This is a list of all red cards shown during FIFA Confederations Cups; that is, the occasions when a player has been expelled from the game in a football FIFA Confederations Cup Finals match. As FIFA is the governing body of football, official red cards are only noted when FIFA recognised that a player was expelled or sent off in a match.
The first player dismissed in the FIFA Confederations Cup was Brian Quinn of the United States, playing against Saudi Arabia in the 1992 King Fahd Cup; the most recent was Gerard Piqué of Spain, playing against Brazil in the FIFA Confederations Cup.
Notable Confederations Cup red cards
- Brian Quinn was the first player to be sent off in a Confederations Cup match, playing for the United States on 15 October 1992 against Saudi Arabia.
- Australia's Mark Viduka received the quickest red card when he was sent off in the 24th minute in 1997.
- Four players have been sent off in the final. Argentina's José Chamot was the first in 1995, Australia's Viduka in 1997, Brazil's João Carlos in 1999, and Spain's Gerard Piqué in 2013.
- The most players sent off in one game is three. Three players were sent off for Egypt in a 5-1 loss against Saudi Arabia on 29 July 1999.
- Two countries lead the list of most red cards for a national team with Egypt and United States having five players dismissed.
- The most tournament with red cards is 1999, having six red cards.
List of FIFA Confederations Cup red cards
Sequence | Player | or | Time of cards | Representing | Final score | Opponent | Tournament | Round | Date |
1 | Brian Quinn | | 81' | United States | 0–3 | Saudi Arabia | 1992, Saudi Arabia | Semi-final | October 15, 1992 |
2 | Sam Abouo | | 5', 51' | Ivory Coast | 2–5 | Argentina | Semi-final | October 16, 1992 |
3 | José Chamot | | 35', 88' | Argentina | 0–2 | Denmark | 1995, Saudi Arabia | Final | January 13, 1995 |
4 | Abdullah Zubromawi | | 24', 64' | Saudi Arabia | 0–3 | Brazil | 1997, Saudi Arabia | First round | December 12, 1997 |
5 | Jiří Němec | | 75', 82' | Czech Republic | 2–2 | South Africa | First round | December 13, 1997 |
6 | Karel Poborský | | 40' | Czech Republic | 1–2 | Uruguay | First round | December 15, 1997 |
7 | Mark Viduka | | 24' | Australia | 0–6 | Brazil | Final | December 21, 1997 |
8 | Yasser Radwan | | 30', 64' | Egypt | 2–2 | Mexico | 1999, Mexico | First round | July 27, 1999 |
9 | Abdel Sabry | | 28' | Egypt | 1–5 | Saudi Arabia | First round | July 29, 1999 |
10 | Hazem Emam | | 37', 37' | Egypt | 1–5 | Saudi Arabia | First round | July 29, 1999 |
11 | Samir Ibrahim | | 80' | Egypt | 1–5 | Saudi Arabia | First round | July 29, 1999 |
12 | Matt McKeon | | 55', 63' | United States | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia | Third-place play-off | August 3, 1999 |
13 | João Carlos | | 46', 90'+2 | Brazil | 3–4 | Mexico | Final | August 4, 1999 |
14 | Takayuki Suzuki | | 56' | Japan | 1–0 | Australia | 2001, Korea/Japan | Semi-final | June 7, 2001 |
15 | Chris Killen | | 60', 68' | New Zealand | 1–3 | Colombia | 2003, France | First round | June 20, 2003 |
16 | Willy Sagnol | | 90' | France | 2–1 | Japan | First round | June 20, 2003 |
17 | Ronaldinho | | 75', 90'+3 | Brazil | 2–2 | Turkey | First round | June 23, 2003 |
18 | Bill Tchato | | 43', 69' | Cameroon | 1–0 | Colombia | Semi-final | June 26, 2003 |
19 | Javier Saviola | | 90' | Argentina | 1–1 AET | Mexico | 2005, Germany | Semi-final | June 26, 2005 |
20 | Rafael Márquez | | 21', 90'+3 | Mexico | 1–1 AET | Argentina | Semi-final | June 26, 2005 |
21 | Mike Hanke | | 54' | Germany | 4–3 AET | Mexico | Third-place play-off | June 26, 2005 |
22 | Ahmed Elmohamady | | 89' | Egypt | 3–4 | Brazil | 2009, South Africa | First round | June 15, 2009 |
23 | Ricardo Clark | | 33' | United States | 1–3 | Italy | First round | June 15, 2009 |
24 | Sacha Kljestan | | 57' | United States | 0–3 | Brazil | First round | June 18, 2009 |
25 | Michael Bradley | | 87' | United States | 2–0 | Spain | Semi-final | June 24, 2009 |
26 | Andrés Scotti | | 42', 51' | Uruguay | 8–0 | Tahiti | 2013, Brazil | First round | June 23, 2013 |
27 | Teheivarii Ludivion | | 8', 59' | Tahiti | 0–8 | Uruguay | First round | June 23, 2013 |
28 | Riccardo Montolivo | | 82', 110' | Italy | 2–2 AET | Uruguay | Third-place play-off | June 30, 2013 |
29 | Gerard Piqué | | 68' | Spain | 0–3 | Brazil | Final | June 30, 2013 |
30 | Yuri Zhirkov | | 9', 68' | Russia | 1–2 | Mexico | 2017, Russia | First round | June 24, 2017 |
31 | Ernest Mabouka | | 64' | Cameroon | 1–3 | Germany | First round | June 25, 2017 |
32 | Nélson Semedo | | 26', 106' | Portugal | 2–1 AET | Mexico | Third-place play-off | July 2, 2017 |
33 | Raúl Jiménez | | 94', 112' | Mexico | 1–2 AET | Portugal | Third-place play-off | July 2, 2017 |
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