Free Kicks and Accumulated Fouls

For both direct and indirect free kicks, the ball must be stationary when the kick is taken.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.1 · recall

A free kick must be taken within four seconds of being positioned; exceeding that limit turns it into an indirect free kick for the opponents.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · applied

On a free kick outside the penalty area, opponents must stay at least 5 m from the ball until it is in play.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.1 · recall

Every free kick outside the penalty area carries the same 5 m distance requirement for opponents, not only the sixth-foul kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.1 · applied

The four seconds run from the ball being positioned for the free kick, the same starting point as futsal's other four-second restarts.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · recall

An indirect free kick needs a second touch, by another player, before a goal can count from it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13 (indirect restart principle) · applied

A direct free kick may be shot straight at goal and counts if it goes in, unlike an indirect free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13 (direct/indirect distinction) · recall

The 5 m distance and four-second limit apply to free kicks in general, direct and indirect alike.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.1–13.2 · applied

An ordinary free kick, unlike a sixth-foul award, is taken from the spot of the offence.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13 (general placement) · recall

The choice between the second penalty mark and the spot of the foul is specific to a sixth-foul award, not to every free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 · applied

Tripping sits among the direct free kick offences; delaying, dissent and persistent infringement are cautionable conduct instead.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12.1 · recall

A challenge judged reckless is one of the offences producing a direct free kick, not merely a caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12.1 · applied

Deliberate handball sits among the direct free kick offences, alongside tripping and pushing.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12.1 · recall

Controlling the ball in his own half for more than four seconds is a goalkeeper offence producing an indirect, not a direct, free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12.2 · applied

Dangerous play involving no actual contact is an indirect free kick offence; striking, tripping and jumping at an opponent are all direct free kick offences.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12.1–12.2 · recall

Impeding an opponent without contact is an indirect, not a direct, free kick offence.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12.2 · applied

Pushing an opponent, when careless, reckless or with excessive force, is one of the direct free kick offences.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12.1 · recall

Law 12's free kick offences all involve some careless, reckless or dangerous conduct; a clean challenge that wins the ball isn't one of them.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12 (scope) · applied

Law 12 frames its direct free kick offences on a scale starting at careless, rising through reckless to excessive force.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12.1 · recall

Law 12 penalises deliberately handling the ball; the offence turns on intent, not on mere contact.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12.1 · applied

For a team's first five accumulated fouls in a period, the defending side may form a wall to defend the free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · recall

A third foul in a period is still within the first five, so the ordinary free kick procedure applies, wall included.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

Accumulated fouls are counted per period, so the count starts again at zero in the second period; extra time is the exception, as it carries on the count from the second period.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · recall

The accumulated-foul count resets at the start of each period, so five fouls in the first leave the team back at zero for the second.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

The sixth and later fouls of a period switch off the wall and bring a different, more restrictive procedure.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3–13.4 · recall

A wall remains legal through a team's fifth foul in a period; only the sixth foul onward removes it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

The wall is available for a team's first five accumulated fouls in a period; it disappears from the sixth foul onward.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · recall

The fourth foul sits within the first five and still allows a wall; the seventh is past the sixth-foul threshold and does not.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3–13.4 · applied

Extra time is not a fresh start for accumulated fouls: whatever a team had reached when the second period ended stays on its tally through both extra periods.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · recall

The wall disappears starting with the sixth foul, so a team already on its fifth is exactly one foul away from losing it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

From the sixth team foul of a period onward, the defending team's players may not form a wall at all.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 · recall

When a sixth-foul offence happens in that zone, the attacking team chooses between the second penalty mark and the spot of the foul.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 · applied

Every player besides the kicker and the goalkeeper must stay behind an imaginary line, level with the ball and parallel to the goal line, at least 5 m away.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 · recall

The 5 m distance for a sixth-foul free kick applies to every player besides the kicker and the goalkeeper, not just to the one who fouled.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 · applied

The defending goalkeeper must be at least 5 m from the ball until it is kicked and must not distract the kicker; the Laws do not confine him to the goal line or the penalty area.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 · recall

The goalkeeper must be at least 5 m from the ball until it is kicked, wherever in his area he chooses to stand; a mark 5 m from the 10 m mark shows the line he may not cross.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 · applied

