FIFA Disciplinary Code

A player is sent off if he commits any of the following offences (cf. Law 12 of the Laws of the Game and art. 18 of this code):

h) serious foul play;

i) violent conduct;

j) spitting at an opponent or any other person;

k) denying 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 own penalty area);

l) denying 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;

m) using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures;

n) receiving a second caution in the same match (art. 17 par. 2).