Soccer Rules and Regulations

The first set of rules for soccer were made by the London Football Association in 1863.

All of the rules of soccer can be found within the Laws of the Game as set down by FIFA, the world governing body of soccer. A link is provided. Law 12 covers fouls and misconduct, and Law 10 covers scoring. Your specific questions can probably be answered there. If not, there's always Wikianswers and some helpful interpretation from someone who has refereed a couple of thousand matches to help you get some perspective. Good luck. See you on the field. Oh, and I'll be the one wearing black and carrying the whistle.

I would say the basic rules are "Kick the ball into the goal (not your own). Do not use hands." I hope that there will be other answers by those who know the game in more detail. The basic rules is to score on the opposite team by kicking the ball in the other team's goal. You can not use your hands at all. YOu can use the rest of your body but not your hands. THere really aren't that many rules to soccer

A goal may be scored directly from a goal kick, but only against the opponents. An own-goal cannot be scored directly from a goal kick.

If the kicking team has substitutions remaining, then a substitute be brought on to take a penalty kick, both during regulation, extra, or extended time.

A substitution is not allowed during kicks from the penalty mark to decide a winner, except in the case of goal keeper injury.

a draw in rugby union is, a league game then a draw is a draw like football and you get your draw points in a knockout stage like quarter final etc.. then you usually play 10 mins each half extra time and if its still a tie then you have a golden goal sort of game first to score a point wins whether its a try or drop goal and that's it, cheers.

D.Williams

And as proved in the Heineken Cup Semi Final Match between Cardiff Blues and Leicester Tigers at the Millenium stadium 2009 it can come down to penalties if nothing is scored in extra time. It would continue like football, 5 players have to kick a penalty from in front of the goals posts and then if it is equal score after that still then it would go into sudden death. And as Cardiff lost that game when they avidly deserved to win that game the rules of a draw in rugby union are completely stupid and unjust as in that particular game the better team on the day got knocked out and that is not fair.

You can avoid being called offside by staying in an onside position until you have possession of the ball. If you are caught offside, you can avoid getting called and penalized by staying away from the play and not becoming involved. If is not an infraction to be in an offside position, unless and until you are involved in the play.

The ball must be kicked and must move.

Under the FIFA Laws of the Game it must be an actual kicking motion. Tapping the top of the ball would not be sufficient.

Under US High School rules, a tap is sufficient if it actually makes the ball move.

Beware that many old-school fans, and apparently quite a few young ones, will try and convince you that the ball must travel one complete revolution. This interpretation was changed in 1997 and is no longer true. 13 years later the myth endures.

Position does not matter when considering whether a goal was scored. All that matters is the situation surrounding the event. For example, the forwards and strikers of a team have just as much right and ability to score a goal as do the defenders and the goalkeeper. The position of the shooter does not matter.

The "situations" mentioned above that could prevent a goal consist mostly of technicalities in the Laws of the Game. The ball must be in play for a goal to be scored (duh), and it cannot be scored directly from an indirect free kick or a throw-in.

You can not be guilty of an offside offense when directly receiving a throw-in, goal kick, or corner kick. This does not include any plays stemming from these restarts. Once the ball is controlled by anyone, normal offside rules apply once again.

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Seems to be an abbreviation for "average goals" which could stand for the average number of goals scored by a player or team per game.

If a defender, one not the goal keeper, deliberately handles the ball within their own penalty area then the restart is a penalty kick for the opposing team. It could also be misconduct depending on the circumstances.

If an attacker deliberately handles the ball within the opponent's penalty area, the restart is a direct free kick for the defense.

It must be, in the opinion of the referee, deliberate.

Substitution is allowed during any stoppage of play with the permission of the referee.

The standard ball used in FIFA-sanctioned matches is a Size 5.

When a player is shown a red card he being sent off (ejected from the match). This player must sit out the rest of this match. In addition, this player cannot stay in the field environment and must leave the area.

Most leagues also prohibit this player from playing in the next match as well. Sometimes more than one.

when he is inside the designated area wether it be a semi circle or a bigger box

The named substitute must leave the technical area and is no longer an eligible substitute. Most leagues also require that this player miss the next match as well.

Their team is not required to remove a player from the field, nor do they lose any of their 3 allowed substitution opportunities.

Originally, a player needed only to be notified that he was cautioned or sent off in order for that sanction to be applied. In the era of international play, language barriers sometimes prevented this notification from being properly administered. Referee Ken Aston introduced the concept of showing yellow and red cards to indicate cautions and sendings-off, respectively, in 1966 in order to traverse language barriers.

The goal keeper is a player and can receive a pass like any other player. There are limits on when the goal keeper may use their hands when passed with the feet or thrown in to them from a team-mate.

The attacker's offside status is not reset by a mere deflection off a defender.

A team mate of the attacker need only touch it.

A defender must control it.

A penalty kick of one of the 8 possible ways to restart a match after play has been stopped. One kicker is elected to take a shot on goal against the opposing goal keeper from 12 yards out.

All other players must be outside of the penalty area and at least 10 yards from the ball until it is kicked

A "foul" commonly refers to the ten offenses for which a direct free kick or a penalty kick is awarded (called "penal fouls"), but technically includes the eight indirect free kick offenses as well. The latter group (IFK offenses) generally do not require there to be contact between players. Some of the penal fouls occur upon the making of inappropriate contact with an opponent, while others only require that the illegal contact be attempted. The first penal foul listed in the Laws of the Game is "kicks or attempts to kick an opponent"; contact is not necessary if the referee believes that the offender attempted to kick the opponent, but missed (in this case, the referee should consider that misconduct may also have to be sanctioned).

A player or substitute who is "booked" is being punished for misconduct; either a caution or a send off.

A player or substitute who is "cautioned" is being warned. It is one type of misconduct. When a player is cautioned, they are shown a yellow card.

It is used during the taking of a penalty kick to ensure that all players except the kick taker and the goalkeeper are both outside of the penalty area and are at least 10 yards from the spot where the kick will be taken.