(a) The referee restarts play with a dropped ball from where the ball was when play was stopped. |
(b) The referee punishes the more serious offence in terms of disciplinary action, restart, physical severity and tactical impact. |
(c) The referee takes disciplinary action if necessary according to the offences and restarts play with a dropped ball from where the ball was at the moment the play was stopped. |
(d) The referee allows play to continue and takes disciplinary actions only if necessary according to the offences when the ball is next out of play. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Goal kick |
(b) Corner kick |
(c) Kick-off |
(d) Throw-in |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 99 - A goal cannot be scored DIRECTLY from a throw-in: if the ball enters the opponents` goal - a goal kick is awarded; if the ball enters the thrower`s goal - a corner kick is awarded. COMMENT: In this case the ball was touched by the goalie, so the ball did not go into the goal directly. He needs to award the goal |
(a) Yes. The thrower must stand at least 2yds (2 m) from the touch line. |
(b) No |
(c) Yes |
(d) Yes. The thrower must stand no more than 2yds (2 m) from the touch line. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) The referee allows play to continue. |
(b) The referee stops play if advantage cannot be applied and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team. |
(c) The referee stops play and restarts with a dropped ball. |
(d) The referee stops play and awards a direct free kick to the opponents. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) The referee allows play to continue and during the next stoppage cautions the player. |
(b) The referee applies advantage if possible or stops play, cautions the player and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team from where the ball was when play was stopped. |
(c) The referee applies advantage if possible or stops play, cautions the player and awards a dropped ball where the ball was when play was stopped. |
(d) The referee allows play to continue. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) No, the referee should continue play even if the floodlights are slightly inadequate. |
(b) Yes |
(c) It depends on the match situation. The referee may stop play depending on the match score at that moment. |
(d) No, never. |
Reference: Law 5 - The Referee |
(a) the referee. |
(b) The International Football Association Board. |
(c) The Rules of the Competition. |
(d) the Laws of the Game. |
Reference: Law 6 - The Other Match Offiicals |
(a) Allow play to continue until the ball leaves the field of play. |
(b) Stop the match and restart with a dropped ball on the goal area line parallel to the goal line, at the nearest place to where the ball was when play was stopped. |
(c) Stop play and award an indirect free kick in favour of the defending team. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 1 - The Field of Play ; Law 2 - The Ball |
(a) The referee should not allow the goal, the ball must touch another player first. |
(b) The referee should allow the goal if it was scored in the opponents` goal. |
(c) The referee should allow the goal in all cases. |
(d) The referee should not allow the goal. The goal kick should be retaken. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) a direct free kick. |
(b) an indirect free kick. |
(c) a free kick or penalty kick. |
(d) a direct free kick or penalty kick. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee sends off the player and allows the substitution. Play is restarted according to the Laws of the Game. |
(b) The referee sends off the player and does not allow the substitution. Play is restarted with a direct free kick. |
(c) The referee sends off the player, allows the substitution as it had been requested previously. Play is restarted with an indirect free kick. |
(d) The referee sends off the player and does not allow him to be substituted, however another player could be substituted during this stoppage. Play is restarted according to the Laws of the Game. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(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) The referee awards the opposing team a direct free kick or a penalty kick. |
(b) Play continues because the ball is not within playing distance. |
(c) The referee sends off the offending player for violent conduct. |
(d) The referee stops play and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team for impeding the progress of an opponent. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The player is sent off for serious foul play. Play is restarted with a direct free kick from where the object struck or would have struck the opponent. |
(b) The player is sent off for violent conduct and a penalty kick is awarded. |
(c) The player is sent off for violent conduct. Play is restarted with a direct free kick taken from the place where the object struck or would have struck the opponent. |
(d) None of the previous answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) A substitute can only enter the field of play from the halfway line and during a stoppage in play. |
(b) Substitutes are subject to the authority and jurisdiction of the referee when they begin to participate in the game. |
(c) A substitution is completed when the substitute enters the field of play and plays the ball. |
(d) All of the answers are correct. |
Reference: Law 3 - The Players |
(a) Yes, to benefit play and prevent aggression. |
(b) No, never. |
