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What are the Euro 2025 yellow card suspension rules? Which players are at risk?

The final round of group stage fixtures at the 2025 European Championship are approaching. Four teams — Norway, Spain, Germany and Sweden — have already qualified for the knockout stages, with Norway the only team to have guaranteed top spot ahead of their third and final group stage game. Iceland, Poland, Denmark and Belgium have all been eliminated. Advertisement A selection of players are on the cusp of being suspended for the quarter-finals if they pick up a yellow card in their last match of the group stages. The Athletic explains what the Euro 2025 suspension rules are and which players are at risk. UEFA regulations dictate that players and team officials will receive a one-game suspension if they receive two yellow cards in two separate matches. This means that if a player picks up two yellows across the three group games, they will be suspended for the quarter-finals. If they are booked once in the group stages and once in the quarter-finals, they will be suspended for the semi-finals. Cautions that have not led to a suspension are wiped after the quarter-finals and not carried through to the latter stages of the tournament. As a result, players cannot be suspended for the Euro 2025 final due to an accumulation of yellow cards. Any player shown a red card is given an automatic one-match ban — although the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body is entitled to extend that suspension depending on the seriousness of the offence. Red card suspensions from Euro 2025 qualifying were also carried into the tournament. Spain defender Irene Paredes missed her side's opening group stage win against Portugal after being sent off and subsequently given a two-match man in her side's penultimate qualifier against the Czech Republic in July 2024. Any pending yellow card suspensions from qualifying, however, were not carried into the main tournament. Norway Switzerland Finland Iceland Spain Italy Portugal Belgium Sweden Germany Denmark Poland France England Netherlands Wales