In the 2015 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). In most cases, that was the first matches of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying.
Disciplinary statistics Total number of yellow cards: 113 Average yellow cards per match: 4.71 Total number of red cards: 7 Average red cards per match: 0.25 First yellow card: Fidel Martínez (Ecuador against Chile) First red card: Matías Fernández (Chile against Ecuador) Fastest yellow card from kick off: 5 minutes (Abel Hernández; Uruguay against Paraguay) Fastest yellow card after coming on as substitute: 1 minute (Derlis González; Paraguay against Argentina and Franklin Lucena; Venezuela against Colombia) Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+2 minutes (Matías Fernández; Chile against Ecuador) Fastest dismissal from kick off: 21 minutes (Carlos Zambrano; Peru against Chile) Fastest dismissal of a substitute: 18 minutes (Carlos Bacca; Colombia against Brazil) Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+4 minutes (Carlos Bacca; Colombia against Brazil and Neymar; Brazil against Colombia) Least time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 19 minutes (Matías Fernández; Chile against Ecuador) Most yellow cards (team): 14 (Paraguay) Most red cards (team): 2 (Uruguay) Fewest yellow cards (team): 4 (Mexico) Most yellow cards (player): 3 (Richard Ortiz) Most red cards (player): 1 (Fernando Amorebieta, Carlos Bacca, Edinson Cavani, Jorge Fucile, Matías Fernández, Neymar, Carlos Zambrano) Most yellow cards (match): 8 (Argentina against Colombia) Most red cards (match): 2 (Chile against Uruguay, Brazil against Colombia) Fewest yellow cards (match): 1 (Chile against Peru) Most cards in one match: 6 yellow cards, 2 red cards (Chile against Uruguay)
Detailed statistics
By match DayMatch Round RefereeTotal cards Yellow Second yellow Straight redDay 01Group A Néstor Pitana5410Day 02 Mexico vs Bolivia Group A Enrique Cáceres3300Day 03 Uruguay vs Jamaica Group B José Argote3300Day 03 Argentina vs Paraguay Group B Wilmar Roldán6600Day 04 Colombia vs Venezuela Group C Andrés Cunha7700 Day 04 Brazil vs Peru Group C Roberto Garía4400 Day 05 Ecuador vs Bolivia Group A Joel Aguilar5500 Day 05 Chile vs Mexico Group A Víctor Hugo Carrillo2200Day 06 Paraguay vs Jamaica Group B Carlos Vera3300Day 06 Argentina vs Uruguay Group B Sandro Ricci6600Day 07 Brazil vs Colombia Group C Enrique Osses6402Day 08 Peru vs Venezuela Group C Raúl Orosco5401Day 09 Mexico vs Ecuador Group A José Argote6600Day 09 Chile vs Bolivia Group A Andrés Cunha3300Day 010 Uruguay vs Paraguay Group B Roberto García6600Day 010 Argentina vs Jamaica Group B Julio Bascuñán5500Day 011 Colombia vs Peru Group C Néstor Pitana5500Day 011 Brazil vs Venezuela Group C Enrique Cáceres 4400Day 014 Chile vs Uruguay Quarterfinal Sandro Ricci8620Day 015 Bolivia vs Peru Quarterfinal Wilmar Roldán7700Day 016 Argentina vs Colombia Quarterfinal Roberto García8800Day 017 Brazil vs Paraguay Quarterfinal Andrés Cunha5500Day 019 Chile vs Peru Semifinal José Argote2101Day 020 Argentina vs Paraguay Semifinal Sandro Ricci5500Day 023 Peru vs Paraguay Third place match Raúl Orosco3300Day 024 Chile vs Argentina Final Wilmar Roldán7700
By referee RefereeMatches Red YellowRed CardsPKs awarded Sandro Ricci 3 3 17 1 straight reds2 second yellows 0 José Argote 3 2 10 2 straight reds 1 Enrique Osses 1 2 4 2 straight reds 0 Néstor Pitana 2 1 9 1 second yellow 1 Wilmar Roldán 3 0 20 2 Roberto García 3 0 18 0 Andrés Cunha 3 0 15 1 Enrique Cáceres 2 0 7 0 Raúl Orosco 2 0 7 0 Joel Aguilar 1 0 5 1 Julio Bascuñán 1 0 5 0 Carlos Vera 1 0 3 0 Víctor Hugo Carrillo 1 0 2 1
By team Team Yellow Red Red Cards Reason 11 3 Edinson Cavani vs Chilesecond yellowJorge Fucile vs Chilesecond yellow 14 1 Carlos Zambrano vs Chilestraight red 12 1 Matías Fernández vs Ecuadorsecond yellow 11 1 Carlos Bacca vs Brazilstraight red 9 1 Neymar vs Colombiastraight red 8 1 Fernando Amorebieta vs Perustraight red 15 0 15 0 12 0 7 0 6 0 4 0
By player 1 red card
Neymar Matías Fernández Carlos Bacca Carlos Zambrano Edinson Cavani Jorge Fucile Fernando Amorebieta
3 yellow cards Javier Mascherano Marcos Rojo Richard Ortiz
2 yellow cards
Danny Bejarano Pablo Escobar Neymar Matías Fernández Mauricio Pinilla James Rodríguez Carlos Sánchez Osbaldo Lastra Rodolph Austin Pablo Aguilar Bruno Valdez Josepmir Ballón Paolo Guerrero Carlos Lobatón Yoshimar Yotún Edinson Cavani Jorge Fucile Diego Godín Álvaro Pereira Luis Manuel Seijas
1 yellow card
Sergio Agüero Éver Banega Lucas Biglia Lionel Messi Nicolás Otamendi Javier Pastore Sergio Romero Facundo Roncaglia Pablo Zabaleta Alejandro Chumacero Cristian Coimbra Miguel Hurtado Leonel Morales Marcelo Moreno Ricardo Pedriel Romel Quiñónez Edward Zenteno Dani Alves Philippe Coutinho Fernandinho Roberto Firmino Filipe Luís Thiago Silva Charles Aránguiz Marcelo Díaz Mauricio Isla Gonzalo Jara Gary Medel Francisco Silva Jorge Valdivia Arturo Vidal Santiago Arias Juan Cuadrado Radamel Falcao Teófilo Gutiérrez Alexander Mejía Cristián Zapata Juan Camilo Zúñiga Miller Bolaños Frickson Erazo Renato Ibarra Fidel Martínez Pedro Quiñónez Michael Hector Jobi McAnuff Wes Morgan Jevaughn Watson Hugo Ayala Marco Fabián Gerardo Flores Eduardo Herrera Lucas Barrios Víctor Cáceres Paulo da Silva Derlis González Osvaldo Martínez Osmar Molinas Miguel Samudio Néstor Ortigoza Luis Advíncula Jefferson Farfán Pedro Gallese Claudio Pizarro Juan Manuel Vargas Carlos Zambrano Sebastián Coates José Giménez Nicolás Lodeiro Abel Hernández Maxi Pereira Fernando Amorebieta Gabriel Cichero Franklin Lucena Andrés Túñez Ronald Vargas Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
Fair Play Award The Fair Play Award was given to the team with the best overall discipline throughout the tournament, Peru. 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. As the team that advanced past the first stage with the most points, Peru were awarded the trophy. Teams that drop below 0 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
References
External links