FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Colombia - With only one yellow card shown to its player in three group matches, Nigeria emerged one of the most disciplined teams among the 24 teams that featured in the first round of the ongoing FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Colombia, PANA reported, quoting the FIFA team-top cards statistics. Ecuador is the only other team to receive one yellow card in three matches.

Mali, which did not qualify for the round of 16, received the most cards -- seven -- alongside Argentina, Costa Rica, Croatia, Guatemala, Spain (all receiving seven yellow cards each) while Egypt and Cameroon received five yellow cards each.

Cameroon, which had one of its players expelled in one of its three group matches, was the only country to receive the red card.

Here is how they fared in yellow card statistics during the group matches

Team         Yellow Cards

Mali                           7

Argentina                 7

Costa Rica               7

Croatia                      7

Guatemala               7

Spain                         7

Korea DPR             6

New Zealand            6

Austria                       6

Korea Republic        6

Cameroon                5 and 1 red card

Portugal                   5

Australia                       5

Egypt                            5

Colombia                     5

France                            4

Panama                          4

England                         4

Saudi Arabia                 4

Brazil                              4

Uruguay                         4

Mexico                            3

Ecuador                        1

Nigeria                            1

Pana 07/08/2011