2010 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record - wikipedia 2010 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record In the 2010 FIFA World Cup 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 World Cup 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 ). Players also receive a one match ban if they pick up two yellow cards from the beginning of the group stage until the end of the quarterfinal matches at which point single yellow cards will be deleted. However, such a ban does not carry over beyond the World Cup finals if the second yellow card is collected in his team 's last match of the tournament. Previously, players received a one - game ban if they pick up two yellow cards within the group stage or within the knockout stage, however the rule was changed to give players a better chance to compete in the final should their team advance that far. Contents 1 Disciplinary statistics 2 Sanctions 2.1 By match 2.2 By referee 2.3 By team 2.4 By individual 3 References 4 External links Disciplinary statistics Total number of yellow cards : 261 Average yellow cards per match : 4.08 Total number of red cards : 17 Average red cards per match : 0.27 First yellow card of the tournament : Efraín Juárez for Mexico against South Africa First red card of the tournament : Nicolás Lodeiro for Uruguay against France Fastest yellow card from kick off : 2nd minute Humberto Suazo for Chile against Switzerland Fastest yellow card after coming on as a substitute : 1 minute Abdelkader Ghezzal for Algeria against Slovenia ( introduced in the 58th minute ) Latest yellow card in a match without extra time : 90 + 5th minute Hassan Yebda for Algeria against Slovenia, Mark van Bommel for Netherlands against Uruguay Latest yellow card in a match with extra time : 120 + 1st minute Xavi for Spain against Netherlands Fastest dismissal from kick off : 24 minutes Harry Kewell for Australia against Ghana Fastest dismissal of a substitute : 15 minutes Abdelkader Ghezzal for Algeria against Slovenia ( introduced in the 58th minute ) Latest dismissal in a match without extra time : 90 + 3rd minute Antar Yahia for Algeria against United States - MS Latest dismissal in a match with extra time : 120 + 1st minute Luis Suárez for Uruguay against Ghana Shortest time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player : 3 minutes Kaká for Brazil against Ivory Coast ( booked in the 85th minute and again in the 88th minute ) Most yellow cards ( team ) : 24 Netherlands Most red cards ( team ) : 2 Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Uruguay Fewest yellow cards ( team ) : 2 North Korea Most yellow cards ( player ) : 3 Víctor Cáceres, Nigel de Jong, John Heitinga, Kaká, Aleksandar Luković, Gregory van der Wiel Most red cards ( player ) : 1 Valon Behrami, Tim Cahill, Ricardo Costa, Marco Estrada, Abdelkader Ghezzal, Yoann Gourcuff, Johnny Heitinga, Sani Kaita, Kaká, Harry Kewell, Itumeleng Khune, Miroslav Klose, Nicolás Lodeiro, Aleksandar Luković, Felipe Melo, Luis Suárez, Antar Yahia Most yellow cards ( match ) : 14 Netherlands vs Spain Most red cards ( match ) : 1 17 