Article 18
Expulsion
1. An expulsion is the order given by the referee to someone to leave the fi eld of play and its surroundings, including the substitutes’ bench, during a match. The person who has been sent off may be allowed into the stands unless he is serving a stadium ban.
2. Expulsion takes the form of a red card for players. The red card is regarded as direct if it sanctions serious unsporting behaviour as defi ned by Law 12 of the Laws of the Game; it is regarded as indirect if it is the result of an accumulation of two yellow cards.