2011 Copa América disciplinary record
In the 2011 Copa América, the main disciplinary action taken against players comes in the form of red and yellow cards.
Any player picking up a red card is expelled from the pitch and automatically banned for his country's next match, whether via a straight red or second yellow. After a straight red card, FIFA will conduct a hearing and may extend this ban beyond one match. If the ban extends beyond the end of the finals (i.e. if a player is sent off in the match in which his team was eliminated), it must be served in the team's next competitive international match(es).
Disciplinary statistics
- Total number of yellow cards: 128
- Average yellow cards per match: 4.92
- Total number of red cards: 14
- Average red cards per match: 0.54
- First yellow card: Wálter Flores (Bolivia against Argentina)
- First red card: Randall Brenes (Costa Rica against Colombia)
- Fastest yellow card from kick off: 1 minute (Luis Advíncula; Peru against Colombia and Yoshimar Yotún; Peru against Uruguay)
- Fastest yellow card after coming on as substitute: 1 minutes (Édgar Barreto and Elvis Marecos; both Paraguay against Brazil)
- Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+4 minutes (Franklin Lucena; Venezuela against Brazil)
- Fastest dismissal from kick off: 28 minutes (Randall Brenes; Costa Rica against Colombia)
- Fastest dismissal of a substitute: None
- Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+4 minutes (Tomás Rincón; Venezuela against Chile)
- Latest dismissal in a match with extra time: 103 minutes (Antolín Alcaraz; Paraguay against Brazil and Lucas Leiva; Brazil against Paraguay)
- Least time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 5 minutes (Ronald Rivero; Bolivia against Costa Rica)
- Most yellow cards (team): 18 (Uruguay)
- Most red cards (team): 2 (Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela)
- Fewest yellow cards (team): 2 (Ecuador)
- Most yellow cards (player): 4 (Martín Cáceres)
- Most red cards (player): 2 (Tomás Rincón)
- Most yellow cards (match): 11 (Argentina against Uruguay)
- Most red cards (match): 2 (Bolivia against Costa Rica; Chile against Peru; Argentina against Uruguay; Brazil against Paraguay and Chile against Venezuela)
- Fewest yellow cards (match): 0 (Venezuela against Ecuador)
- Most cards in one match: 11 yellow cards and 2 red cards (Argentina against Uruguay)
Detailed statistics
By match
| Day | Match | Round | Referee | Total cards |  Yellow |
 Second yellow |
Straight red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 |  Argentina vs Bolivia  | Group A |  Roberto Silvera | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 2 |  Colombia vs Costa Rica  | Group A |  Enrique Osses | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 3 |  Brazil vs Venezuela  | Group B | Raúl Orosco | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 3 |  Paraguay vs Ecuador  | Group B | Sergio Pezzotta | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 4 | Uruguay vs Peru  | Group C | Wilmar Roldán | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 4 | Chile vs Mexico  | Group C | Juan Soto | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 5 | Argentina vs Colombia | Group A | Sálvio Fagundes | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 5 | Bolivia vs Costa Rica | Group A | Carlos Vera | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 6 | Uruguay vs Chile | Group C | Carlos Amarilla | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 6 | Peru vs Mexico | Group C | Sergio Pezzotta | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 7 | Brazil vs Paraguay | Group B | Wilmar Roldán | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 7 | Venezuela vs Ecuador | Group B | Wálter Quesada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 8 | Colombia vs Bolivia | Group A | Francisco Chacón | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 9 | Argentina vs Costa Rica | Group A | Víctor Hugo Rivera | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 10 | Chile vs Peru | Group C | Sálvio Fagundes | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Day 10 | Uruguay vs Mexico | Group C | Raúl Orosco | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 11 | Paraguay vs Venezuela | Group B | Enrique Osses | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 11 | Brazil vs Ecuador | Group B | Roberto Silvera | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 14 | Colombia vs Peru | Quarterfinal | Francisco Chacón | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 14 | Argentina vs Uruguay | Quarterfinal | Carlos Amarilla | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Day 15 | Brazil vs Paraguay | Quarterfinal | Sergio Pezzotta | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Day 15 | Chile vs Venezuela | Quarterfinal | Carlos Vera | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 17 | Peru vs Uruguay | Semifinal | Raúl Orosco | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 18 | Paraguay vs Venezuela | Semifinal | Francisco Chacón | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Day 21 | Peru vs Venezuela | Third place match | Wilmar Roldán | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 22 | Uruguay vs Paraguay | Final | Sálvio Fagundes | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
