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Law 4: The Players' Equipment

2 parts · 10 tests · 100 facts · updated 12 October 2026 · markdown

Law 4 covers what a futsal player may and must wear: the general safety principle and the ban on jewellery, the five compulsory items and the captain's armband, what happens when footwear or a shinguard is lost in play, the colour rules that keep the two teams, the goalkeepers and the technical area distinct, permitted protective and electronic equipment including EPTS, the ban on slogans and undisclosed advertising, the procedure for leaving the pitch to correct a kit fault, and the numbering of players.

4.41Safety, compulsory equipment and colours

The general safety principle and the jewellery ban, the pre-match and pre-entry inspection and what follows when a player will not comply, the five compulsory items and the captain's armband, what happens to a goal scored before a lost boot or shinguard is replaced, and the colour rules covering the two teams, the goalkeepers, undershirts, undershorts and the technical area.

Test 1Safety, jewellery and the pitch inspectionTake a test

  1. Law 4 opens with a single safety principle: a player must not use or wear anything dangerous. It does not require medical approval, a certificate or colour-matched boots.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1 (Safety) · recall

  2. The Law names necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings, leather bands and rubber bands as examples of jewellery that must be removed. Watches, tattoos and keys are not part of that list.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1 (Safety) · recall

  3. Covering jewellery with tape is explicitly not accepted as a substitute for removing it. There is no exception by item type or after a medical check.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1 (Safety) · applied

  4. The Law requires the players and the substitutes to be inspected before the match starts. Neither group is exempt, and the check does not extend to the technical area's staff.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1 (Safety) · recall

  5. The required first step is to order the player to remove the item. Leaving the pitch only follows if the player is unable or unwilling to comply, and the decision does not rest with the opposing captain.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1 (Safety) · applied

  6. When a player cannot comply straight away, Law 4 has them leave at the next stoppage rather than forcing an immediate halt or cautioning someone who is willing but simply cannot free the item yet.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1 (Safety) · applied

  7. Refusing to comply with the order is itself cautionable. The caution goes to the player who refused, not the captain, and there is no four-minute-suspension provision in Law 4.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1 (Safety) · applied

  8. Wearing the item again after being made to remove it is treated the same as refusing outright: it is cautionable. There is no already-dealt-with exemption or points deduction.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1 (Safety) · applied

  9. Leaving the pitch at the next stoppage is for a player unable or unwilling to comply immediately; someone who can and does remove the item on the spot simply carries on.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1 (Safety) · applied

  10. The two cautionable situations in Law 4 are refusing the order to remove an item, and putting a removed item back on. The other pairings listed are not what triggers a caution here.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1 (Safety) · recall

Test 2The compulsory equipment items and the captain's armbandTake a test

  1. The five compulsory items are a sleeved shirt, shorts, socks, shinguards and footwear. None of them is optional, and a bib is not part of this list.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · recall

  2. External tape or material on the socks must match the colour of the sock section it covers. It is tied to the sock, not to the shorts or to a fixed colour such as white.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · recall

  3. Shinguards must be of a suitable material and an appropriate size for reasonable protection. The Law fixes no length, brand, colour or weight requirement.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · recall

  4. Law 4 places the responsibility for the size and suitability of shinguards on the player, not on kit staff, the officials, or the organiser.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · recall

  5. The Law sets no maximum size, only that shinguards be suitable and appropriately sized for reasonable protection, with the choice resting on the player rather than an approval step or a goalkeeper-only rule.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · applied

  6. The captain wears either the armband issued or authorised by the competition organiser, or a single-coloured armband of their own. The other pairings are not the two forms the Law names.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · recall

  7. A self-chosen armband may carry the word captain, the letter C, or a translation of either. Squad numbers, sponsor names and personal slogans are not listed.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · recall

  8. A self-chosen armband must be a single colour, whatever its text. It cannot mix two kit colours, and captains are not restricted to the organiser-issued design alone.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · applied

  9. Shinguards must be covered by the socks regardless of size or any sponsor logo. There is no second-half exception and no size threshold for a visible logo.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · applied

  10. The compulsory list is exactly five items: shirt, shorts, socks, shinguards and footwear. Gloves and headgear are separately permitted, non-dangerous equipment, not part of the compulsory list.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2, §4 (Compulsory equipment / Other equipment) · recall

