Law 12: Fouls and Misconduct

These kicks are reserved for offences committed while the ball is in play, not for any offence regardless of the ball's status, not limited to inside a penalty area, and not conditional on the referees personally witnessing it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 (introduction) · recall

Tackles/challenges, trips and pushes are three of the seven contact offences; the other options belong to cautionable offences, indirect-free-kick offences, or the additional direct-free-kick list respectively.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · recall

The manner must be careless, reckless, or excessive force, not a visible-injury requirement, not a half-of-the-pitch restriction, and it applies to a goalkeeper just as much as an outfield player.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · recall

A careless offence draws no disciplinary sanction, not a caution, not a sending-off, and not even a recorded verbal warning.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · recall

A bare lack of attention or precaution is exactly the definition of careless, not reckless, not excessive force, and it is still an offence even without a card.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

Reckless play must be cautioned, not sent off, not left with no further consequence, and not resolved by a forced substitution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · recall

Disregard for an opponent's safety without excessive force is reckless, drawing a caution, not a sending-off, not no sanction at all, and not a bare warning.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

Excessive force must be sent off, not merely cautioned, not resolved with a verbal warning, and not settled by an apology.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · recall

Exceeding necessary force and endangering safety is exactly excessive force, sent off, not downgraded to reckless or careless, and not reduced to a caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

The order runs careless with no sanction, reckless with a caution, and excessive force with a sending-off, not any reshuffled order, and certainly not identical consequences for all three.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

All the contact offences Law 12 lists count as accumulated fouls, not just handball, not just the more serious classifications, and Law 12 is exactly where this is defined.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · recall

A penalty kick offence specifically does not add to the accumulated-foul count, regardless of whether it is missed, and there is no separate parallel record kept for it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · recall

Since it drew a free kick rather than a penalty kick, it adds to the accumulated count, regardless of location inside or outside the area, and regardless of the careless/reckless/excessive-force classification.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

The additional list names a deliberate handball, or one making the body unnaturally bigger, not any handball whatsoever, not one limited to the penalty area, and not one limited to defenders.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · recall

Only the goalkeeper is exempted, and only inside their own penalty area, not any player anywhere, not the goalkeeper everywhere on the pitch, and not a defender in general.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · recall

Holding an opponent is its own named additional offence, distinct from impeding without contact, dangerous play, and dissent, all of which are indirect-free-kick matters instead.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · recall

The list names anyone on the team lists or a match official, not only an opponent currently on the pitch, not excluding match officials, and not crowd members or coaches specifically.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

This is named in the additional direct-free-kick list, not among the seven manner-classified offences, not the indirect-free-kick list, and not the substitute-specific cautionable list.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · recall

The ball, an opponent, and a match official are all named in the same clause, so this is not a separate unlisted matter, is not downgraded to an indirect free kick, and does not depend on whether the ball's direction actually changed.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

The manner-based framework belongs to the seven contact offences specifically, not the additional list as a whole, not just holding and impeding, and the additional list certainly does carry sanctions.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

The boundary sits at the bottom of the armpit, not the top of the shoulder, not the elbow, and not the wrist.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · recall

Not every hand/arm touch is an offence, so it is not automatic for anyone, not limited to the goalkeeper, and not conditional on extra time.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · recall

Deliberately moving the hand or arm toward the ball is exactly the named offence, not a stationary-hand-only rule, not conditional on the ball later going out of play, and it is directly relevant, not irrelevant.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · applied

The second route is an unnaturally-bigger body shape, not a location in the opponents' half, not a timing condition, and not anything to do with gloves.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · recall

The test is whether the position follows naturally from the player's movement for that situation, not a fixed height threshold, not whether the player is moving or still, and not a subjective dislike from the officials.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · recall

An unjustified arm position risks being penalised if struck, so it is not automatically nothing, is not an automatic sending-off by itself, and shoulder height alone does not excuse it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · applied

The unnaturally-bigger route stands on its own, without needing deliberate intent, so it is not always required, is not a goalkeeper-only route, and an outfield player genuinely can be penalised this way.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · applied

A naturally held arm is not an offence when struck, so contact alone is not enough, ball speed does not create the offence, and the distance the shot travelled is not the deciding factor either.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · applied

