Teams with the most red card for and against
Posted on 06 August, 2021 by Danny McLoughlin
We have analyzed the previous 11 seasons worth of data to understand the teams that have received the most red cards and the teams who have benefitted from their opposition receiving the most red cards.
The data encompasses 19,985 games across the top five leagues in Europe (Italian Serie A, French Ligue 1, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga and English Premier League.)
Teams receiving most red cards (2008/09 - 2019/20)
This section looks at the teams who have had the most red cards over the last 11 seasons.
Top 5 leagues
Ranking |
Team |
Competition |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Genoa |
Serie A |
85 |
2 |
Lazio |
Serie A |
85 |
3 |
Milan |
Serie A |
82 |
4 |
Valencia |
La Liga |
79 |
5 |
Sevilla |
La Liga |
77 |
6 |
Espanyol |
La Liga |
72 |
7 |
Málaga |
La Liga |
70 |
8 |
Getafe |
La Liga |
68 |
9 |
Atalanta |
Serie A |
68 |
10 |
Toulouse |
Ligue 1 |
65 |
English Premier League
Ranking |
Team |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Arsenal |
43 |
2 |
Manchester City |
37 |
3 |
Newcastle United |
36 |
4 |
Chelsea |
35 |
5 |
Sunderland |
35 |
6 |
Everton |
32 |
7 |
Manchester United |
31 |
8 |
Stoke City |
29 |
9 |
West Ham United |
28 |
10 |
Liverpool |
27 |
La Liga
Ranking |
Team |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Valencia |
79 |
2 |
Sevilla |
77 |
3 |
Espanyol |
72 |
4 |
Málaga |
70 |
5 |
Getafe |
68 |
6 |
Athletic Club |
62 |
7 |
Real Madrid |
58 |
8 |
Levante |
54 |
9 |
Osasuna |
51 |
10 |
Atlético Madrid |
51 |
Serie A
Ranking |
Team |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Genoa |
85 |
2 |
Lazio |
85 |
3 |
Milan |
82 |
4 |
Atalanta |
68 |
5 |
Cagliari |
64 |
6 |
Sampdoria |
64 |
7 |
Roma |
62 |
8 |
Inter |
61 |
9 |
Bologna |
58 |
10 |
Fiorentina |
56 |
Bundesliga
Ranking |
Team |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Stuttgart |
42 |
2 |
Wolfsburg |
40 |
3 |
Schalke 04 |
39 |
4 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
36 |
5 |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
36 |
6 |
Werder Bremen |
35 |
7 |
Hertha BSC |
34 |
8 |
Mainz 05 |
33 |
9 |
Hoffenheim |
33 |
10 |
Hannover 96 |
31 |
Ligue 1
Ranking |
Team |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Toulouse |
65 |
2 |
Nice |
63 |
3 |
Montpellier |
62 |
4 |
Lyon |
54 |
5 |
Marseille |
52 |
6 |
Saint-Étienne |
52 |
7 |
Lille |
52 |
8 |
Bordeaux |
49 |
9 |
Paris Saint-Germain |
48 |
10 |
Rennes |
48 |
Teams benefitting from the opposition receiving most red cards (2008/09 - 2019/20)
This section looks at the teams that have seen an opposition player be sent off the most times over the last 11 seasons and have therefore benefitted from playing against 10 men or fewer.
Top 5 leagues
Ranking |
Team |
Competition |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Sevilla |
La Liga |
81 |
2 |
Inter |
Serie A |
79 |
3 |
Getafe |
La Liga |
79 |
4 |
Nice |
Ligue 1 |
77 |
5 |
Lyon |
Ligue 1 |
75 |
6 |
Genoa |
Serie A |
74 |
7 |
Napoli |
Serie A |
72 |
8 |
Athletic Club |
La Liga |
72 |
9 |
Barcelona |
La Liga |
69 |
10 |
Valencia |
La Liga |
68 |
English Premier League
Ranking |
Team |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Arsenal |
46 |
2 |
Chelsea |
34 |
3 |
West Ham United |
34 |
4 |
Tottenham |
33 |
5 |
Sunderland |
32 |
6 |
Manchester City |
31 |
7 |
Liverpool |
29 |
8 |
Manchester United |
29 |
9 |
Aston Villa |
29 |
10 |
Everton |
28 |
La Liga
Ranking |
Team |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Sevilla |
81 |
2 |
Getafe |
79 |
3 |
Athletic Club |
72 |
4 |
Barcelona |
69 |
5 |
Valencia |
68 |
6 |
Espanyol |
66 |
7 |
Real Madrid |
57 |
8 |
Betis |
55 |
9 |
Villarreal |
54 |
10 |
Atlético Madrid |
53 |
Serie A
Ranking |
Team |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Inter |
79 |
2 |
Genoa |
74 |
3 |
Napoli |
72 |
4 |
Juventus |
68 |
5 |
Sampdoria |
67 |
6 |
Lazio |
67 |
7 |
Roma |
65 |
8 |
Milan |
65 |
9 |
Fiorentina |
63 |
10 |
Bologna |
63 |
Bundesliga
Ranking |
Team |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
45 |
2 |
Dortmund |
41 |
3 |
Schalke 04 |
40 |
4 |
Hoffenheim |
40 |
5 |
Bayern Munich |
34 |
6 |
Mainz 05 |
33 |
7 |
Augsburg |
32 |
8 |
Köln |
32 |
9 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
30 |
10 |
Hertha BSC |
28 |
Ligue 1
Ranking |
Team |
No. of red cards |
1 |
Nice |
77 |
2 |
Lyon |
75 |
3 |
Lille |
62 |
4 |
Rennes |
61 |
5 |
Montpellier |
61 |
6 |
Bordeaux |
60 |
7 |
Saint-Étienne |
60 |
8 |
Toulouse |
54 |
9 |
Paris Saint-Germain |
51 |
10 |
Monaco |
41 |
Danny McLoughlin Danny is a sports nut with a particular interest in football and running. He loves to watch sports as much as he loves to play.
Danny was lead researcher on RunRepeat and The PFA’s report into Racial Bias in Football Commentary. His football and running research has been featured in The Guardian, BBC, New York Times and Washington Post.