Discipline
Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.
- Fastest caution
- first minute, Giampiero Marini ( Italy), vs Poland, 1982; Sergei Gorlukovich ( Russia), vs Sweden, 1994.
- Fastest sending off
- 56 seconds, José Batista ( Uruguay), vs Scotland, 1986.
- Fastest sending off, qualification
- 37 seconds, Rashed Al Hooti ( Bahrain), vs Iran, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
- Latest caution
- during penalty shootout: Edinho ( Brazil) v France 1986; Carlos Roa ( Argentina), vs England, 1998.
- Latest sending off
- after penalty shootout: Leandro Cufré ( Argentina), vs Germany, 2006 (Cufré was red carded for kicking Per Mertesacker in an altercation following the match).
- Sent off from the bench
- Claudio Caniggia ( Argentina), vs Sweden, 2002.
- Most cards (all-time, player)
- 6, Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998–2006) and Cafu ( Brazil, 1994–2006).
- Most cautions (all-time, player)
- 6, Cafu ( Brazil, 1994–2006).
- Most sendings off (all-time, player)
- 2, Rigobert Song ( Cameroon, 1994 and 1998) and Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998 and 2006).
- Most sendings off (tournament)
- 28 (in 64 games), 2006.
- Most sendings off (all-time, team)
- 11 (in 97 games), Brazil
- Most sendings off (match, both teams)
- 4 (2 each) in Portugal vs Netherlands, 2006 (also known as Battle of Nuremberg).
- Most sendings off (final match)
- 2, Pedro Monzón & Gustavo Dezotti (both Argentina), v West Germany, 1990
- Most cautions (tournament)
- 345 (in 64 matches), 2006.
- Most cautions (all-time, team)
- 88 (in 64 games), Argentina
- Most cautions (match, one team)
- 9, Portugal, 2006, vs Netherlands & Netherlands, 2010, vs Spain
- Most cautions (match, both teams)
- 16 – Portugal vs Netherlands, 2006; and Cameroon v Germany, June 11, 2002
- Most cautions (match, player)
- 3 (61', 90', 93') Josip Šimunić ( Croatia), vs Australia, 2006 (referee: Graham Poll)
- Most cautions (final match, both teams)
- 14, 5 ( Spain) and 9 ( Netherlands) 2010
- Most suspensions (tournament, player)
- 2, André Kana-Biyik ( Cameroon 1990)
- Longest suspension (player, doping)
- 15 months, Diego Maradona ( Argentina vs Nigeria, 1994)
- Longest suspension (player, misconduct)
- 8 matches, Mauro Tassotti ( Italy vs Spain, 1994) for elbowing Luis Enrique.
- 1 year, Samir Shaker Mahmoud ( Iraq vs Belgium, 1986) for spitting at the referee
- Longest suspension, qualifying
- Life (amnestied after 12 years): Roberto Rojas ( Chile vs Brazil, 1989) for feigning injury from a firecracker, leading to a match being abandoned.
Read more about this topic: FIFA World Cup Records
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