The two named routes are deliberate contact and an unnaturally-bigger position, not a penalty-area location, not a substitute-specific rule, and armpit height is the boundary definition, not a route on its own.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · applied

Both routes are about a player accepting risk through their arm's position, not something limited to defenders, not tied to any ball-speed threshold, and not conditional on a goal already being scored.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · applied

Outside their own area, the goalkeeper is treated exactly like any other player, not given a free pass, not a relaxed version, and not a total ban either.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · recall

This specific offence draws an indirect free kick with no card, not a direct free kick, not an added caution, and not a penalty kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · recall

The named offence is a second touch of any kind, hand or foot, before another player touches the ball, not literally every conceivable second touch, not one limited to the feet, and not tied to a ten-second mark.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · recall

The sanction is conditional on stopping a promising attack or denying a goal or a goalscoring opportunity, not automatic every time, not limited to a hand touch, and not conditional on a prior caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · recall

Without stopping a promising attack or denying a scoring chance, no sanction follows, so it is not automatic for every second touch, the foot-versus-hand distinction is irrelevant here, and the half of the pitch is not the deciding factor.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · applied

Stopping a promising attack this way must be sanctioned, so it is not immune because it followed the goalkeeper's own restart, is not a team-only sanction, and is not left to free discretion once the condition is met.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · applied

The plain handling offence never carries a card, while the second-touch offence sometimes does, so it is not the reverse, not both being sanction-free, and not neither ever having a sanction.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · applied

It is an indirect free kick, not a penalty kick, not a dropped ball, and not a direct free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · recall

The rule is framed generally around a restart, not restricted to the goalkeeper's own team's restart, not the opponents' restart specifically, and not narrowed to a kick-off alone.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · recall

Intent, body position, and consequence together decide a handling offence, not the pitch location alone, not skin versus clothing, and certainly not the final score.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · applied

A deliberate outfield handball draws a direct free kick, unlike the goalkeeper's indirect-free-kick handling offence, so they are not the same restart, and the outfield case is not automatically a penalty kick regardless of location.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

Both a careless offence and the goalkeeper's plain handling offence share no disciplinary sanction, so it is not one or the other alone, and neither draws an automatic caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

The goalkeeper's two handling exceptions are unique to that role, while the seven contact offences apply to everyone, so it is not the reverse, and the rules are neither all goalkeeper-only nor all identical across positions.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

A reckless tackle and a deliberate handball are two distinct offences from different lists, not merged into one for happening close together, not tripled, and not reduced to zero by only recording the worse one.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

This specific phrase belongs to the handball rules, not a catch-all concept for every Law 12 offence, not limited to substitutes, and not tied to the shoot-out.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick – Handling the Ball) · recall

Accumulated fouls track that a qualifying offence happened, not the specific one among the seven, not limited to excessive-force cases, and not limited to defenders.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

Only direct-free-kick offences accumulate; a goalkeeper's second touch after a restart is an indirect-free-kick offence, so it draws a caution when it stops a promising attack but adds nothing to the foul count. A goalkeeper's direct-free-kick fouls do count, like anyone else's.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

Both still cost a free kick even without a card, so it is not that nothing is conceded, not a conceded goal, and not merely a formal warning with no restart consequence.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

A goalkeeper may handle the ball inside their own penalty area; a handball outside it is a direct-free-kick offence, so the location of the touch is what matters, not minutes played, a prior substitution or the score.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1 (Direct Free Kick) · applied

Indirect free kicks and discipline have their own sections of Law 12, while the contact offences, handball rules, and goalkeeper handling restrictions all belong to the direct-free-kick section.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 (whole Law) · recall

Dangerous play draws an indirect free kick, not a direct one, not a card with no restart, and not a dropped ball.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

Impeding without contact draws an indirect free kick specifically, not a direct one, not nothing at all, and not a penalty kick regardless of location.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

Dissent and other verbal offences are named for this, not serious foul play, not violent conduct, and not impeding without contact.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

Interfering with a goalkeeper's release is specifically listed among the indirect-free-kick offences, so the opponent does not simply concede a direct kick, escape with a bare caution, or trigger a dropped ball instead.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

Interfering with the release is its own indirect-free-kick offence, so it is not nothing, not a direct-free-kick matter, and not an automatic sending-off.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

The trick specifically names using the head, chest or knee to get around the Law, not a normal foot pass, not the goalkeeper dropping the ball themselves, and not shouted instructions.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

