First coach sent off in a football (soccer) FIFA World Cup match
- Who
- Cayetano Ré
- What
- First
- Where
- Mexico (Toluca,)
- When
- 11 June 1986
The first coach to be sent off in a football (soccer) FIFA World Cup match is Cayetano Ré (Paraguay) during Paraguay vs Belgium in Toluca, Mexico on 11 June 1986.
Ré was given the red card for repeatedly encroaching onto to the pitch during the final group game which ended in a draw thus securing Paraguay's passage to the knockout stage for the first time in their history.