Yellow card suspension

Yellow card and red card

One speaks of a yellow card suspension when a football player is suspended for a certain number of games (usually one) in a competition by collecting several yellow cards . The warnings do not necessarily have to be issued in directly consecutive games.

A yellow card has no direct consequences for the player, but the cautioned must act more cautiously in the further course of the game in order to avoid a second caution, which would result in immediate exclusion ( yellow-red card ).

In contrast to the immediate exclusion of a player from the game by the red or yellow-red card, a yellow-card suspension never results in an outnumbered situation. The suspended player may only - as with a red card suspension - not be fielded for the next game in this competition.

At World and European Championships, a player is banned from playing a game after the second yellow card. In both the 2006 World Cup and the 2012 European Football Championship , for example, players who received a yellow card warning in the first and second preliminary round were banned from the third preliminary round. Likewise, players could not be used in the next game if they received a yellow card in two knockout round games . At the 2010 World Cup , the rule was changed so that yellow card suspensions are not possible after the semi-finals (i.e. in the final or match for third place).

In the German Bundesliga , a yellow card has been suspended since the 1979/80 season, initially after every four yellow cards and now after every five yellow cards. This rule is probably due to the player Walter Frosch , who got 18 or 19 yellow cards in 37 games in the second division season 1976/77.

In the Austrian Bundesliga , a yellow card is also suspended after the first five yellow cards, but then after every four further yellow cards (i.e. after the 5th, 9th, 13th, etc. yellow card).

In the Swiss Super League , a game ban is issued after every four yellow cards.

In the Premier League (England), a player will be suspended from a game if they are dealt five yellow cards between the first day of a season and December 31st. If he receives the fifth yellow card in January or later, he will not be banned from the subsequent game. If a player collects 10 yellow cards between the first day of a season and the second Sunday in April, he will be suspended for two games. If he receives 15 yellow cards over the course of a season, he will be banned for three games. If he also receives another five yellow cards, the player comes before a sports court, which can impose an appropriate penalty. That happens every time with five more yellow cards until the season is over.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} straddled over the gang. In: sueddeutsche.de. April 27, 2012, accessed July 3, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Out and in . In: Der Spiegel . No. 49 , 1982 ( online ).
3. ↑ Implementation regulations for the competitions of the Austrian soccer league valid from the 2006/07 game year, § 8 para. 2