The Sixth Foul and the 10 m Kick

Up to and including the fifth team foul, the restart is an ordinary free kick and a wall of defenders is permitted.

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

The standard free-kick distance of five metres applies to fouls one through five, the same as any direct free kick.

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

The third referee and timekeeper signal the fifth foul so both teams know the next one triggers the sixth-foul free kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 6 · recall

Two more fouls hands the opponent no-wall direct shots for the rest of the half, so clean defending becomes the aim.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

The tally is per period, so a team that reached six in the first half starts the second half back at zero.

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

The count tracks direct-free-kick fouls; indirect-free-kick offences such as most goalkeeper technical infringements do not add to it.

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

A chasing team that fouls a lot can hand its opponent the DFKSAF, making it easier for the leader to extend the score.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

Before the sixth foul a wall is in the way, so routines are built to beat it rather than to shoot straight through.

Source: FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), Ch. 12 · applied

The sixth foul triggers the no-wall free kick wherever on the court it is committed, so any foul now carries that cost.

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

Keeping alert, unfatigued defenders on reduces rash challenges when the team is close to the DFKSAF threshold.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

The sixth-foul free kick is taken with no wall, leaving the goalkeeper alone to face a direct strike.

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

Everyone but the kicker and keeper stays behind the ball's level, parallel to the goal line, five metres away and out of the penalty area.

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

The keeper stays inside the area but must give the ball five metres, so he cannot smother it at close range.

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

The taker is a designated player and has to attempt a direct strike on goal rather than lay it off.

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

In that zone the attacking team picks the second penalty mark or the actual offence spot, whichever they prefer.

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

The kicker may choose between the 10 m mark and the place of the offence only when the foul was between the end line and the imaginary line 10 m out; a sixth foul 18 m from goal is taken from the 10 m mark.

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

The second mark is set at ten metres, which is why the sixth-foul kick is often called the 10 m kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 1 · recall

Unlike kicks from the penalty mark after the match, the sixth-foul free kick is a normal free kick in open play, so a rebound stays in play.

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

Law 7 extends a period only to complete a penalty kick or a sixth-foul free kick already awarded.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 7 · applied

At a DFKSAF the kicker must kick towards goal with the intention of scoring, so a lay-off is not allowed; a penalty carries no such duty. Both kicks are live once taken, so a rebound can be followed up at either.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Laws 13 and 14 · recall

Since the taker must shoot directly and the goal is unscreened, accuracy from the designated kicker is the primary route.

Source: General futsal coaching · recall

The kick is live, so players positioned behind the ball's line can follow in for any parry or post rebound.

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

The 10 m mark is central, so trading a little distance for a straight-on angle can suit the striker better than the wide offence spot.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

With the count running from being ready, hesitation over placement risks losing the kick to an indirect free kick against.

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

A one-on-one from ten metres is won by accurate, calm striking into areas the keeper cannot reach, not by force alone.

Source: General futsal coaching · recall

Pre-choosing the striker means the team is set up instantly, using the limited time to place the ball rather than argue.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

The same positioning rule binds both teams: everyone but taker and keeper is behind the ball's level and five metres off.

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

A near one-on-one from ten metres with no wall is among the best chances in the game, so a chasing team should back it.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

Removing the wall turns a partly blocked strike into a near-open sight of goal against the keeper alone.

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

Feinting during the run-up is allowed, but a feint once the run-up is complete is an offence: play is stopped whatever happens to the shot, the defending team gets an indirect free kick and the kicker is cautioned.

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

Alone against the strike, the keeper narrows the target by coming out as far as the positioning rule permits before the kick.

Source: General futsal coaching · recall

Held behind the ball's line, they cannot affect the strike itself but can react to a parry or post rebound.

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

With the strike essentially a one-on-one, the plan centres on the keeper's save and the team reacting fast to the loose ball.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

A foul in the 10 m zone lets the attacker shoot from the second mark, whereas a distant foul leaves a long-range strike.

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

The kick is live, so the seconds after the save are a scramble the defence must win to end the danger.

Source: General futsal coaching · recall

The positioning rule keeps every outfield defender five metres behind the level of the ball; encroaching can force a retake.