(c) No, only the coach of the team is empowered to make that decision. |
(d) Yes, after consulting his coach and to prevent incidents. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) No, never. |
(b) No, impeding is always an indirect free kick even when physical contact takes place with the hands, arms, legs or any other part of the body. |
(c) Yes, always. |
(d) Yes, always when you have contact. |
Reference: 2016/2017 LOTG page 82 - A direct free kick is awarded if a player commits any of the following offences: impedes an opponent with contact |
(a) 3 - 5ft. (1 -1.5 meters) |
(b) At least 10 yds (9.15 metres) |
(c) No less than 2 yds.(2 meters) |
(d) No required distance. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) The winner decides which goal will be attacked in the first half of the match. |
(b) The winner chooses whether to kick off. |
(c) The winner chooses which goal will be attacked in the first half of the match or for their team to kick-off. |
(d) None of the previous answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play |
(a) Order the kick to be retaken. |
(b) Play on. |
(c) Award an indirect free kick against the kicker. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 14 - The Penalty Kick |
(a) The referee allows play to continue. When the ball is next out of play, the referee sends off the offending player again. Play is restarted according to the Laws of the Game. |
(b) The referee allows play to continue because the opponent does not prevent the free kick being taken. |
(c) The referee cautions the opponent for not respecting the required distance at a free kick. If advantage is not applied the free kick is retaken. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Yes |
(b) No |
(c) Yes, as long as the material is approved by the organisers of the competition. |
(d) Yes, provided they are not dangerous. |
Reference: Law 4 - The Players’ Equipment |
(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) The referee awards a penalty kick and sends off the player for preventing a goal with his hand. |
(b) The referee awards a penalty kick and cautions the team-mate for unsporting behaviour. |
(c) The referee awards a penalty kick and warns the player. |
(d) The referee orders the throw-in to be retaken. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Yes, always. |
(b) No, never. |
(c) Yes, if not done in a dangerous way. |
(d) It is left to the discretion of the referee. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team from the place where the offence occurred. |
(b) The referee cautions the team-mate for unsporting behaviour and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team from where the offence occurred. |
(c) The referee allows play to continue. |
(d) The referee cautions the team-mate for unsporting behaviour and awards a dropped ball. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Disallow the goal, send off the offending player and restart play with an indirect free kick. |
(b) Disallow the goal, send off the offending player and restart play with a penalty kick or a direct free kick. |
(c) Disallow the goal, send off the offending player and restart play with a free kick, penalty kick or dropped ball. |
(d) None of the previous answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) sends off the defender for violent conduct. Play is restarted with a penalty kick to the opposing team. |
(b) cautions the defender for unsporting behaviour. Play is restarted with a throw-in. |
(c) sends off the defender for violent conduct. Play restarts with a throw-in. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) Not allow him to continue in the match. |
(b) Instruct him to leave the field of play during the next stoppage in play. |
(c) Caution him if he refuses to obey the order. |
(d) All of the answers are correct. |
Reference: Law 4 - The Players’ Equipment |
(a) Indirect free kick |
(b) Direct free kick |
(c) Dropped ball |
(d) Kick-off |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 83 - A goalkeeper is considered to be in control of the ball when bouncing it (the ball) on the ground or throwing it in the air. A goalkeeper cannot be challenged by an opponent when in control of the ball with the hands |
(a) No, but it should be noted in the referee`s report and he cannot take part in the kicks from the penalty mark. |
(b) Yes, and the other team shall reduce to equate. |
(c) Yes |
(d) No, because the match has already finished. |
Reference: Law 14 - The Penalty Kick |
(a) No, because the Laws of the Game state that being in line is not offside. |
(b) Yes, the Laws of the Game state that he must be in line with the second last opponent or the ball. |
(c) No, because he has an opponent between him and the goal line. |
(d) No, never. |
Reference: Law 11 - Offside |
(a) the moment the ball rolls its circumference. |
(b) the moment the ball has left the penalty area completely, after being kicked and touched again. |
(c) the moment the ball has left the penalty area, after being kicked by a player from the defending team. |
(d) the moment the ball has left the penalty area, inside the field of play, after being kicked by a player from the defending team. |
Reference: Law 13 - Free Kicks |
(a) Award an indirect free kick to the opposing team. |
(b) Award a direct free kick to the opposing team, to be taken from where the offence occurred. |
(c) Order the kick-off to be retaken. |
(d) Award an indirect free kick to the opposing team, and caution the offending player. |
Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play |
(a) Disallow the goal and award a corner kick. |
(b) Disallow the goal and award a dropped ball from the six-yard box line parallel to the goal line, at the nearest point to where the ball entered the goal. |
(c) Disallow the goal and award a goal kick. |
(d) Award the goal. |
Reference: Law 9 - The Ball In and Out of Play ; Law 10 - The Method of Scoring |
(a) Yes |
(b) No |
(c) Only at the moment of taking the kick. |
(d) Yes, provided that the flagpost is impeding the kicker. |
Reference: Law 1 - The Field of Play ; Law 2 - The Ball |
(a) The referee sends off the defender and has the dropped ball retaken. |
(b) The referee sends off the defender and awards a penalty kick to the opposing team. |
(c) The referee sends off the defender and awards a direct free kick to the opposing team from where the opponent was. |
(d) The referee sends off the defender and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team from where the player was inside the penalty arc. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) He should send off player No 8. Player No 12 enters and his team plays with 11 players. |
(b) He should send off player No 8. The substitution cannot be completed so the team plays with 10 players. |
(c) He should send off player No 8. The team will now play with 10 players. The team may choose not to substitute at this time or player No 12 now must substitute for a different player. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 3 - The Players |
(a) He penalises the offending team with a direct free kick or penalty kick. |
(b) He penalises the offending team with an indirect free kick. |
(c) He stops play and restarts with a dropped ball. |
(d) He lets play continue. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Yes, apply advantage and when the team-mate receives the ball he should be penalised for interfering with play. |
(b) No, the offence committed before the pass should be penalised. |
(c) Yes, advantage should be applied and once the pass has been completed, he should penalise the offending player for unsporting behaviour. |
(d) No, advantage should not be applied in such situations. The offending team should always be penalised with a direct free kick and the offending player cautioned for unsporting behaviour. |
Reference: Law 11 - Offside |
(a) When it happens neither in a careless nor a reckless manner nor using excessive force |
(b) It`s only not allowed when the player uses excessive force |
(c) It is never allowed |
(d) It`s only allowed if the opponent does not go down with an injury |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 99 - If a player, while correctly taking a throw-in, intentionally throws the ball at an opponent in order to play the ball again but neither in a careless nor a reckless manner nor using excessive force, the referee allows play to continue |
(a) Yes, always. |
(b) No |
(c) No, unless the Rules of the Competition stipulate it. |
(d) The decision is at the discretion of the referee. |
Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play |
(a) No |
(b) Yes if it does not cross the goal line or touch line. |
(c) Yes, always. |
(d) According to Law 9, if the ball returns to the field of play, it is still in play. |
Reference: Law 9 - The Ball In and Out of Play ; Law 10 - The Method of Scoring |
(a) the procedure is to be completed before the second half kicks off. |
(b) the substitute cannot enter the field of play until the substituted player has left the field of play and he has received the hand signal from the referee. |
(c) the substitution procedure is completed when the substitute enters the field of play. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 3 - The Players |
(a) The referee speaks to the captain to oblige the player to leave the field of play. |
(b) The referee allows play to continue but mentions the situation in the match report. |
(c) The referee speaks to the team officials to oblige the player to leave the field of play. |
(d) The referee speaks to the captain and team officials to ensure the player leaves the field of play. If the player does not leave, the referee abandons the match. |
Reference: Law 5 - The Referee |
(a) Enter the field of play and attempt to separate the players. |
(b) Only observe what is happening. |
(c) It is not his responsibility to intervene. |
(d) Enter the field of play to assist the referee. |
Reference: Law 6 - The Other Match Offiicals |
(a) they are used to score a goal. |
(b) an opponent is not hit. |
(c) in the opinion of the referee, it is not dangerous for an opponent. |
(d) an opponent or the referee are not hit. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee awards a throw-in. |
(b) The referee orders the free kick to be retaken. |
(c) The referee orders the free kick to be retaken as he considers that the ball was not in play. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 13 - Free Kicks |
(a) No, never. |
(b) Yes, always. |
(c) Only if the substitute has not yet participated in play and the full number of substitutes has been used. |
(d) Only if the substitute has already participated in play. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Pushing an opponent. |
(b) Violent conduct against a team-mate provided that the action occurs within the field of play. |
(c) Charging an opponent. |
(d) Violent conduct against an opponent outside the field of play and not part of play. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |