(a) The referee allows play to continue. |
(b) If advantage cannot be applied, the referee awards an indirect free-kick to the opposing team, to be taken from where the infringement occurred. |
(c) The referee awards a dropped ball where the infringement occurred. |
(d) The referee awards a dropped ball where the ball was when play was stopped. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) No, as the player was in an offside position. |
(b) Yes, as long as the ball touches another player before entering the goal. |
(c) Yes, because it is not possible to be offside from a goal kick. |
(d) Yes, as long as the ball touches an opponent before entering the goal. |
Reference: Law 11 - Offside |
(a) needs to be booked immediately and play shall be restarted with an indirect free kick |
(b) shall be considered to be on the goal line or touchline for the purposes of offside until the next stoppage in play |
(c) shall be considered to be on the goalline until the defending teamhas played the ball towards the halfway line and it is outside their penalty area. |
(d) shall be considered to be on the goal line or touchline for the purposes of offside until the next stoppage in play or until the defending team has played the ball towards the halfway line and it is outside their penalty area |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 79 0 A defending player who leaves the field of play without the referee`s permission shall be considered to be on the goal line or touchline for the purposes of offside until the next stoppage in play or until the defending team has played the ball towards the halfway line and it is outside their penalty area. If the player left the field of play deliberately, the player must be cautioned when the ball is next out of play. |
(a) At any time, except in the half-time interval. |
(b) Only when the ball is in play. |
(c) Whenever the ball is on the field of play. |
(d) From the start of the match to the end. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) No |
(b) Yes, the procedure for taking a throw-in was followed. |
(c) Yes, as long as it is not taken by the goalkeeper. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) Award a penalty kick and caution both players. |
(b) Allow play to continue and caution both players during the next stoppage in play. |
(c) Stop the game, caution the player and restart the match with an indirect free kick. |
(d) Stop the game, caution both players and restart the match with an indirect free kick. |
Reference: Law 3 - The Players |
(a) The referee should always allow the goal. |
(b) The referee should disallow the goal and play is restarted with a dropped ball. |
(c) It depends on the position where the direct free quick was taken and which team is kicking the ball. |
(d) In such a situation, a goal can never be awarded. |
Reference: Law 5 - The Referee |
(a) Two, as long as they are the two coaches of the team. |
(b) Only one person at a time. |
(c) Only the coach. |
(d) All answers are correct. |
Reference: Law 1 - The Field of Play ; Law 2 - The Ball |
(a) Serious foul play. |
(b) Violent conduct. |
(c) Uses offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures. |
(d) All of the answers are correct. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) He indicates the additional time again and extends the half to make up for the new time lost. |
(b) He does not add on the new time lost but reports the fact to the appropriate authorities. |
(c) The referee will compensate for the time lost in the second half. |
(d) He simply adds time to the half to make up for the new time lost. |
Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play |
(a) The referee punishes the more serious offence by awarding a direct free kick or penalty kick if the offence took place inside his own penalty area. |
(b) The referee punishes the more serious offence by awarding an indirect free kick or penalty kick if the offence took place inside the penalty area. |
(c) The referee awards a dropped ball. |
(d) The referee allows play to continue and takes no action. |
Reference: Law 13 - Free Kicks |
(a) One assistant referee should stand level with the penalty area line and the other should stand in the centre circle to control the other players. |
(b) One of them should stand at the intersection of the goal area line and the goal line. The other should be in the centre circle to control the other players. |
(c) One of them should stand at the intersection of the penalty area line and the goal line. The other should be in the centre circle to control the other players. |
(d) Answers a) and c) might be correct. |
Reference: Law 6 - The Other Match Offiicals |
(a) The referee cautions the offending player for unsporting behaviour and orders the goal kick to be retaken. |
(b) The referee awards an indirect free kick to the opponents. |
(c) The referee orders the goal kick to be retaken. The ball was not in play. |
(d) The referee cautions the team-mate for time wasting and awards an indirect free kick to the opponents. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) Â…always with a goal clearance. |
(b) ...with a kick-off. |
(c) Â…always with a dropped ball. |
(d) ...with a dropped ball or a penalty. |
Reference: Law 1 - The Field of Play ; Law 2 - The Ball |
(a) should apply advantage and allow the goal if the ball enters the goal. |
(b) awards a dropped ball on the goal area line parallel to the goal line at the point nearest to where the ball was located when play was stopped. |
(c) has the corner kick retaken. |
(d) awards a dropped ball on the goal line where the ball was located when play was stopped. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) No, neither the captain nor any other player has the right to protest a decision taken by the referee. |
(b) No, only the coach has the right to protest a decision made by the referee. |
(c) Yes. If the referee makes an obvious mistake with his decision, a team captain may protest and correct him. |
(d) Yes. The captain has authority to ask the referee to explain any decision during the match. |
Reference: Law 5 - The Referee |
(a) awards a penalty kick and cautions the defender for deliberately handling the ball. |
(b) awards a penalty kick and sends off the defender for serious foul play. |
(c) awards a goal and sends off the defender for serious foul play. |
