2015 Copa América disciplinary record

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

Detailed statistics

By match

Day Match Round Referee Total cards Yellow Second yellow Straight red
Day 01 Chile vs Ecuador Group A Néstor Pitana 5 4 1 0
Day 02 Mexico vs Bolivia Group A Enrique Cáceres 3 3 0 0
Day 03 Uruguay vs Jamaica Group B José Argote 3 3 0 0
Day 03 Argentina vs Paraguay Group B Wilmar Roldán 6 6 0 0
Day 04 Colombia vs Venezuela Group C Andrés Cunha 7 7 0 0
Day 04 Brazil vs Peru Group C Roberto Garía 4 4 0 0
Day 05 Ecuador vs Bolivia Group A Joel Aguilar 5 5 0 0
Day 05 Chile vs Mexico Group A Víctor Hugo Carrillo 2 2 0 0
Day 06 Paraguay vs Jamaica Group B Carlos Vera 3 3 0 0
Day 06 Argentina vs Uruguay Group B Sandro Ricci 6 6 0 0
Day 07 Brazil vs Colombia Group C Enrique Osses 6 4 0 2
Day 08 Peru vs Venezuela Group C Raúl Orosco 5 4 0 1
Day 09 Mexico vs Ecuador Group A José Argote 6 6 0 0
Day 09 Chile vs Bolivia Group A Andrés Cunha 3 3 0 0
Day 010 Uruguay vs Paraguay Group B Roberto García 6 6 0 0
Day 010 Argentina vs Jamaica Group B Julio Bascuñán 5 5 0 0
Day 011 Colombia vs Peru Group C Néstor Pitana 5 5 0 0
Day 011 Brazil vs Venezuela Group C Enrique Cáceres 4 4 0 0
Day 014 Chile vs Uruguay Quarterfinal Sandro Ricci 8 6 2 0
Day 015 Bolivia vs Peru Quarterfinal Wilmar Roldán 7 7 0 0
Day 016 Argentina vs Colombia Quarterfinal Roberto García 8 8 0 0
Day 017 Brazil vs Paraguay Quarterfinal Andrés Cunha 5 5 0 0
Day 019 Chile vs Peru Semifinal José Argote 2 1 0 1
Day 020 Argentina vs Paraguay Semifinal Sandro Ricci 5 5 0 0
Day 023 Peru vs Paraguay Third place match Raúl Orosco 3 3 0 0
Day 024 Chile vs Argentina Final Wilmar Roldán 7 7 0 0

By referee

Referee Matches Red Yellow Red Cards PKs awarded
Sandro Ricci 3 3 17 1 straight reds
2 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
 Uruguay 11 3 Edinson Cavani vs Chile
second yellow
Jorge Fucile vs Chile
second yellow
 Peru 14 1 Carlos Zambrano vs Chile
straight red
 Chile 12 1 Matías Fernández vs Ecuador
second yellow
 Colombia 11 1 Carlos Bacca vs Brazil
straight red
 Brazil 9 1 Neymar vs Colombia
straight red
 Venezuela 8 1 Fernando Amorebieta vs Peru
straight red
 Argentina 15 0
 Paraguay 15 0
 Bolivia 12 0
 Ecuador 7 0
 Jamaica 6 0
 Mexico 4 0

By player

1 red card
3 yellow cards
2 yellow cards
1 yellow card

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.[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
Abandonment of the game Exclusion
Others Case-by-case judgement

References

  1. ^ Copa América Argentina 2011: Trofeo Fair Play - Reglamento [Copa América Argentina 2011: Fair Play Award - Regulations] (PDF) (in Spanish), CONMEBOL, retrieved July 12, 2011