The Law requires the kicker for a sixth-foul free kick to be a specific, properly identified player, not an open choice on the spot.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 · recall

The identified kicker of a sixth-foul free kick must attempt to score with a direct shot, not lay the ball off.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 · applied

A stationary ball, the 5 m distance and the four-second limit apply to free kicks generally; the wall ban is specific to the sixth foul and beyond.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13 · recall

That choice of spot is specific to a sixth foul committed in the defending team's own half, outside the penalty area, between the imaginary 10 m line and the goal line.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 · recall

The fourth foul is within the first five, so a wall is allowed; the choice between the mark and the foul spot belongs only to the sixth foul onward.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3–13.4 · applied

A prompt, direct shot at goal within four seconds satisfies both the general time limit on any free kick and the sixth-foul kick's specific direct-shot requirement.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13 · applied

A stationary ball is required for every free kick; a wall, the choice of spot, and the specific identified-kicker rule are all sixth-foul-specific or absent from it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13 (synthesis) · recall

A direct free kick offence committed by the defending team inside its own penalty area is a penalty kick, whatever that team's foul count for the period.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Laws 12–14 (general principle) · applied

At a sixth-foul free kick, even the goalkeeper must stay at least 5 m from the ball; only the kicker himself stands closer.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 · recall

The sixth foul removes the wall, tightens where every other player must stand, and can move the restart to the second penalty mark — real procedural change, not stricter phrasing of the same rule.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3–13.4 · applied

Of the four listed elements, the wall is the only one that reaching the sixth foul switches off; the four-second limit, the 5 m distance and the stationary ball all still apply.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13 · recall

Because the accumulated-foul count resets at the start of each period, there is nothing from an earlier period left over to carry toward the next one's threshold.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

Removing the wall and tightening positioning from the sixth foul onward raises the cost of persistent fouling, so a team can't foul tactically once it has already used up its first five.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13 (purpose) · recall

Outside his own penalty area a goalkeeper has no special handling privilege, so deliberate handball there is an ordinary direct free kick offence.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12.1 (goalkeeper outside the area) · applied

An indirect free kick for entering, re-entering or leaving the court without permission is taken where the ball was when play stopped; if that was inside the penalty area, it moves to the nearest point of the penalty-area line.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · applied

When a player commits an offence off the court, play restarts with a free kick from the point on the boundary line nearest to where the offence occurred.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · applied

The free kick is taken from the nearest point on the boundary line. It becomes a penalty kick only when that point lies on the part of the end line belonging to the offender's penalty area, which is not the case here.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · applied

A free kick not taken within four seconds gives the opponents an indirect free kick; when the delaying team was inside its own penalty area, it is taken from the nearest point of the penalty-area line.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

A kicker who touches the ball again before another player does gives away an indirect free kick, but if the second touch is a handball offence it is a direct free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

A kicker's handball after his free kick is normally a direct free kick, or a penalty inside his own area, but when the kicker is the goalkeeper it is an indirect free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

Picture a line running from the offence towards the halfway line, parallel to the touch line: where it meets the edge of the area is the spot.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · recall

The nearest point of the boundary lies on the part of the end line that belongs to grey's penalty area, and kicking is a direct-free-kick offence, so a penalty kick is awarded.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · applied

The player's unauthorised exit is an indirect-free-kick offence; as the ball was out on the court when play stopped, the kick goes exactly there.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · applied

If the kicker leaves and his substitute touches the ball before any other player has, it counts as the kicker's second touch: the opponents get an indirect free kick where the substitute touched it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

A free kick can be taken by lifting the ball with a foot or with both feet simultaneously.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · recall

At every free kick the ball is in play when it is kicked and clearly moves.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · recall

The four-second count must be shown clearly by one of the referees when a direct or indirect free kick is taken.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.1 · recall

Opponents who had no time to leave may stay, but one who touches or challenges for the ball before it is in play has the free kick retaken.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

If an opponent is closer than the required distance when a free kick is taken, the kick is retaken unless the advantage can be applied.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

Inside its own area the kicking team does not have to clear the area first: a clear movement of the kicked ball is enough to bring it into play.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · applied

The ball is in play once it is kicked and clearly moves; it need not travel any set distance.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · applied