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

One more foul arms the DFKSAF for the rest of the half, so the priority is defending cleanly and steering play wide.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

Reaching six changes the cost of every later foul, so one lapse can hand the opponent a string of strong chances.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

He can come off his line but only within his area and no closer than five metres to the ball.

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

From six onward the deterrent works against them, so discipline for the remaining minutes becomes the whole plan.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

Staying below six keeps the opponent restricted to walled free kicks, which suits a team holding a lead.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

Running at defenders forces them into tackles, and legitimate contact fouls build the count toward the DFKSAF.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

At five the very next foul is a no-wall shot, whereas two early in a fresh period leaves plenty of margin.

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

Every foul before the break still hands the opponents a no-wall free kick, so the team cannot foul freely; what the reset changes is that the count starts again at zero in the second half, so nothing is carried over.

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

Fresh legs and calm heads late in a half reduce the mistimed challenges that push a team to six.

Source: General futsal coaching · recall

Containing buys time for the block to set; a rash tackle risks the sixth foul and a free strike.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

With one foul away from the DFKSAF, attacking directly at defenders raises the chance of drawing that decisive foul.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

The opponent hitting six unlocks the team's best free-kick chance, so knowing when it happens shapes attacking choices.

Source: General futsal coaching · recall

Any foul in a threatening area now becomes a no-wall shot at the lead, so clean, compact defending is everything.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

Each foul moves the leverage between attack and defence, so both sides adjust their choices as the number rises.

Source: General futsal coaching · recall

Every player other than the kicker and the goalkeeper must be on the pitch, at least 5 m from the ball, behind it and outside the penalty area. White's 9 stands nearer the goal than the ball; the others are behind it and far enough away, and the keeper may leave his line.

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

Law 13 permits a back-heel at a DFKSAF 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 · recall

A team-mate of the kicker is penalised for encroachment only if it clearly affected the goalkeeper, or if he plays the ball or challenges for it and then scores or creates a chance.

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

The post is part of the goal, not a player, so the ball has still not touched anyone else when the kicker plays it again. That second touch is the offence.

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

Law 13 settles a simultaneous offence by the goalkeeper and the kicker in the defending team's favour: 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 · applied

Law 13 says an opponent who obstructs the kicker from moving towards the ball must be cautioned, even if he was respecting the 5 m minimum distance.

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

If the goalkeeper's offence stops the ball entering the goal, the kick is retaken. He is warned for a first offence in the match and cautioned for any later one.

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

Early movement by a defender only matters if it affects the kick or he gets to the ball. Here neither happened, so the save stands and play goes on.

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

A team-mate of the kicker who encroaches and then plays the ball to score is penalised. As the kick itself did not go in, play restarts with an indirect free kick to the defending team.

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

The DFKSAF kicker must be clearly identified. If a team-mate takes it, play is restarted with an indirect free kick to the opponents, 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 · applied

The goalkeeper must be at least 5 m from the ball until it is kicked, wherever the kick is taken from. Here he is about 4.6 m away. The Laws do not tie him to his goal line.

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

Law 13 forbids the defending goalkeeper to behave in a way that unfairly distracts 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 · recall

If the ball misses the goal or rebounds from the frame, the kick is retaken only when the goalkeeper's offence clearly impacted on the kicker.

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

A goalkeeper whose offence leads to a retake is warned for the first offence in the match and cautioned for any subsequent one.

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

A keeper who commits early gives the kicker a free side of the goal. Staying set until the strike means he can still reach a shot to either side.

Source: General futsal coaching · recall

The kicker may not touch the ball again until another player has touched it. The goalkeeper is a player, so after his parry the kicker may play it and the goal counts.

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

When 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 · applied

All players other than the kicker and the defending goalkeeper must be outside the penalty area until the ball is kicked.

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

The keeper uses the time before the signal to set his position, reads the run-up for clues, and stays balanced until the ball is struck, so that his first movement goes the right way.

Source: General futsal coaching · applied

Law 13 warns a goalkeeper for a first offence that leads to a retake and cautions him for any later one. A second caution in the same match is a sending-off.

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

A sixth or later accumulated foul inside the offender's own penalty area gives a penalty kick. C is inside grey's penalty area; A and D are in the 10 m zone but outside the area, and B is further out.

