Applicable to: Club & Association Administrators, Referees
Applicable to: Football (soccer) only
Application(s): Admin Portal > Competition Management > Games Details
Participant Portal > My Teams
When a red card is recorded in a football match, the player is automatically suspended for 1 week starting the day after the match. The player cannot be selected for any games during their suspension period. A league administrator may edit the length of the suspension or remove the automatically applied outcome at any time.
This article will cover the following:
- How automated suspensions work and when they trigger
- Where to find suspension incidents
- How to edit or remove suspensions
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How automated suspensions work
In Football only, if a player is assigned a red card they will automatically receive a 1-week suspension. This applies to red cards entered via the Admin Portal, My Teams (including via direct referee integration), or e-Scoring.
An incident will automatically be created after the red card entry is saved, along with the outcome of "Guilty - Suspension" for 1 week starting the day after the match.
Suspensions are sport-wide
A player cannot be selected for any team or competition within any organisation in the same sport, during their suspension period.
Finding automated suspension incidents
Automated suspensions can be viewed a number of ways within the Admin Portal:
- Within the match - go to the match where the red card occurred, and open the Incidents tab
- Via the Incidents Menu (Associations only) - navigate to the Incidents section from the main menu
- On the Player's Profile - open the participant’s profile, and the incident and suspension status will be visible
While a player is serving a suspension, they will appear as "Suspended" in the platform. They cannot be added to a game line up if the match date falls within the suspension period. The incident type will be listed as "Behaviour – Card".
Association Administrators can view and edit all incident details, while Club Administrators can only see that players are suspended but cannot view incident details or make changes.
Managing suspensions
This information is for Association Administrators only
Only League/Association Administrators can edit or remove automated suspensions.
- Navigate to the incident via the Incidents menu or Incidents tab within a specific match
- Click Edit in the Outcome section
- Modify the suspension duration, change the outcome (e.g. convert to a fine), add an incident note, or remove this entirely
- Click Save to apply changes
- Navigate to the original game where the red card was recorded
- In the Game Details, select the Edit icon beside the player with the red card recorded
- Click the Delete icon against the red card
- Click Save to apply changes. Note, this automatically removes the associated suspension
Use this method when red cards were recorded in error. If the red card should remain but the incident outcome has changed, follow the steps to edit a suspension.
Current limitations
Combined "suspension & fine" outcomes are not yet supported. Email notifications for suspensions are coming in a future update. Yellow card accumulation support is coming soon to automated suspensions, as well as extensions to support other sports disciplinary processes.