Who's suspended in the Bundesliga? Who is one card away from a ban?

Find out which players are suspended for the coming round of fixtures in the Bundesliga, plus who needs to watch their step to avoid picking up a ban for an accumulation of yellow cards.

Disciplinary matters in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 are administered by the German FA (DFB). They are the body that enforces suspensions and determines the length of any bans.

List below is correct as of 4 May 2026

Players suspended for Bundesliga Matchday 33

Atakan Karazor (VfB Stuttgart) – Straight red card vs. Hoffenheim – Length of suspension still TBC

Jens Castrop (Borussia Mönchengladbach) – Straight red card vs. Wolfsburg – Two games remaining of three-match suspension

Rasmus Kristensen (Eintracht Frankfurt) - Red card vs. Hamburg - Suspension of one match

Eric Martel (Cologne) – Ten yellow cards – Suspension of one game

Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach) – Five yellow cards – Suspension of one game

Mario Vušković (Hamburg) – CAS doping judgement – Suspended until 15 November 2026

Watch: RefCam in Der Klassiker

Klassiker RefCam in Dortmund02.03.2026

Players on nine yellow cards who will miss the next game if booked

Marco Friedl (Werder Bremen)

Albian Hajdari (Hoffenheim)

Dominik Kohr (Mainz)

Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen)

Players on four yellow cards who will miss the next game if booked

Aurèle Amenda (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Chema Andrés (VfB Stuttgart)

Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen)

Leon Avdullahu (Hoffenheim)

Ridle Baku (RB Leipzig)

Stefan Bell (Mainz)

Livan Burcu (Union Berlin)

Marnon Busch (Heidenheim)

Nnamdi Collins (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Vladimir Coufal (Hoffenheim)

Yan Couto (Borussia Dortmund)

Ermedin Demirović (VfB Stuttgart) 

Danilho Doekhi (Union Berlin)

Maximilian Eggestein (Freiburg)

Daniel Elfadli (Hamburg) 

Christian Eriksen (Wolfsburg) 

Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich) 

Kristijan Jakić (Augsburg) 

Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim)

Arnaud Kalimuendo (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Jakub Kamiński (Cologne)

Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)

Tom Krauß (Cologne)

Rasmus Kristensen (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Derrick Köhn (Union Berlin) 

Diogo Leite (Union Berlin)

Jamie Leweling (VfB Stuttgart)

Senne Lynen (Werder Bremen)

Han-Noah Massengo (Augsburg)

Johan Manzambi (Freiburg) 

Phillipp Mwene (Mainz)

Willi Orbán (RB Leipzig)

Patrick Osterhage (Freiburg)

Amos Pieper (Werder Bremen)

Stefan Posch (Mainz) 

Yussuf Poulsen (Hamburg)

Fabian Rieder (Augsburg)

James Sands (St. Pauli) 

Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen)

Joël Schmied (Cologne) 

Danel Sinani (St. Pauli)

Eric Smith (St. Pauli) 

Vinicius Souza (Wolfsburg)

Niklas Stark (Werder Bremen) 

Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg)

Haris Tabaković (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

Jan Thielmann (Cologne) 

Phillip Tietz (Mainz) 

Keke Topp (Werder Bremen)

Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich) 

Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg)

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