Euro 2024 knockouts: Red, yellow card rules explained; How many cautions before a player is suspended in Euros?

Here are all the yellow, red card rules explained of the Euro 2024 knockout stages.

Representative Image: UEFA Euro 2024 suspension rules. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Euro 2024 hasn’t disappointed so far as the tournament moves into the Round of 16 stage.

UEFA tweaked its suspension rules ahead of the latest Euros edition which commenced in June 14.

Here are all the yellow, red card rules explained of the Euro 2024 knockout stages:

Yellow Card: In Euro 2024, if a player gets two yellow cards, he is suspended for a game. Similarly the player is suspended for the second time if he gets four yellow cards.

(PS: All yellow cards are reset, previous cautions are wiped at the end of the quarterfinal stage, hence no player will carry the risk of a yellow-card suspension into the semifinal. )

Red Card: In Euro 2024, if a player gets a red card, he is sent off from the game and is automatically suspended for the next match.

CAN A PLAYER MISS EURO 2024 FINAL?

• A yellow card in the quarterfinal is wiped off if a team qualifies, but a red card will suspend the player from the final if a ban of two or more games is handed out.
• If a player is red carded in the semifinal, he will miss the final.

Players who will miss the Round of 16 because of suspension:

Jonathan Tah - misses Germany’s Round of 16 match

Silvan Widmer - misses Switzerland’s Round of 16 match

Riccardo Calafiori - misses Italy’s Round of 16 match

Patrick Wimmer - misses Austria’s Round of 16 match

Erik Janza - misses Slovenia’s Round of 16 match

Morten Hjulmand - misses Denmark’s Round of 16 match

Nicusor Bancu - misses Romania’s Round of 16 match

Hakan Calhanoglu - misses Turkiye’s Round of 16 match

Samet Akaydin - misses Turkiye’s Round of 16 match

Anzor Mekvabishvili - misses Georgia’s Round of 16 match