014, BrazilFirst roundJune 14, 2014
161.Wilson Palacios 28', 44' Honduras 0–3 FranceFirst roundJune 15, 2014
162.Pepe 37' Portugal 0–4 GermanyFirst roundJune 16, 2014
163.Alex Song40' Cameroon 0–4 CroatiaFirst roundJune 18, 2014
164.Kostas Katsouranis 27', 38' Greece 0–0 JapanFirst roundJune 19, 2014
165.Ante Rebić89' Croatia 1–3 MexicoFirst roundJune 23, 2014
166.Claudio Marchisio59' Italy 0–1 UruguayFirst roundJune 24, 2014
167.Antonio Valencia48' Ecuador 0–0 FranceFirst roundJune 25, 2014
168.Steven Defour45' Belgium 1–0 South KoreaFirst roundJune 26, 2014
169.Óscar Duarte 42', 66' Costa Rica 1–1aet GreeceSecond roundJune 29, 2014
170.Carlos Sánchez Moreno 4' Colombia 1–2 Japan 2018, RussiaFirst roundJune 19, 2018
171.Jérôme Boateng 71', 82' Germany 2–1 SwedenFirst roundJune 23, 2018
172.Igor Smolnikov 27', 36' Russia 0–3 UruguayFirst roundJune 25, 2018
173.Michael Lang 94'  Switzerland 0–1 Sweden Second roundJuly 3, 2018

Notes

  1. From substitutes' bench
  2. Josip Šimunić erroneously received three yellow cards (61', 90', 93+') from referee Graham Poll in the Croatia match against Australia before being sent off, but FIFA changed the report to include only 61' and 93' bookings.
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