(d) awards a goal and cautions the defender for unsporting behaviour. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Penalty kick and sending off. |
(b) Dropped ball and a sending off. |
(c) Dropped ball and caution. |
(d) An indirect free kick and sending off. |
Reference: Law 3 - The Players |
(a) The referee stops play and restarts with a dropped ball. |
(b) The referee stops play and awards an indirect free kick to the opponents. |
(c) The referee stops play and orders the goal kick retaken. |
(d) The referee allows play to continue. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) Yes, because players can celebrate a goal as long as they do not incite violence or remove their shirt. |
(b) Yes, and players can remove their shirts to celebrate. |
(c) No, the player is cautioned for unsporting behaviour. |
(d) Yes, it is a way to celebrate a goal as long as the shirt is not removed. |
Reference: Law 9 - The Ball In and Out of Play ; Law 10 - The Method of Scoring |
(a) When signalling for offside. |
(b) Fouls (outside the view of the referee). |
(c) Clear throw-in decisions. |
(d) Goal situations (tight decisions). |
Reference: Law 6 - The Other Match Offiicals |
(a) a direct free kick or a penalty kick. |
(b) a dropped ball. |
(c) an indirect free kick. |
(d) a direct free kick, an indirect free kick, a penalty kick or a dropped ball. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee orders the goal kick to be retaken if the ball had not left the penalty area. He awards a corner kick if the ball was in play before entering the goal. |
(b) The referee allows the goal. |
(c) The referee always orders the goal kick to be retaken. |
(d) The referee disallows the goal and restarts with a dropped ball. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) No, the teams must only change ends and attack the opposite goals. |
(b) Players should be allowed to take an interval between the two periods of extra time. |
(c) Yes, but it should be no more than five minutes. |
(d) An interval of no more than ten minutes is allowed. |
Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play |
(a) Yes, because the assistant referee only indicates offside. |
(b) Yes, the referee should make the final decision, as the assistant referee`s advice is subject to the referee`s decision. |
(c) No, never. |
(d) No, if the assistant referee was better placed and could see the action better. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Yes, always. |
(b) No |
(c) Yes, as he has the referee`s permission to join the match as a substitute, he has the same rights as any other player. |
(d) Yes, because the substituted player has left the field of play. |
Reference: LOTG 2016/2017 pg 35 - Substitutes can take any restart provided they first enter the field of play |
(a) Suspend the match. They must have different colors. |
(b) Allow the match to start but instruct the captains that the goalkeepers cannot enter the opposing penalty area in an attack. |
(c) Allow the match to start. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 4 - The Players’ Equipment |
(a) Spitting at an opponent. |
(b) Kicking an opponent in the stomach with excessive force while challenging for the ball. |
(c) Charging an opponent with excessive force. |
(d) Endangering the safety of an opponent while challenging for the ball. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee allows play to continue because the incidents are outside the field of play. |
(b) The referee stops play, cautions the offenders and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team. |
(c) The referee stops play, sends off the offenders and awards a direct free kick to the opposing team. |
(d) The referee stops play, takes the appropriate disciplinary action and awards a dropped ball. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Play is restarted with an indirect free kick. |
(b) Play is restarted with a direct free kick. |
(c) Play is restarted with either a free kick, penalty kick or dropped ball. |
(d) Play is restarted with a dropped ball. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Order the penalty kick retaken. |
(b) End the match. |
(c) The referee drops the ball. |
(d) The referee lets play continue. |
Reference: Law 14 - The Penalty Kick |
(a) He orders a retake because the ball was not on the edge of the goal area |
(b) He orders a retake because the ball was not stationary |
(c) He lets play continue if the ball leaves the goal area without being touched |
(d) He lets play continue if the ball leaves the penalty area without being touched |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page page 103/104 - The ball must be stationary and is kicked from any point within the goal area by a player of the defending team. For any other infringement of this Law the kick is retaken. |
(a) Dropped ball |
(b) Indirect free kick |
(c) Direct free kick or Penalty kick |
(d) Throw in |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 89 - If a player standing on or off the field of play throws an object at an opponent on the field of play, play is restarted with a direct free kick or penalty kick from the position where the object struck or would have struck the opponent. Comment: Would have struck is important so touching the opponent is not necessary to penalize. |
(a) The referee applies advantage and cautions the defender for unsporting behaviour at the next stoppage in play. |
(b) The referee awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team as he considers the player has passed the ball to the goalkeeper with his foot. |
(c) The referee lets the game continue. There was no pass to the goalkeeper. |
(d) The referee cautions the defender and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) only procedures approved by the International FA Board and described in the Laws of the Game. |
(b) only procedures approved by the member associations. |
(c) Any type of procedure approved by the rules of the competition. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 9 - The Ball In and Out of Play ; Law 10 - The Method of Scoring |
(a) the throw-in is retaken by the same team from the same position |
(b) the throw-in is retaken by the other team from the same position |
(c) the throw-in is retaken by the other team from position the ball touched the ground |
(d) play is restarted with a drop ball. |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 99 - The ball is in play when it enters the field of play. If the ball touches the ground before entering, the throw-in is retaken by the same team from the same position. |
