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Essential FIFA Soccer Rules Explained

Soccer is played with 11 players per team, aiming to score goals within a 90-minute match. The game follows 17 rules set by FIFA, covering aspects such as the playing field, player equipment, refereeing, and various types of kicks. Key rules include the offside rule, fouls, and methods to resume play like throw-ins, goal kicks, and corner kicks.

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Essential FIFA Soccer Rules Explained

Soccer is played with 11 players per team, aiming to score goals within a 90-minute match. The game follows 17 rules set by FIFA, covering aspects such as the playing field, player equipment, refereeing, and various types of kicks. Key rules include the offside rule, fouls, and methods to resume play like throw-ins, goal kicks, and corner kicks.

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SOCCER RULES

Football is a sport played with a round ball, in which 11 players per team participate, who are divided into
goalkeeper, defenders, midfielders, and forwards, it is played with the foot and the only one who can use their hands is the goalkeeper, but only
in a special area of the court.
The field must be rectangular, with two goals on each side and the objective is to get the ball between those goals to score.
a goal. The team that scores the most goals in a period of 90 minutes will be the winner, although draws are allowed and in case of
If a winner is necessary, there can be a 30-minute extension and penalty shootouts until one team has more.
annotations that another.

17 rules of the game endorsed by the International Football Association (FIFA):

The playing field


Matches may be played on natural or artificial surfaces, according to the competition regulations.
The playing field will be rectangular, divided into two halves and will be marked with lines. These lines will belong to the
zones that demarcate.
The length of the band line must have a minimum of 90 meters and a maximum of 120, and must be greater than the length
from the finish line, which will have a minimum of 45 meters and a maximum of 90 meters.
In addition, a goal area must be marked with two lines perpendicular to the goal line, 16.5 meters from the inner part.
from each post and, the lines will extend 16.5 meters into the playing field. A point will be marked in the center of the rectangle.
penalty, which will be used to place the ball when there is a foul inside the area.
Now with the field, an important part for the essence of football is missing: the goals, which is the official name that FIFA gives to
the goals, which consist of a pair of posts placed 7.32 meters apart, with a height of 2.44 meters and
joined by a crossbar, to form a rectangle through which the ball must pass to score a goal.

The ball
Features and measurements
It will be spherical.

It will be made of leather or any other suitable material.

It will have a circumference no greater than 70 cm and no less than 68 cm.

It will weigh no more than 450 g and no less than 410 g at the start of the match.
It will have a pressure equivalent to 0.6–1.1 atmospheres at sea level.

3. The number of players


The match will be played by two teams made up of a maximum of eleven players each, of which one will play as
goalkeeper. The match will not begin if one of the teams has fewer than seven players.
For official matches of national A teams, a maximum of six substitutes and a limit of three changes are allowed.
but local leagues can be flexible regarding the number of substitutes, and only in friendly matches can there be more
Changes. A substituted player cannot re-enter and any player can take the position of the goalkeeper, only they have to
to notify the referee.

4. The players' equipment


The mandatory basic equipment of a player consists of the following pieces:
A sweater or t-shirt. If underwear is worn, the sleeves of this clothing must have the main color of the sleeves of the
jersey or t-shirt.
• Shorts. If thermal leggings are worn, whether short or long, they should match the main color of the shorts.
• Media. If adhesive tape or a similar material is used on the outside, it must be the same color as the part of the
media on which it is used.
Knee guards/shin guards. They must be made of rubber, plastic, or a similar material suitable for providing protection.
suitable, and they must be covered by the stockings.
Footwear
The two teams will wear colors that differentiate them from each other and also from the referee and assistant referees. The goalkeepers
They are also required to use a different color.

5. The referee
Un partido será controlado por un árbitro, quien tendrá la autoridad total para hacer cumplir las Reglas de Juego en dicho
meeting. His decisions are final as soon as the game resumes, yes he can correct a mistake if notified by a
assistant, but it must be before the match continues.
Among the main decisions is to validate the goals, penalize the fouls, and punish the most severe with cautions or
expulsions, for this purpose, uses yellow or red cards, respectively.
Two yellow cards warrant a red card, to indicate that a player has been sent off.

