Misconduct
Misconduct can occur in many situations:
- On or off the field,
- By a player or by a substitute,
- With the ball in play or not in play,
- By itself or along with a foul
Some violations can be both a foul and misconduct
Players who commit misconduct are shown:
a yellow card (caution)
OR
a red card (send off)
A player who gets a red card:
- Must leave the game
- cannot return to the game
- Cannot be replaced (the team must play short)
If this happens, the substitute's team does not have to play short
Unsporting
Behavior(showing
disagreement with referee's or assistant referee's decision by words or
action)
Persistent
Infringement(committing many fouls)
(not
starting play quickly enough or preventing the start of play)
(ten
yards) when other team's taking a free kick or corner kick (this used to
be called "encroachment")Player
entering or re-entering the field without the permission of the referee
Player
leaving the field without the permission of the referee (except as part of normal play)
(using
violence while committing a direct free kick foul and competing for the
ball)
(any
other form of violence against anyone else)Spitting
at someone
Preventing
a goal by handling the ball(except the goalkeeper within the defending team's penalty area)
Preventing
a goal or interfering with a clear goal-scoring opportunity
by committing a foul
Using
offensive, insulting, or abusive language or gestures(the
yellow card is shown for the second caution and then the red card is
shown)
play is restarted by dropping the ball where the ball was when play was stopped
