On Friday, the world football governing body, FIFA, suspended Uruguayan captain Diego Godin and striker Edinson Cavani for a match each.
Also, FIFA imposed a four-match ban each on Fernando Muslera and Jose Maria Gimenez.
The four Uruguayan football players were hit with these different match bans following their roles in confronting a referee, Daniel Siebert, after their World Cup game against Ghana.
FIFA instituted proceedings against the players who angrily harassed the referee after crashing out of the tournament, despite beating Ghana 2-0 in their final group match on December 2.
In the Group H deciders, Uruguay had a 50% chance to progress to the last-16 before South Korea scored in stoppage time to beat Portugal 2-1.
The result meant that the Koreans progressed to the knock-out stages on a one-goal superior goal difference over their South American counterparts.
The Uruguayan were enraged that the German referee, Siebert, refused to award penalties for tackles on Darwin Nunez and Cavani at different points in the game.
In addition to the one-match ban, the players’ punishments include community service and fines of up to 20,000 Swiss francs ($21,701).
The Uruguayan football federation has also been fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($54,248) and handed a partial stadium closure for their next home match over the “discriminatory behaviour of its supporters” and the “misconduct” of the players.
Uruguay was also ordered to partially close their stadium for their next FIFA “A” international match as hosts.