different matches Fewest yellow cards ( match ) : 0 North Korea vs Ivory Coast, Germany vs Spain Most cards in one match : 14 yellow cards and 1 red card Netherlands vs Spain Sanctions By match Note : In this table the `` Yellow '' column counts only the first yellow card given to a player in a match. If a player receives a second yellow in the same match this is counted under `` Second yellow '' Day Match Round Referee Total cards Yellow Second yellow Straight red Day 01 South Africa vs Mexico Group A Ravshan Irmatov 0 0 Day 01 France vs Uruguay Group A Yuichi Nishimura 7 6 0 Day 02 South Korea vs Greece Group B Michael Hester 0 0 Day 02 Argentina vs Nigeria Group B Wolfgang Stark 0 0 Day 02 England vs United States Group C Carlos Eugênio Simon 6 6 0 0 Day 03 Algeria vs Slovenia Group C Carlos Batres 5 0 Day 03 Serbia vs Ghana Group D Héctor Baldassi 6 5 0 Day 03 Germany vs Australia Group D Marco Rodríguez 6 5 0 Day 04 Netherlands vs Denmark Group E Stéphane Lannoy 0 0 Day 04 Japan vs Cameroon Group E Olegário Benquerença 0 0 Day 04 Italy vs Paraguay Group F Benito Archundia 0 0 Day 05 New Zealand vs Slovakia Group F Jerome Damon 0 0 Day 05 Ivory Coast vs Portugal Group G Jorge Larrionda 0 0 Day 05 Brazil vs North Korea Group G Viktor Kassai 0 0 Day 06 Honduras vs Chile Group H Eddy Maillet 0 0 Day 06 Spain vs Switzerland Group H Howard Webb 0 0 Day 06 South Africa vs Uruguay Group A Massimo Busacca 0 Day 07 Argentina vs South Korea Group B Frank De Bleeckere 5 5 0 0 Day 07 Greece vs Nigeria Group B Óscar Ruiz 5 0 Day 07 France vs Mexico Group A Khalil Al Ghamdi 6 6 0 0 Day 08 Germany vs Serbia Group D Alberto Undiano Mallenco 9 8 0 Day 08 Slovenia vs United States Group C Koman Coulibaly 5 5 0 0 Day 08 England vs Algeria Group C Ravshan Irmatov 0 0 Day 09 Netherlands vs Japan Group E Héctor Baldassi 0 0 Day 09 Ghana vs Australia Group D Roberto Rosetti 5 0 Day 09 Cameroon vs Denmark Group E Jorge Larrionda 0 0 Day 10 Slovakia vs Paraguay Group F Eddy Maillet 0 0 Day 10 Italy vs New Zealand Group F Carlos Batres 0 0 Day 10 Brazil vs Ivory Coast Group G Stéphane Lannoy 5 0 Day 11 Portugal vs North Korea Group G Pablo Pozo 0 0 Day 11 Chile vs Switzerland Group H Khalil Al Ghamdi 10 9 0 Day 11 Spain vs Honduras Group H Yuichi Nishimura 0 0 Day 12 Mexico vs Uruguay Group A Viktor Kassai 0 0 Day 12 France vs South Africa Group A Óscar Ruiz 0 Day 12 Nigeria vs South Korea Group B Olegário Benquerença 0 0 Day 12 Greece vs Argentina Group B Ravshan Irmatov 0 0 Day 13 Slovenia vs England Group C Wolfgang Stark 0 0 Day 13 United States vs Algeria Group C Frank De Bleeckere 6 5 0 Day 13 Ghana vs Germany Group D Carlos Eugênio Simon 0 0 Day 13 Australia vs Serbia Group D Jorge Larrionda 5 5 0 0 Day 14 Slovakia vs Italy Group F Howard Webb 8 8 0 0 Day 14 Paraguay vs New Zealand Group F Yuichi Nishimura 0 0 Day 14 Denmark vs Japan Group E Jerome Damon 5 5 0 0 Day 14 Cameroon vs Netherlands Group E Pablo Pozo 5 5 0 0 Day 15 Portugal vs Brazil Group G Benito Archundia 7 7 0 0 Day 15 North Korea vs Ivory Coast Group G Alberto Undiano Mallenco 0 0 0 0 Day 15 Chile vs Spain Group H Marco Rodríguez 