2. Offside offence
The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.
A player in an offside position at the moment the ball is played or touched* by a team-mate is only penalised on becoming involved in active play by:
· interfering with an opponent by:
Verdicts that turn on it 2
Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.
Explained in the rules library 1
The plain-language pages that build on this provision.
Applied in these incidents 1
Real decisions where this clause decided what should have happened.
Questions that ask it 3
Points in a walk where the reader is deciding this provision.
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.