2002 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record

In the 2002 FIFA World Cup the main disciplinary action taken against players came in the form of red and yellow cards. Any player picking up a red card is automatically banned for his country's next game (if it is a serious offense FIFA may extend this ban to a number of games). Players also receive a one-game ban if they pick up two yellow cards within the group stage or within the knockout stage.

Disciplinary statistics

• Total number of yellow cards: 272
  
• Average yellow cards per match: 4.25
  
• Total number of red cards: 17
  
• Average red cards per match: 0.27
  
• First yellow card of the tournament:
  Emmanuel Petit for France against Senegal
  
• First red card of the tournament:
  Alpay Özalan for Turkey against Brazil
  
• Fastest yellow card from kick off: 2 minutes
  Henri Camara for Senegal against Uruguay, Jesús Arellano for Mexico against Italy
  
• Fastest yellow card after coming on as a substitute: 3 minutes
  Alberto García Aspe for Mexico against United States (introduced in the 78th minute)
  
• Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+4 minutes
  Pape Thiaw for Senegal against Sweden
  
• Latest yellow card in a match with extra time: 115 minutes
  Choi Jin-cheul for South Korea against Italy
  
• Fastest dismissal from kick off: 22nd minute
  Carlos Paredes for Paraguay against Slovenia
  
• Fastest dismissal of a substitute: 12 minutes
  Shao Jiayi for China against Brazil (introduced in the 46th minute)
  
• Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+4 minutes
  Hakan Ünsal for Turkey against Brazil
  
• Latest dismissal in a match with extra time: 103 minutes
  Francesco Totti for Italy against South Korea
  
• Shortest time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 3 minutes
  Carsten Ramelow for Germany against Cameroon (booked in the 37th minute and again in the 40th minute)
  
• Most yellow cards (team): 19
  Turkey
  
• Most red cards (team): 2
  Paraguay, Portugal, Turkey
  
• Fewest yellow cards (team): 2
  Nigeria
  
• Most yellow cards (player): 3
  Michael Ballack, Emre Belözoğlu, Beto, Tugay Kerimoğlu, Francesco Totti
  
• Most red cards (player): 1
  Roberto Acuña, Beto, Claudio Caniggia, Nastja Čeh, Salif Diao, Thierry Henry, Rafael Márquez, Alpay Özalan, Carlos Paredes, João Pinto, Carsten Ramelow, Ronaldinho, Shao Jiayi, Patrick Suffo, Francesco Totti, Hakan Ünsal, Boris Živković
  
• Most yellow cards (match): 16
  Cameroon vs Germany
  
• Most red cards (match): 2
  Brazil vs Turkey, Cameroon vs Germany, Slovenia vs Paraguay, Portugal vs South Korea
  
• Fewest yellow cards (match): 0
  Croatia vs Mexico, Germany vs Republic of Ireland, Nigeria vs England
  
• Most cards in one match: 16 yellow cards and 2 red cards
  Cameroon vs Germany

Sanctions

By referee

Referee	Matches	Red	Yellow	Red Cards
Felipe Ramos Rizo	3	4	13	3 straight reds 1 second yellow
Oscar Ruíz	3	1	14	1 straight red
Saad Mane	3	0	10
Pierluigi Collina	3	0	9
Gamal Al-Ghandour	3	0	8
Kim Milton Nielsen	3	0	8
Ángel Sánchez	2	2	13	1 straight red 1 second yellow
Carlos Batres	2	2	11	2 straight reds
Vitor Melo Pereira	2	1	13	1 straight red
Byron Moreno	2	1	12	1 second yellow
Ali Bujsaim	2	1	7	1 straight red
Lu Jun	2	1	5	1 straight red
Hugh Dallas	2	0	12
Carlos Eugênio Simon	2	0	10
William Mattus	2	0	8
Markus Merk	2	0	8
Urs Meier	2	0	6
Peter Prendergast	2	0	6
Ubaldo Aquino	2	0	5
Anders Frisk	2	0	5
Gilles Veissière	2	0	5
Brian Hall	2	0	4
Antonio López Nieto	1	2	16	2 second yellows
Kim Young-Joo	1	2	5	1 straight red 1 second yellow
Jan Wegereef	1	0	12
Ľuboš Micheľ	1	0	8
Kyros Vassaras	1	0	7
Mourad Daami	1	0	6
Coffi Codjia	1	0	5
Mark Shield	1	0	5
Toru Kamikawa	1	0	4
Mohammed Guezzaz	1	0	3
René Ortubé	1	0	3
Terje Hauge	1	0	2
Falla Ndoye	1	0	2
Graham Poll	1	0	2
Total	64	17	272	11 straight reds 6 second yellows

By team

Team	Yellow	Red	Red Cards	Suspensions
Argentina	6	1	C. Caniggia vs Sweden straight red card
Belgium	6	0
Brazil	7	1	Ronaldinho vs England straight red card	Ronaldinho vs Turkey
Cameroon	10	1	P. Suffo vs Germany second yellow card
China PR	5	1	Shao Jiayi vs Turkey straight red card
Costa Rica	6	0
Croatia	3	1	B. Živković vs Mexico straight red card	B. Živković vs Italy and Ecuador
Denmark	9	0
Ecuador	9	0
England	6	0
France	3	1	T. Henry vs Uruguay straight red card	Henry vs Denmark
Germany	18	1	C. Ramelow vs Cameroon second yellow card	C. Ramelow vs Paraguay
Italy	12	1	F. Totti vs. South Korea second yellow card	F. Cannavaro vs Mexico
Japan	6	0
Mexico	8	1	R. Márquez vs USA straight red card	R. Márquez 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup vs Brazil
Nigeria	2	0
Paraguay	11	2	C. Paredes vs Slovenia second yellow card R. Acuña vs Germany straight red card	C. Paredes vs Germany
Poland	9	0
Portugal	8	2	Beto vs South Korea second yellow card João Pinto vs South Korea straight red card	Beto vs Greece (UEFA Euro 2004 Group A) João Pinto four-month ban from international competition
Republic of Ireland	4	0
Russia	9	0
Saudi Arabia	3	0
Senegal	14	1	S. Diao vs Denmark straight red card	S. Diao vs Uruguay
Slovenia	10	1	N. Čeh vs Paraguay straight red card	N. Čeh
South Africa	10	0
South Korea	14	0		Kim T-Y vs Spain
Spain	7	0
Sweden	6	0
Tunisia	8	0
Turkey	19	2	A. Özalan vs Brazil straight red card H. Ünsal vs Brazil second yellow card	A. Özalan vs Costa Rica H. Ünsal vs Costa Rica
United States	14	0
Uruguay	10	0
Total	272	17

By individual

1 red card

3 yellow cards

2 yellow cards

1 yellow card