0 Day 15 Switzerland vs Honduras Group H Héctor Baldassi 5 5 0 0 Day 16 Uruguay vs South Korea Round of 16 Wolfgang Stark 0 0 Day 16 United States vs Ghana Round of 16 Viktor Kassai 5 5 0 0 Day 17 Germany vs England Round of 16 Jorge Larrionda 0 0 Day 17 Argentina vs Mexico Round of 16 Roberto Rosetti 0 0 Day 18 Netherlands vs Slovakia Round of 16 Alberto Undiano Mallenco 5 5 0 0 Day 18 Brazil vs Chile Round of 16 Howard Webb 5 5 0 0 Day 19 Paraguay vs Japan Round of 16 Frank De Bleeckere 5 5 0 0 Day 19 Spain vs Portugal Round of 16 Héctor Baldassi 0 Day 20 Netherlands vs Brazil Quarterfinal Yuichi Nishimura 6 5 0 Day 20 Uruguay vs Ghana Quarterfinal Olegário Benquerença 7 6 0 Day 21 Argentina vs Germany Quarterfinal Ravshan Irmatov 0 0 Day 21 Paraguay vs Spain Quarterfinal Carlos Batres 6 6 0 0 Day 22 Uruguay vs Netherlands Semifinal Ravshan Irmatov 5 5 0 0 Day 23 Germany vs Spain Semifinal Viktor Kassai 0 0 0 0 Day 24 Uruguay vs Germany Third place playoff Benito Archundia 0 0 Day 25 Netherlands vs Spain Final Howard Webb 14 13 0 Total 270 253 8 9 Cards Referees : Group Games, 2nd Round, Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals, 3rd / 4th Place and Final By referee Referee Matches Red Yellow Red Cards PKs awarded Ravshan Irmatov 5 0 16 Yuichi Nishimura 17 1 straight red 1 second yellow Héctor Baldassi 14 1 straight red 1 second yellow Jorge Larrionda 0 14 Viktor Kassai 0 9 Howard Webb 31 1 second yellow Olegário Benquerença 12 1 straight red Frank De Bleeckere 16 1 second yellow Carlos Batres 14 1 second yellow Alberto Undiano Mallenco 14 1 second yellow Benito Archundia 0 13 Wolfgang Stark 0 9 Marco Antonio Rodríguez 9 1 straight red 1 second yellow Óscar Ruiz 5 2 straight reds Khalil Al Ghamdi 15 1 straight red Stéphane Lannoy 8 1 second yellow Roberto Rosetti 5 1 straight red Pablo Pozo 0 9 Jerome Damon 0 8 Carlos Eugênio Simon 0 8 Eddy Maillet 0 7 Massimo Busacca 1 straight red Koman Coulibaly 0 5 Michael Hester 0 Total 64 17 261 9 straight reds 8 second yellows 17 By team Team Yellow Red Red Cards Reason Suspensions Algeria 8 A. Ghezzal vs Slovenia second yellow card A. Yahia vs USA second yellow card deliberate handball verbal abuse A. Ghezzal vs England A. Yahia vs Tanzania ( 2012 African Cup qualifier Group D ) Argentina 7 0 J. Gutiérrez vs Greece Australia 7 T. Cahill vs Germany straight red card H. Kewell vs Ghana straight red card tackling handball T. Cahill vs Ghana H. Kewell vs Serbia C. Moore vs Serbia Brazil 9 Kaká vs Ivory Coast second yellow card F. Melo vs Netherlands straight red card violent conduct violent conduct Kaká vs Portugal Ramires vs Netherlands F. Melo vs Venezuela ( first match at 2011 Copa América ) Cameroon 5 0 Chile 15 M. Estrada vs Spain second yellow card violent conduct C. Carmona vs Spain M. Fernández vs Spain M. Estrada vs Brazil W. Ponce vs Brazil G. Medel vs Brazil Denmark 6 0 S. Kjær vs Japan England 6 0 J. Carragher vs Slovenia France 6 Y. Gourcuff vs South Africa straight red card violent conduct J. Toulalan vs South Africa Y. Gourcuff vs Belarus ( Euro 2012 qualifier Group D ) Germany 13 M. Klose vs Serbia second