<Li> Rigobert Song became the first player to receive two red cards - one in 1994 and one in 1998 . Zinedine Zidane replicated this in 1998 and 2006 . </Li> <Li> Three South American countries lead the list of most red cards for a national team with Brazil having 11 players dismissed . Argentina have had 10 players sent off, and Uruguay 9 players . </Li> <Li> The single World Cup match with the greatest number of red cards was the Portugal - Netherlands game in the second round of the 2006 World Cup, this match also known as the "Battle of Nuremberg". 4 players, 2 from each team, were sent off; overall referee Valentin Ivanov dished out 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards, the greatest number of players booked and sent off in any one match . </Li> <Li> The physical red card was introduced in 1970, but nobody was sent off . Carlos Caszely of Chile became the first person to receive a red card, after his second yellow card against West Germany in 1974, for bringing down Berti Vogts . Chile lost 1 - 0 . </Li>

Maximum red cards in a world cup match