Law 10: Determining the Outcome of a Match
The 42 provisions of this law that Ruleside argues from, in the order they are printed. Each one has its own address and lists every verdict, incident and rules page that turns on it.
1. Goal scored
- A goal is scored when the whole of the ball passes over the goal line, between the goalposts and under the crossbar, provided that no offence has been committed by the team scoring the goal.p103 · cited by 10 pages
- If the goalkeeper throws the ball directly into the opponents' goal, a goal kick is awarded.p103 · cited by 2 pages
- If a referee signals a goal before the ball has passed wholly over the goal line, play is restarted with a dropped ball.p103 · cited by 2 pages
2. Winning team
- The team scoring the greater number of goals is the winner. If both teams score no goals or an equal number of goals, the match is drawn.p103 · cited by 3 pages
- When competition rules require a winning team after a drawn match or home-and-away tie, the only permitted procedures to determine the winning team are:p103 · cited by 3 pages
- · away goals rulep103 · cited by 2 pages
- · two equal periods of extra time not exceeding 15 minutes eachp103 · cited by 2 pages
- · penalties (penalty shoot-out)p103 · cited by 2 pages
- A combination of the above procedures may be used.p103 · cited by 2 pages
3. Penalties (penalty shoot-out)
Procedure
- Before penalties (penalty shoot-out) startp105 · cited by 12 pages
- · Unless there are other considerations (e.g. ground conditions, safety etc.), the referee tosses a coin to decide the goal at which the kicks will be taken, which may only be changed for safety reasons or if the goal or playing surface becomes unusablep105 · cited by 2 pages
- · The referee tosses a coin again, and the team that wins the toss decides whether to take the first or second kickp105 · cited by 2 pages
- · With the exception of a substitute for a goalkeeper who is unable to continue, only players who are on the field of play or are temporarily off the field of play (injury, adjusting equipment etc.) at the end of the match are eligible to take kicksp105 · cited by 3 pages
- · Each team is responsible for selecting from the eligible players the order in which they will take the kicks. The referee is not informed of the orderp105 · cited by 2 pages
- · If at the end of the match and before or during the kicks one team has a greater number of players than its opponents, it must reduce its numbers to the same number as its opponents and the referee must be informed of the name and number of each player excluded. Any excluded player is not eligible to take part in the kicks (except as outlined below)p105 · cited by 5 pages
- · A goalkeeper who is unable to continue before or during the kicks may be replaced by a player excluded to equalise the number of players or, if their team has not used its maximum permitted number of substitutes, a named substitute, but the replaced goalkeeper takes no further part and may not take a kickp105 · cited by 4 pages
- · If the goalkeeper has already taken a kick, the replacement may not take a kick until the next round of kicksp105 · cited by 3 pages
- During penalties (penalty shoot-out)p105 · cited by 13 pages
- · Only eligible players and match officials are permitted to remain on the field of playp105 · cited by 1 page
- · All eligible players, except the player taking the kick and the two goalkeepers, must remain within the centre circlep105 · cited by 2 pages
- · The goalkeeper of the kicker must remain on the field of play, outside the penalty area, on the goal line where it meets the penalty area boundary linep105 · cited by 2 pages
- · An eligible player may change places with the goalkeeperp106 · cited by 1 page
- · The kick is completed when the ball stops moving, goes out of play or the referee stops play for any offence; the kicker may not deliberately play the ball a second timep106 · cited by 1 page
- · If the kicker accidentally kicks the ball with both feet simultaneously or the ball touches their non-kicking foot or leg immediately after the kick:p106 · cited by 6 pages
- · if the ball enters the goal from the kick, the kick is retakenp106 · cited by 3 pages
- · if the ball does not enter the goal from the kick, the kick is recorded as missedp106 · cited by 3 pages
- · The referee keeps a record of the kicksp106 · cited by 1 page
- · If the goalkeeper commits an offence and, as a result, the kick is retaken, the goalkeeper is warned for the first offence and cautioned for any subsequent offence(s)p106 · cited by 3 pages
- · If the kicker is penalised for an offence committed after the referee has signalled for the kick to be taken, that kick is recorded as missed and the kicker is cautionedp106 · cited by 4 pages
- Subject to the conditions explained below, both teams take five kicksp106 · cited by 8 pages
- · The kicks are taken alternately by the teamsp106 · cited by 3 pages
- · Each kick is taken by a different player, and all eligible players must take a kick before any player can take a second kickp106 · cited by 3 pages
- · If, before both teams have taken five kicks, one has scored more goals than the other could score, even if it were to complete its five kicks, no more kicks are takenp106 · cited by 2 pages
- · If, after both teams have taken five kicks, the scores are level, kicks continue until one team has scored a goal more than the other from the same number of kicksp106 · cited by 2 pages
- · The above principle continues for any subsequent sequence of kicks but a team may change the order of kickersp106 · cited by 3 pages
- · Penalties (penalty shoot-out) must not be delayed for a player who leaves the field of play. The player's kick will be forfeited (not scored) if the player does not return in time to take a kickp106 · cited by 3 pages
- Substitutions and sendings-off during penalties (penalty shoot-out)p107 · cited by 6 pages
- · A player, substitute, substituted player or team official may be cautioned or sent offp107 · cited by 2 pages
- · A goalkeeper who is sent off must be replaced by an eligible playerp107 · cited by 2 pages
- · A player other than the goalkeeper who is unable to continue may not be replacedp107 · cited by 2 pages
- · The referee must not abandon the match if a team is reduced to fewer than seven playersp107 · cited by 2 pages
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