2010 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record
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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.[1] 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.
Disciplinary statistics
- Total number of yellow cards: 260
- Average yellow cards per match: 4.07
- Total number of red cards: 17
- Average red cards per match: 0.26
- First yellow card: Efraín Juárez – Mexico against South Africa
- First red card: Nicolás Lodeiro – Uruguay against France
- Fastest yellow card from kick off: 1:20 minutes – Humberto Suazo – Chile against Switzerland
- Fastest yellow card after coming on as substitute: 1 minute – Abdelkader Ghezzal – Algeria against Slovenia
- Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+5 minutes – Hassan Yebda – Algeria against Slovenia, Mark van Bommel – Netherlands against Uruguay
- Fastest dismissal from kick off: 24 minutes – Harry Kewell – Australia against Ghana
- Fastest dismissal of a substitute: 15 minutes – Abdelkader Ghezzal – Algeria against Slovenia
- Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+3 minutes – Antar Yahia – Algeria against USA
- Latest dismissal in a match with extra time: 120+1 minutes – Luis Suárez – Uruguay against Ghana
- Least time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 3 minutes – Kaká – Brazil against Côte d'Ivoire (Kaká was booked in the 85th minute and again in the 88th resulting in his dismissal.)
- Most yellow cards (team): 16 – Netherlands
- Most red cards (team): 2 – Australia, Algeria, Brazil, Uruguay
- Fewest yellow cards (team): 2 – Korea DPR
- Most yellow cards (player): 3 – Kaká, Aleksandar Luković
- Most red cards (player): 1 – (16 players) Abdelkader Ghezzal, Kaká, Miroslav Klose, Nicolás Lodeiro, Aleksandar Luković, Tim Cahill, Sani Kaita, Harry Kewell, Itumeleng Khune, Valon Behrami, Yoann Gourcuff, Antar Yahia, Marco Estrada, Ricardo Costa, Felipe Melo, Luis Suárez
- Most yellow cards (match): 14 – Netherlands vs Spain
- Most red cards (match): 1 – 17 different matches
- Fewest yellow cards (match): 0 – Korea DPR vs Côte d'Ivoire, Germany vs Spain
- Most cards in one match: 14 yellow cards and 1 yellow red card – Netherlands vs Spain
Sanctions
By match
By referee
Referee | Matches | Red | Yellow | Red Cards | PKs awarded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ravshan Irmatov | 5 | 0 | 16 | ||
Yuichi Nishimura | 4 | 2 | 17 | 1 second yellow 1 straight red |
1 |
Héctor Baldassi | 4 | 2 | 14 | 1 second yellow 1 straight red |
1 |
Jorge Larrionda | 4 | 0 | 14 | ||
Viktor Kassai | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
Olegário Benquerença | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 straight red | 2 |
Frank De Bleeckere | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 second yellow | |
Carlos Batres | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 second yellow | 3 |
Alberto Undiano Mallenco | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 second yellow | 2 |
Howard Webb | 4 | 1 | 31 | 1 second yellow | |
Benito Archundia | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||
Wolfgang Stark | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 straight red 1 second yellow |
|
Óscar Ruiz | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 straight reds | |
Khalil Al Ghamdi | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 straight red | 1 |
Stéphane Lannoy | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 second yellow | |
Roberto Rosetti | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 straight red | 1 |
Pablo Pozo | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
Jerome Damon | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
Carlos Eugênio Simon | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
Eddy Maillet | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
Massimo Busacca | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 straight red | 1 |
Koman Coulibaly | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Michael Hester | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 63 | 17 | 247 | 9 straight red 8 second yellow |
17 |
By team
By individual
Note: Suspensions marked in italic are inactive suspensions.
References
- ^ FIFA media release- Executive committee 19th March 2010 FIFA Executive Committee approves special funding for Chile and Haiti