SOCCER MANIA 2010 - Rules & Regulations
ELIGIBILITY:
Players’ date of birth to be on or after 21st June 1989.
1. THE GAME
1.1 Field of play will be 35m x 20m.
1.2 Goal Post 2.43m x 1.82m.
1.3 The preferred surface is grass.
2. THE BALL
Comply with FIFA Law.
3. NUMBERS OF PLAYERS.
3.1 Each team consists of up to 10 players (6 will be playing), one of who is the goalkeeper. A match may not start if either of the teams has fewer than five (5) players. Up to three (3) substitutes are permitted by each team.
4. PLAYERS’ EQUIPMENT
4.1 To comply with FIFA law. No crutches are allowed.
5. THE REFEREE
Comply with FIFA Law on duties etc.
*The Authority of the Referee
Each match is controlled by a referee who has full authority to enforce
the Laws of the Game in connection with the match to which he has
been appointed.
Powers and Duties
The Referee:
• enforces the Laws of the Game
• controls the match in cooperation with the assistant referees and,
where applicable, with the fourth official
• ensures that any ball used meets the requirements of Law 2
• ensures that the players’ equipment meets the requirements of
Law 4
• acts as timekeeper and keeps a record of the match
• stops, suspends or abandons the match, at his discretion, for any
infringements of the Laws
• stops, suspends or abandons the match because of outside
interference of any kind
• stops the match if, in his opinion, a player is seriously injured and
ensures that he is removed from the field of play. An injured player
may only return to the field of play after the match has restarted
• allows play to continue until the ball is out of play if a player is, in
his opinion, only slightly injured
• ensures that any player bleeding from a wound leaves the field
of play. The player may only return on receiving a signal from the
referee, who must be satisfied that the bleeding has stopped
• allows play to continue when the team against which an offence
has been committed will benefit from such an advantage and
penalizes the original offence if the anticipated advantage does
not ensue at that time
• punishes the more serious offence when a player commits more
than one offence at the same time
• takes disciplinary action against players guilty of cautionable
and sending-off offences. He is not obliged to take this action
immediately but must do so when the ball next goes out of play
• takes action against team officials who fail to conduct themselves
in a responsible manner and may, at his discretion, expel them
from the field of play and its immediate surrounds
• acts on the advice of the assistant referees regarding incidents that
he has not seen
• ensures that no unauthorized persons enter the field of play
• indicates the restart of the match after it has been stopped
• provides the appropriate authorities with a match report, which
includes information on any disciplinary action taken against players
and/or team officials and any other incidents that occurred before,
during or after the match
Decisions of the Referee
The decisions of the referee regarding facts connected with play,
including whether or not a goal is scored and the result of the match,
are final.
The referee may only change a decision on realizing that it is incorrect
or, at his discretion, on the advice of an assistant referee or the fourth
official, provided that he has not restarted play or terminated the
match.
6. THE ASSISTANT REFEREES
Comply with FIFA Law on duties etc
7. THE DURATION OF THE MATCH
7.1 Each match lasts for two equal periods of 15 minutes with a half time interval of 5 minutes.
8. THE START AND RESTART OF PLAY
To comply with FIFA Law except that opposing players must be 2.74 meters from the ball.
9. THE BALL IN AND OUT OF PLAY
Comply with FIFA Law.
*Infringements and Sanctions
If the player taking the kick-off touches the ball again before it has
touched another player:
• an indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team to be taken
from the position of the ball when the infringement occurred (see
Law 13 – Position of Free Kick)
In the event of any other infringement of the kick-off procedure:
• the kick-off is retaken
Dropped Ball
If, while the ball is still in play, the referee is required to stop play
temporarily for any reason not mentioned elsewhere in the Laws of
the Game, the match is restarted with a dropped ball.
Ball Out of Play
The ball is out of play when:
• it has wholly crossed the goal line or touch line whether on the
ground or in the air
• play has been stopped by the referee
Ball In Play
The ball is in play at all other times, including when:
• it rebounds off a goalpost, crossbar or corner flag post and remains
in the field of play
• it rebounds off either the referee or an assistant referee when they
are on the field of play
10. THE METHOD OF SCORING
Comply with FIFA Law.
*Goal Scored
A goal is scored when the whole of the ball passes over the goal
line, between the goalposts and under the crossbar, provided that no
infringement of the Laws of the Game has been committed previously
by the team scoring the goal.
Winning Team
The team scoring the greater number of goals during a match is the
winner. If both teams score an equal number of goals, or if no goals
are scored, the match is drawn.
Competition Rules
When competition rules require there to be a winning team after
a match or home-and-away tie, the only permitted procedures for
determining the winning team are
* Tiebreakers are decided by:
1. Penalty Shoot outs (3 penalties per team)
2. In case of tie in penalty round there would be a sudden death round. Whoever misses first losses.
11. OFFSIDE
The Offside Law will NOT apply.
12. FOULS AND MISCONDUCT
To comply with FIFA Law.
*Fouls and misconduct are penalised as follows:
Indirect Free Kick
An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits
any of the following seven offences in a manner considered by the
referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:
• Kicks or attempts to kick an opponent
• Trips or attempts to trip an opponent
• Jumps at an opponent
• charges an opponent
• Strikes or attempts to strike an opponent
• pushes an opponent
• tackles an opponent
A direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player
Commits any of the following three offences:
• holds an opponent
• spits at an opponent
• handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his
Own penalty area)
An indirect free kick is taken from the place where the offence occurred
(see Law 13 – Position of Free Kick).
