REDS AND YELLOWS

Discipline at the World Cup (source Wikipedia)  Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970. 

• Placido Galindo was the first player to be sent off in a 1930 World Cup (the first ever tournament) match, playing for Peru against Romania (1-3) on July 14th  in a match officiated by Alberto Warnken. 
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• Although physical red cards were introduced from 1970, they were not put in practice until the 1974 World Cup, when referee Dogan Babacan sent off. Chile's Carlos Caszley during a match against West Germany.
• Two players have received red cards twice: Cameroon's Rigobert Song (1994 and 1998) and France's Zinedine Zidane(1998 and 2006).
• Five dismissals have taken place during FinalsArgentina'sPedro Monzan and Gustazo Dezotti (both 1990), France's Marcel Desailly (1998) and Zinedine Zidane (2006), and John Heitinga of the Netherlands (2010).
• Uruguay's Jose Batista received the quickest red card, in the first minute in a game against Scotland in 1986.
• Leabdro Cufre of Argentina was sent off after the penalty shoot-out (making it the latest red card) and from the substitutes' bench in a 2006 quarter-final against Germany. Josip Simunic of Croatia was shown the red card after the final whistle of a 2006 match against Australia. Claudio Carniggia of Argentina was dismissed from the substitute's bench during a 2002 game against Sweden. These red cards did not reduce the number of players on the pitch during the match.
• Three goalies have been sent off in the tournament: Italy's Gianluca Pagliuca (1994), South Africa's Itumeleng Khune (2010), and Wales's Wayne Hennessey (2022).
• The match with the most dismissals was Portugal v Netherlands 206 when referee Valentin Ivanov dished out 4 red cards, 2 for each team.
• The referee who has sent off the most players is Arturo Brizio Carter, 7 red cards in 5 different matches (also a record).
• The team that has the greatest number of expulsed players is Brazil, with 11 – in 9 different matches, a record shared with Argentina. The team whose opponents have received the most red cards is Germany (incl. West Germany), with 20 – in 18 different matches, also a record.
• The  2006 Cup had the highest amount of red cards: a total of 28 players were sent off (in 20 matches, also a record).

How many red cards have there been at the 2022 World Cup?  There have been two red cards at this World Cup, to date (5th-July). 

The first sending off in 2022 came from Wales when they lost 0-2 to Iran in Group B. Wayne Hennessey was shown a red card for clobbering Mehdi Taremi in the last 10 minutes of their second game. Vincent Aboubakar of Cameroon v Brazil, by referee Ismail Elfath (USA) in a 1-0 victory in the First Round, on Dec 2nd.

South Korea coach Paulo Bento - albeit not a player - was the first coach ever shown a red card at a World Cup after arguing with English ref Anthony Taylor for blowing the full-time whistle before his side could take a corner.  In World Cup History: 

Fastest caution 11 seconds, Jesús Gallardo ( Mexico), vs.  Sweden, 2018 

Fastest sending off 56 seconds, José Batista ( Uruguay), vs.  Scotland, 1986

Fastest sending off, qualification 37 seconds, Rashed Al Hooti ( Bahrain), vs.  Iran 2014 

World Cup qualification

Latest caution during penalty shoot-out: Edinho ( Brazil), vs.  France, 1986; Carlos Roa ( Argentina), vs.  England, 1998

Latest sending off after penalty shoot-out: 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)

7, Javier Mascherano ( Argentina, 2006–2018)

Most cautions (all-time, player)

7, Javier Mascherano ( Argentina, 2006–2018)

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 and 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 until 2006),  Argentina

Most cautions (match, one team)

9,  Portugal, 2006, vs.  Netherlands and  Netherlands, 2010, vs.  Spain

Most cautions (match, both teams)

16 –  Portugal vs.  Netherlands, 25 June 2006; and Cameroon v Germany, 11 June 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, 9 ( Netherlands) and 5 ( Spain) 2010

Most suspensions (tournament, player)

2, André Kana-Biyik ( Cameroon), 1990