Law 11: Offside4. Offences and sanctions·Page 112, 2026/27 edition

4. Offences and sanctions

The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.

If an attacking player remains stationary between the goalposts and inside the goal as the ball enters the goal, a goal must be awarded unless the player commits an offside offence or a Law 12 offence, in which case play is restarted with an indirect or direct free kick.
IFAB Laws of the Game 2026/27, page 112 · clause law-11-a21387d6

Verdicts that turn on it 1

Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.

Standing still in the goal is not itself an offence: answer the restoffside

Questions that ask it 1

Points in a walk where the reader is deciding this provision.

Was anyone off the field of play, or standing inside the goal, at that moment?offside

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