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Law 12: Fouls and MisconductSending-off offences·Page 123, 2026/27 edition

Sending-off offences

The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.

A player, substitute or substituted player who commits any of the following offences is sent off:

· violent conduct

IFAB Laws of the Game 2026/27, page 123 · clause law-12-f4f2d5f7

Verdicts that turn on it 4

Walk a practice scenario to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.

Explained in the rules library 1

The plain-language pages that build on this provision.

Applied in these incidents 1

Real decisions where this clause decided what should have happened.

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