Misconduct (association Football) - Indirect Free Kick Offences

Indirect Free Kick Offences

Fouls punishable by an indirect free kick are:

  • When a goalkeeper, inside his own penalty area:
    • takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with his hands before releasing it from his possession
    • touches the ball again with his hands after it has been released from his possession and has not touched any other player
    • touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate
    • touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in by a team-mate
  • When any player in the opinion of the referee:
    • plays in a dangerous manner
    • impedes the progress of an opponent
    • prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball from his hands
    • commits any other offence, not previously mentioned in Law 12, for which play is stopped to caution or dismiss a player

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