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Futsal · Laws of the Game

Law 3: The Players

5 parts · 25 tests · 250 facts · updated 12 October 2026 · markdown

Law 3 governs everything about who may play: squad size and the minimum to start or resume, substitution numbers and procedure, warming up, changing the goalkeeper, offences and sanctions around substitutions, sent-off players and numerical-reduction scoring rules, extra persons on the pitch, improper re-entry, and the team captain.

3.31Squad size, substitutions and the team list

How many players a futsal team fields and the minimum needed to start or resume, how many substitutes and substitutions are allowed across official competitions, national 'A' team matches and other matches, submitting the pre-match list of players and substitutes, and the substitute warm-up cap.

Test 1Number of players on the pitchTake a test

  1. A futsal team fields a maximum of five players, one of them the goalkeeper.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · recall

  2. Law 3 sets three players as the minimum needed to start or resume a match.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · recall

  3. Referees are not obliged to stop play for this and may let the advantage run.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · applied

  4. The match must not resume after the ball leaves play unless the team has its minimum three.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · recall

  5. Only already-named players and substitutes may take part upon arrival in this situation.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · applied

  6. Law 3 requires one of the five players to be the goalkeeper, without exception.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · recall

  7. Five is the maximum and three the minimum, a gap of two players.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · applied

  8. Law 3 ties this rule to players deliberately leaving, not any reduction below three.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · applied

  9. The resumption bar applies from the moment the ball goes out of play, not before.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · recall

  10. Law 3 bounds the pitch squad between three and five players.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · recall

Test 2Substitutes: how many, and under what rulesTake a test

  1. Law 3 places no limit on the number of substitutions during a match.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · recall

  2. Official competitions cap the substitute count at nine.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · recall

  3. Competition rules must state how many substitutes may be named, up to the cap of nine.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · recall

  4. Unofficial national 'A' team matches allow up to ten substitutes.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · recall

  5. A higher substitute count needs both teams' agreement and advance notice to the referees.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · applied

  6. Without agreement or notice, the default cap for other matches is ten substitutes.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · recall

  7. Ten is exactly one more than the official-competition figure of nine.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · applied

  8. The number of swaps has no limit, while the number of eligible substitutes does.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · applied

  9. The nine-substitute cap is scoped to FIFA, confederation, or national-association competitions.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · recall

  10. Law 3 sets distinct substitute limits for official competitions, national 'A' team matches, and all other matches.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · applied

Test 3Naming the squad before kick-offTake a test

  1. Names must be submitted to the referees before the match starts, in every match.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §3 (Submission of list of players and substitutes) · recall

  2. Law 3 states this requirement applies in all matches, without exception.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §3 (Submission of list of players and substitutes) · recall

  3. Law 3 allows naming players and substitutes whether or not they are present at that time.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §3 (Submission of list of players and substitutes) · recall

  4. An unlisted player or substitute is barred from taking part in the match entirely.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §3 (Submission of list of players and substitutes) · recall

  5. Section 3 sets a baseline for every match; section 1's clause is a narrower, competition-specific case.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1, §3 (Number of players; submission of the list) · applied

  6. Section 2's headcount and section 3's listing requirement both apply together, not as alternatives.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2, §3 (Substitutes; submission of the list) · applied

  7. Being unlisted bars participation regardless of when the person later arrives.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §3 (Submission of list of players and substitutes) · applied

  8. Ten is the highest figure, covering national 'A' team matches and the no-agreement default for other matches.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · applied

  9. Nine belongs to official competitions specifically, while national 'A' teams get one more.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · applied

  10. Sections 1-3 establish squad size, substitute limits and the pre-match list before any mechanics.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1, §2, §3 (Number of players; substitutes; the list) · applied

Test 4Putting squad numbers togetherTake a test

  1. Law 3 caps simultaneous substitute warm-ups at five per team.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §5 (Warming up) · recall

  2. Both figures happen to be five, though they govern different things.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1, §5 (Number of players; warming up) · applied

  3. Even with nine substitutes named, only five may warm up simultaneously.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2, §5 (Substitutes; warming up) · applied

  4. Five players on the pitch plus nine substitutes totals fourteen squad members.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1, §2 (Number of players; substitutes) · applied

  5. Three is as few as a squad can be while still being allowed to start.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · applied

  6. Three named, present players satisfy Law 3's stated minimum to start.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · applied

  7. Substitutions (the act of swapping) are unlimited; the substitute headcount is not.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · applied