A player correctly taking a free kick who deliberately kicks the ball at an opponent in order to play it again, but not carelessly, recklessly or with excessive force, is allowed to play on.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · applied

The ball must be stationary; it is in play once kicked and clearly moving, and the kicker must not touch it again until it has touched another player.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · applied

The kicker may not touch the ball twice in a row, but a defender in the wall is another player; once the ball has touched him, the kicker may play it again.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.2 · applied

The ball must be stationary with part of it touching or overhanging the centre of the 10 m mark, or at the place of the offence when the kicker may choose that.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · recall

Among the conditions of the procedure, the goalposts, crossbar and goal net must not be moving.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · recall

The goalkeeper must be at least 5 m from the ball and must not unfairly distract the kicker, for example by delaying the kick or touching the goalposts, crossbar or net.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · recall

Back-heeling is permitted provided the ball moves towards the opponents' goal and it is an attempt to score directly.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · recall

The ball is in play when it is kicked and clearly moves towards the opponents' goal.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · recall

Standing off the court to rush in later is not an option: everyone apart from the kicker and the goalkeeper has to be on the court when the kick is taken.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

At a restart a player's position is judged by the position of the feet or any part of the body touching the court.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · recall

Under the 2025/26 Laws the defending goalkeeper only has to be at least 5 m from the ball until it has been kicked; he need not stand on his line or inside his area.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

After the referee's signal the kicker must shoot towards goal; once the ball clearly moves towards goal it is in play and the other players may come in.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

A sixth-foul offence between the end line and the imaginary line 10 m out, outside the penalty area, lets the kicker choose the 10 m mark or the spot of the foul; the players then take up their positions.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

If the defending goalkeeper commits an offence and the ball enters the goal, the goal is awarded.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

An attacking team-mate is penalised for encroaching only if it clearly affected the goalkeeper or he then plays the ball or challenges for it and scores or creates a chance.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

If a team-mate of the identified kicker takes the kick, play is restarted with an indirect free kick to the defending team whether or not a goal is scored, and the player who took it is cautioned.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

Feinting during the run-up is permitted, but feinting after completing it is illegal: the kicker is cautioned and the defending team gets an indirect free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

If the defending goalkeeper and the kicker offend at the same time, the kicker is cautioned and play restarts with an indirect free kick to the defending team.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

An early run by a defender cannot cancel a goal his own team concedes; with the ball in the net, the goal stands.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

The kick is retaken if an outside agent touches the ball, unless the ball is going into the goal and the interference stops no defender playing it; then the goal counts, unless the interference came from the attacking team.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

The goalkeeper was closer than 5 m, an offence. When the ball misses the goal, the kick is retaken only if his offence clearly affected the kicker.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

If the ball rebounds into the court from the goalkeeper, crossbar or posts and is then touched by an outside agent, the referees stop play and restart with a dropped ball where it was touched.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

A save after the goalkeeper's offence means a retake; the goalkeeper is warned for his first such offence in the match and cautioned for any later one, before the kick is taken again.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

Failing to respect the required distance when play restarts with a free kick is a cautionable offence.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12.3 · applied

A team-mate of the goalkeeper penalised for encroachment is warned for the first offence in the game and cautioned for any later one; the kick is retaken.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

After a first warning, any further encroachment by the same player in the game is punished with a caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

When players of both teams offend, the kick is retaken and the offenders are warned for the first offence, unless one commits a more serious offence such as illegal feinting.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

Of the two simultaneous offenders only the kicker sees a yellow card; the goalkeeper escapes a card here.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · recall

If an attacking player is less than 1 m from a wall of two or more defenders when the kick is taken, the defending team gets an indirect free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.3 · applied

If the kicker's team-mate offends before the ball is in play and it enters the goal, the kick is retaken.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

An opponent who obstructs the kicker from moving towards the ball at a sixth-foul free kick must be cautioned, even if he was respecting the 5 m distance.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

When players of both teams offend but one commits a more serious offence such as illegal feinting, the opponents get an indirect free kick and that offender is cautioned without a warning.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied

Encroachment with no impact goes unpunished; the first penalised offence brings a warning, a later one a caution, and a second caution in the match means a sending-off.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.5 · applied