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If an offence is committed outside the field of play by a player against a player, substitute, substituted player or team official of their own team, play is restarted with an indirect free kick on the boundary line closest to where the offence occurred.
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- Law 3: The Players
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- The Field of Play
- If a player standing inside the field of play throws an object at any person standing outside the field of play, the referee restarts play with an indirect free kick from the position of the ball when play was stopped (see Law 13 – Position of Free Kick)
If an offence is committed outside the field of play by a player against a player, substitute, substituted player or team official of their own team, play is restarted with an indirect free kick on the boundary line closest to where the offence occurred.
Apr 18, 2024 · Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side, or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force, or endangers the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play.
- Delaying The Restart of Play to Show A Card
- Advantage
- Cautionable Offences
- Cautions For Unsporting Behaviour
- Celebration of A Goal
- Delaying The Restart of Play
- Sending-off Offences
- Denying A Goal Or An Obvious goal-scoring Opportunity
- Serious Foul Play
- Violent Conduct
Once the referee has decided to caution or send off a player, play must not be restarted until the sanction has been administered, unless the non-offending team takes a quick free kick, has a clear goal-scoring opportunity and the referee has not started the disciplinary sanction procedure. The sanction is administered at the next stoppage; if the ...
If the referee plays the advantage for an offence for which a caution/sending-off would have been issued had play been stopped, this caution/sending-off must be issued when the ball is next out of play. However, if the offence was denying the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity the player is cautioned for unsporting behaviour; if the ...
A player is cautioned if guilty of: 1. delaying the restart of play 2. dissent by word or action 3. entering, re-entering or deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee’s permission 4. failing to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a dropped ball, corner kick, free kick or throw-in 5. persistent offences (no spe...
There are different circumstances when a player must be cautioned for unsporting behaviour including if a player: 1. attempts to deceive the referee, e.g. by feigning injury or pretending to have been fouled (simulation) 2. changes places with the goalkeeper during play or without the referee’s permission (see Law 3) 3. commits in a reckless manner...
Players can celebrate when a goal is scored, but the celebration must not be excessive; choreographed celebrations are not encouraged and must not cause excessive time-wasting. Leaving the field of play to celebrate a goal is not a cautionable offence but players should return as soon as possible. A player must be cautioned, even if the goal is dis...
Referees must caution players who delay the restart of play by: 1. appearing to take a throw-in but suddenly leaving it to a team-mate to take 2. delaying leaving the field of play when being substituted 3. excessively delaying a restart 4. kicking or carrying the ball away, or provoking a confrontation by deliberately touching the ball after the r...
A player, substitute or substituted player who commits any of the following offences is sent off: 1. denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by a handball offence (except a goalkeeper within their penalty area) 2. denying a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent whose overall movement is towards t...
Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offender is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball or a challenge for the ball; in all other circumstances (e.g. holding, pulling, pushing, no p...
A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play. Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force or endangers the safety of an opponent is guilty of se...
Violent conduct is when a player uses or attempts to use excessive force or brutality against an opponent when not challenging for the ball, or against a team-mate, team official, match official, spectator or any other person, regardless of whether contact is made. In addition, a player who, when not challenging for the ball, deliberately strikes a...
Playing in a dangerous manner involves no physical contact between the players. If there is physical contact, the action becomes an offence punishable with a direct free kick or penalty kick. In the case of physical contact, the referee should carefully consider the high probability that misconduct has also been committed. Disciplinary sanctions
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An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper commits one of the following offences: touches or controls the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate; touches or controls the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a kick-in taken by a team-mate
