4. Offences and sanctions
The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.
If an offside offence occurs, the referee awards an indirect free kick where the offence occurred, including if it is in the player's own half of the field of play.
Verdicts that turn on it 7
Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.
- Offside offence: interfering with playoffside
- Offside offence: interfering with an opponentoffside
- Offside offence: impacted an opponentoffside
- Offside offence: gaining an advantageoffside
- Offside offence: in the way of an opponentoffside
- Offside offence: it came before the fouloffside
- Offside offence: that was a deflection, not a deliberate playoffside
The Laws of the Game are published by The IFAB and quoted here for the purpose of explaining the decisions on this site. Ruleside is not affiliated with The IFAB or FIFA. Every clause of Offside that Ruleside cites.