FFSA Referee Offence Codes
R1 is guilty of serious foul play
R2 is guilty of violent conduct
R3 spits at an opponent or any other person
R4 denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball
(this does not apply to a goalkeeper within his penalty area)
R5 denies an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick.
R6 uses offensive or insulting or abusive language and /or gestures
R7 receives a second caution in the same match otherwise.
A player, substitute or substituted player who has been sent off and shown the red card must leave the vicinity of the field of play and the technical area.
Y1 is guilty of unsporting behaviour
Y2 shows dissent by word or action
Y3 persistently infringes the Laws of the Game
Y4 delays the restart of play
Y5 fails to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner kick, fcorner kick, free kick or throw in. Y6 enters or re-enters the field of play without the Referee’s permission
Y7 deliberately leaves the field of play without the Referee’s permission
Y1, Y2 & Y4 offences shall also relate to a substitute or substituted player who is cautioned and shown the yellow card.