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List of FIFA Women's World Cup red cards

This is a list of all occasions where a football player was sent off from a FIFA Women's World Cup match due to a foul or misconduct, either as a direct expulsion (red card) or as a second caution (yellow card) within the match. This list includes all dismissals since the first World Cup in 1991.

Only players are listed, even if they were at the substitutes' bench at the time of the sending off. Managers and other technical staff members are not covered.

Statistics

  • Lin Hui-fang was the first player to be sent off in a World Cup match, playing for Chinese Taipei against Nigeria in a 1991 match officiated by Rafael Rodríguez Medina.
  • One dismissal has taken place during final matches: Japan's Azusa Iwashimizu against United States in 2011.
  • Australia's Alicia Ferguson received the quickest red card, in the second minute in a game against China in 1999.
  • Five goalkeepers have been sent off in the tournament: Chinese Taipei's Lin Hui-fang (1991), United States's Briana Scurry (1995), France's Bérangère Sapowicz (2011), Colombia's Catalina Pérez (2015), and Zambia's Catherine Musonda (2023).
  • The team that has the greatest number of expulsed players is Nigeria, with 4 – in 4 different matches. The team whose opponents have received the most red cards is United States, with 5 – in 5 different matches.
  • The 2023 World Cup had the largest number of red cards: a total of 6 players were sent off.

Full list

Tournament # M Player T Time Representing At
score 		Final
score 		Opponent Referee Round Date Ref
1991,
China 		1. 1. Lin Hui-fang 6'  Chinese Taipei 0–0 2–0  Nigeria Rafael Rodríguez Medina (SLV) Group stage 21 November 1991 [1]
1995,
Sweden 		2. 2. Sonia Gegenhuber 30'  Australia 0–2 0–5  Denmark Bente Skogvang (NOR) Group stage 6 June 1995 [2]
3. 3. Briana Scurry 88'  United States 0–2 0–2  Denmark Engage Camara (GUI) Group stage 8 June 1995 [3]
4. 4. Suzy 63'  Brazil 1–3 1–6  Germany Alain Hamer (LUX) Group stage 9 June 1995 [4]
5. 5. Heidi Støre 76'  Norway 1–0 1–0  United States Alain Hamer (LUX) Semi-finals 15 June 1995 [5]
1999,
United States 		6. 6. Barikisu Tettey-Quao 26'  Ghana 0–0 1–1  Australia Kari Seitz (USA) Group stage 20 June 1999 [6]
7. 7. Regina Ansah 53'  Ghana 0–3 0–7  China Elke Günthner (GER) Group stage 23 June 1999 [7]
8. 8. Pak Jong-ae 86'  North Korea 1–3 1–3  Denmark Martha Liliana Pardo (COL) Group stage 24 June 1999 [8]
9. 9. Alicia Ferguson 2'  Australia 0–0 1–3  China Sandra Hunt (USA) Group stage 26 June 1999 [9]
10. 10. Patience Avre 87'  Nigeria 3–3 3–4aet  Brazil Virginia Tovar (MEX) Quarter-finals 1 July 1999 [10]
2003,
United States 		11. 11. Natalia Gatti 39'  Argentina 0–2 0–6  Japan Katriina Elovirta (FIN) Group stage 20 September 2003 [11]
2007,
China 		12. 12. Catalina Pérez 49'  Argentina 0–2 1–6  England Dianne Ferreira-James (GUY) Group stage 17 September 2007 [12]
13. 13. Shannon Boxx 45+1'  United States 0–2 0–4  Brazil Nicole Petignat (SUI) Semi-finals 27 September 2007 [13]
2011,
Germany 		14. 14. Bérangère Sapowicz 65'  France 1–2 2–4  Germany Kirsi Heikkinen (FIN) Group stage 5 July 2011 [14]
15. 15. Rachel Buehler 65'  United States 1–0 2–2aet
(5–3pen) 		 Brazil Jacqui Melksham (AUS) Quarter-finals 10 July 2011
16. 16. Josefine Öqvist 68'  Sweden 1–1 2–1  France Kari Seitz (USA) Third place play-off 16 July 2011
17. 17. Azusa Iwashimizu 120+1'  Japan 2–2 2–2aet
(3–1pen) 		 United States Bibiana Steinhaus (GER) Final 17 July 2011
2015,
Canada 		18. 18. Ligia Moreira 66'  Ecuador 0–3 0–6  Cameroon Katalin Kulcsár (HUN) Group stage 8 June 2015
19. 19. Sarah Nnodim 69'  Nigeria 0–1 0–1  United States Kateryna Monzul (UKR) Group stage 16 June 2015
20. 20. Catalina Pérez 47'  Colombia 0–0 0–2  United States Stéphanie Frappart (FRA) Round of 16 22 June 2015
2019,
France 		21. 21. Nothando Vilakazi 81'  South Africa 1–1 1–3  Spain María Carvajal (CHI) Group stage 8 June 2019
22. 22. Ngozi Ebere 75'  Nigeria 0–0 0–1  France Melissa Borjas (HON) Group stage 17 June 2019
23. 23. Alanna Kennedy 104'  Australia 1–1 1–1aet
(1–4pen) 		 Norway Riem Hussein (GER) Round of 16 22 June 2019
24. 24. Millie Bright 86'  England 1–2 1–2  United States Edina Alves Batista (BRA) Semi-finals 2 July 2019
2023,
Australia/New Zealand 		25. 25. Deborah Abiodun 90+8'  Nigeria 0–0 0–0  Canada Lina Lehtovaara (FIN) Group stage 21 July 2023
26. 26. Catherine Musonda 90+7'  Zambia 0–4 0–5  Japan Tess Olofsson (SWE) Group stage 22 July 2023
27. 27. Khadija Shaw 90+2'  Jamaica 0–0 0–0  France María Carvajal (CHI) Group stage 23 July 2023
28. 28. Zhang Rui 29'  China 0–0 1–0  Haiti Marta Huerta de Aza (ESP) Group stage 28 July 2023
29. 29. Sofia Harrison 67'  Philippines 0–5 0–6  Norway Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (CAN) Group stage 30 July 2023
30. 30. Lauren James 87'  England 0–0 0–0aet
(4–2pen) 		 Nigeria Melissa Borjas (HON) Round of 16 7 August 2023

References

  1. ^ "Chinese Taipei 2-0 Nigeria". FIFA.com.
  2. ^ "Denmark 5-0 Australia". FIFA.com.
  3. ^ "USA 2-0 Denmark". FIFA.com.
  4. ^ "Brazil 1-6 Germany". FIFA.com.
  5. ^ "USA 0-1 Norway". FIFA.com.
  6. ^ "Australia 1-1 Ghana". FIFA.com.
  7. ^ "China PR 7-0 Ghana". FIFA.com.
  8. ^ "Korea DPR 3-1 Denmark". FIFA.com.
  9. ^ "China PR 3-1 Australia". FIFA.com.
  10. ^ "Brazil 4-3 Nigeria". FIFA.com.
  11. ^ "Japan 6-0 Argentina". FIFA.com.
  12. ^ "England 6-1 Argentina". FIFA.com.
  13. ^ "USA 0-4 Brazil". FIFA.com.
  14. ^ "France 2-4 Germany". FIFA.com.
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