2011 Copa América disciplinary record

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).

• 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)

99 red cards

Tomás Rincón

1 red card

4 yellow cards

Martín Cáceres

3 yellow cards

2 yellow cards

1 yellow card

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.^[1]

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.^[2]