The player who initiates the trick is penalised regardless of the goalkeeper's actual touch, so it is not nothing, not the goalkeeper alone, and not an equal sanction for both.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

A goalkeeper who is responsible for initiating the trick is penalised, so it is not limited to the outfield player, is not conditional on actually handling the ball, and goalkeepers are not exempt.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

The catch-all is tied to play actually being stopped to card someone, not any offence regardless of a stoppage, not limited to substitutes, and not limited to the second period.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

None of the three involve direct-free-kick-style contact, so it is not that all three do, they are not caution-only with no free kick, and they are not limited to the goalkeeper.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

Without a resulting goal, play simply continues, so no indirect or direct free kick follows, and there is no general stoppage to review it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

Scoring directly from the hand/arm is disallowed with an indirect free kick instead, so accidental intent does not save the goal, a caution does not replace the free kick, and location makes no difference.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

Any player, including the goalkeeper, can trigger this clause, not just an outfield attacker, not just a defender, and not just a substitute.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

This second route also disallows the goal with an indirect free kick, so it is not allowed to stand, is not a direct free kick, and is not left as an ambiguous dropped ball.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

An unnaturally-bigger position is the condition that escalates this to a direct-free-kick handball, not the half being played, not the goalkeeper's involvement, and not the halfway line.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

A deliberate team-mate touch breaks this condition, so involvement does matter, the goal's disallowance under THIS clause no longer applies, and it is not only an opponent's touch that would break it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

Without a resulting goal, play continues with no offence at all, so it is not awarded regardless of scoring, not a caution-only outcome, and not recorded as an accumulated foul either.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

A deliberate handball draws a direct free kick, while this accidental-goal case draws an indirect one, so the two are not the same, are not reversed, and this holds regardless of whether a goal results.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §1-2 (Direct Free Kick; Indirect Free Kick) · applied

Both routes disallow what would otherwise be a goal, so the goal does not stand, neither carries an automatic sending-off, and neither is limited to the goalkeeper.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

Provided the hand or arm did not make the body unnaturally bigger, an accidental touch is only a problem when a goal results from it, so it is not punished every time, is not entirely unpunished, and is not limited to defenders.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

The limit is four seconds, not eight, not two, and there genuinely is a limit.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

Exceeding the four-second control limit is resolved with an indirect free kick, so it is not settled with a direct kick, does not stand as a bare caution, and is not escalated to a penalty kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

The rule treats this pass-back scenario as an indirect free kick without discipline attached, so the goalkeeper keeps a clean record, the team-mate's involvement does not excuse it, and the restart is not upgraded to direct.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

A deliberate pass untouched by an opponent is required, not an accidental deflection, not a corner-kick-only version, and not tied to the goalkeeper's own area.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

A deliberate kick-in to the goalkeeper handled inside the area is an indirect-free-kick offence, so it is not exempted for coming from a kick-in, is not a direct free kick, and does not caution the team-mate.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

The kick must be deliberate, not any kick regardless of intent, not limited to open play excluding restarts, and not tied to which half the team-mate kicked from.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

The indirect free kick is taken from where the ball crossed the halfway line, not from inside the goalkeeper's own penalty area, not a retaken goal clearance, and not a dropped ball at the centre mark.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

The exception is for youth, veterans', disability or grassroots futsal under domestic rules, not international competitions, not every indoor match, and not the professional first division.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

Law 12 adds the words 'there is no disciplinary sanction' to the second-touch rule after a team-mate's pass; the four-second rule simply gives an indirect free kick without saying anything about a card either way.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

The shared theme is limiting the goalkeeper's hand control over time and repetition, not personal goal-scoring, not standing in a particular half, and not substitution limits.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

The ball resting between the hands, or between a hand and a surface, is named control, not a ball rolling freely away, not an immediate kick-away, and not an accidental deflection.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

An outstretched open hand is explicitly named as control, not just a closed grip, not requiring both hands, and not treated as a release.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

Bouncing it on the pitch is explicitly named as control, not just holding it still, not tied to bounce height, and not treated as losing control.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

Dribbling counts whether by hand or foot, not just one of the two, and it is not treated as a release.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

Throwing it in the air is explicitly named as control, so holding it still is not the only qualifying action, height is not a factor, and the clock does not reset on release.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

The ball between a foot and any surface is explicitly named control, so hand contact is not the only route, stillness is not required, and this case is not left undefined.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

The goalkeeper cannot be challenged at all while controlling the ball this way, so a fair charge does not apply, direction of approach is irrelevant, and the ban is not limited to inside the penalty area.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

Any challenge is banned here regardless of grip tightness, so it is not fair game, the ban is not specific to shoulder charges only, and standing still does not change the outcome.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

The rule is tied specifically to hand/arm control, not foot control equally, not a rule that removes protection for hand control too, and not limited to inside the penalty area.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · recall

The combination gives an uninterrupted but capped period, not an unlimited one, not zero protection, and not an unrestricted right for opponents to challenge.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

The definition centres on threatening injury while playing the ball, not unfair goals, not being airborne, and not location inside a penalty area.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick – Playing in a Dangerous Manner) · recall

The definition explicitly includes the player's own safety, not just an opponent's, not just the goalkeeper's, and not just a team-mate's.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick – Playing in a Dangerous Manner) · recall

Preventing an opponent from playing the ball out of fear of injury is itself covered, so no actual contact or injury is needed, no complaint is required, and the absence of contact does not excuse it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick – Playing in a Dangerous Manner) · applied

A scissors or bicycle kick is permitted as long as it is not dangerous to an opponent, so proximity alone is not automatically dangerous, location makes no difference, and a genuinely safe attempt draws no free kick or caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick – Playing in a Dangerous Manner) · applied

Impeding without contact requires the ball to be out of playing distance for both, not within distance for both, unrelated to which half, and not tied to a specific official witnessing it directly.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick – Impeding the Progress of an Opponent Without Contact) · recall

Simply being in the way is not the same as moving into the way, so mere occupation of a spot is not automatically impeding, there is no ten-second rule, and a later complaint changes nothing.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick – Impeding the Progress of an Opponent Without Contact) · applied

Legal shielding needs the ball within playing distance and no holding off with arms/body, not the ball out of reach, not a facing-direction requirement, and not a prior foul against the shielding player.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick – Impeding the Progress of an Opponent Without Contact) · recall

This is exactly the legal shielding described, so it is not an offence in itself, is not limited to the final minute, and later contact does not retroactively make it illegal.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick – Impeding the Progress of an Opponent Without Contact) · applied

Being stationary and not deliberately causing contact is what makes blocking legitimate, not moving quickly at contact, not extending the arms, and not being the goalkeeper specifically.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick – Blocking an Opponent) · recall

All three balance a player's own freedom against an opponent's safety and space, so they are not punished identically in every case, are not limited to defenders, and are certainly related to safety and space.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §2 (Indirect Free Kick) · applied

The window runs from the pre-match inspection to leaving after the match ends, not just kick-off to final whistle, not tied to entering the technical area, and not limited to before half-time.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

The shoot-out is explicitly included, not excluded entirely, not limited to the coin toss, and discipline does not pause during it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

The referees can prevent the player from taking part, so this is not treated as having no power, is not resolved with an in-match-style red card, and is not left to a report alone.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

Other pre-match misconduct is reported, not carded on the spot, not simply ignored later, and not left to a captain to resolve.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

A pre-match caution is given verbally, not with a shown card as during the match, not a special separate card, and not privately through the coach alone.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

It must be reported after the match, not forgotten, not announced publicly beforehand, and not automatically converted into a shown card.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

Discipline covers a player or team official, on or off the pitch, not just a player on the pitch, not just a team official in the technical area, and not just a substitute already on.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

Yellow communicates a caution and red a sending-off, not the reverse, not a single shared colour, and not blue and yellow.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

Cards are limited to a player, substitute, or team official, not anyone present including spectators, not just players on the pitch, and not the captains representing their teams.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

Pre-match discipline exists but is softer, verbal cautions and reports rather than shown cards, so it is not powerless, not identical to in-match cards, and not left to the clubs.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

This in-match yellow is their first card, so it does not trigger a sending-off, is not counted as a second caution, and a card is still shown despite the earlier verbal warning.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

A verbal pre-match caution does not count toward this rule at all, so it is not equivalent to an in-match card, is not half a caution, and repetition of the same offence does not change this.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