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

Law 1 describes an imaginary line through the 10 m mark, 10 m from and parallel to the end line. A DFKSAF offence between that line and the end line, outside the penalty area, lets the team choose.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 1 · recall

Two small marks are drawn 5 m either side of the 10 m mark, to show the distance players keep at a kick from there. The imaginary line passes through them.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 1 · recall

A DFKSAF is always taken towards the goal of the team that committed the foul. Outside the 10 m zone it is taken from the second penalty mark, however far away the foul was.

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

The spot of the foul is 2 m closer than the second penalty mark here. The trade-off is the angle: from wide, less of the goal is visible, which is why some kickers prefer the central mark.

Source: General futsal coaching · recall

Law 1 measures the 10 m mark from the centre of the mark to the back edge of the goal line.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 1 · recall

Law 12 says all the direct free-kick offences count as accumulated fouls, but no accumulated foul is recorded when a penalty kick is awarded.

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

Law 13 lets the kicker choose between the 10 m mark and the place of the offence when the foul was in the 10 m zone.

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

A foul in the 10 m zone gives white the choice of spot. Once the ball is placed there, the players take positions behind it, and only then does a referee signal for the kick.

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

A penalty kick is taken from the penalty mark, 6 m out; a DFKSAF from the second penalty mark, 10 m out; and a kick-off from the centre mark, 20 m out on a 40 m court.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 1 · recall

Grey had four fouls, so advantage was possible. The foul still counts: it is signalled to the table as soon as the ball is out of play and grey move to five, one away from a DFKSAF.

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

A deliberate handball, or a hand or arm making the body unnaturally bigger, is punished with a direct free kick, and direct free-kick offences are exactly what fill the foul count.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 12 · recall

Once a team has five accumulated fouls, every further such foul earns the opponents a direct free kick with no wall. Playing on would take that away from the team that was fouled, so advantage is kept for a clear opportunity to score.

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

Law 12 says advantage should not be applied for serious foul play, violent conduct, a second cautionable offence or a sixth or later accumulated foul, unless there is a clear opportunity to score.

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

The advantaged foul still counted as grey's fifth. The next direct free-kick foul in the period is their sixth, so white get a DFKSAF, or a penalty kick if it was inside grey's area.

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

The Laws have a clearly visible sign placed on the timekeeper's table to indicate that a team has committed five accumulated fouls in one period.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 6 · recall

Accumulated fouls are those penalised with a direct free kick. Offences that give an indirect free kick, such as a goalkeeper holding the ball too long, are not counted.

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

The timekeeper and third referee record the fouls the referees signal, and the count is shown so that both teams and the referees know when the fifth and sixth are reached.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 6 · recall

If the referees apply advantage for an offence that deserves a caution, Law 12 has the caution issued when the ball is next out of play.

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

The fifth-foul signal tells everyone that the next direct free-kick foul in the period gives a DFKSAF, so grey have to defend without contact from then on.

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

When a period is extended for a DFKSAF, it ends once the kick is completed, and the kick is completed as soon as the ball is played by any player other than the defending goalkeeper, the kicker included. 7's touch ends the period, so his shot cannot count.

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

Law 7 says that if a DFKSAF or a penalty kick is awarded when a period is about to end, the period is considered to have ended once the kick has been completed.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 7 · recall

The kick is completed when the ball stops moving or goes out of play, when it is played by any player other than the defending goalkeeper, or when the referees stop play for an offence by the kicker or a team-mate.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 7 · recall

A kick at the end of a period is completed when the referees stop play for an offence by the kicker or a team-mate of the kicker, so the period ends at that moment.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 7 · applied

Law 7 extends the period for either kick, a DFKSAF or a penalty kick, and applies the same conditions for when it is completed.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 7 · recall

Law 7 says that if a defending player commits an offence before the kick is completed, the referees continue the game by ordering a retake or awarding a further DFKSAF or penalty kick, as appropriate.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 7 · applied

A ball that stops moving completes the kick. With time already up, the period ends there, and no one can score from it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 7 · applied

Time running out does not save the fouling team: the period is extended until the DFKSAF is completed, so the opponents still get their shot with no wall.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 7 · recall

Neither the post nor a touch by the defending goalkeeper completes the kick, so the ball is still part of it when it goes in and the goal stands.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 7 · applied

Hitting the post does not complete the kick, but a touch by any player other than the defending goalkeeper does. The defender's clearance ends the kick, and with it the period.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 7 · applied