Laws of the Football

            There are seventeen Football Laws in the official Laws Of The Games.The same Laws are designed to apply to all levels of football, although certain modifications for groups such as juniors, seniors or women are permitted.

№1 Law: The Field of Play
All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define.
№2 Law: The Ball
A football is a ball used to play one of the different sports known as football. Each different code of football uses a different ball which belong to one of two different basic shapes. a sphere used in association football (soccer) as well as Gaelic football;
№3 Law: The Number Of Players
A number of players may be replaced by substitutes during the course of the game. The maximum number of substitutions permitted in most competitive international and domestic league games is three, though the number permitted may be varied in other leagues or in friendly matches. Common reasons for a substitution include injury, tiredness, ineffectiveness, a tactical switch, or as a defensive ploy to use up a little time at the end of a finely poised game. In standard adult matches, a player who has been substituted may not take further part in the match.
№4 Law: The Player's Equipment
A kit is the standard equipment and attire worn by players in association football (soccer). all players must to have the following separate items: Shirts, Shorts, Footwear, Shin pads, Stockings. Goalkeepers almost always wear goalkeeper gloves.
Traditionally, referees, assistant referees and fourth officials wear all-black kits. However, increasingly other colours are being used.
№5 Law: The Referee
A referee presides over a game of association football (soccer). The referee has "full authority to enforce the Laws of the Game in connection with the match to which he has been appointed" (Law 5), and the referee's decisions regarding facts connected with play are final, so far as the result of the game is concerned.
№6 Law: The assistant referees
The referee is assisted by two assistant referees (formerly known as linesmen), and in some matches also by a fourth official. During the game one assistant referee oversees one touch-line and one end of the field utilising the diagonal system of control.
№7 Law: The Duration of the Match
A standard adult football match consists of two periods of 45 minutes each, known as halves. There is usually a 15-minute "half-time" break between halves. The end of the match is known as full-time. The referee is the official timekeeper for the match, and may make an allowance for time lost through substitutions, injured players requiring attention, or other stoppages. This added time is commonly referred to as stoppage time or injury time, and is at the sole discretion of the referee. The referee alone signals the end of the match.
№8 Law: The Start and Restart of Play
From the beginning of each playing period with a kick-off (a set kick from the centre-spot by one team) until the end of the playing period, the ball is in play at all times, except when either the ball leaves the field of play, or play is stopped by the referee. When the ball becomes out of play, play is restarted by one of eight restart methods depending on how it went out of play:Kick-off, Throw-in, Goal kick, Corner kick, Indirect free kick, Direct free kick, Penalty kick and Dropped-ball.
№9 Law: The Ball In and Out of Play
The ball remains in play from the beginning of each playing period to the end of that period, except when: The ball leaves the field by entirely crossing a goal line or touch line (this includes when a goal is scored); or Play is stopped by the referee.
When the ball has left the field of play or play has been stopped by the referee, it becomes out of play until play is recommenced by the appropriate restart.
When the ball is out of play the ball is "dead"; players must not play the ball or interfere with their opponents, and goals can not be scored.
№10 Law: The Method of Scoring
Goals are placed at the centre of each goal-line. A point (goal) is scored when the ball completely crosses the goal line between the goal-posts, even if a defending player last touched the ball before it crossed the goal line (see own goal). A goal may, however, be ruled illegal (and void by the referee) if the player who scored or a member of his team commits an offence under any of the laws between the time the ball was previously out of play and the goal being scored.
№11 Law: Offside
Simply put, a player cannot gain an advantage by waiting for the ball near the opposing goal with only the goalkeeper between him and the goal (only in the usual situation that the goalkeeper is the last defender).The offside is perhaps the most complex of the football rules, and people not familiar with the game often have difficulty in understanding it, a situation not improved by recent "clarifications" to the rule.
№12 Law: Fouls and Misconduct
A foul occurs when a player commits a specific offence listed in the Laws of the Game when the ball is in play. Handling the ball deliberately, tripping an opponent, or pushing an opponent, are examples of "penal fouls", punishable by a direct free kick or penalty kick depending on where the offence occurred. Other fouls are punishable by an indirect free kick. Misconduct may occur at any time, and while the offences that constitute misconduct are listed, the definitions are broad. In particular, the offence of "unsporting behaviour" may be used to deal with most events that violate the spirit of the game, even if they are not listed as specific offences. Non-players, such as managers and support staff, may be dismissed from the field and its surrounds by the referee if they fail to conduct themselves in a responsible manner.
№13 Law: Free Kick
A free kick is a method of resuming play in various forms of football, including: Indirect free kick, Direct free kick and Penalty kick
№14 Law: The Penalty Kick
A penalty kick is a type of free kick in association football (soccer), taken from twelve yards (approximately eleven metres) out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.
№15 Law:The Throw-In
A throw-in is awarded to the opponents of the team that last touched the ball, when the ball leaves the field of play by wholly crossing a side touch line (either on the ground or in the air).
№16 Law: The Goal Kick
A goal kick is awarded to the defending team when the ball leaves the field of play by wholly crossing the goal line (either on the ground or in the air) without a goal having been scored, having been last touched by an attacking player.
№17 Law: The Corner Kick
A corner kick is awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by crossing the goal line (either on the ground or in the air) without a goal having been scored, having been last touched by a defending player.
In most cases, the assistant referee will signal that a corner should be awarded by first raising their flag, then using it to point at the corner arc on their side of the pitch; however, this is not an indication of which side the kick should be taken from.