Play must wait for the sanction, not restart immediately regardless, and this holds for a caution as well as a sending-off, not just one of the two.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

The named exception is a quick free kick with a clear scoring chance before the procedure begins, not a request from the offending team, not a time threshold, and not the officials' own schedule.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

The exception depends on the procedure not having started yet, so timing does matter, quick free kicks are not banned outright, and clarity of the chance alone is not enough once the procedure has begun.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

The sanction is administered at the next stoppage, not held until half-time, not held until full-time, and not left to the player's own request.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

A DOGSO offence delayed this way still draws a caution, not nothing, not conditional on a short delay, and not automatically upgraded to red.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

Interfering with or stopping a promising attack is not cautioned here, so it is not generally carded, does not escalate to red, and location inside the area makes no difference.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

Only the DOGSO case draws a caution, so it is not the promising-attack case instead, not both, and not neither.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

Both rules govern the timing and delivery of a sanction, not the match result, not substitute limits, and both clearly concern cards being shown.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

The card follows once the ball is next out of play, not immediately interrupting the advantage, not held until half-time, and the card is never cancelled by playing advantage.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

The outcome is a caution, not a sending-off, not no card at all, and not merely a verbal warning.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

This case is not cautioned, so it is not treated like DOGSO, does not escalate to a sending-off, and a resulting goal does not change the outcome.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

These four named categories are the exceptions, not every offence generally, not substitute-only offences, and not offences limited to inside the penalty area.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

A clear scoring opportunity is the one named exception, so advantage is not entirely barred for serious foul play, this exception is not limited to violent conduct, and the scoring chance does make the difference.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

The player must still be sent off once the ball is out of play, so advantage does not remove the sending-off, does not soften it to a caution, and it is not held back until half-time.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

Further involvement by the offender stops play immediately for the sending-off and an indirect free kick, so play does not simply continue, does not wait for the ball to go out naturally, and the restart is not a direct free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

A goal being scored lets a substitute replace the sent-off player, keeping the same number, not one fewer as in the no-goal case, not two fewer, and a replacement is indeed allowed.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

Without a goal, the team plays on one fewer, with no replacement, not the same number with a substitute, not two fewer, and advantage having been applied does not change this outcome.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

The holding continuing inside the area earns a penalty kick, not a free kick from where it started, not an indirect free kick, and the offence starting outside does not exempt it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

The players' list names six offences, not four, not ten, and not three.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Cautionable Offences) · recall

The named restarts are a dropped ball, corner kick, free kick, or kick-in, not a kick-off alone, not a goal clearance, and not limited to extra time.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Cautionable Offences) · recall

No fixed number or pattern is set, not exactly three in a half, not exactly five across the match, and not two within a minute.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Cautionable Offences) · recall

The substitutes' own list names four offences, not the same six-item players' list, not two, and not eight.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Cautionable Offences) · recall

Unsporting behaviour appears on both lists, unlike the restart-distance and persistent-offences items, which are players-only, and the two lists do share at least this item.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Cautionable Offences) · recall

Delaying the restart is named on both lists, not substitute-only, not player-only, and there is no one-minute threshold attached to it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Cautionable Offences) · applied

Two separate offences draw two separate cautions, even close together in time, not merged into one, not discarded down to none, and not reduced to only the more serious one.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Cautionable Offences) · applied

Timing does not merge two separate offences, so proximity does not reduce them to one, this does not depend on an official's discretion, and the less serious offence is not simply discarded.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Cautionable Offences) · recall

These are two distinct named offences, not the same offence renamed, both are genuinely cautionable, and this is not limited to substitutes over players.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Cautionable Offences) · recall

The players' list is longer, with two extra items not on the substitutes' list, not the reverse, not identical lists, and both lists do name unsporting behaviour.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Cautionable Offences) · applied

The verbal caution does not count toward the two-caution rule at all, so the two are not identical, the verbal one is not half a caution, and identity of the person makes no difference here.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

The advantage rule's DOGSO clause governs this, not the substitutes' cautionable list, not the pre-match discipline rule, and not the two-cautions rule.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

Both rules genuinely use the same DOGSO/promising-attack distinction, so it is not the advantage rule alone, not the delaying-restart rule alone, and both clearly do distinguish the two.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

Player-count consequences belong to the advantage rules, not the authority window, not the cautionable-offences lists, and not the first-caution rule.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