  8. Only the 'other matches' default of ten can be raised further by agreement and advance notice; the other two are fixed caps.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · applied

  9. Law 3's warm-up cap names only substitutes; a fitness coach appears in a different Law 1 clause instead.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §5 (Warming up) · applied

  10. These four sections together define who may be part of the squad, before the substitution mechanics begin.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1, §2, §3, §5 (Squad and list sections) · applied

Test 5Applying the squad and substitute rulesTake a test

  1. Referees may let advantage run, but the match cannot resume below three once the ball leaves play.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · applied

  2. Being named on the list in advance is what actually allows someone to join, not simply showing up.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · applied

  3. Falling below the three-player minimum bars resumption once play next stops.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · applied

  4. Outside official competitions, a higher number is allowed by agreement and advance notice.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · applied

  5. Ten stands as the fallback whenever teams skip the agreement-and-notice step.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · applied

  6. Appearing on the list beforehand is the only route to being eligible to play.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §3 (Submission of list of players and substitutes) · applied

  7. Law 3 caps simultaneous warm-up at five, regardless of how many substitutes are named.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §5 (Warming up) · applied

  8. Law 3 insists the goalkeeper role be filled by one specific member of the five.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players) · applied

  9. Law 3 requires the competition rules themselves to state the number, up to the cap of nine.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes) · applied

  10. Squad size, substitute limits and warm-up numbers all hinge on the pre-match naming of the squad.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1, §2, §3, §5 (Squad and list sections) · applied

3.32The substitution procedure and changing the goalkeeper

The step-by-step procedure for a substitution (leaving and entering via the substitution zone, when it is completed, what an incomplete substitute may not do), the one timing exception of a timeout, and the two routes for changing the goalkeeper: a substitute swapping in freely, or an on-pitch player swapping in only at a stoppage with prior notice.

Test 1The substitution procedure: leaving and enteringTake a test

  1. A substitution may happen at any time, regardless of whether the ball is in play.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  2. The departing player normally leaves via their own team's substitution zone.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  3. Law 3 states the departing player does not need referee permission to leave.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  4. The referees do not need to separately authorise a substitute's entry onto the pitch.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  5. The substitute may only enter once the replaced player has already left the pitch.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  6. The substitute enters via their own team's substitution zone.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  7. The substitution is complete once the substitute has handed the bib to the player going off and has fully entered the pitch through their own team's substitution zone.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  8. In that specific case, the bib is handed to the third referee rather than the replaced player.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  9. Completion flips their status: the substitute becomes a player, and vice versa.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  10. Law 3 allows permission to be refused, e.g. when the substitute's equipment is not in order.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · applied

Test 2The substitution procedure: authority, timing and incomplete swapsTake a test

  1. A timeout is the one stated moment when a substitution may not be made.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  2. An incomplete substitute cannot restart play by taking a kick-in, free kick or similar.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  3. Law 3 explicitly allows a replaced player to take further part in the match.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  4. Every substitute falls under the referees' authority and jurisdiction, called upon or not.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  5. Law 3's 'at any time' wording covers the ball being in or out of play alike.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · applied

  6. Only a substitute who has completed the procedure may restart play for their team.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · applied

  7. The departing player's exit is unconditional, while the substitution as a whole can still be refused.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · applied

  8. The stated exception is the timeout itself, not any period following it.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · applied

  9. Law 3 names those five kicks and receiving a dropped ball as the restarts an incomplete substitute cannot be involved in.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

  10. A timeout is the sole named exception to the otherwise unrestricted substitution timing.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · recall

Test 3Changing the goalkeeperTake a test

  1. A substitute may change places with the goalkeeper without any prior notice to the referees.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · recall

  2. A substitute-for-goalkeeper swap needs no stoppage at all.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · recall

  3. Law 3 permits any player on the pitch to swap with the goalkeeper, under conditions.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · recall

  4. Unlike a substitute, an on-pitch player must swap with the goalkeeper during a stoppage.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · recall

  5. An on-pitch player must inform the referees before making this change.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · recall

  6. Only the on-pitch player's swap carries a notice requirement; the substitute's does not.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  7. Whoever takes over as goalkeeper must wear a keeper's shirt with their own number.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · recall

  8. Competition rules may additionally require a flying goalkeeper to match the main keeper's colour.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  9. Law 3's own wording makes this an optional addition for competition rules, not a base requirement.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  10. The substitute swap is unrestricted; the on-pitch player's swap requires a stoppage and prior notice.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

