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RefCoach.org - Cautionable & Sending off Offences for Players and Team Officials

  • Thread starter Alessandro Arbizzani
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Cautionable Offences

Unsporting Behaviour


  • Charges an opponent in a reckless manner


  • Jumps at an opponent in a reckless manner


  • Kicks an opponent in a reckless manner


  • Pushes an opponent in a reckless manner


  • Strikes an opponent in a reckless manner


  • Tackles or challenges an opponent in a reckless manner


  • Trips an opponent in a reckless manner


  • Commits a handball offence which is moving in the direction of the goal


  • Handles the ball in an attempt to score a goal


  • Handles the ball in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent a goal


  • Attempts to deceive the referee


  • Attempts to deceive the referee by feigning injury


  • Attempts to deceive the referee by pretending to have been fouled (simulation)


  • Commits a foul to interfere with a promising attack


  • Commits a foul to stop a promising attack


  • Handles the ball to interfere with a promising attack


  • Handles the ball to stop a promising attack


  • Despite receiving a warning, continuously holding an opponent before the ball is in play


  • Despite receiving a warning, continuously holding an opponent after the ball is in play


  • Plays the ball when leaving the field of play after being given permission to leave


  • Verbally distracts an opponent during play


  • Verbally distracts an opponent at a restart


  • Unfairly distracts or impedes the thrower by moving closer than 2m (2 yards) where the throw-in is to be taken


  • Makes unauthorised marks on the field of play


  • Uses a deliberate trick to pass the ball to the own goalkeeper with the head, chest, knee etc. to circumvent the Law


  • Uses a deliberate trick to pass the ball from a free kick to the own goalkeeper with the head, chest, knee etc. to circumvent the Law


  • Gesturing in a provocative, derisory or inflammatory way


  • Feinting to kick the ball once the kicker has completed the run-up


  • Does not comply to leave the field of play on a stretcher or on foot after the referee has authorised the doctors and /or stretcher-bearers to enter the field of play


  • Gains an unfair advantage by re-entering the field of play, after having left the field of play for a tactical reason


  • Distracts an opponent, after having left the field of play for a tactical reason


  • Changes place with the goalkeeper without the referee’s permission


  • Throws an object at an opponent or other person in a reckless manner


  • Throws the ball at an opponent or any other person in a reckless manner


  • Shows a lack of respect for the game


  • Unsporting behaviour against a match official


  • Unsporting behaviour against a team-mate


  • Unsporting behaviour against any other person


  • Takes a penalty kick without being identified to take the kick


  • Plays in a dangerous manner with obvious risk of injury to an opponent


  • During a penalty kick, despite receiving a warning previously, the goalkeeper again infringes the Laws of the Game, and because of that infringement, the kick will be retaken


  • Kicks the ball at an opponent in order to play the ball again in reckless manner


  • Throws the ball at an opponent in order to play the ball again in reckless manner


  • Unsporting behaviour not previously mentioned


  • Does the referee allow a quick free kick or applies advantage involving DOGSO situation?
Celebration of a Goal


  • Climbing onto a perimeter fence


  • Gesturing in a provocative, derisory or inflammatory way


  • Covering the head or face with a mask or other similar item


  • Removing the shirt or covering the head with the shirt
Dissent by Word or Action


  • Shows dissent by protesting verbally against a referee’s decision


  • Shows dissent by protesting non-verbally (gesture) against a referee’s decision


  • Shows dissent by protesting verbally against an assistant referee’s decision


  • Shows dissent by protesting non-verbally (gesture) against an assistant referee’s decision


  • Shows dissent by hitting the ball on the ground


  • Shows dissent by clapping hands after a referee’s decision
Persistent Offences


  • Persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game
Delaying the Restart of Play


  • Appearing to take a throw-in but suddenly leaving it to a teammate to take


  • Delaying leaving the field of play when being substituted


  • Excessively delaying a restart


  • Kicking the ball away after the referee has stopped play


  • Carrying the ball away after the referee has stopped play


  • Provoking a confrontation by deliberately touching the ball after the referee has stopped play


  • Taking a free kick from the wrong position to force a retake


  • Deliberately preventing a free kick being taken quickly


  • Excessively celebrating a goal resulting in excessive time-wasting
Failure to Respect the Required Distance when Play is Restarted with a Corner Kick, Free Kick or Throw-In


  • Failing to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner kick


  • Failing to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a free kick


  • Failing to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a throw-in


  • Failing to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a Dropped ball
Entering or Re-Entering the Field of Play without the Referee’s Permission


  • Entering the field of play without the referee’s permission


  • Re-entering the field of play without the referee’s permission
Deliberately Leaving the Field of Play without the Referee’s Permission


  • Deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee’s permission


  • Deliberately leaving the field of play to put an opponent in an offside position unfairly
Denying an Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity within Own Penalty Area and Referee Awards a Penalty Kick


  • Attempts to play the ball when commits an offence against an opponent within own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity


  • There is a possibility to play the ball when commits an offence against an opponent within own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity
Sending-off Offences

Denying the Opposing Team a Goal or an Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity


  • Denying the opposing team a goal by a handball offence


  • Denying the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by holding an opponent


  • Denying the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by pulling an opponent


  • Denying the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by pushing an opponent


  • Denying the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by a handball offence


  • Player commits an offence (outside own penalty area), which is punishable by a free kick, against an opponent who is moving towards the player’s goal, denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity


  • Does not attempt to play the ball when commits an offence against an opponent within own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity


  • There is no possibility to play the ball when commits an offence against an opponent within own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity
Serious Foul Play


  • Charges an opponent using excessive force or brutality when challenging for the ball


  • Jumps at an opponent using excessive force or brutality when challenging for the ball


  • Kicks an opponent using excessive force or brutality when challenging for the ball


  • Pushes an opponent using excessive force or brutality when challenging for the ball


  • Strikes an opponent using excessive force or brutality when challenging for the ball


  • Tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent


  • Tackle or challenge that uses excessive force or brutality against an opponent


  • Trips an opponent using excessive force or brutality when challenging for the ball


  • Lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball with excessive force or endangering the safety of an opponent
Bites or Spits at Someone

Violent Conduct



  • Uses excessive force or brutality against an opponent when not challenging for the ball


  • Attempts to use excessive force or brutality against an opponent when not challenging for the ball


  • Uses excessive force or brutality against a team-mate


  • Attempts to use excessive force or brutality against a team-mate


  • Uses excessive force or brutality against a team official


  • Attempts to use excessive force or brutality against a team official


  • Uses excessive force or brutality against a match official


  • Attempts to use excessive force or brutality against a match official


  • Uses excessive force or brutality against a spectator


  • Attempts to use excessive force or brutality against a spectator


  • Uses excessive force or brutality against any other person


  • Attempts to use excessive force or brutality against any other person


  • Throws an object at an opponent or other person using excessive force


  • Throws the ball at an opponent or any other person using excessive force


  • Deliberately strikes an opponent on head or face with a hand or arms when not challenging for the ball


  • Deliberately strikes any other person on head or face with a hand or arms when not challenging for the ball


  • Kicks the ball at an opponent in order to play the ball again using excessive force


  • Throws the ball at an opponent in order to play the ball again using excessive force
Using Offensive, Insulting or Abusive Language and/or Gestures

Receiving a Second Caution in the Same Match



  • Does the player receive his first caution during the match and the second caution during kicks from the penalty marks?

Reasons to Warn, Caution or Send off a Team Official

Reasons to Warn a Team Official


  • Entering the field of play in a respectful/non-confrontational manner


  • Failing to cooperate with a match official e.g. Ignoring an instruction/request from the assistant referee or the fourth official


  • Minor/low-level disagreement (by word or action) with a decision


  • Occasionally leaving the confines of the technical area without committing another offence
Reasons to Caution –but not limited to– a Team Official


  • Clearly/persistently not respecting the confines of their team’s technical area


  • Delaying the restart of play by their team


  • Deliberately entering the technical area of the opposing team (non-confrontational)


  • Dissent by word or action including throwing/kicking drinks bottles or other objects gestures which show a clear lack of respect for the match official(s) e.g. Sarcastic clapping


  • Entering the referee review area (RRA)


  • Excessively/persistently gesturing for a red or yellow card


  • Excessively showing the TV signal for a VAR ‘review’


  • Gesturing or acting in a provocative or inflammatory manner


  • Persistent unacceptable behaviour (including repeated warning offences)


  • Showing a lack of respect for the game
Reasons to Send off –but not limited to– a Team Official


  • Delaying the restart of play by the opposing team e.g. Holding onto the ball, kicking the ball away, obstructing the movement of a player, etc.


  • Deliberately leaving the technical area to show dissent towards, or remonstrate with, a match official acting in a provocative or inflammatory manner


  • Entering the opposing technical area in an aggressive or confrontational manner


  • Deliberately throwing/kicking an object onto the field of play


  • Entering the field of play to confront a match official (including at the half-time and fulltime), interfering with play, an opposing player or match official


  • Entering the video operation room (VOR)


  • Physical or aggressive behaviour (including spitting or biting) towards an opposing player, substitute, team official, match official, spectator or any other person (e.g. Ball boy/girl, security or competition official, etc.)


  • Receiving a second caution in the same match


  • Using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures


  • Using unauthorised electronic or communication equipment and/or behaving in an inappropriate manner as the result of using electronic or communication equipment


  • Violent conduct

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