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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.
- The Field of Play
A player who makes unauthorised marks on the field of play...
- Law 3: The Players
cautions both players when the ball is next out of play but...
- The Field of Play
- Number of Players. A match is played by two teams, each with a maximum of eleven players; one must be the goalkeeper. A match may not start or continue if either team has fewer than seven players.
- Number of substitutions. OFFICIAL COMPETITIONS. The number of substitutes, up to a maximum of five, which may be used in any match played in an official competition will be determined by FIFA, the confederation or the national football association.
- Substitution procedure. The names of the substitutes must be given to the referee before the start of the match. Any substitute not named by this time may not take part in the match.
- Changing the goalkeeper. Any of the players may change places with the goalkeeper if: the referee is informed before the change is made. the change is made during a stoppage in play.
A player who has been sent off during the match is not permitted to take part; warnings and cautions issued to players and team officials during the match are not carried forward into penalties (penalty shoot-out).
- 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...
Balls A, B and C are still in play as they have not wholly crossed the touchline. Ball D has completely passed over the touchline, and is out of play. The ball in and out of play is the ninth law of the Laws of the Game of association football , and describes to the two basic states of play in the game.
In the sport of association football, fouls and misconduct are acts committed by players which are deemed by the referee to be unfair and are subsequently penalised. An offence may be a foul, misconduct or both depending on the nature of the offence and the circumstances in which it occurs.
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Evading the Back Pass Rule with Trickery. FIFA pass back rules do not allow a goalkeeper to pick up or catch a deliberate back pass. But, there have been instances of soccer trickery to try and evade or ‘bypass’ the ruling. There are several ways that a few players have tried to deceive the referee.
