As a rule, a player or a team official sent off from the field of play and/or its immediate surrounds, including the technical area, is automatically suspended for the next match in the competition. In case of serious offences, the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body is entitled to augment this punishment, including by extending it to other competitions.
In case of repeated cautions in the group stage and play-offs, players and team officials are suspended for the next competition match after the third, fifth and any subsequent caution.
Cautions that have not resulted in a suspension and pending yellow-card suspensions expire on completion of the group stage. They are not carried forward to the play-offs.
Cautions that have not resulted in a suspension and pending yellow-card suspensions expire on completion of the competition.