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A plain red rectangle shown by a referee to dismiss a player.
Also known as: Marching orders
A red card sends a player off. The team continues with one fewer player and no substitute may replace the dismissed one — the punishment falls on the team, not only the individual, which is what makes it severe.
Shown to communicate that a player, substitute or team official has been sent off. The Laws of the Game list the sending-off offences and require that the team is not replaced.
Introduced alongside the yellow card for the 1970 World Cup, borrowing the stop-and-caution logic of traffic signals so that a decision could be understood from the stands.
A plain red rectangle, taller than it is wide, held up at arm's length with nothing written on it.
Identical but for colour. Yellow cautions, red dismisses, and two yellows in a match produce a red.