Soccer Information

A penalty kick is awarded against a team that commits one of the ten
offences for which a direct free kick is awarded, inside its own penalty
area and while the ball is in play.
A goal may be scored directly from a penalty kick.
Additional time is allowed for a penalty kick to be taken at the end [...]

An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper,
inside his own penalty area, commits any of the following four offences:
• controls the ball with his hands for more than six seconds before
releasing it from his possession
• touches the ball again with his hands after he has released it from
his possession and [...]

A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits
any of the following seven offences in a manner considered by the
referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:
• kicks or attempts to kick an opponent
• trips or attempts to trip an opponent
• jumps at an opponent
• charges an opponent
• strikes [...]

It is not an offense in itself to be in an offside position.
A player is in an offside position if:
• he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the
second last opponent
A player is not in an offside position if:
• he is in his own half of the field of play [...]

A corner kick is a method of restarting play.
A corner kick is awarded when the whole of the ball passes over the
goal line, either on the ground or in the air, having last touched a
player of the defending team, and a goal is not scored in accordance
with Law 10.
A goal may be scored directly from [...]

If a player who has taken a goal kick correctly deliberately plays the
ball a second time when the ball has left the penalty area before
another player has touched it, an indirect free kick is awarded to the
opposing team in the position where the second touch occurred (see
Law 13 – Position of Free Kick). However, if [...]

A throw-in is a method of restarting play.
A throw-in is awarded to the opponents of the player who last touched
the ball when the whole of the ball crosses the touch line, either on
the ground or in the air.
A goal cannot be scored directly from a throw-in.
At the moment of delivering the ball, the thrower:
• faces [...]

Free kicks are either direct or indirect.
Ball Enters the Goal
• if a direct free kick is kicked directly into the opponents’ goal, a
goal is awarded
• if a direct free kick is kicked directly into the team’s own goal, a
corner kick is awarded to the opposing team
Signal
The referee indicates an indirect free kick by raising his [...]