1998 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record

In the 1998 FIFA World Cup the main disciplinary action taken against players came in the form of red and yellow cards. Any player picking up a red card is automatically banned for his country's next game (if it is a serious offense FIFA may extend this ban to a number of games). Players also receive a one game ban if they pick up two yellow cards within the group stage or within the knockout stage.

Disciplinary statistics

• Total number of yellow cards: 250
• Average yellow cards per match: 3.91
• Total number of red cards: 20
• Average red cards per match: 0.31
• First yellow card: Darren Jackson – Scotland against Brazil
• First red card: Anatoli Nankov – Bulgaria against Paraguay
• Fastest yellow card from kick off: 3 minutes – Wolfgang Feiersinger – Austria against Italy
• First goalkeeper to be sent-off in a World Cup- Gianluca Pagliuca
• Fastest yellow card after coming on as substitute: 5 minutes – Frankie Hejduk – United States against Germany, Imed Ben Younes – Tunisia against England
• Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+2 minutes – Ko Jong-Soo – Korea Republic against Netherlands, Takashi Hirano Japan against Argentina
• Fastest dismissal from kick off: 28 minutes – Pável Pardo – Korea Republic against Mexico
• Fastest dismissal of a substitute: 6 minutes – Lauren – Cameroon against Chile
• Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 87 minutes – Ariel Ortega – Argentina against Netherlands
• Least time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 20 minutes – Marcel Desailly – France against Brazil (Desailly was booked in the 48th minute and again in the 68th resulting in his dismissal.)
• Most yellow cards (team): 19 – Croatia
• Most red cards (team): 3 – Cameroon, France
• Fewest yellow cards (team): 3 – Iran
• Most yellow cards (player): 3 – (4 players) Mario Stanić, Didier Deschamps, Cesar Sampaio, Dario Šimić
• Most red cards (player): 1 – (20 players) Craig Burley, Raymond Kalla, Rigobert Song, Miklos Molnar, Gert Verheyen, Mohammed Al Khilaiwi, Ha Seok-Ju, David Beckham, Pável Pardo, Patrick Kluivert, Christian Wörns, Alfred Phiri, Morten Wieghorst, Ramón Ramírez, Zinedine Zidane, Laurent Blanc, Darryl Powell, Anatoli Nankov, Marcel Desailly, Arthur Numan
• Most yellow cards (match): 7 – South Africa vs Denmark
• Most red cards (match): 3 – South Africa vs Denmark
• Most cards in one match: 7 yellow cards and 3 red cards – South Africa vs Denmark

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