Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question 1

What offences are penalised with a direct free kick?

Answer 1

• charging
• jumping
• kicks/attempts to kick
• strikes/attempts to strike
• trips/attempts to trip
• pushes
• tackles or challenges
• handball

Question 2

A careless offence is when?

Answer 2

A player shows a lack of attention or consideration when making a challenge or acts without precaution. No disciplinary sanction.

Question 3

Describe a reckless offence.

Answer 3

When a player acts with disregard to the danger to, or consequences for, an opponent and must be cautioned.

Question 4

Describe an offence with excessive force.

Answer 4

When a player exceeds the necessary use of force and/or endangers the safety of an opponent and must be sent off.

Question 5

A indirect free kick is awarded if a goalkeeper does what inside their penalty area?

Answer 5

• controls the ball wit the hands for more than 6 seconds before releasing it.
• touches the ball with the hands after
• releasing it and before it has touched another player
• it has been deliberately kicked to the goalkeeper by a teammate.
• receiving it directly from a throw-in taken by a team mate.

Question 6

A goalkeeper is considered to be in control of the ball when?

Answer 6

• the ball is between the hands or between the hand and any surface, or by touching it with any part of the hands or arms (except if the ball rebounds from the keeper making a save).
• holding the ball in the outstretched open hand
• bouncing it on the ground or throwing it in the air.

Question 7

What is ‘playing in a dangerous manner’?

Answer 7

Any action that, while trying to play the ball, threatens injury to someone (including the player themself) and includes preventing a nearby opponent from playing the ball through fear of injury.

Question 8

What is ‘impeding the progress of an opponent without contact’?

Answer 8

Moving into the opponent’s path to obstruct, block, slow down or force a change of direction when the ball is not within playing distance of either player.

Question 9

Name the 8 main cautionable offences.

Answer 9

• delaying the re-start of play
• dissent by word or action
• entering, re-entering or deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee’s permission
• failing to respect the required distance when play is re-started from a corner kick, free kick or throw in
• persistent offences
• unsporting behaviour

Question 10

Name the 8 main send off offences.

Answer 10

• DOGSO handball
• DOGSO from an offence resulting in a direct free kick.
• serious foul play
• biting or spitting at someone
• violent conduct
• using offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures.
• second caution in the same match
• entering the VOR.

Question 11

What is the re-start of play if the ball is in play and an offence is committed against an opponent?

Answer 11

Indirect or direct free kick or penalty kick.

Question 12

What is the re-start of play if the ball is in play and an offence is committed against a team mate, substitute, substituted or sent off player, team official or match offical?

Answer 12

Direct free kick or penalty kick

Question 13

What is the re-start of play if the ball is in play and an offence is committed against an any other person (not a player, team or match official?

Answer 13

Dropped ball

Question 14

If, when the ball is in play, a player commits an offence against a match official, opposing player, substitute, substituted or sent off player, or a team official outside the field of play, how must play be restarted?

Answer 14

Play is restarted with a free kick on the boundary line nearest to where the offence/interference occurred. A penalty kick is awarded if this is a direct free kick offence within the offender’s penalty area.

Question 15

If, when the ball is in play, a substitute, substituted or sent off player, or a team official commits an offence against, or interferes with, an opposing player or match official outside the field of play, how must play be restarted?

Answer 15

Play is restarted with a free kick on the boundary line nearest to where the offence/interference occurred. A penalty kick is awarded if this is a direct free kick offence within the offender’s penalty area.

Question 16

What is the restart if a player standing on or off the field of play throws an object at an opposing player, substitute, subsituted or sent off player, team official, match official or the ball?

Answer 16

Play is restarted with a direct free kick from the position where the object struck, or would have struck, the person or the ball.

If this position is outside the field of play, the free kick is taken on the nearest point on the boundary line - a penalty kick is awarded if this is within the offender’s penalty area.

Question 17

If an offence is committed outside the field of play against a player, substitute, substituted player or team official of their own team, how is play restarted?

Answer 17

Play is restarted with an indirect free kick on the boundary line closest to where the offence occurred.

Question 18

If a player makes contact with the ball using an object (boot, shinguard, etc) held in the hand, how is play restarted?

Answer 18

Play is restarted with a direct free kick or penalty kick.

Question 19

If a substitute, substituted or sent off player, player temporarily off the field of play, or team official throws or kicks an object onto the field of play and internees with play, an opponent of match official, how is play restarted?

Answer 19

Play is restarted with a direct free kick (or penalty kick) where the object interfered with play or struck (or would have struck) the opponent, match official, or the ball.