Test 3Losing footwear or a shinguard in play, and the two teams' coloursTake a test

  1. The deadline is the next time the ball goes out of play, reached as soon as possible. There is no fixed period deadline, and play does not have to stop the instant the boot comes off.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · recall

  2. A goal scored, or set up in the build-up, before the lost item is replaced still counts. Missing equipment at that moment does not disallow it, and there is no replay-as-penalty outcome.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · applied

  3. The rule in Law 4 is written specifically for a goal being scored, or a player's involvement in the build-up to one; it does not extend to validating every action taken while equipment is missing, such as an ordinary tackle.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · applied

  4. The two teams must be distinguishable both from each other and from the match officials. There is no default home-white rule, and officials are explicitly part of the contrast requirement.

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

  5. Since the teams must be distinguishable from each other, the side able to change does so. Playing on in a clash, or improvising with officials' kit, is not the Law's answer here.

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

  6. The specific rule about replacing an item lost accidentally, with a goal in the meantime still counting, is written for footwear and shinguards. It is not extended to every compulsory item.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · recall

  7. Law 4's colour requirement names both the opposing team and the match officials as the reference points. It is not limited to a team-versus-team comparison.

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

  8. The hard deadline is the ball's next exit from play; 'as soon as possible' describes the general expectation rather than a separate cut-off. A foul award, half-time or a fixed number of seconds are not the trigger.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · recall

  9. The ball going out of play is exactly the deadline for replacing the item, so it is sorted out at that stoppage. The Law does not attach a caution, a substitution or a retaken kick-in to this moment.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · applied

  10. The two accurate rules are the next-ball-out deadline for replacing lost footwear and the requirement that teams be distinguishable from the officials as well as each other. The other pairings misstate at least one half.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2-§3 (Compulsory equipment / Colours) · recall

Test 4Goalkeeper colours and the undershirt and undershorts colour rulesTake a test

  1. A goalkeeper's colours must stand out from the other players and from the match officials, not from one narrower group alone.

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

  2. For this specific clash between the two goalkeepers, the Law simply lets the match go ahead rather than requiring a delay, a bib or a shirt swap among outfield players.

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

  3. The undershirt must be one colour matching the shirt sleeve, or carry a pattern that exactly replicates the sleeve. It is tied to the sleeve, not to the shorts or to a squad-wide neutral choice.

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

  4. Undershorts or tights take the shorts' main colour, or the colour of the shorts' lowest section. There is no socks-matching or fixed-black rule, and it is not left to individual preference.

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

  5. Undershorts or tights colour is set team-wide: every player must match. Closeness of shade, a starters-versus-subs split, or a half-time cut-off are not part of the rule.

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

  6. Competition rules may require technical-area occupants, aside from the substitutes, to wear clothing that differs in colour from the players and officials. Substitutes themselves are excluded from that particular rule.

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

  7. The undershirt is tied to the shirt sleeve and the undershorts to the shorts, not swapped or both tied to the socks. The goalkeeper's shirt must instead be distinguishable from the outfield players', not match them.

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

  8. The listed alternative to a single matching colour is a pattern or colour scheme that exactly replicates the shirt sleeve, not any pattern, a crest, or a player-by-player design.

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

  9. The goalkeeper must stand out from the other players in general, which includes their own team-mates, not only the opposition. Contrasting gloves and floodlit conditions are not part of this rule.

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

  10. The just-play-on outcome is written specifically for two goalkeepers sharing a colour with no spare shirt. The general team-versus-team clash instead expects the side with a change kit to use it.

