Soccer Rules

The goalkeeper leaves the field as part of play and using excessive force, strikes an opponent who is inside the goal, behind the goal line and off the field of play. The ball is still in play. What decision should the referee make?

• The referee sends off the goalkeeper and play is restarted with a penalty kick.

•  The referee sends off the goalkeeper and play is restarted with a dropped ball.

• The referee sends off the goalkeeper and play is restarted with an indirect free kick.

•  None of the previous answers is correct.

A corner kick has been taken correctly and the ball is touched while on the goal area line by an outside agent, without the ball previously having been played or touched by any other player. The referee...

• should apply advantage and allow the goal if the ball enters the goal.

• awards a dropped ball on the goal area line parallel to the goal line at the point nearest to where the ball was located when play was stopped.

• has the corner kick retaken.

• awards a dropped ball on the goal line where the ball was located when play was stopped.

Law 7 refers to...

• The Start and Restart of play.

• Dropped ball and offside.

• The duration of the match.

• The assistant referees.

A player, not the goalkeeper, unsuccessfully tries to prevent a goal with a deliberate handball. What decision should the referee take?

• Award the goal.

•  Award the goal and send off the player.

• Award the goal and caution the player for unsporting conduct.

• Disallow the goal, send off the player and restart play with a direct free kick or penalty kick.

A red card may not be shown to ..

• Players

• Substitutes

• Substituted players

• Coaches

Who can substitute the goalkeeper if he injures himself during kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner of a match?

• The reserve goalkeeper.

• Any of the nominated substitutes if the maximum number of substitutes permitted in the rules of the competition have not been used.

• Answers a) and b) although with occasional variations and if the captains agree.

• None of the previous answers are correct.

If the referee mistakenly awards a goal without the ball having entered the goal (before kick-off), how should he restart play?

• With a dropped ball from where the ball was when play was stopped.

• Allow play to continue. The referee`s decision is final.

• With a dropped ball from where the referee was when the error was made.

• Award the goal and after the match, write a report about what happened.

A player, after taking a direct free kick, plays the ball again before any other player has touched it or played it. The ball has rebounded off the referee. What decision should the referee make?

• Award an indirect free kick against the team of the player who touched the ball twice consecutively.

• Award a direct free kick or penalty kick if the kicker deliberately handles the ball.

• Allow play to continue if advantage is applied.

• All of the answers may be correct.

A player is in his own half of the field of play when he receives the ball from a team-mate. Can he be penalised for being offside?

• Yes, if he was in an offside position when the pass was made.

• No, because he received the ball in his own half.

• No, because it is one of the exceptions stated by Law 11.

• No answer is completely correct.

A player wants to take a corner kick, but the flag post is moving a lot due to the wind. The player takes out the flag post. What does the referee decide?

• He allows the corner kick to be taken

• He allows the corner kick to be taken only if the player tells him he will move the flag post back immediately after taking the kick

• He allows the corner kick to be taken and commands his assistant referee to move back the flagpost afterwards

• He does not allow the corner kick to be taken, because the corner flagpost must not be moved