1990 FIFA World Cup discipline

In the 1990 FIFA World Cup the main disciplinary action taken against players came in the form of red and yellow cards. Any player picking up a red card is automatically banned for his country's next game (if it is a serious offense FIFA may extend this ban to a number of games). Players also receive a one-game ban if they pick up two yellow cards within the group stage or within the knockout stage.

• Total number of yellow cards: 193
• Average number of yellow cards: 3.71
• Total number of red cards: 16
• Average number of red cards: 0.31
• First yellow card: Benjamin Massing – Cameroon against Argentina
• First red card: André Kana-Biyik – Cameroon vs Argentina
• Fastest yellow card from kick off: 4 minutes – Marius Lăcătuş – Romania vs Argentina
• Fastest yellow card after coming on as a substitute: 1 minute – Peter Beardsley – England vs. Egypt
• Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90 minutes + – Ernst Aigner – Austria vs. Czechoslovakia
• Fastest dismissal from kick off: 34 minutes – Peter Artner – Austria vs United States
• Fastest dismissal of a substitute: 6 minutes – Andreas Reisinger – Austria vs United States
• Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 89 minutes – Benjamin Massing – Cameroon against Argentina
• Least time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 0 minutes – Yoon Deuk-Yeo – Korea Republic against Uruguay (Yoon was given two yellow cards in the 70th minute)
• Most yellow cards (team): 21 – Argentina
• Most red cards (team): 3 – Argentina
• Fewest yellow cards (team): 2 – Belgium
• Most yellow cards (player): 3 – (three players) Benjamin Massing, Yoon Deuk-Yeo, Frank Rijkaard
• Most red cards (player): 1 – (16 players) Ricardo Giusti, Eric Wynalda, Peter Artner, Frank Rijkaard, Rudi Völler, Yoon Deuk-Yeo, Ľubomír Moravčík, Ricardo Gomes, Benjamin Massing, André Kana-Biyik, Volodymyr Bezsonov, Khalil Ghanim, Refik Šabanadžović, Eric Gerets, Gustavo Dezotti, Pedro Monzón
• Most yellow cards (match): 9 – Austria vs United States (Group A)
• Most red cards (match): 2 – West Germany vs Netherlands (round of 16)
• Most cards in one match: 9 yellow cards and 1 red card – Austria vs United States (Group A)