List of FIFA Confederations Cup red cards explained

This is a list of all red cards shown during FIFA Confederations Cups; that is, the occasions when a player has been expelled from the game in a football FIFA Confederations Cup Finals match. As FIFA is the governing body of football, official red cards are only noted when FIFA recognised that a player was expelled or sent off in a match.

The first player dismissed in the FIFA Confederations Cup was Brian Quinn of the United States, playing against Saudi Arabia in the 1992 King Fahd Cup; the most recent was Gerard Piqué of Spain, playing against Brazil in the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Notable Confederations Cup red cards

• Brian Quinn was the first player to be sent off in a Confederations Cup match, playing for the United States on 15 October 1992 against Saudi Arabia.
• Australia's Mark Viduka received the quickest red card when he was sent off in the 24th minute in 1997.
• Four players have been sent off in the final. Argentina's José Chamot was the first in 1995, Australia's Viduka in 1997, Brazil's João Carlos in 1999, and Spain's Gerard Piqué in 2013.
• The most players sent off in one game is three. Three players were sent off for Egypt in a 5-1 loss against Saudi Arabia on 29 July 1999.
• Two countries lead the list of most red cards for a national team with Egypt and United States having five players dismissed.
• The most tournament with red cards is 1999, having six red cards.

List of FIFA Confederations Cup red cards

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Sequence	Player	or	Time of cards	Representing	Final score	Opponent	Tournament	Round	Date
			81'		0–3		1992, Saudi Arabia	Semi-final
			5', 51'		2–5			Semi-final
			35', 88'		0–2		1995, Saudi Arabia	Final
			24', 64'		0–3		1997, Saudi Arabia	First round
			75', 82'		2–2			First round
			40'		1–2			First round
			24'		0–6			Final
			30', 64'		2–2		1999, Mexico	First round
			28'		1–5			First round
			37', 37'		1–5			First round
			80'		1–5			First round
			55', 63'		2–0			Third-place play-off
			46', 90'+2		3–4			Final
			56'		1–0		2001, Korea/Japan	Semi-final
			60', 68'		1–3		2003, France	First round
			90'		2–1			First round
	Ronaldinho		75', 90'+3		2–2			First round
			43', 69'		1–0			Semi-final
			90'		1–1 AET		2005, Germany	Semi-final
			21', 90'+3		1–1 AET			Semi-final
			54'		4–3 AET			Third-place play-off
			89'		3–4		2009, South Africa	First round
			33'		1–3			First round
			57'		0–3			First round
			87'		2–0			Semi-final
			42', 51'		8–0		2013, Brazil	First round
			8', 59'		0–8			First round
			82', 110'		2–2 AET			Third-place play-off
			68'		0–3			Final
			9', 68'		1–2		2017, Russia	First round
			64'		1–3			First round
			26', 106'		2–1 AET			Third-place play-off
			94', 112'		1–2 AET			Third-place play-off