The Penalty Kick and the Kick-In

A penalty kick is taken with the ball placed on the penalty mark.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.1 · recall

The goalkeeper must remain on his goal line, facing the kicker and between the posts, until the ball is kicked.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.1 · recall

Every player other than the kicker and the goalkeeper must be on the court, outside the penalty area, behind the penalty mark, and at least 5 m from it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.1 · applied

The ball is in play once it is kicked and moves forward.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.2 · recall

Law 14 describes the penalty kick as the ball being kicked forward, not simply touched in any direction.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.2 · applied

The Law's positioning requirements apply up to the moment the kick is taken; once it's struck, play is live and those players may react freely.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.1 (synthesis) · applied

A player must be both behind the penalty mark and at least 5 m from it; satisfying only the distance isn't enough on its own.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.1 · applied

Unlike the sixth-foul free kick, an ordinary penalty kick carries no requirement that a specific player be identified beforehand.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14 (contrast with Law 13.4) · recall

A penalty kick is taken against a defending side with a goalkeeper positioned on the line; the kick can't proceed with nobody occupying that role.

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

The 5 m figure is the minimum gap the Law sets for anyone not taking or facing the kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.1 · recall

If the goalkeeper encroaches and no goal results, the penalty kick is retaken.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.3 · recall

A goalkeeper's early move doesn't undo a goal that was scored anyway.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.3 · applied

Attacker encroachment that still results in a goal leads to a retake, unlike goalkeeper encroachment, where a goal simply stands.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.3 · recall

If an attacker encroaches and the kick doesn't produce a goal, play restarts with an indirect free kick to the defending team, rather than a retake.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.3 · applied

The two forms of encroachment are treated differently once the kick misses: goalkeeper encroachment brings a retake, attacker encroachment brings an indirect free kick to the defenders.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.3 · recall

If both teams infringe simultaneously on a penalty kick, it is retaken.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.4 · applied

A penalty kick is retaken if the ball bursts or becomes defective during it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.4 · recall

A rebound that strikes an outside agent, such as a ball boy, stops play; the restart depends on exactly where it happened, either a dropped ball or at the penalty line.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.5 · applied

A scored penalty following attacker encroachment is retaken; the same scenario following goalkeeper encroachment instead stands as a goal.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.3 · recall

The consequence of encroachment varies with who caused it and whether the kick resulted in a goal; there's no single automatic outcome.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.3 (synthesis) · applied

The kicker must have one foot on the touchline, or on the ground outside the court, to take a kick-in.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.2 · recall

The ball must be stationary before a kick-in is taken, the same requirement as an ordinary free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.2 · recall

The ball may be placed at the point where it left the court, or on the ground outside it, at a distance no greater than 25 cm from that point.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.2 · applied

A kick-in, like futsal's other restarts, must be delivered within four seconds of being ready to take it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.3 · recall

Opponents must stay at least 5 m from the spot on the touchline where a kick-in is taken.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.3 · applied

Futsal's kick-in, not a throw-in, is what restarts play from the touchline, and it carries its own 5 m distance requirement for opponents.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.1 & 15.3 · recall

A kick-in taken with one foot on the touchline and the ball within 25 cm of the exit point satisfies both of the Law's positioning requirements.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.2 · applied

A kick-in is awarded to the opponents of the player who last touched the ball before it crossed the touchline.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.1 · recall

The kick-in goes to the opponents of whoever last touched the ball, here the defender, so the attacking side takes it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.1 · applied

A properly stationary ball and a foot correctly placed on the touchline together satisfy the kick-in's two basic positioning requirements.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.2 (synthesis) · recall

A goal may not be scored directly from a kick-in.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.4 · recall

A kick-in cannot produce a goal directly, regardless of how clean the strike was.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.4 · applied

If the kicker touches the ball again, other than with his hands, before another player touches it, an indirect free kick is awarded to the opponents.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.5 · recall

Deliberately handling the ball after a kick-in, before another player touches it, brings a direct free kick and counts toward the kicking team's accumulated fouls.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.5 · applied

A second touch with the foot is only an indirect free kick, while deliberately handling the ball afterward is a direct free kick that also counts as an accumulated foul.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.5 · recall

The second-touch restriction applies only until another player touches the ball; once an opponent, or a team-mate, has touched it, the kicker is free to play it again.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.5 · applied

Like an indirect free kick, a kick-in cannot produce a goal directly; a corner kick is different, since a goal scored straight from a corner does count.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.4 & Law 13 (synthesis) · recall

Because deliberately handling the ball after a kick-in counts as an accumulated foul, it adds to the team's running total exactly like any other foul that period.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.5 & 13.3 (synthesis) · applied

The extra sanction is tied specifically to the hand, not to touching the ball again as such.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.5 · recall

The restriction on the kicker touching the ball again only applies until another player touches it; after that, the kicker may play it like anyone else.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.5 (synthesis) · applied

A stationary ball is required before both a penalty kick and a kick-in are taken, the same as any other restart.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14 & 15 (synthesis) · applied

A kick-in cannot produce a direct goal; a penalty kick, by its nature, is a direct attempt at goal.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14 & Law 15.4 (synthesis) · recall

Both the penalty kick and the kick-in require opponents to stay at least 5 m away, the same distance as an ordinary free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.1 & 15.3 (synthesis) · applied

The kick-in must be delivered within four seconds of being ready, unlike a penalty kick, which carries no such time limit.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.3 (contrast with Law 14) · recall

The kick-in's specific infringement is the kicker touching the ball again before another player does, a different concept from a penalty kick's encroachment by a positioned player.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.3 & Law 15.5 (synthesis) · applied

A penalty kick specifically requires every player besides the kicker and goalkeeper to be outside the penalty area and behind the mark; a kick-in's rule is only about the 5 m distance for opponents.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.1 & 15.3 (synthesis) · recall

An indirect free kick to the defenders is specifically what follows an attacker's encroachment on a penalty; an ordinary kick-in that doesn't produce a goal has no such special restart, since a kick-in was never going to score directly anyway.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.3 & Law 15 (synthesis) · applied

A kick-in goes to the opponents of whoever last touched the ball before it crossed the touchline; a penalty kick, by contrast, follows a foul inside the penalty area, not a question of last touch.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14 & Law 15.1 (synthesis) · recall

A penalty kick's ball must be placed exactly on the penalty mark, with no tolerance; the 25 cm allowance is specific to a kick-in's placement.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14.1 & 15.2 (synthesis) · applied

Both sets of rules exist to give the kicker room to take the restart without immediate interference, whether that means a 5 m gap at a kick-in or the fuller positioning rules around a penalty.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 14 & Law 15 (purpose, synthesis) · recall