Test 4Putting the substitution and goalkeeper rules togetherTake a test

  1. An on-pitch player and the goalkeeper simply swap roles on the pitch, at a stoppage and after telling the referees; a substitute who takes over in goal is making a substitution and comes on through the zone like anyone else.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4, §6 (Substitution procedure; changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  2. The section 6 swap is a change of roles between two players already on the pitch, done at a stoppage once the referees know; the zone is for substitutions, which is what a substitute going in goal is making.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4, §6 (Substitution procedure; changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  3. Advance notice is the on-pitch player's extra step; the substitute skips it entirely.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  4. A stoppage is required only on the player's route in; the substitute's route skips that step.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  5. Law 3's shirt requirement applies to anyone taking the goalkeeper's role, without a time limit.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  6. Law 3 itself only allows competition rules to add this requirement; it does not impose it directly.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  7. Section 6 describes no bib-handover step for either goalkeeper-swap route.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4, §6 (Substitution procedure; changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  8. The on-pitch player's goalkeeper swap has its own, separate notice requirement.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4, §6 (Substitution procedure; changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  9. Section 4 swaps a player for a substitute; section 6 swaps roles among those already involved.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4, §6 (Substitution procedure; changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  10. The flying-goalkeeper concept is introduced in section 6's colour-rule clause.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · recall

Test 5Applying the substitution and goalkeeper rulesTake a test

  1. Jumping the queue like this breaks the leave-then-enter sequence Law 3 sets out.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · applied

  2. A kick-in is simply the ball being out of play, which does not bar a substitution.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · applied

  3. Timeouts are the single named moment when a substitution may not be made.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · applied

  4. Faulty kit is exactly the kind of issue that can hold up a substitution.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · applied

  5. An incomplete substitute is barred from restarting play, corner kicks included.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure) · applied

  6. Skipping the stoppage-and-notice step is exactly what an on-pitch player isn't allowed to do.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  7. This route is built to be quick, with no waiting and no announcement required.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  8. The numbered goalkeeper shirt identifies the role, whoever is filling it at the time.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  9. Without a competition rule adding it, the same-colour requirement simply does not apply.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper) · applied

  10. Both sets of rules exist to keep clear who is legitimately playing, and in which role, at any moment.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4, §6 (Substitution procedure; changing the goalkeeper) · applied

3.33Substitution offences, improper re-entry, and the team captain

The named offences around a substitution going wrong (a substitute entering too early or from the wrong zone, a replaced player leaving improperly, and any other offence), what happens when a player re-enters the pitch without the referee's required permission, and the team captain's armband and limited responsibility.

Test 1Substitute offences during a substitutionTake a test

  1. Entering before the replaced player has left brings a stoppage and a caution for the substitute.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  2. Entering from the wrong place brings the same stoppage-and-caution treatment as entering too early.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  3. Referees can delay stopping play if the advantage can be applied first.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  4. The offending substitute is both cautioned and ordered off the pitch.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  5. The restart for this offence is an indirect free kick to the opposing side.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  6. A further offence is handled under the dedicated guidance for Law 3 in the Practical Guidelines.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  7. Law 3 names them as two distinct scenarios, both leading to the same caution-and-restart outcome.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  8. The indirect free kick goes to the team opposing the offending substitute's side.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  9. Law 3 does not scale the sanction by how early the entry was; the same outcome applies.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  10. Section 7 names exactly these two substitute-entry offences.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

Test 2Replaced-player offences and other offencesTake a test

  1. An improper exit by the replaced player brings a stoppage and a caution for that player.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  2. Leaving improperly gets the same indirect-kick treatment as an improper entry.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  3. Section 7 treats an improper exit as its own distinct offence from the entry offences.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  4. Unnamed 'other offences' still draw a caution for the players involved.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  5. Even 'other offences' restart with the same indirect free kick to the opposing team.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  6. All three offence categories in section 7 share the same indirect-free-kick restart.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  7. Section 7's own wording hands further complications to the Practical Guidelines rather than escalating the sanction itself.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  8. Advantage may be applied here just as it can for the entry offences.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  9. This particular caution targets the departing player, since they caused the improper exit.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  10. Section 7 groups substitution offences into these three categories.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

Test 3Improper re-entryTake a test

  1. This offence is specifically about re-entering without the referee permission that was required.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · recall

  2. A stoppage isn't automatic here either, when there's no interference or advantage can run.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · applied

  3. Improper re-entry draws a caution for the offending player.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · recall

  4. Interference outside the penalty area brings a direct free kick from where it happened.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · recall

  5. Interference inside the offender's own penalty area upgrades the restart to a penalty kick.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · recall

  6. A foul is accumulated here, with the one stated exception of a penalty kick being awarded instead.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · applied

  7. With no interference, the restart is simply an indirect free kick.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · recall

  8. Law 3 explicitly excludes incidental boundary crossings during play from being an offence.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · recall

  9. Re-entry after leaving under permission-requiring circumstances differs from simply crossing a line during play.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · applied

  10. Section 11's outcome depends on interference and location: direct kick, penalty, or indirect kick.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · applied

Test 4The team captain, and comparing offences across sectionsTake a test

  1. Law 3 requires each team to have a captain.

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

  2. The captain is identified by wearing an armband.

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

  3. Law 3 explicitly denies the captain any special status or privileges.

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

  4. The captain retains a degree of responsibility for how the team behaves.

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

  5. Both the armband and the goalkeeper shirt exist so officials and players can identify a role at a glance.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6, §12 (Changing the goalkeeper; team captain) · applied

  6. Section 7's restart never changes, while section 11's depends on interference and location.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7, §11 (Offences and sanctions; improper re-entry) · applied

  7. Only section 11 distinguishes a penalty-area location for its restart; section 7 does not.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7, §11 (Offences and sanctions; improper re-entry) · applied

  8. The armband belongs specifically to section 12's team-captain rule.

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

  9. Both sections use a caution as their standard sanction for the offending player.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7, §11 (Offences and sanctions; improper re-entry) · applied

  10. Together these sections keep substitutions, re-entries and team leadership orderly and accountable.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7, §11, §12 (Offences; improper re-entry; team captain) · applied

Test 5Applying the offence, re-entry and captain rulesTake a test

  1. This is the early-entry offence: a stoppage (advantage aside) and a caution for the substitute.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  2. Entering from the technical area is still the wrong place, drawing the standard caution.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  3. Leaving via an unprovided-for exit point draws a caution and the standard indirect-kick restart.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  4. Being outside the box keeps this at the direct-free-kick level.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · applied

  5. Crossing into the box is what escalates this restart to a penalty kick.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · applied

  6. Incidental boundary crossing during a playing movement is explicitly not an offence.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry) · applied

  7. Every team must have a captain, identified by an armband, at every match.

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

  8. The captain's armband carries no special authority over teammates.

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

  9. Law 3 gives the captain a degree of responsibility for the team's overall behaviour.

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

  10. Section 12 is purely about identifying and defining the captain's role, with no fouls or restarts involved.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7, §11, §12 (Offences; improper re-entry; team captain) · applied

3.34Sent-off players and numerical reduction

What happens to a player or a named substitute who is sent off, before or after kick-off, the two-minute numerical reduction that follows a post-kick-off sending-off, and the full set of early-goal exceptions that can shorten or leave unchanged a team's numerical disadvantage.

Test 1Before kick-off: sent-off players and their replacementsTake a test

  1. A player sent off before the list is submitted may not appear on it at all, in any role.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  2. This player may be replaced by one of the named substitutes.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  3. Once used to replace the sent-off player, that substitute cannot themselves be replaced.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  4. A named substitute who is sent off is simply removed from the squad with no replacement.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  5. Law 3 applies the same outcome to a sent-off named substitute regardless of timing.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  6. Being sent off before the list even exists is treated more strictly than being sent off afterward.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  7. The replacement chain stops after one step; the replacement cannot be replaced in turn.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  8. Both named scenarios here are scoped to before kick-off.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  9. A named player gets one replacement; a named substitute gets none at all.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  10. Section 8 names exactly these two pre-kick-off sending-off scenarios.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

Test 2After kick-off: replacing a sent-off playerTake a test

  1. A substitute may come on for a player sent off after kick-off, but only after a two-minute wait.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  2. The two minutes are the team's own period of playing a player short.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  3. Entry after the reduction needs authorisation from the timekeeper or the third referee.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  4. Simply reaching the two-minute mark is not enough; authorisation is still required.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  5. An early goal triggers a separate set of conditions rather than the plain two-minute rule.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  6. Law 3 names only the goal-scoring exceptions as ways to shorten the reduction.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  7. The immediate pre-kick-off replacement gives way to the two-minute wait once the match is under way.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  8. Only a sending-off after kick-off carries the two-minute waiting period.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  9. Authorisation from the timekeeper or third referee is the final step before entry.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  10. Both the time period and the authorisation step must be satisfied together.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

