Law 11: Offside

Law 11 states plainly that there is no offside in futsal, not a version limited to the attacking third, the second half, or the goalkeeper's own half.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

Law 11 is exactly one sentence, not several pages of scenarios, not a paragraph with exceptions, and not a page of diagrams.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

Law 11 is unqualified, with no exception for corner kicks, the final minutes, or extra time.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

Offside is not a concept futsal has at all, so it is not the same offence as football's, does not draw an indirect free kick, and location inside the penalty area makes no difference.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Outdoor football is the sport most associated with offside, not basketball, tennis, or volleyball, none of which have such a rule.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

With no offside, there is no trap to spring, so the football version does not transfer, no accumulated-fouls-based substitute exists, and moving together as a line changes nothing here.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

The rule holds for the entire match, not just the first period, not only outside the penalty areas, and not conditional on a goal having been scored.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

Standing in that position is never an offence in futsal, so waiting there is not penalised, receiving the ball there is not a separate offence either, and there is no five-second limit on standing there.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

There is no cap on how many attackers may be positioned there, not one, not two, and not limited to a single designated player.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

There is no positional restriction at all for an attacker, not one excluding behind the last defender, not one excluding the penalty area, and not one limited to dead-ball moments.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

The kick-off's own-half rule is a fixed line unrelated to a defender's position, unlike offside, so it is not functionally identical, Law 11 gives no such definition, and futsal does not redefine offside at all.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside); Law 8 §1 (Kick-Off) · applied

Only the fixed 2-metre distance rule applies to a dropped ball, not an offside-style check, and dropped balls are not a special exemption from Law 11, since Law 11 already covers the whole match.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside); Law 8 §2 (Dropped Ball) · recall

A kick-in has no offside check at all, so nothing restores one, the kicker is not required to aim away from that player, and scoring directly changes nothing here.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

With no offside, there is nothing stopping attackers gathering there, so it is not an offence, there is no two-player cap, and no special restriction inside any specific area either.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

No position at a goal clearance raises an offside issue, so this exact spot is not treated as offside, there is no wait-for-the-ball-to-leave condition, and period does not matter.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

No restart type involves an offside check, so it is not just corner kicks and penalties, not restarts inside the attacking half, and not handball-specific free kicks.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

Distance-from-the-ball rules govern exactly that, distance, not position relative to defenders, so they do not double as an offside check, free kicks are not an exception to Law 11, and this holds for indirect kicks too.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

At a kick-off every player except the one taking it must be in their own half, and the opponents must in addition be at least 3 m from the ball until it is in play; there is no extra leeway for anyone.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 8 §1 (Kick-Off) · recall

The kick-off rule is a fixed halfway line, while an offside rule (in sports that have one) tracks a moving defender, so it is not both fixed, not both defender-dependent, and not the reverse pairing.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside); Law 8 §1 (Kick-Off) · applied

No restart triggers an offside check, since none exists at all, so restarts do not each have their own version, penalty-area restarts are not special, and neither is which team takes the restart.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

Law 11 places no limit on where an attacker stays, so a permanent forward station is not forbidden, that player is not barred from touching the ball, and defender positioning changes nothing.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Nothing happens beyond ordinary play, so no indirect free kick follows, a resulting goal is not disallowed, and the attacker is not cautioned for their position.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Law 11 places no limit on how many attackers go forward, not two, not three, and there is no requirement to keep one attacker back.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

The tactic is fully legal since offside cannot restrict it, so it is not banned, not limited to the final minutes, and a permanent version is just as legal as a temporary one.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

A long pass in behind the defence is exactly the kind of play offside would normally restrict, not a short nearby pass, not a backwards pass, and not a pass that fails to reach anyone.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

There is no timing requirement of this kind in futsal at all, so outdoor football's version does not transfer, no separate goalkeeper-only timing rule exists, and it makes no difference where the run started.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Position alone is never penalised under Law 11, so an advanced position is not itself an offence, adding movement changes nothing, and the goal area is not a special case.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

Law 10 can still disallow a goal for an offence by the scoring team, but never for the attacker's position, so position itself is not disqualifying, something could disallow it, and it has nothing to do with whether the scorer is the goalkeeper.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside); Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

Attackers gain unrestricted positional freedom, not a few-seconds limit, not an exception for standing behind the goalkeeper, and this is a real, meaningful freedom.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Waiting in advance of the defence for a long ball is exactly what offside elsewhere prevents; standing in one's own goal, handling outside the area, and entering without a signal are unrelated matters governed by other Laws.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

There is no offside trap risk in futsal at all, so the outdoor-football risk does not transfer, no separate penalty exists for pushing up, and the goalkeeper's own position makes no difference.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

With no offside, there is no trap to set, so it is not a common tactic, has no accumulated-fouls-based equivalent, and is not limited to any particular pair of defenders.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

That positioning alone demands no particular reaction, so the referees do not stop play for it, the goalkeeper is not forced off their line, and it makes no difference if a second attacker joins them.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Defending relies on the team's own positioning and covering, not a rule-based trap, so it is not undefendable, not the goalkeeper's job alone, and not something settled by an appeal to the referees beforehand.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

There is no offside status to catch anyone in, so a sweeper cannot prevent offside goals this way, this has nothing to do with accumulated fouls, and it makes no difference whether the opponent has a recognised target player.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Positioning alone gives defenders no legal tool here, so standing goal-side earns no stoppage, shouting anything does not stop play, and no particular pair of defenders has a special version of this.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

A mistaken belief in offside has no basis in Law 11 and no recourse, so the goal is not disallowed afterward, no warning is issued for this mistake, and no official's agreement could ever make offside exist.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Those rules are fixed distances from the ball, not offside checks, so they are not functionally identical to an offside line, were never repealed by Law 11, and this holds for the shoot-out's positioning too.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside); Law 8 §2 (Dropped Ball) · recall

Only the position-based catch-out tool is removed, not tackling, intercepting or marking generally, not goalkeeper positioning, and defensive tactics are genuinely affected by this loss.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

One single fact, the removal of offside, explains both sides of this, not two unrelated rules, and it clearly affects both attackers and defenders, not just one side.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Basketball, field hockey and beach volleyball all lack any concept resembling offside, which is precisely why outdoor football stands out as the obvious contrast here.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

The habit serves no purpose in futsal at all, so outdoor football's offside awareness does not carry over, there is no exception near the opponents' goal, and no early-season grace period either.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Law 11's text names no other sport at all; the comparison to outdoor football is a reader's own inference, not something the Law itself states, and it certainly does not name beach soccer or five-a-side leagues.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

The offside-timing habit is the one thing to unlearn, not forward passing itself, not defending as a connected line itself, and the two sports do not share identical positional rules here.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Law 11 only removes offside; it adds nothing of its own, so there is no final-third rule, no set-piece rule, and no doubling of any other Law's distances.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

Law 11 only states that there is no offside in futsal; Laws 8, 9 and 10 each set out procedures of their own, for the kick-off and dropped ball, the ball in and out of play, and the shoot-out.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

The entire Law is the plain statement that there is no offside, not a half-specific version, not a referee-decided version, and not one limited to youth or grassroots play.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

One single fact runs through the whole of Law 11, reshaping attack, defence and restarts together, not several different rules, and not a fact narrowly limited to just restarts or just defenders.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied

Law 11's own text is by far the shortest and simplest of Laws 6 to 11, not the longest, not comparable in length to Law 8's own procedure, and not complex, since it names no exceptions.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · recall

The one thing to remember is the plain absence of offside, not a defending-third version, not a goalkeeper-only version, and not an identical copy of outdoor football's rule.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 11 (Offside) · applied