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

Test 5Review: safety, equipment and colours togetherTake a test

  1. The jewellery ban catches the chain but has nothing to do with the compulsory captain's armband, a separate equipment rule. Captains are checked like anyone else, and losing the chain does not cost the captaincy.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1-§2 (Safety / Compulsory equipment) · applied

  2. Substitutes are inspected on the same terms as starting players before entering the pitch: jewellery is removed and equipment must meet the Law's requirements. Neither issue is deferred to half-time or eased for substitutes.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1-§2 (Safety / Compulsory equipment) · applied

  3. The jewellery ban is independent of any kit repair: the wristband must go regardless of what is happening with the torn shirt. A torn shirt does not itself extend to cover jewellery or wait on a colour check.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1, §3 (Safety / Colours) · applied

  4. The two rules are independent: the goal from before the boot was replaced stands, and the ring must still be removed once spotted, whenever that happens. Neither issue offsets or cancels the other.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1-§2 (Safety / Compulsory equipment) · applied

  5. Where competition rules add this requirement, it targets the technical-area occupants, not the players, and specifically excludes the substitutes from that particular duty.

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

  6. The armband rule requires a single colour, not a match to the shirt or shorts, and black carries no special reservation for goalkeepers. There is no opposing-captain approval step.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment) · applied

  7. Permitted equipment like sports spectacles sits outside the colour-distinguishability rule, which is about kit rather than accessories, and spectacles are explicitly not jewellery.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1, §3 (Safety / Colours) · applied

  8. The two deadlines are worded differently: the boot uses the next time the ball is out of play, while the jewellery case uses the next stoppage. They are not identical, and opposite order is not a real distinction the Law draws.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1-§2 (Safety / Compulsory equipment) · applied

  9. The undershorts-colour rule is team-wide regardless of when a player enters, so a substitute's mismatched colour is corrected, not the rest of the team's.

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

  10. Safety asks whether something is dangerous, equipment asks whether it is suitable, and colours ask whether it is distinguishable: judgement standards, not fixed measurements, personal taste, or a half-by-half rule.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1-§3 (Safety / Compulsory equipment / Colours) · recall

4.42Other equipment, slogans, offences and numbering

Non-dangerous protective equipment, bibs and head covers, knee and arm protectors, electronic communication and EPTS, the ban on political, religious and personal slogans and what is usually permitted instead, how a political slogan is judged, the procedure for correcting a non-dangerous equipment fault, and the numbering of players.

Test 1Non-dangerous protective equipment, bibs and head coversTake a test

  1. The Law names gloves, headgear, facemasks and knee and arm protectors made of soft, lightweight padded material as permitted non-dangerous equipment. Rigid, metal or carbon items are not part of that list.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Other equipment) · recall

  2. Goalkeepers may wear trousers under Law 4. A chest guard, a helmet or elbow-length gloves are not named allowances.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Other equipment) · recall

  3. A bib is worn over the shirt specifically to identify substitutes. It has no role marking captains, cautioned players or penalty-takers.

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

  4. The bib must differ in colour from both teams' shirts and from the opposing substitutes' bibs. It is not tied to the wearer's own shirt colour or fixed globally.

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

  5. The colour rule for bibs also covers the opposing team's bibs, not just the wearer's own shirt. It is not limited to broadcast matches.

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

  6. A head cover must be black or the shirt's main colour, with team-mates matching. White, a shorts-match or a boot-match are not the listed options.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Head covers) · recall

  7. A head cover must not attach to the shirt, must have no protruding parts, and must not be dangerous. A fixed chin strap, a badge requirement or a minimum weight are not listed conditions.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Head covers) · recall

  8. A dangerous fastening, such as one that could catch around the neck, fails Law 4's condition regardless of padding, and the rule is not limited to outdoor matches.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Head covers) · applied

  9. Team-mates' head covers must be the same colour, not merely close. There is no goalkeeper-only exception, and the requirement is not limited to a single pre-match check.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Head covers) · applied

  10. The bib is defined by contrast with the shirts, while the head cover is defined by a match to the shirt colour: opposite relationships to the same reference point.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Bibs / Head covers) · recall

Test 2Knee and arm protectors, electronic communication and EPTSTake a test

  1. Arm protectors take the main colour of the shirt sleeve when a match is possible. Shorts, a competition-wide colour or the ball's colour are not the reference.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Knee and arm protectors) · recall

  2. Knee protectors take the main colour of the shorts, or trousers where worn. The sleeve, the socks or a fixed black are not the reference.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Knee and arm protectors) · recall

  3. When the shorts' colour cannot be matched, a black or white protector is allowed regardless of the shorts' own colour. It does not fall back to the socks or ban the protector outright.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Knee and arm protectors) · applied