Test 3Numerical reduction: when the majority team scores earlyTake a test

  1. When the majority team scores early in a 5-v-4 game, the team of four may gain a player.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  2. The same early-goal increase applies to a 4-v-3 game as to a 5-v-4 one.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  3. Law 3 groups both 5-v-4 and 4-v-3 under one identical early-goal increase rule.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  4. A 5-v-3 early goal by the majority team increases the minority side by exactly one, not more.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  5. The team of three rises to four, leaving the match at five against four.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  6. 5-v-4 rises to 5-v-5, but 5-v-3 only rises to 5-v-4, short of full parity.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  7. The early-goal increase is conditioned on the majority team being the one that scores.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  8. Section 8 names 5-v-4, 4-v-3 and 5-v-3 as the matchups where a goal by the larger team lets the smaller one add a player; with 5-v-3 the addition is one player only.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  9. Without an early goal, the ordinary two-minute reduction simply runs its course.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  10. In both named cases, it is specifically the majority team's goal that triggers the increase.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

Test 4Numerical reduction: both sides short, or the minority scoresTake a test

  1. When both teams are already reduced, an early goal does not shorten either reduction.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  2. Law 3 groups both three-a-side and four-a-side mutual reductions under one rule.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  3. Each team's reduction runs the same standard two minutes, regardless of the other team's situation.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  4. A goal by the minority team does not by itself change either team's player count.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

  5. A later goal by the majority team, still inside the two minutes, brings the usual increase rule into play.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  6. Once the majority team scores within the window, the standard increase rule takes effect.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  7. Only a goal by the team already holding the majority can trigger an early numbers change.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  8. Unlike the majority-scores rule, the both-reduced rule never shortens either reduction early.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  9. Neither the both-reduced case nor a minority-team goal changes the numbers early.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  10. Across every named scenario, only a majority-team goal ever produces an immediate change.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

Test 5Applying the sent-off and numerical-reduction rulesTake a test

  1. Two minutes of playing time passed and the required authorisation was obtained, exactly as Law 3 describes.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  2. Being sent off before the list exists bars naming that person in any role whatsoever.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  3. The 5-v-3 early-goal rule raises the minority side by exactly one, to four.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  4. The 5-v-4 early-goal rule restores the minority side fully, to five.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  5. With both teams already reduced, neither is restored early regardless of who scores.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  6. Team B is the minority side here, so its own goal cannot trigger the early-increase rule.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  7. Team A's own goal, coming from the majority side, now triggers the usual increase for Team B.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  8. A sent-off named substitute is removed from the match entirely, with no route back on.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  9. Even with no goal involved, authorisation from the timekeeper or third referee is still required.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · applied

  10. Section 8 is specifically the one covering sent-off players and the resulting numerical reduction.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off) · recall

3.35Extra persons on the pitch, and a goal scored with one

Who counts as a team official or an outside agent, when referees must stop play for an extra person entering the pitch and how play restarts depending on who interfered, and the full set of rules for a goal scored while an extra person was on the pitch, from the lenient no-prevention case through to the scoring-team, conceding-team and outside-agent disallow-or-allow scenarios.

Test 1Extra persons: definitions and when play stopsTake a test

  1. Team officials are the coach and other officials named on the team list.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · recall

  2. An outside agent is simply anyone with no named role on the team list.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · recall

  3. Section 9 lists exactly these four categories as potential extra persons.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · recall

  4. Section 9 explicitly excepts a substitute going through the proper substitution procedure.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · applied

  5. A stoppage only follows if the extra person actually interferes with play.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · recall

  6. The extra person is removed from the pitch once play stops for their interference.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · recall

  7. Referees must also take whatever disciplinary action is appropriate.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · recall

  8. Both are named among the four categories that section 9 treats as an extra person.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · applied

  9. Once the procedure is broken, the substitute's presence falls under section 9 as well.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · applied

  10. Presence alone is not enough; interference with play is what triggers the stoppage.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · applied

Test 2Extra persons: restart and reportingTake a test

  1. This interference restarts with a direct free kick or penalty kick, and a foul is accumulated.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · recall

  2. The one stated exception is when a penalty kick is the actual outcome.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · applied

  3. Outside-agent interference restarts with a dropped ball, unlike the team-affiliated cases.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · recall

