# 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

* 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

| 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 |
| 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

* 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.
| 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 |