By Waliu Adeyeri
Not less than 126 players have got yellow cards in the 49 matches played in the EURO 2020 tournament.
Poland’s defender Grzegorz Krychowiak tops the list of players with most yellow cards in the tournament. He had 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
A football match is a game governed by rules and regulations. It is a game that does not condone any form of indiscipline from anyone in the field. Players, goalkeepers, and coaches can get a yellow card or a red card for any form of indiscipline.
As the 2020 UEFA EURO tournament comes to an end this Sunday, July 10, 2021 with England facing Italy at the Wembley Stadium. Let’s take a look at the disciplinary actions in the tournament.
So far in the tournament, 49 matches have been played, 144 yellow cards and 6 red cards have been given.
Among the matches played, only 4 matches were devoid of the disciplinary cards, this brings the average yellow cards received in the tournament (so far) to 3.2 yellow cards per match.
The round of 16 match between France and Switzerland recorded 7 yellow cards – the highest number of yellow cards recorded in a match in the tournament.
Wales recorded 9 yellow cards in its 4 matches played, which is the highest number of yellow cards received by a team in the tournament.
Click here to see the full list of the 6 players that received red cards in the tournament.
Here is the full list of the players that received yellow cards in the EURO 2020 Tournament.
Joe Allen – Wales
Matteo Pessina – Italy
Chris Gunter – Wales
Hakan Calhanoglu (2) – Turkey
Mehmet Zeki Celik – Turkey
Cegler Soyuncu (2) – Turkey
Granit Xhaka (2) – Switzerland
Burak Yilmaz – Turkey
Chris Mepham – Wales
Ben Davies – Wales
Mario Gavranovic (2) – Switzerland
Breel Embolo – Switzerland
Fabian Schaer – Switzerland
Kieffer Moore (2) – Wales
Kevin Mbabu – Switzerland
Halil Dervisoglu – Turkey
Fedor Kudryashov – Russia
Thomas Delaney – Denmark
Igor Diveev – Russia
Daniel Wass (2) – Denmark
Mikkel Damsgaard – Denmark
Mathias Jensen – Denmark
Thorgan Hazard – Belgium
Glen Kamara – Finland
Daniel O’Shaughnessy – Finland
Dmitri Barinov – Russia
Magomed Ozdoev – Russia
Georgiy Dzhikiya – Russia
Robin Lod – Finland
Tim Sparv – Finland
Stefan Ristovski – North Macedonia
Visar Musliu – North Macedonia
Ezgjan Alivski (2) – North Macedonia
Tihomir Kostadinov – North Macedonia
Mykola Shaparenko – Ukraine
Darko Velkovski – North Macedonia
Daniel Avramovski – North Macedonia
David Alaba – Austria
Marten de Roon – Netherlands
Daniel Bachmann – Austria
Aleksandar Trajkovski – North Macedonia
Stefan Lainer – Austria
Serhiy Sydorchuk – Ukraine
Dejan Lovren (2) – Croatia
Scott McKenn – Scotland
Jan Boril (2) – Czech Republic
Lukas Masopust – Czech Republic
Adam Hlozek – Czech Republic
John McGin – Scotland
Stephen O’Donnell – Scotland
Duje Caleta-Car (2) – Croatia
Mateo Kovacic – Croatia
Marcelo Brozovic (2) – Croatia
Phil Foden – England
Ondrej Duda (2) – Slovakia
Sergio Busqets (2) – Spain
Jordi Alba – Spain
Milan Skriniar – Slovakia
Marcus Danielson – Sweden
Grzegorz Krychowiak (3 + 1 red) – Poland
Kamil Glik – Poland
Mateusz Klich – Poland
Jakub Modee – Poland
Kamil Jozwiak – Poland
Pau Torres – Spain
Podri – Spain
Robert Lewandowski – Poland
Kristoffer Olsson – Sweden
Martin Dubravka – Slovakia
Vladimir Weiss – Slovakia
Tomas Hubocan – Slovakia
Mikal Lustig – Sweden
Endre Botka – Hungary
Ilkary Gundogan – Germany
Leroy Sane – Germany
Adam Szalai – Hungary
Attila Fiola – Hungary
Hugo Lloris – France
Lucas Hernandez – France
Antoine Griezman – France
Presnel Kimpembe – France
Benjamin Pavard (2) – France
Endre Botka – Hungary
Kai Havertz – Germany
Matthias Ginter (2) – Germany
Ruben Dias – Portugal
Loic Nego – Hungary
Willi Orban – Hungary
Joshua Kimmich – Germany
Declan Rice – England
Kalvin Philips – England
Harry Maguire (2) – England
Roben Gosens – Germany
Dejan Kulusevski – Sweden
Andriy Yarmolenko – Ukraine
Emil Forsberg – Sweden
Artem Dovbyk – Ukraine
Raphael Verane – France
Nico Elvedi – Switzerland
Ricardo Rodriguez – Switzerland
Kingsley Coman – France
Manuel Akanji – Switzerland
Daniel Dumfries – Netherlands
Vladimir Comfal – Czech Republic
Frenkie de Jong – Netherlands
Joao Palhinha – Portugal
Diago Dalot – Portugal
Thomas Vermaelen – Belgium
Pepe – Portugal
Toby Alderweireld – Belgium
Joe Rodon – Wales
David Brooks
Gareth Bale – Wales
Marko Arnautovic – Austria
Giovanni Di Lorenzo – Italy
Martin Hinteregger – Austria
Aleksandar Dragovic – Austria
Silvan Widmer – Switzerland
Aymeric Laporte – Spain
Marco Verratti – Italy
Youri Tielemans – Belgium
Domenico Berardi – Italy
Michael Krmencik – Czech
Tomas Kalas – Czech
Rafael Tolol – Italy
Leonardo Bonucci – Italy