  4. The restart genuinely differs between an outside agent and a team-affiliated person.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · applied

  5. Section 9 gives a direct free kick or a penalty kick for interference by a team official, substitute or sent-off player; as with any direct-free-kick offence, it is a penalty kick when it happens inside the offending team's own penalty area.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · applied

  6. Section 9 requires referees to report the incident to the appropriate authorities.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · recall

  7. The reporting requirement is stated generally, covering both kinds of interference.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · applied

  8. One route keeps the foul with the officiating team; the other hands the restart over entirely.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · recall

  9. Both section 9 and section 11 accumulate a foul except in the specific case of a penalty kick.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9, §11 (Extra persons; improper re-entry) · applied

  10. A dropped ball, unlike a direct free kick or penalty, carries no foul accumulation.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch) · applied

Test 3A goal involving an extra person: the lenient case and timingTake a test

  1. The goal stands here because the defender was not actually prevented from playing the ball.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  2. Law 3 explicitly allows the goal even where the ball touched the extra person.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  3. Interference coming from the attacking side removes the leniency that otherwise applies.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  4. A defender still reaching the ball is what keeps this goal on the scoreboard.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

  5. Once play has restarted, it is simply too late to disallow that earlier goal.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  6. Restarting play after the goal is the specific moment that closes off disallowing it.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

  7. Even though the goal stands, the extra person must still be dealt with if still present.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  8. Law 3 leaves the exact restart to whichever of a dropped ball or free kick fits the situation.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  9. The same reporting duty to the authorities applies here as well.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

  10. Regardless of the goal's fate, play stopping and the person's removal both always happen.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

Test 4A goal disallowed: the scoring team's own extra personTake a test

  1. A scoring team's own interfering extra person means the goal is disallowed.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  2. The restart is a direct free kick taken from where the extra person interfered.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  3. For an offence by someone from the scoring side, interference inside that team's own penalty area turns the direct free kick into a penalty kick.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  4. The same accumulate-except-penalty pattern applies here as elsewhere in Law 3.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

  5. Law 3 names all four roles together for this particular disallow rule.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  6. Interference is the stated condition; presence alone does not trigger this rule.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

  7. The restart location follows the same where-it-happened logic used for fouls generally.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

  8. A substitute is one of the four named roles this disallow rule explicitly covers.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

  9. This rule is specifically about the scoring side's own extra person.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

  10. Outside the penalty area, the restart stays a direct free kick rather than upgrading.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

Test 5A goal allowed, or disallowed for an outside agentTake a test

  1. Diverting the ball in is treated as interference, disallowing the goal with a dropped-ball restart.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  2. Preventing a defender from playing the ball is treated identically to diverting it into the goal.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  3. Both outside-agent scenarios share the same dropped-ball restart.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  4. Being affiliated with the conceding team means the goal stands, unlike the scoring team's case.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  5. Unlike the scoring team's version of this rule, no interference condition is attached here.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

  6. Without actual interference, an outside agent's mere presence does not disallow the goal.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  7. Removal from the pitch is constant across every one of these scenarios.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · recall

  8. Interference is a stated condition only for the scoring team's own extra person.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

  9. Nothing here changed the play, so the goal stands untouched.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

  10. Actual interference with play is the recurring factor across almost every scenario in section 10.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch) · applied

Sources

FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Law, not reproduced)

  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §8 (Players and substitutes sent off)50
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §10 (Goal scored with an extra person on the pitch)30
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4 (Substitution procedure)25
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7 (Offences and sanctions)23
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6 (Changing the goalkeeper)19
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9 (Extra persons on the pitch)19
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2 (Number of substitutions and substitutes)17
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1 (Number of players)16
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §11 (Improper re-entry)13
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §12 (Team captain)8
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §3 (Submission of list of players and substitutes)6
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §4, §6 (Substitution procedure; changing the goalkeeper)6
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §5 (Warming up)3
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7, §11 (Offences and sanctions; improper re-entry)3
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1, §2, §3, §5 (Squad and list sections)2
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §7, §11, §12 (Offences; improper re-entry; team captain)2
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1, §3 (Number of players; submission of the list)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2, §3 (Substitutes; submission of the list)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1, §2, §3 (Number of players; substitutes; the list)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1, §5 (Number of players; warming up)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §2, §5 (Substitutes; warming up)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §1, §2 (Number of players; substitutes)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §6, §12 (Changing the goalkeeper; team captain)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 3 §9, §11 (Extra persons; improper re-entry)1