The referees' disciplinary authority runs from the moment they enter the pitch for the pre-match inspection until they leave it after the match, shoot-out included, and it covers team officials as well as players.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

This penalty kick outcome stands on its own, with no need for advantage to be running, no pending card required, and no requirement that the attacker was already clean through.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

The referees hold this discretion throughout, not the team captains, not the timekeeper, and not the fourth referee alone.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

The two ideas are genuinely separate, repetition versus counting distinct offences, so they are not the same rule twice, neither cancels the other, and the two-cautions rule is not limited to persistent cases.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

The recurring theme is how and when sanctions are delivered, not predicting which players get sent off, not substitute limits, and not goal validation, which belongs to Law 10.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · recall

Sending-off offences and DOGSO in full detail form their own part of disciplinary action, while authority, advantage and cautionable offences are the other three parts.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 (whole Law) · recall

Nine offences make up the sending-off list; any other total miscounts it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Sending-Off Offences) · recall

Biting or spitting is the named mouth-based offence, not serious foul play or violent conduct, not the language offence, and not handball.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Sending-Off Offences) · recall

A second caution in the same match is itself a sending-off offence, not a mere warning, not a reduction while the player stays on, and not something with no further consequence.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Sending-Off Offences) · recall

Violent conduct is defined around not challenging for the ball, unlike serious foul play, which is tied to a challenge, and unlike handball or persistent offences, which are different categories entirely.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Sending-Off Offences) · recall

Deliberately moving the goal to deny a goal is explicitly named alongside deliberate handball, so it is not merely cautionable, is not conditional on the shot's origin, and is genuinely named in the list.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Sending-Off Offences) · applied

They must leave the vicinity of both the pitch and the technical area, not forced specifically to the dressing room, not allowed to sit in the technical area, and not free to go anywhere in the stadium.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Sending-Off Offences) · recall

This exact combination, attempt to play the ball, free kick, movement toward goal, is named in the list, so it is not excused as an attempt, is not conditional on also being handball, and it is specifically the outside-the-area version.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Sending-Off Offences) · applied

Both the attempt and the non-attempt versions are separately named, so it is not just one or the other, and the list does make this distinction.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Sending-Off Offences) · recall

Both offences are named on the same sending-off list, not just one of them, and both genuinely appear on it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Sending-Off Offences) · applied

The list spans unfair goal denial, serious misconduct, and repeat cautions together, not just minor procedure, not just substitutes, and not just offences inside the area.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Sending-Off Offences) · applied

A deliberate handball DOGSO offence is sent off wherever it occurs, not just inside the area, not just outside it, and not tied to which half is being played.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · recall

This case draws only a caution, not the deliberate version's sending-off, not zero cards despite the penalty being awarded, and not a caution followed by an automatic sending-off.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · recall

Outside the area, this offence is a sending-off, not the same caution as inside the area, not left without any card, and a free kick is indeed still awarded.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · recall

Inside the area draws a caution and outside draws a sending-off, so the two are not identical either way, and the pairing is not reversed.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · applied

Deliberate handball DOGSO is a sending-off regardless of location, so being outside the area does not soften it, a card is still shown despite no penalty being possible, and it is not conditional on being inside the area too.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · applied

The non-deliberate outside-area case is itself a sending-off, so being accidental does not reduce it to a caution, does not remove the card entirely, and does not require a penalty kick that could not apply here.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · applied

Deliberate versus non-deliberate is the deciding factor, not whether the offender was the goalkeeper, not normal time versus extra time, and not any official's personal impression.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · recall

Only the non-deliberate version depends on location, so it is not the deliberate version instead, not both equally, and not neither.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · applied

The penalty kick and the caution both apply together, so the caution does not replace the penalty, does not require a later upgrade, and it is a penalty kick, not merely a free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · recall

Ignoring location is what makes the deliberate version simpler, not ignoring intent, which is central to both, and the two are not equally simple, nor is the non-deliberate version the simpler one.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · applied

A genuine attempt to play the ball or challenge for it earns the lighter caution, not a first-half timing rule, not a goalkeeper exception, and not the scoreline.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · recall

The named examples are holding, pulling, pushing, and no real chance to play the ball, not handball specifically, not verbal offences specifically, and not limited to substitutes.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · recall

