In the 2011 Copa América, 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 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).
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)
2 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 will be given to the team with the best overall discipline throughout the tournament. Teams will be given a certain amount of points—15 in the first stage, 5 in the quarterfinals, and 10 points for the remaining four teams—from which points will be deducted depending on the infraction. The team that advanced past the first stage with the most points will be awarded the trophy. Teams that drop below 0 points will be excluded from winning the award.
As the four semifinalists, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela were the only teams considered for the Fair Play Award. After a post-match brawl in the semifinals, Paraguay and Venezuela were excluded from winning the award. Peru and Uruguay finished the tournament with the same amount of points. Since Uruguay had less players handed a red card during the tournament, they won the Fair Play Award.
