Law 3 - THE PLAYERS Flashcards
What happens If a team has fewer than seven players because one or more players has deliberately left the field of play
the referee is not obliged to stop play and the advantage may be played, but the match must not resume after the ball has gone out of play if a team does not have the minimum number of seven players.
To replace a player with a substitute, the following must be observed:
the referee must be informed before any substitution is made
the player being substituted:
receives the referee’s permission to leave the field of play, unless already off the field, and must leave by the nearest point on the boundary line unless the referee indicates that the player may leave directly and immediately at the halfway line or another point (e.g. for safety/security or injury)
must go immediately to the technical area or dressing room and takes no further part in the match, except where return substitutions are permitted
if a player who is to be substituted refuses to leave, play continues
The substitute only enters:
during a stoppage in play
at the halfway line
after the player being replaced has left
after receiving a signal from the referee
When is the substitution completed?
The substitution is completed when a substitute enters the field of play; from that moment, the replaced player becomes a substituted player and the substitute becomes a player and can take any restart.
Changing the goalkeeper procedure
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
What happens If a named substitute starts a match instead of a named player and the referee is not informed of this change?
the referee allows the named substitute to continue playing
no disciplinary action may be taken against the named substitute
the named player can become a named substitute
the number of substitutions is not reduced
the referee reports the incident to the appropriate authorities
What happens If a player changes places with the goalkeeper without the referee’s permission?
the referee:
allows play to continue
cautions both players when the ball is next out of play but not if the change occurred during half-time (including half-time of extra time) or the period between the end of the match and the start of extra time and/or penalties (penalty shoot-out)
Players and substitutes sent off procedures
Before submission
after being named on the team list but before kick off
After kick off
A player who is sent off:
before submission of the team list cannot be named on the team list in any capacity
after being named on the team list and before kick-off may be replaced by a named substitute, who cannot be replaced; the number of substitutions the team can make is not reduced
after the kick-off cannot be replaced
A named substitute who is sent off before or after the kick-off may not be replaced.
If a team official, substitute, substituted or sent-off player or outside agent enters the field of play, the referee must
only stop play if there is interference with play
have the person removed when play stops
take appropriate disciplinary action
If a player who requires the referee’s permission to re-enter the field of play re-enters without the referee’s permission, the referee must:
stop play (not immediately if the player does not interfere with play or a match official or if the advantage can be applied)
caution the player for entering the field of play without permission
If the referee stops play, it must be restarted:
with a direct free kick from the position of the interference
with an indirect free kick from the position of the ball when play was stopped if there was no interference
If, after a goal is scored, the referee realises, before play restarts, that an extra person was on the field of play when the goal was scored, and that person interfered with play:
the referee must disallow the goal if the extra person was:
a player, substitute, substituted player, sent-off player or team official of the team (anyone on the team sheet) that scored the goal; play is restarted with a direct free kick from the position of the extra person
an outside agent who interfered with play unless a goal results as outlined above in ‘Extra persons on the field of play’; play is restarted with a dropped ball
the referee must allow the goal if the extra person was:
a player, substitute, substituted player, sent-off player or team official of the team that conceded the goal
an outside agent who did not interfere with play
If, after a goal is scored and play has restarted, the referee realises an extra person was on the field of play when the goal was scored, the goal cannot be disallowed. If the extra person is still on the field the referee must:
stop play
have the extra person removed
restart with a dropped ball or free kick as appropriate
The referee must report the incident to the appropriate authorities.
