When is a red card shown in blind football?
I · Intermediate · Fouls and restarts · 3 of 5A yellow card is shown for unsporting behaviour, dissent, persistent fouling, delaying a restart, not keeping distance, leaving or entering without permission or touching the eye equipment for advantage. A red card is for serious foul play, violent conduct, spitting, denying a goal, abusive language or a second yellow. The team may refill after two minutes.
How it works
- Yellow: dissent, delay, persistent fouling.
- Yellow: touching eye equipment for advantage.
- Red: serious foul play, violent conduct.
- Red: denying a goal chance.
- Red: second yellow.
- Replacement: after two minutes' play.
- Early goal: may restore numbers in set cases.
- Sent-off player: not on the bench.
The glossary has the cautionable offences, the sending-off offences, the replacing a sent-off player, the tournament suspensions, the offences by officials and guides and the referees (blind football).
Tricky cases
A team of four concedes to five. Can it fill up early?
Yes, if the larger team scores.
Can a sent-off player sit on the bench?
No.
Who authorises the replacement?
The third referee.
Is a twice-sent-off light cheat suspended?
Yes, for the rest of the tournament.
Why the rule exists
A two-minute wait punishes the team without ending the match. Eye equipment cheating gets a card because it breaks the game's basis.
Where it differs
| Where | What changes | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Caution | Law 12 |
| Red | Off, two minutes short | Law 12 |
| Tournament | Suspensions | Sanc 1 |
From the rule book
IBSA Football Sport Committee, IBSA Blind Football Laws of the Game 2025-2029, Law 12 and Decision 1, with Sanctions in a tournament series, clause 1. Checked 14 October 2026. Official document: IBSA Blind Football Laws of the Game 2025-2029.