yellow card tackling M. Klose vs Ghana T. Müller vs Spain Ghana 11 0 J. Mensah vs Uruguay A. Ayew vs Uruguay Greece 5 0 Honduras 7 0 Italy 5 0 Ivory Coast 5 0 Japan 7 0 Mexico 9 0 E. Juárez vs Uruguay Netherlands 24 J. Heitinga vs Spain second yellow card tackling G. Van der Wiel vs Uruguay N. De Jong vs Uruguay J. Heitinga vs San Marino ( Euro 2012 qualifier Group E ) New Zealand 6 0 Nigeria 5 S. Kaita vs Greece straight red card violent conduct S. Kaita vs South Korea North Korea 0 Paraguay 9 0 V. Cáceres vs Japan Portugal 8 R. Costa vs Spain straight red card violent conduct R. Costa vs Cyprus ( Euro 2012 qualifier Group H ) Serbia 10 A. Luković vs Ghana second yellow card professional foul A. Luković vs Germany Slovakia 11 0 Z. Štrba vs Netherlands Slovenia 9 0 South Africa I. Khune vs Uruguay straight red card professional foul I. Khune vs France K. Dikgacoi vs France South Korea 6 0 Spain 8 0 Switzerland 8 V. Behrami vs Chile straight red card violent conduct V. Behrami vs Honduras United States 9 0 R. Findley vs Algeria Uruguay 11 N. Lodeiro vs France second yellow card L. Suárez vs Ghana straight red card tackling deliberate handball N. Lodeiro vs South Africa J. Fucile vs Netherlands L. Suárez vs Netherlands Total 261 17 Cards By individual Note : Suspensions marked in italic are inactive suspensions. Name Team Red Yellow Suspended for match ( es ) : John Heitinga Netherlands vs San Marino ( Euro 2012 qualifier Group E ) Kaká Brazil vs Portugal Aleksandar Luković Serbia vs Germany Marco Estrada Chile vs Brazil ( Round of 16 ) Abdelkader Ghezzal Algeria vs England Miroslav Klose Germany vs Ghana Nicolás Lodeiro Uruguay vs South Africa Antar Yahia Algeria vs Tanzania ( 2012 African Cup qualifier Group D ) Felipe Melo Brazil vs Venezuela ( 2011 Copa America Group B) Valon Behrami Switzerland 0 vs Honduras Tim Cahill Australia 0 vs Ghana Ricardo Costa Portugal 0 vs Cyprus ( Euro 2012 qualifier Group H ) Yoann Gourcuff France 0 vs Belarus ( Euro 2012 qualifier Group D ) Sani Kaita Nigeria 0 vs South Korea Harry Kewell Australia 0 vs Serbia Itumeleng Khune South Africa 0 vs France Luis Suárez Uruguay 0 vs Netherlands ( Semi Finals ) Víctor Cáceres Paraguay 0 vs Japan ( Round of 16 ) Nigel de Jong Netherlands 0 vs Uruguay ( Semi Finals ) Gregory van der Wiel Netherlands 0 vs Uruguay ( Semi Finals ) André Ayew Ghana 0 vs Uruguay ( Quarter Finals ) Cacau Germany 0 Carlos Carmona Chile 0 vs Spain Jamie Carragher England 0 vs Slovenia Steve Cherundolo United States 0 Kagisho Dikgacoi South Africa 0 vs France Yasuhito Endō Japan 0 Matías Fernández Chile 0 vs Spain Robbie Findley United States 0 vs Algeria Arne Friedrich Germany 0 Jorge Fucile Uruguay 0 vs Netherlands ( Semi Finals ) Jonás Gutiérrez Argentina 0 vs Greece Glen Johnson England 0 Bojan Jokić Slovenia 0 Efraín Juárez Mexico 0 vs Uruguay Simon Kjær Denmark 0 vs Japan Mehdi Lacen Algeria 0 Javier Mascherano Argentina 0 Stéphane Mbia Cameroon 0 Gary Medel Chile 0 vs Brazil ( Round of 16 ) Jonathan Mensah Ghana 0 vs Uruguay ( Quarter Finals ) Craig Moore Australia 0 vs Serbia Thomas Müller Germany 0 vs Spain ( Semi Finals ) Yuto Nagatomo Japan 0 Ryan Nelsen New Zealand 0 Nicolas N'Koulou Cameroon 0 Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi Nigeria 0 Wilson Palacios Honduras 0 Diego Pérez Uruguay 0 Waldo Ponce Chile 0 vs Brazil ( Round of 16 ) Ramires Brazil 0 vs Netherlands ( Quarter Finals ) Arjen Robben Netherlands 0 Zdeno Štrba Slovakia 0 vs Netherlands Tiago Portugal 0 Jérémy Toulalan France 0 vs South Africa Mark van Bommel Netherlands 0 Giovanni van Bronckhorst Netherlands 0 Robin van Persie Netherlands 0 Hassan Yebda Algeria 0 Yuki Abe Japan 0 Éric Abidal France 0 Antolín Alcaraz Paraguay 0 Abou Diaby France 0 Lee Addy Ghana 0 Hugo Almeida Portugal 0 Jozy Altidore United States 0 Anthony Annan Ghana 0 Xabi Alonso Spain 0 Dennis Aogo Germany 0 Egidio Arévalo Ríos Uruguay 0 Tranquillo Barnetta Switzerland 0 Sébastien Bassong Cameroon 0 Michel Bastos Brazil 0 DaMarcus Beasley United States 0 Michael Beauchamp Australia 0 Diego Benaglio Switzerland 0 Nicklas Bendtner Denmark 0 Valter Birsa Slovenia 0 Carlos Bocanegra United States 0 Mario Bolatti Argentina 0 Khalid Boulahrouz Netherlands 0 Sergio Busquets Spain 0 Martín Cáceres Uruguay 0 Mauro Camoranesi Italy 0 Fabio Cannavaro Italy 0 Joan Capdevila Spain 0 Israel Castro Mexico 0 Boštjan Cesar Slovenia 0 Osman Chávez Honduras 0 Cha Du - ri South Korea 0 Ricardo Clark United States 0 Giorgio Chiellini Italy 0 Cho Yong - hyung South Korea 0 Lee Chung - yong South Korea 0 Fábio Coentrão Portugal 0 Zlatko Dedić Slovenia 0 Guy Demel Ivory Coast 0 Jay DeMerit United States 0 Duda Portugal 0 Ján Ďurica Slovakia 0 Brett Emerton Australia 0 Vincent Enyeama Nigeria 0 Patrice Evra France 0 Luís Fabiano Brazil 0 Rory Fallon New Zealand 0 Gélson Fernandes Switzerland 0 Guillermo Franco Mexico 0 Ismael Fuentes Chile 0 Steven Gerrard England 0 Stéphane Grichting Switzerland 0 Lukman Haruna Nigeria 0 Gabriel Heinze Argentina 0 Javier Hernández Mexico 0 Keisuke Honda Japan 0 Hong Yong - jo North Korea 0 Andrés Iniesta Spain 0 Gökhan Inler Switzerland 0 Branislav Ivanović Serbia 0 Emilio Izaguirre Honduras 0 Juan Brazil 0 Kostas Katsouranis Greece 0 Kader Keïta Ivory Coast 0 Sami Khedira Germany 0 Yeom Ki - hun South Korea 0 Kim Jung - woo South Korea 0 Kim Nam - il South Korea 0 Andraž Kirm Slovenia 0 Aleksandar Kolarov Serbia 0 Andrej Komac Slovenia 0 Kamil Kopúnek Slovakia 0 Per Krøldrup Denmark 0 Juraj Kucka Slovakia 0 Dirk Kuyt Netherlands 0 Zdravko Kuzmanović Serbia 0 Philipp Lahm Germany 0 Tony Lochhead New Zealand 0 Diego Lugano Uruguay 0 Rafael Márquez Mexico 0 Tsepo Masilela South Africa 0 Joris Mathijsen Netherlands 0 Daisuke Matsui Japan 0 John Mensah Ghana 0 Pedro Mendes Portugal 0 Rodrigo Millar Chile 0 James Milner England 0 Claudio Morel Paraguay 0 Héctor Moreno Mexico 0 Ján Mucha Slovakia 0 Lucas Neill Australia 0 Miloš Ninković Serbia 0 Blaise Nkufo Switzerland 0 André Ooijer Netherlands 0 Nicolás Otamendi Argentina 0 Mesut Özil Germany 0 John Paintsil Ghana 0 Pak Chol - 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Question: what was the average number of red cards awarded per match during the 2010 world cup
Answer: 4.08