By referee
| Referee | Matches | Red |
Yellow |
Red Cards | PKs awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Vera | 2 | 4 | 16 | 2 straight reds 2 second yellows | 1 |
| Carlos Amarilla | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2 second yellows | 0 |
| Sálvio Fagundes | 3 | 2 | 15 | 2 straight reds | 0 |
| Sergio Pezzotta | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 straight reds | 0 |
| Wilmar Roldán | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 straight red | 0 |
| Raúl Orosco | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 straight red | 0 |
| Enrique Osses | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 straight red | 0 |
| Francisco Chacón | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 second yellow | 2 |
| Roberto Silvera | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Víctor Hugo Rivera | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Juan Soto | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Wálter Quesada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
By team
| Team | Yellow | Red | Red Cards | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 15 | 2 | Antolín Alcaraz vs Brazil straight red Jonathan Santana vs Venezuela second yellow | misconduct tactical foul |
| Peru | 15 | 2 | Giancarlo Carmona vs Chile straight red Juan Manuel Vargas vs Uruguay straight red | fighting elbowing an opponent |
| Chile | 12 | 2 | Jean Beausejour vs Peru straight red Gary Medel vs Venezuela second yellow | fighting handling the ball |
| Bolivia | 11 | 2 | Ronald Rivero vs Costa Rica second yellow Wálter Flores vs Costa Rica straight red | handling the ball tackling |
| Venezuela | 11 | 2 | Tomás Rincón vs Chile straight red and vs Peru straight red | shirt pulling + swinging a fist at opponent tackling |
| Uruguay | 18 | 1 | Diego Pérez vs Argentina second yellow | tactical foul |
| Argentina | 14 | 1 | Javier Mascherano vs Uruguay second yellow | tackling |
| Brazil | 8 | 1 | Lucas Leiva vs Paraguay straight red | misconduct |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1 | Randall Brenes vs Colombia straight red | tackling |
| Mexico | 9 | 0 | ||
| Colombia | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ecuador | 2 | 0 | ||
By player
- 2 red cards
- Tomás Rincón
- 1 red card
- 4 yellow cards
- Martín Cáceres
- 3 yellow cards
- 2 yellow cards
- 1 yellow card
Fair Play Award
The Fair Play Award will be given to the team with the best overall discipline throughout the tournament. Teams will be given a certain amount of points—15 in the first stage, 5 in the quarterfinals, and 10 points for the remaining four teams—from which points will be deducted depending on the infraction. The team that advanced past the first stage with the most points will be awarded the trophy. Teams that drop below 0 points will be excluded from winning the award.[1]
| Infraction | Points deducted |
|---|---|
| Booking of a player (yellow card) | 1 point |
| Expulsion of a player (red card) | 2 points |
| Suspension per game | 1 point |
| Delay of game at the start of restart of a match | 2 points |
| Misconduct of the players and/or coaching staff | 1 point |
| Recidivism of misconduct | 2 points |
| Incomplete team | 1 point |
| Abadonment of the game | Exclusion |
| Others | Case-by-case judgement |
As the four semifinalists, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela were the only teams considered for the Fair Play Award. After a post-match brawl in the semifinals, Paraguay and Venezuela were excluded from winning the award. Peru and Uruguay finished the tournament with the same amount of points. Since Uruguay had less players handed a red card during the tournament, they won the Fair Play Award.[2]
| Team | IP | D1 | D2 | D3 | QF | SF | 3/F | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 15 | −4 | −5 | −2 | +5 | −7 | +10 | X | X | N/A |
| Peru | 15 | −4 | −0 | −7 | +5 | −2 | +10 | −6 | −3 | 8 |
| Uruguay | 15 | −1 | −6 | −2 | +5 | −5 | +10 | −3 | −5 | 8 |
| Venezuela | 15 | −5 | −0 | −2 | +5 | −5 | +10 | X | X | N/A |