No genuine attempt to play the ball means a sending-off, so the penalty kick alone does not soften it to a caution or remove the card entirely, and the outcome of the penalty kick does not change this.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · applied

A genuine attempt to play the ball keeps this at a caution, so denying the opportunity does not escalate it, the attempt does not excuse the offence entirely, and the penalty's outcome makes no difference.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · applied

The six named factors are distance, direction, control likelihood, defender numbers, guarded status, and attacker numbers, not the scoreline or crowd, not distance alone, and not tied to the goalkeeper committing the offence.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · recall

Guarded specifically means the goalkeeper inside the triangle formed by the posts and the ball, not anywhere on the pitch, not a defender standing in for the goalkeeper, and not tied to a prior save.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · recall

An unguarded goal or more attackers than defenders make DOGSO more likely, not a guarded goal or more defenders, not extra time or a level score, and not who specifically committed it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · recall

A guarded goal does not by itself rule out DOGSO, so it is not an automatic exclusion, an unguarded goal is not the only way DOGSO can happen, and the goalkeeper touching the ball is not the deciding factor.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · applied

An unguarded goal alone does not automatically make it DOGSO, so it is not a guarantee regardless of everything else, a guarded goal is not the only route to DOGSO, and handball involvement is not required.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · applied

The factors are weighed together as a judgement, not a checklist requiring every factor, not one where only the first matters, and they are indeed meant to be used together.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · applied

This specific case draws no card at all, just the penalty kick, not a yellow card, not a red card, and not two yellow cards.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Summary Table) · recall

Outside the area this becomes a yellow card, not no sanction, not a red card, and not a bare verbal warning.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Summary Table) · recall

The penalty is joined by a caution here; a sending-off, zero cards, and a double caution all miss the mark.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Summary Table) · recall

This case escalates to red outside the area, so location does matter here, it does not drop to no sanction, and it is a full sending-off, not merely an unsporting-behaviour caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Summary Table) · applied

Yellow applies on both sides of the area line for this deliberate stopping handball; no sanction, red-inside, and red-everywhere are wrong.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Summary Table) · recall

A goal-denying deliberate handball is red on both sides of the line, so neither yellow variant fits.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Summary Table) · recall

This specific case draws no card at all, not a yellow card, not a red card, and not an unsporting-behaviour caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Summary Table) · applied

Outside the area, denying a goal this way is a red card, not a yellow card, not no sanction, and not a delayed upgrade.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Summary Table) · applied

Without any attempt at the ball, a merely interfering physical offence stays yellow wherever it occurs; neither no sanction nor red applies.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Summary Table) · applied

Denying a goal or clear opportunity, rather than just interfering, is what consistently pushes the card toward red, not the period, not substitute status, and not the shoot-out.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Summary Table) · applied

Serious foul play is defined by endangering safety or excessive force, not any tackle regardless of those, not simply losing the ball, and not tied to which half it happened in.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Serious Foul Play) · recall

All three directions, front, side, and behind, are named, not behind alone, not front alone, and not side alone.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Serious Foul Play) · recall

Violent conduct is specifically for when not challenging for the ball, unlike serious foul play, so it is not the reverse, not both tied to challenging, and challenging for the ball is directly relevant to this distinction.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Violent Conduct) · recall

Violent conduct can target any other person, not just an opponent, not just a match official, and not just a team-mate.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Violent Conduct) · recall

Violent conduct does not require contact, so an attempt alone is enough, camera evidence is not a requirement, and an unsuccessful attempt is not automatically downgraded.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Violent Conduct) · applied

Violent conduct can occur on or off the pitch and regardless of the ball being in play, not only on the pitch during live play, not only off the pitch after the match, and not only during a stoppage.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Violent Conduct) · recall

Without a clear scoring chance, advantage should not be applied for violent conduct, so it is not applied regardless, the player is still sent off despite this, and severity is not the deciding factor here.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Violent Conduct) · applied

The senior coach present receives the sanction, so it is not left unsanctioned, not spread across every substitute, and not automatically the captain regardless of position.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · recall

The team's player count is reduced in line with Law 3, so it does not stay the same, does not increase for the opponents, and is not conditional on the offence being deliberate handball specifically.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – DOGSO) · applied

Matching card severity to offence severity is the shared thread, not the match result, not substitution procedure, and all three plainly do relate to cards.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action) · applied

