Disciplinary Codes

Caution (Yellow Card) Offences/Codes

Y1 - is guilty of unsporting behaviour.
Y2 - shows dissent by word or action.
Y3 - persistently infringes the Laws of the Game.
Y4 - delays the restart of play.
Y5 - fails to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner, free kick or thrown in.
Y6 - enters or re-enters the field of play without the Referee’s permission.
Y7 - deliberately leaves the field of play without the Referee’s permission.

Expulsion (Red Card) Offences/Codes

R1 - is guilty of serious foul play.
R2 - is guilty of violent conduct.
R3 - spits at an opponent or any other person.
R4 - denies the opposing Team a goal or an obvious goalscoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply to a goalkeeper within his own penalty area).
R5 - denies an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the Player’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick.
R6 - uses offensive or insulting or abusive language and/or gestures.
R7 - receives a second caution in the same match.