An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper,
inside his own penalty area, commits any of the following four offences:
• controls the ball with his hands for more than five seconds before
releasing it from his possession
• touches the ball again with his hands after he has released it from
his possession and before it has touched another 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 taken by a team-mate
An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if, in the
opinion of the referee, a player:
• 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 send off a player
The indirect free kick is taken from the place where the offence
occurred (see Law 13 – Position of Free Kick).
Penalty Kick
A penalty kick is awarded if any of the above offences is committed
by a player inside his own penalty area, irrespective of the position of
the ball provided it is in play.
Disciplinary Sanctions
The yellow card is used to communicate that a player, substitute or
substituted player has been cautioned.
The red card is used to communicate that a player, substitute or
substituted player has been sent off.
The referee has the authority to take disciplinary sanctions from the
moment he enters the field of play until he leaves the field of play after
the final whistle.
A player who commits a caution able or sending-off offence, either
on or off the field of play, whether directed towards an opponent, a
team-mate, the referee, an assistant referee or any other person, is
disciplined according to the nature of the offence committed.
Cautionable Offences
A player is cautioned and shown the yellow card if he commits any of
the following seven offences:
• unsporting behaviour
• dissent by word or action
• persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game
• delaying the restart of play
• failure to respect the required distance when play is restarted with
a corner kick, free kick or throw-in
• entering or re-entering the field of play without the referee’s
permission
• deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee’s
permission
A substitute or substituted player is cautioned if he commits any of
the following three offences:
• unsporting behaviour
• dissent by word or action
• delaying the restart of play
Sending-off Offences
A player, substitute or substituted player is sent off if he commits any
of the following seven offences:
• serious foul play
• violent conduct
• spitting at an opponent or any other person
• denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring
opportunity by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply
to a goalkeeper within his own penalty area)
• denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent
moving towards the player’s goal by an offence punishable by a
free kick or a penalty kick
• using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures
• receiving a second caution in the same match
A player, substitute or substituted player who has been sent off must
leave the vicinity of the field of play and the technical area.
13. FREE KICKS
Comply with FIFA Law except that all opponents must be at least 2.74 meters from the ball.
The Indirect Free Kick
Signal
The referee indicates an indirect free kick by raising his arm above his
head. He maintains his arm in that position until the kick has been
taken and the ball has touched another player or goes out of play.
Ball Enters the Goal
A goal can be scored only if the ball subsequently touches another
player before it enters the goal:
• if an indirect free kick is kicked directly into the opponents’ goal,
a goal kick is awarded
• if an indirect free kick is kicked directly into the team’s own goal,
a corner kick is awarded to the opposing team
Procedure
For both direct and indirect free kicks, the ball must be stationary
when the kick is taken and the kicker must not touch the ball again
until it has touched another player.
Position of Free Kick
Free Kick Inside the Penalty Area
Indirect free kick to the defending team:
• all opponents must be at least 2.74 m from the ball
• all opponents must remain outside the penalty area until the ball
is in play
• the ball is in play when it is kicked directly out of the penalty
area
• a free kick awarded in the goal area may be taken from any point
inside that area
Indirect free kick to the attacking team:
• all opponents must be at least 2.74 m from the ball until
it is in play, unless they are on their own goal line between the
goalposts
• the ball is in play when it is kicked and moves
• an indirect free kick awarded inside the goal area must be taken
on the goal area line parallel to the goal line at the point nearest
to where the infringement occurred
Free Kick Outside the Penalty Area
• all opponents must be at least 2.74 m from the ball until
it is in play
• the ball is in play when it is kicked and moves
• the free kick is taken from the place where the infringement
occurred or from the position of the ball when the infringement
occurred (according to the infringement)
If, when a free kick is taken, an opponent is closer to the ball than
the required distance:
• the kick is retaken
If, when a free kick is taken by the defending team from inside its own
penalty area, the ball is not kicked directly out of the penalty area:
• the kick is retaken
14. THE PENALTY KICK (one step penalty)
The Goalkeeper must be on the goal line when a penalty is being taken.
Players may only take one step whilst taking a penalty.
15. KICK-INS:
This rule replaces the throw –in rule. The defending player must be at least three yards from ball on all kick-ins. It will be an in-direct kick.
16. THE GOAL KICK
Comply with FIFA Law.
17. THE CORNER KICK
To comply with FIFA Law except that opponent must be at least 2.74 meters away from the player taking the kick.
18. TEAM COMPETITION
At the start of each competition a team list shall be submitted. Only players on the team list and approved at the start of the competition can take part. The team list shall comprise of a maximum of twelve (12) names.
A team start list will be presented to the Referee before the start of the game.
19. TIE BREAKER
1. Penalty Shoot outs (3 penalties per team)
2. In case of tie in penalty round there would be a sudden death round. Whoever misses first loses
20. DISCIPLINE
21.1 Any player who receives two (2) cautions (yellow cards) or a red card during the tournament will automatically miss his team’s next game.
21.2 Any player who receives two (2) red cards in any one tournament will take no further part in the tournament.
21.3 Cards are carried through all the stages of the tournament.
21.4 The organizing/competition committee has the power to levy further suspensions in cases of misconduct, before and after the game.
