In a game of faux-injury theatrics and crowd hooliganism, a fart hardly seems like a footballing crime.

But one Swedish player's been pinged with a red card for "unsportsmanlike behaviour", after letting one rip during a club match on Friday.

Adam Lindin Ljungkvist got his marching orders for dropping one. Credit:Facebook

Adam Lindin Ljungkvist said he "had a bit of a tummy upset" while playing for Pershagen SK, and "let off a fart" in the last minute of the game, Aftonbladet reported.

"I can only surmise that he thinks I did it up against an opponent, but to provoke someone with a fart would be pretty bizarre. I just did a perfectly innocent fart, and got sent off for it. The referee said that it was unsportsmanlike behaviour."