  4. Where the mismatch option is used, all such protectors on the team must share the same colour, black or white, rather than being an individual choice.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Knee and arm protectors) · recall

  5. The only physical limit named is that the protectors must not protrude excessively. There is no weight figure, medical inspection or season-replacement rule.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Knee and arm protectors) · recall

  6. Players, including substitutes and sent-off players, may not wear or use electronic or communication equipment, apart from an approved tracking system. There is no goalkeeper, silent-mode or referee-notice exception.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Electronic communication) · recall

  7. The ban explicitly names players, substitutes and sent-off players together. It is not limited to whoever is on the pitch at a given moment, nor to team officials.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Electronic communication) · recall

  8. Team officials may use small, mobile, handheld equipment for coaching, or for player welfare and safety, so a handheld radio for tactics is allowed. It is not restricted to written notes or to safety uses alone.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Electronic communication) · applied

  9. Misusing electronic equipment, or behaving inappropriately because of it, leads to dismissal from the technical area, not a caution that leaves the official in place, a points deduction, or a stoppage to confiscate the device.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Electronic communication) · applied

  10. Where wearable EPTS technology is used in official competitions, the competition organiser must ensure it is not dangerous and meets the FIFA Quality Programme requirements, not the player, the manufacturer alone, or the match-day officials.

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

Test 3Slogans, statements, images and what's usually permittedTake a test

  1. The ban names political, religious and personal slogans, statements and images. The player's name, team crest, competition logos and manufacturer badges are separately permitted.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Slogans, statements, images and advertising) · recall

  2. Players must not reveal an undergarment carrying political, religious or personal content, or advertising other than the manufacturer's logo. The rule is not a blanket ban on showing any undergarment, and it is not confined to advertising alone.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Slogans, statements, images and advertising) · recall

  3. This kind of infringement is dealt with by the competition organiser, the national football association or FIFA, not by an on-field caution, an opposing-team protest, or the broadcaster.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Slogans, statements, images and advertising) · recall

  4. Law 4 states its slogan and equipment principles apply to all team officials in the technical area as well as players and substitutes, not only the captain, the match officials, or spectators.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Principles) · recall

  5. The Law lists the player's number and name, the team crest or logo, and emblems promoting futsal, respect and integrity as usually permitted. Family-approved personal messages or tasteful images generally are not part of that list.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Principles) · recall

  6. Match facts such as the teams, date, competition or event and venue are usually permitted. Betting odds, ticket details and score predictions are not part of the Law's list.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Principles) · recall

  7. Permitted markings are confined to the shirt front and the armband. The back, sleeve cuffs and waistband are not the locations the Law names.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Principles) · recall

  8. The Law specifically notes that in some cases the item might be confined to the captain's armband alone. Gloves, bibs and technical-area boards are not mentioned in this context.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Principles) · recall

  9. The player's number and permitted advertising, including a competition logo allowed under the relevant rules, both fall within what the Law usually permits, without one crowding out the other.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Principles) · applied

  10. A personal slogan falls under the ban on political, religious or personal content, while the team crest is named among the usually permitted markings, the opposite of the other pairings offered.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Slogans, statements, images and advertising / Principles) · recall

Test 4Interpreting political slogans, and the equipment-correction procedureTake a test

  1. Interpreting a slogan draws on Law 12's rules against offensive, insulting or provocative conduct, not on the Players, Restart or Free Kick Laws.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Interpreting the Law) · recall

  2. Falling into an offensive, insulting or provocative category rules a slogan out regardless of what else might be said about it. It is not left to the opposing captain, and armband placement does not rescue it.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Interpreting the Law) · applied

  3. A local, regional or national political party or organisation is specifically listed as not permitted. A host country's name in the competition title, a host city or a tournament date are ordinary match facts, not political content.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Interpreting the Law) · recall

  4. Naming a person is treated as an exception only when that person is part of the official competition's own name. Time since death, personal admiration or a written approval are not the stated exception.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Interpreting the Law) · recall

  5. Commemorating a national or international event calls for weighing the sensibilities of the opposing team, including its supporters, and the general public. Broadcast attention, a written objection or kit colour-matching are not the stated consideration.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Interpreting the Law) · applied

  6. A non-dangerous equipment offence does not require an immediate stoppage; the player is sent to correct it and leaves when play next stops. There is no automatic immediate halt, goalkeeper-only rule, or forfeited restart.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §6 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  7. Re-entry requires the equipment to be checked by a match official and permission from one of the referees. A report note alone, the opposing captain's view, or simply waiting are not enough on their own.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §6 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

  8. Re-entering without permission is cautionable even with the equipment already fixed and no interference. There is no four-minute suspension in Law 4, and a direct free kick applies only where there was interference.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §6 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  9. Where there was interference, the restart is a direct free kick from the position of the interference, or a penalty kick if that position is in the penalty area, rather than an indirect kick, a dropped ball, or a fixed goal kick.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §6 (Offences and sanctions) · applied

  10. An unauthorised re-entry with interference also counts as an accumulated foul, except when a penalty kick is awarded instead. It does not double up as a second caution, and it is not simply left at the free kick with nothing more.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §6 (Offences and sanctions) · recall

Test 5Numbering of the players, and reviewTake a test

  1. Law 4 leaves the numbering policy to the competition rules, not to an individual referee, a universal FIFA rule, or an agreement between the two clubs on the day.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §7 (Numbering of the players) · recall

  2. The normal range described is 1 to 15, with number 1 reserved for a goalkeeper. The other ranges and reservations listed are not what the Law describes.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §7 (Numbering of the players) · recall

  3. The stated concern is that it is difficult and inappropriate for referees to signal numbers above 15, not a shirt-size limit, a manufacturer rule, or a scoreboard issue.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §7 (Numbering of the players) · recall

  4. The number must be visible on the back and distinguishable from the shirt's main colour. Front-only, sleeve-matching or shorts placement are not what the Law requires.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §7 (Numbering of the players) · recall

  5. Competition rules must fix the number's size and whether it is mandatory, and its presence and size on other basic equipment items. A universal typeface, a half-by-half change, or shared substitute numbers are not part of this.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §7 (Numbering of the players) · recall

  6. Equipment must not carry personal slogans or statements at all, and even permitted slogans belong on the shirt front or armband, not on the back; the colour, bib, armband, EPTS and head-cover rules are not what the request crosses.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Slogans, statements, images and advertising) · applied

  7. Goalkeeper trousers, knee protectors matched to trousers, and the back number are each addressed directly by Law 4, so none of the three sits outside it.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4, §7 (Other equipment / Numbering) · applied

  8. Small, mobile, handheld equipment is allowed for coaching or tactical reasons as well as player welfare and safety, so a tablet used for tactics fits within the rule. There is no written-report condition, and welfare is not the only permitted reason.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Electronic communication) · applied

  9. A slogan infringement is dealt with by the competition organiser, association or FIFA, while unauthorised re-entry is an on-field caution from the referee: two different mechanisms, both of which are part of Law 4.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5-§6 (Slogans / Offences and sanctions) · applied

  10. The second half of Law 4 is mostly about what may appear on or alongside the compulsory kit, its colour, message or number, rather than a fixed measurement, an outright ban list, or a goalkeeper-only scope.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4-§7 (Other equipment / Slogans / Offences / Numbering) · recall

Sources

FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Law, not reproduced)

  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2 (Compulsory equipment)16
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §3 (Colours)15
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1 (Safety)10
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Principles)6
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Knee and arm protectors)5
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Electronic communication)5
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Interpreting the Law)5
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §6 (Offences and sanctions)5
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §7 (Numbering of the players)5
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1-§2 (Safety / Compulsory equipment)4
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Head covers)4
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Slogans, statements, images and advertising)4
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Bibs)3
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1, §3 (Safety / Colours)2
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Other equipment)2
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2, §4 (Compulsory equipment / Other equipment)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §2-§3 (Compulsory equipment / Colours)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §1-§3 (Safety / Compulsory equipment / Colours)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (Bibs / Head covers)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4 (EPTS)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5 (Slogans, statements, images and advertising / Principles)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4, §7 (Other equipment / Numbering)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §5-§6 (Slogans / Offences and sanctions)1
  • FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 4 §4-§7 (Other equipment / Slogans / Offences / Numbering)1