In the 2015 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). In most cases, that will be the first matches of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying.
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)
1 red card
3 yellow cards
Javier Mascherano
Marcos Rojo
Richard Ortiz
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.