6. The assistant referees


Two assistant referees may be appointed who will have, subject to the referee's decision, the task of indicating: whether the ball
["left the playing field","corner kicks","offside","notify of changes","infractions not seen by the referee","duration"]
of the match, goal scored and goal kicks.

7. The duration of the match


The match will last two equal halves of 45 minutes each, unless by mutual agreement between the referee and the two teams.
participants agree otherwise. There will be a break between each time that should not exceed 15 minutes.

8. The start and resumption of the game


The kickoff is a way to start or resume the game:
At the beginning of the match.

After having scored a goal.


At the beginning of the second half of the match.

At the beginning of each overtime period, if applicable.


A goal can be scored directly from a kick-off. Before the start of the match, a coin will be tossed in the air and the
The favored team will decide the direction in which they will attack in the first half of the match and the other will take the kickoff.

In case the referee interrupts the match for a reason not stated in the Laws of the Game, a drop ball must be awarded.
ball on the ground to restart the match.

9. The ball in play or out of play


The ninth rule seems very logical, the ball is in play as long as no foul is called and it is within the field.
the match is interrupted if it bounces off a post or corner flag or if it bounces off the referee.

He will be offside if he completely crosses a sideline or goal line, and if the match is interrupted by the referee.

10. The goal scored


A goal will have been scored when the ball has completely crossed the goal line between the posts and under the crossbar.
crossbar, as long as the scoring team has not previously committed an infraction of the Rules of Play.
The team that scores the most goals will be the winner; if they score the same or do not score, the game ends in a draw.
In the event that a winner is needed, only three procedures are allowed: the away goals rule,
extra time or penalty kicks.
11. The offside
A player will be in an offside position if they are closer to the opponent's goal line than the ball and the
penultimate opponent, but he will not be there if he is in his half of the field. The referee must award the opposing team a free kick.
free indirect discourse.

12. Mistakes and inaccuracies


Fouls outside the area are penalized with a free kick and those inside the area with a penalty kick.
There are offenses that are penalized with an indirect free kick, for example, dangerous play, impeding the progress of an opponent.
or when the goalkeeper takes more than six seconds to clear the ball.
Depending on the severity of the infraction, the referee may decide whether to only call the foul, to issue a yellow card for
A warning or a red card to expel the player; two warnings are sanctioned with an expulsion.

13. Free kicks


Free kicks are divided into direct ones, where a single contact can result in a goal, or in case it is an own goal it
it will mark a corner kick; and an indirect free kick, in which the referee must keep one hand raised and consists of two touches
Before the ball crosses the goal line, if there is only one touch, a goal kick will be awarded.

The opposing team has the right to set up a wall of players to protect the goalkeeper and complicate the situation for him.
collector, but said barrier must be at a distance of 9.15 meters.

The penalty shot


A penalty kick will be awarded against the team that commits an infraction that warrants a direct free kick, within their own area.
penalty and while the ball is in play.
The ball is placed on the penalty spot, which is 11 meters from the goal line and is a one-on-one between the executor and the
goalkeeper to a single shot. The other players will remain outside the area at least 9.15 meters away from the
penalty point.
If the executor fails and there is a penalty kick, they may retake it if the referee stops the shot, but they cannot touch the ball if it rebounds.
It comes from one of the goalposts.

15. The throw-in


The throw-in is a way to resume play and is awarded to the opponents of the last player who touched the ball before.
to cross the border line by land or by air.
A goal cannot be scored directly from a throw-in.
The throw-in is taken with the hands, the ball is thrown from behind over the head, with both feet on the ground.
placed on the line from the spot where it left the field of play.

16. The goal kick


The goal kick is a way to resume the game when the ball has completely crossed the goal line, either
by land or by air, after having last touched a player from the attacking team, and no goal has been scored
according to Rule 10.
A goal can be scored directly from a goal kick, but only against the opposing team.

17. The corner kick


A corner kick will be awarded when the ball has crossed the goal line, either on the ground or in the air, after
having last touched a player of the defending team, and a goal has not been scored in accordance with Rule 10.
A goal can be scored directly from a corner kick, but only against the opposing team.

Bibliography:

Anonymous (n.d.) Summary of the 17 rules of the FIFA game for practicing soccer. [Link]
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