List of FIFA Women's World Cup red cards

This is a list of all occasions where a football player was sent off from a FIFA Women's World Cup match due to a foul or misconduct, either as a direct expulsion (red card) or as a second caution (yellow card) within the match. This list includes all dismissals since the first World Cup in 1991.

Only players are listed, even if they were at the substitutes' bench at the time of the sending off. Managers and other technical staff members are not covered.

Statistics Lin Hui-fang was the first player to be sent off in a World Cup match, playing for Chinese Taipei against Nigeria in a 1991 match officiated by Rafael Rodríguez Medina. One dismissal has taken place during final matches: Japan's Azusa Iwashimizu against United States in 2011. Australia's Alicia Ferguson received the quickest red card, in the second minute in a game against China in 1999. Five goalkeepers have been sent off in the tournament: Chinese Taipei's Lin Hui-fang (1991), United States's Briana Scurry (1995), France's Bérangère Sapowicz (2011), Colombia's Catalina Pérez (2015), and Zambia's Catherine Musonda (2023). The team that has the greatest number of expulsed players is Nigeria, with 4 – in 4 different matches. The team whose opponents have received the most red cards is United States, with 5 – in 5 different matches. The 2023 World Cup had the largest number of red cards: a total of 6 players were sent off.

Full list Tournament Player Time Representing At score Final score Opponent Referee Round Date Ref 1991,China . . Lin Hui-fang ' 0–0 2–0 Rafael Rodríguez Medina () Group stage 1995,Sweden . . Sonia Gegenhuber ' 0–2 0–5 Bente Skogvang () Group stage . . Briana Scurry ' 0–2 0–2 Engage Camara () Group stage . . Suzy ' 1–3 1–6 Alain Hamer () Group stage . . Heidi Støre ' 1–0 1–0 Alain Hamer () Semi-finals 1999,United States . . Barikisu Tettey-Quao ' 0–0 1–1 Kari Seitz () Group stage . . Regina Ansah ' 0–3 0–7 Elke Günthner () Group stage . . Pak Jong-ae ' 1–3 1–3 Martha Liliana Pardo () Group stage . . Alicia Ferguson ' 0–0 1–3 Sandra Hunt () Group stage . . Patience Avre ' 3–3 Virginia Tovar () Quarter-finals 2003,United States . . Natalia Gatti ' 0–2 0–6 Katriina Elovirta () Group stage 2007,China . . Catalina Pérez ' 0–2 1–6 Dianne Ferreira-James () Group stage . . Shannon Boxx ' 0–2 0–4 Nicole Petignat () Semi-finals 2011,Germany . . Bérangère Sapowicz ' 1–2 2–4 Kirsi Heikkinen () Group stage . . Rachel Buehler ' 1–0 Jacqui Melksham () Quarter-finals . . Josefine Öqvist ' 1–1 2–1 Kari Seitz () Third place play-off . . Azusa Iwashimizu ' 2–2 Bibiana Steinhaus () Final 2015,Canada . . Ligia Moreira ' 0–3 0–6 Katalin Kulcsár () Group stage . . Sarah Nnodim ' 0–1 0–1 Kateryna Monzul () Group stage . . Catalina Pérez ' 0–0 0–2 Stéphanie Frappart () Round of 16 2019,France . . Nothando Vilakazi ' 1–1 1–3 María Carvajal () Group stage . . Ngozi Ebere ' 0–0 0–1 Melissa Borjas () Group stage . . Alanna Kennedy ' 1–1 Riem Hussein () Round of 16 . . Millie Bright ' 1–2 1–2 Edina Alves Batista () Semi-finals 2023,Australia/New Zealand . . Deborah Abiodun ' 0–0 0–0 Lina Lehtovaara () Group stage . . Catherine Musonda ' 0–4 0–5 Tess Olofsson () Group stage . . Khadija Shaw ' 0–0 0–0 María Carvajal () Group stage . . Zhang Rui ' 0–0 1–0 Marta Huerta de Aza () Group stage . . Sofia Harrison ' 0–5 0–6 Marie-Soleil Beaudoin () Group stage . . Lauren James ' 0–0 Melissa Borjas () Round of 16

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