Low-level conduct normally draws a warning first, rising to a card only if repeated or blatant.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · recall

Respectful entry sits on the warning list, and only repeated or blatant cases climb higher.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · recall

Ignoring an instruction is a warning-list item, while the other behaviours are heavier offences.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

Occasional exits with no further offence are the classic warning case, not a card.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

Occasional exits are warnings, but clear and persistent disregard moves the offence up to a caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · recall

A calm but deliberate entry is cautionable, whereas an aggressive entry would be a sending-off.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

Sarcastic clapping is the Law's own example of dissent shown by action, which is cautionable.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

Persistent card gestures are a listed caution item for officials, sitting below any sending-off.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · recall

Repetition is itself the trigger, because persistent unacceptable behaviour appears on the caution list.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

The dividing line is severity and repetition, not who the person is or when in the match it happens.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

The Law names three groups, substitutes, sent-off players and team officials, as coming from the technical area.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · recall

Interfering with the opponents' restart is a listed sending-off item, harsher than delaying their own team's.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

Leaving the technical area on purpose to show dissent is a named sending-off offence for officials.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

Tone decides this one: calm entry is a caution while a confrontational entry is a sending-off.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

Deliberately throwing or kicking an object onto the pitch is on the sending-off list, unlike the milder behaviours.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

The Law names half-time and full-time explicitly, so a pause in play offers no protection.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

Entering to interfere with play, an opposing player or a match official is on the sending-off list.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

Unauthorised equipment, and inappropriate behaviour resulting from it, appears on the sending-off list.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · recall

The wording covers any other person, so the target's identity does not soften the sending-off.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

Each of those items appears on the team-official sending-off list, so none is a mere warning or caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §3 (Disciplinary Action – Team Officials) · applied

Out-of-play offences do not change the restart, which simply follows the earlier decision.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

Against an opponent, the type of offence decides between an indirect, direct or penalty restart.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

Against a team-mate, only the direct free kick or penalty kick applies, not the indirect option.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

Every verbal offence, whoever it targets, is an indirect free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

Because words are involved, the restart is indirect, whatever role the target holds.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

Playing the ball with a held object is treated as a direct-free-kick offence, or a penalty inside the area.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

The Law lists team-mates, substitutes, sent-off players, team officials and match officials together.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

Bench-side direct-free-kick offences still add one accumulated foul to the team's tally.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

Team-mate offences lose the indirect option, so the two sets of restarts are not identical.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

Only verbal offences carry the blanket indirect penalty, whereas the other three are direct-free-kick matters.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

Off-pitch offences restart from the closest point on the boundary line.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

Two conditions must combine: a direct-free-kick offence, and a nearest point on the offender's own end-line section.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

Interference by a sent-off player is handled like other off-pitch offences, with a free kick from the closest boundary point.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

Offences between bench-side people are not free-kick matters, so play resumes with a dropped ball.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

The dropped ball is reserved for offences among substitutes, sent-off players and team officials.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

Against their own side, the restart is indirect and taken from the boundary line nearest the offence.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

The penalty-kick exception does not apply between team-mates, so the indirect free kick remains.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

Both requirements are satisfied together here, so the free kick is upgraded, whereas the other outcomes ignore that.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

On a touchline the penalty exception is unavailable, so the free kick is taken where the boundary is nearest.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

The three restarts are free kick, penalty kick and dropped ball, whereas cards are sanctions and not restarts.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

Reckless throwing or kicking of an object draws a caution for unsporting behaviour.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

Excessive force turns the offence into violent conduct, which is a sending-off.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

The restart is placed where the object hit, or would have hit, the target.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

The strike position governs, and one inside the offender's area converts the direct free kick into a penalty.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

A strike position outside the lines is relocated to the closest boundary spot.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

Bench-side throwers are penalised with a direct free kick at the point of interference.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

The rule targets the people around the pitch: substitutes, sent-off players, players temporarily off and team officials.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

An offence against an outside agent results in a dropped ball, with one exception covered next.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · recall

Leaving without permission is itself penalised, with an indirect free kick from the point of exit.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied

Bench-side offences and outside-agent offences resume with a dropped ball, but other off-pitch offences give free kicks.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 12 §4 (Restart of Play after Fouls and Misconduct) · applied