In the 2011 Copa América, the main disciplinary action taken against players came in the form of red and yellow cards.
Any player picking up a red card was 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 would conduct a hearing and could extend this ban beyond one match. If the ban extended beyond the end of the finals (i.e. if a player was sent off in the match in which his team was eliminated), it had to 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 DayMatch Round RefereeTotal cards Yellow Second yellow Straight redDay 01Group A Roberto Silvera6600Day 02 Colombia vs Costa Rica Group A Enrique Osses6501Day 03 Brazil vs Venezuela Group B Raúl Orosco4400Day 03 Paraguay vs Ecuador Group B Sergio Pezzotta2200Day 04 Uruguay vs Peru Group C Wilmar Roldán5500 Day 04 Chile vs Mexico Group C Juan Soto5500 Day 05 Argentina vs Colombia Group A Sálvio Fagundes3300 Day 05 Bolivia vs Costa Rica Group A Carlos Vera11911Day 06 Uruguay vs Chile Group C Carlos Amarilla9900Day 06 Peru vs Mexico Group C Sergio Pezzotta2200Day 07 Brazil vs Paraguay Group B Wilmar Roldán6600Day 07 Venezuela vs Ecuador Group B Wálter Quesada0000Day 08 Colombia vs Bolivia Group A Francisco Chacón1100Day 09 Argentina vs Costa Rica Group A Víctor Hugo Rivera6600Day 010 Chile vs Peru Group C Sálvio Fagundes8602Day 010 Uruguay vs Mexico Group C Raúl Orosco4400Day 011 Paraguay vs Venezuela Group B Enrique Osses4400 Day 011 Brazil vs Ecuador Group B Roberto Silvera3300Day 014 Colombia vs Peru Quarter-finals Francisco Chacón3300 Day 014 Argentina vs Uruguay Quarter-finals Carlos Amarilla131120Day 015 Brazil vs Paraguay Quarter-finals Sergio Pezzotta8602 Day 015 Chile vs Venezuela Quarter-finals Carlos Vera9711 Day 017 Peru vs Uruguay Semi-finals Raúl Orosco7601 Day 018 Paraguay vs Venezuela Semi-finals Francisco Chacón5410 Day 021 Peru vs Venezuela Third place match Wilmar Roldán6501 Day 022 Uruguay vs Paraguay Final Sálvio Fagundes6600
By referee RefereeMatches Red YellowRed cardsPenalties awarded Carlos Vera 2 4 16 2 straight reds2 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 15 2 Antolín Alcaraz vs Brazilstraight redJonathan Santana vs Venezuela second yellow misconduct tactical foul 15 2 Giancarlo Carmona vs Chilestraight redJuan Manuel Vargas vs Uruguay straight red fighting elbowing an opponent 12 2 Jean Beausejour vs Perustraight redGary Medel vs Venezuelasecond yellow fighting handling the ball 11 2 Ronald Rivero vs Costa Ricasecond yellowWálter Flores vs Costa Ricastraight red handling the ball tackling 11 2 Tomás Rincón vs Chilestraight red and vs Peru straight red shirt pulling + swinging a fist at opponent tackling 18 1 Diego Pérez vs Argentina second yellow tactical foul 14 1 Javier Mascherano vs Uruguaysecond yellow tackling 8 1 Lucas Leiva vs Paraguaystraight red misconduct 8 1 Randall Brenes vs Colombiastraight redtackling 9 0 5 0 2 0
By player 99 red cards Tomás Rincón
1 red card
Javier Mascherano Wálter Flores Ronald Rivero Lucas Leiva
Jean Beausejour Gary Medel Randall Brenes Antolín Alcaraz
Jonathan Santana Giancarlo Carmona Juan Manuel Vargas Diego Pérez
4 yellow cards Martín Cáceres
3 yellow cards
Ronald Rivero Jonathan Santana
Sebastián Coates
Diego Pérez
2 yellow cards
Fernando Gago Ezequiel Lavezzi Javier Mascherano Gabriel Milito Carlos Tevez Jhasmani Campos Luis Gutiérrez André Santos Pablo Contreras
Gary Medel Arturo Vidal Francisco Calvo Óscar Duarte David Guzmán Paul Aguilar Hiram Mier Víctor Cáceres Enrique Vera
Adan Balbín Rinaldo Cruzado Álvaro González Luis Suárez César González Franklin Lucena Giancarlo Maldonado
1 yellow card
Lucas Biglia Nicolás Burdisso Pablo Zabaleta Javier Zanetti Lorgio Álvarez José Luis Chávez Wálter Flores Marcelo Moreno Dani Alves Jádson Lucas Leiva Maicon Alexandre Pato Thiago Silva Claudio Bravo Marco Estrada Mauricio Isla Gonzalo Jara Alexis Sánchez Jorge Valdivia Abel Aguilar
Fredy Guarín Dayro Moreno Carlos Sánchez Camilo Zúñiga Diego Madrigal José Salvatierra Oswaldo Minda Christian Noboa Javier Aquino Rafael Márquez Lugo Édgar Pacheco Diego Reyes Héctor Reynoso Édgar Barreto Lucas Barrios Marcelo Estigarribia Elvis Marecos Iván Piris Nelson Valdez Darío Verón Pablo Zeballos
Santiago Acasiete Luis Advíncula Aldo Corzo Paolo Guerrero Salomón Libman Carlos Lobatón Christian Ramos Renzo Revoredo Alberto Rodríguez Juan Manuel Vargas Yoshimar Yotún Walter Gargano Diego Lugano Álvaro Pereira Maxi Pereira Gabriel Cichero Grenddy Perozo José Manuel Rey Salomón Rondón Roberto Rosales
Fair Play Award The Fair Play Award was given to the team with the best overall discipline throughout the tournament. Teams were given a certain number of points—15 in the first stage, 5 in the quarter-finals, and 10 points for the remaining four teams—from which points were deducted depending on the infraction. The team that advanced past the first stage with the most points was awarded the trophy. Teams that dropped below zero points were excluded from winning the award.
InfractionPoints deducted Booking of a player (yellow card)1 point Expulsion of a player (red card)2 points Suspension per game1 point Delay of game at the start of restart of a match2 points Misconduct of the players and/or coaching staff1 point Recidivism of misconduct2 points Incomplete team1 point Abandonment of the gameExclusion OthersCase-by-case judgement
The four semi-finalists (Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela) were the only teams considered for the Fair Play Award. After a post-match brawl in the semi-finals, Paraguay and Venezuela were excluded from winning the award. Peru and Uruguay finished the tournament with the same number of points. Since Uruguay had fewer players handed a red card during the tournament, they won the Fair Play Award.
TeamTotal 15−4−5−2+5−7+10XXN/A 15−4−0−7+5−2+10−6−38 15−1−6−2+5−5+10−3−58 15−5−0−2+5−5+10XXN/A
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