(a) Yes, on condition that it is put back immediately after the kick is taken. |
(b) Yes, if it obstructs the kicker. |
(c) No, the referee does not allow the kick to be taken until the corner flag is replaced. If the referee considers removal of the flag to be an act of unsporting behaviour he cautions the player who removed the flag. |
(d) No, the assistant referee should prevent him from removing it. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) The referee sends off the player for violent conduct and restarts play with a dropped ball where the referee was hit. |
(b) The referee sends off the player for violent conduct and restarts play with a dropped ball, to be taken at the place where the ball was when play was stopped. |
(c) The referee sends off the player for violent conduct and restarts play with an direct free kick or Penalty Kick at the place where the referee was hit. |
(d) None of the previous answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee awards the goal because the player who distracts the opponent is outside the field of play. |
(b) The referee disallows the goal and cautions the player for unsporting behaviour for leaving the field of play without the referee`s permission. |
(c) The referee disallows the goal and cautions the player for unsporting behaviour. |
(d) The referee awards the goal because the player was outside the field of play but cautions the player for unsporting behaviour. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) sends off the player for violent conduct and awards a direct free kick. |
(b) sends off the player for violent conduct and awards a dropped ball. |
(c) sends off the player for violent conduct and awards a penalty kick. |
(d) sends off the player for violent conduct and awards an indirect free kick. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee allows the goal and does not take any disciplinary action. |
(b) The referee disallows the goal, cautions the opponent for preventing the attacker gaining possession of the ball by holding on to his shirt and awards a direct free kick or penalty kick. |
(c) The referee allows the goal and cautions the opponent for unsporting behaviour. |
(d) The answers a) and c) are correct. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee allows the goal and cautions the player for unsporting behaviour. |
(b) The referee allows the goal as long as it is not the goalkeeper who is involved and cautions the player for unsporting behaviour. |
(c) The referee cautions the player for unsporting behaviour unless it is the goalkeeper within his own penalty area. |
(d) The referee allows the goal. A caution is not required. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Yes, any player can take part. |
(b) No |
(c) It is at the referee`s discretion. |
(d) Only if both goalkeepers take part. |
Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play |
(a) The referee stops play immediately and restarts the match with a dropped ball. |
(b) The referee stops play, cautions the opponent for not respecting the required distance and awards an indirect free kick. |
(c) The referee allows play to continue if the opponent does not touch the ball before leaving the penalty area. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 13 - Free Kicks |
(a) The referee instructs the player to leave the field of play to correct his equipment. |
(b) The player may not re-enter the field of play when the ball is in play. |
(c) Play need not be stopped. |
(d) The player leaves the field of play when the ball is next out of play, unless he has already corrected his equipment. |
Reference: Law 4 - The Players’ Equipment |
(a) Allows play to continue because no foul was committed |
(b) Gives a direct free kick for the defending team, but takes no disciplinary action |
(c) Gives a direct free kick for the defending team and shows the offender a yellow card |
(d) Gives a direct free kick for the defending team and shows the offender a red card |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 81 - If an offence involves contact it is penalised by a direct free kick or penalty kick. Careless is when a player shows a lack of attention or consideration when making a challenge or acts without precaution. No disciplinary sanction is needed. |
(a) The referee sends off the offending player and awards a direct free kick to the opposing team. |
(b) The referee cautions the offending player and awards a dropped ball. |
(c) The referee sends off the offending player and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team. |
(d) The referee cautions the offending player and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee sends off the player and restarts play with a dropped ball. |
(b) The referee sends off the player and restarts play with an indirect free kick. |
(c) The referee applies advantage and sends off the player when the ball next goes out of the play. |
(d) The referee sends off the player and awards a direct free kick or penalty kick. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) sends off Player X and allows him to be replaced by a named substitute |
(b) sends off Player X and does not allow him to be replaced |
(c) shows a yellow card to Player X |
(d) sends off Player X and restarts play with an indirect free kick |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 36 - A player who is sent off after being named on the team list and before kick-off may be replaced by a named substitute, who can not be replaced; the number of substitutions the team can make is not reduced |
(a) Yes, the fact that the goalkeeper is prevented from putting the ball into play with his hands does not constitute an offence. |
(b) No, it is an offence to prevent the goalkeeper from putting the ball into play with his hands. The referee stops play and it is restarted with an direct free kick to the goalkeeper`s team. |
(c) No, the fact that the goalkeeper is prevented from putting the ball into play with his hands is an offence. The player is cautioned and play is restarted with a direct free kick to the goalkeeper`s team. |
(d) No, the fact that the goalkeeper is prevented from putting the ball into play with his hands is an offence. The player is cautioned and play is restarted with an indirect free kick to the goalkeeper`s team. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |