List of FIFA Women's World Cup red cards explained

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			Player		Time	Representing	At score	Final score	Opponent	Referee	Round	Date	Ref
1991, China	.	.	data-sort-value="Lin"	Lin Hui-fang		'		0–0	2–0		data-sort-value="Medina"	Rafael Rodríguez Medina	Group stage		^[1]
1995, Sweden	.	.	data-sort-value="Gegenhuber"	Sonia Gegenhuber		'		0–2	0–5		data-sort-value="Skogvang"	Bente Skogvang	Group stage		^[2]
.	.	data-sort-value="Scurry"	Briana Scurry		'		0–2	0–2		data-sort-value="Camara"	Engage Camara	Group stage		^[3]
.	.	data-sort-value="Suzy"	Suzy		'		1–3	1–6		data-sort-value="Hamer"	Alain Hamer	Group stage		^[4]
.	.	data-sort-value="Støre"	Heidi Støre		'		1–0	1–0		data-sort-value="Hamer"	Alain Hamer	Semi-finals		^[5]
1999, United States	.	.	data-sort-value="Tettey-Quao"	Barikisu Tettey-Quao		'		0–0	1–1		data-sort-value="Seitz"	Kari Seitz	Group stage		^[6]
.	.	data-sort-value="Ansah"	Regina Ansah		'		0–3	0–7		data-sort-value="Günthner"	Elke Günthner	Group stage		^[7]
.	.	data-sort-value="Pak"	Pak Jong-ae		'		1–3	1–3		data-sort-value="Pardo"	Martha Liliana Pardo	Group stage		^[8]
.	.	data-sort-value="Ferguson"	Alicia Ferguson		'		0–0	1–3		data-sort-value="Hunt"	Sandra Hunt	Group stage		^[9]
.	.	data-sort-value="Avre"	Patience Avre		'		3–3			data-sort-value="Tovar"	Virginia Tovar	Quarter-finals		^[10]
2003, United States	.	.	data-sort-value="Gatti"	Natalia Gatti		'		0–2	0–6		data-sort-value="Elovirta"	Katriina Elovirta	Group stage		^[11]
2007, China	.	.	data-sort-value="Pérez"	Catalina Pérez		'		0–2	1–6		data-sort-value="Ferreira-James"	Dianne Ferreira-James	Group stage		^[12]
.	.	data-sort-value="Boxx"	Shannon Boxx		'		0–2	0–4		data-sort-value="Petignat"	Nicole Petignat	Semi-finals		^[13]
2011, Germany	.	.	data-sort-value="Sapowicz"	Bérangère Sapowicz		'		1–2	2–4		data-sort-value="Heikkinen"	Kirsi Heikkinen	Group stage		^[14]
.	.	data-sort-value="Buehler"	Rachel Buehler		'		1–0			data-sort-value="Melksham"	Jacqui Melksham	Quarter-finals
.	.	data-sort-value="Öqvist"	Josefine Öqvist		'		1–1	2–1		data-sort-value="Seitz"	Kari Seitz	Third place play-off
.	.	data-sort-value="Iwashimizu"	Azusa Iwashimizu		'		2–2			data-sort-value="Steinhaus"	Bibiana Steinhaus	Final
2015, Canada	.	.	data-sort-value="Moreira"	Ligia Moreira		'		0–3	0–6		data-sort-value="Kulcsár"	Katalin Kulcsár	Group stage
.	.	data-sort-value="Nnodim"	Sarah Nnodim		'		0–1	0–1		data-sort-value="Monzul"	Kateryna Monzul	Group stage
.	.	data-sort-value="Pérez"	Catalina Pérez		'		0–0	0–2		data-sort-value="Frappart"	Stéphanie Frappart	Round of 16
2019, France	.	.	data-sort-value="Vilakazi"	Nothando Vilakazi		'		1–1	1–3		data-sort-value="Carvajal"	María Carvajal	Group stage
.	.	data-sort-value="Ebere"	Ngozi Ebere		'		0–0	0–1		data-sort-value="Borjas"	Melissa Borjas	Group stage
.	.	data-sort-value="Kennedy"	Alanna Kennedy		'		1–1			data-sort-value="Hussein"	Riem Hussein	Round of 16
.	.	data-sort-value="Bright"	Millie Bright		'		1–2	1–2		data-sort-value="Batista"	Edina Alves Batista	Semi-finals
2023, Australia/New Zealand	.	.	data-sort-value="Abiodun"	Deborah Abiodun		'		0–0	0–0		data-sort-value="Lehtovaara"	Lina Lehtovaara	Group stage
.	.	data-sort-value="Musonda"	Catherine Musonda		'		0–4	0–5		data-sort-value="Olofsson"	Tess Olofsson	Group stage
.	.	data-sort-value="Shaw"	Khadija Shaw		'		0–0	0–0		data-sort-value="Carvajal"	María Carvajal	Group stage
.	.	data-sort-value="Zhang"	Zhang Rui		'		0–0	1–0		data-sort-value="de Aza"	Marta Huerta de Aza	Group stage
.	.	data-sort-value="Harrison"	Sofia Harrison		'		0–5	0–6		data-sort-value="Beaudoin"	Marie-Soleil Beaudoin	Group stage
.	.	data-sort-value="James"	Lauren James		'		0–0			data-sort-value="Borjas"	Melissa Borjas	Round of 16

Notes and References

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