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About Futsal Futsal is FIFA
Coaches and Players - Welcome!
You’ll
find most of what you need to know about futsal in this handout. It is
recommended that you make copies of this handout or encourage you players and
parents to go to the website and print it, so that all will be familiar with the
rules.
You will see that Futsal is a fast-paced game that is fun to play and will help
players to improve their skills. Super F League’s goal is to help the players
develop, while they are having fun competing.
Below are the major differences between Soccer rules and futsal rules. If the
rule is not addressed below, you can assume that the laws of play are the same
as outdoor.
General Rules
There are 4 field players and a Goal Keeper
(GK).
No offside.
GK can only handle the ball (by feet or hands)
for 4 seconds in their own half. If they are in opponents half, they have
no time-handling restrictions.
24 minute halves for tournament and for league
play. 3 minutes for half time and each coach may call (1) one-minute time
out per half when in possession of the ball. Time out requests are made to
the referee.
Substitutions
Free substitutions are made “on the fly”.
Player can only enter or leave the game in the substitution areas marked by
their respective benches, and a player may only enter a game after the
player they are replacing has left the field. Failure to do so results in a
caution and an indirect free kick is taken from where the ball was situated
when the game was stopped to caution the player.
Kick off
Opposing players must give 5
yards until ball is in play.
Ball Out of Play
Kick
in
A ball kicked out over the
touch line (side line) by one team becomes the other teams
ball. The team kicking in has 4 seconds to get the ball back
in play or it becomes opponent’s kick in. Defense must give
5 yards distance. The referee will give a visual count with
his hand. Players taking kick in can not step into the
field while kicking ball back into play. Goals cannot be
scored from kick-ins.
If the ball hits the ceiling,
a kick in is taken at the closest point on the nearest
touchline, running parallel to the goal line.
Goal
Clearance
Futsal for goal kick. When
the offensive team puts the ball over the end line, the
other team gets the ball. The goalie must throw the ball
within 4 seconds of retrieving it and put it back into play
by throwing it. The throw must leave the penalty area, but
it must touch the ground on the GK’s half of the field
(can’t throw ball past half-line). Opposing team must stay
out of penalty area during a goal clearance. If opposing
players touches ball before it leaves penalty area, GK
retakes the throw. The GK cannot touch ball again until
another player touches it.
Corner
Kick
There is no arc, kick is
taken at the point where goal line and touch line meet (at
corner).
Fouls and
Misconduct
Fouls
Slide tackling is a major foul in
futsal. It is not allowed in any
situation where there is contact between
players or where referees believe that
contact could have resulted.
Exceptions
The GK is allowed to slide in an attempt
to clear the ball, if in referees’
judgment, his slide is an attempt only
to make contact with the ball, not the
opponent. If GK slid is reckless (a
foot in air, a hook, rolling tackle) it
is a foul and possibly a cardable
offense. A field player may slide in
instances where there is not an opponent
close by and no injury is likely to
occur. This would most likely happen
when a player is attempting to stop the
ball from going out of bound or an
offensive player sliding to knock the
ball into the goal where the is not
other defensive player close to the
play. Players and coaches should use
this general rule, if you slide tackle
near a player, assume if will be called
a major penalty.
6th Accumulated
Foul
Upon a team’s 6th accumulated
foul in each half, the defending team
cannot build a wall to block the kick.
The player taking the kick must be
clearly identified and the player taking
the kick must make an attempt at the
goal.
Accumulated Fouls resulting in
Direct Kick
- Kicking or attempting to kick an
opponent
- Tripping or attempting to trip an
opponent
- Jumping at an opponent
- Charges an opponent
- Strikes or attempts to strike an
opponent
- Pushes an opponent
- Holding an opponent
- Spits at an opponent
- Slide tackles with exceptions above
Sending Off Fouls
Handling the ball deliberately, except
for GK in their area.
Denying an obvious goal-scoring
opportunity to an opponent moving toward
the goal. Player sent off cannot r-enter
the game. Substitution is allowed after
2 minutes.
No
shoulder charging.
Indirect Free Kick
5 yards of distance from kicker to set
up wall, and ball is in play after it
has been touched. If the kicking team
takes more time than 4 seconds to take
the kick, it becomes the opposition’s
indirect kick.
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