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Football Soccer Laws - Law 14 – The Penalty Kick

The Penalty Kick

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 of each half or at the end of periods of extra time.

Position of the Ball and the Players

The ball:

• is placed on the penalty mark.

The player taking the penalty kick:

• is properly identified.

The defending goalkeeper:

• remains on his goal line, facing the kicker, between the goalposts until the ball has been kicked.

The players other than the kicker are located:

• inside the field of play;
• outside the penalty area;
• behind the penalty mark;
• at least 9.15 m (10 yds) from the penalty mark.

The Referee

• does not signal for a penalty kick to be taken until the players have taken up position in accordance with the Law;
• decides when a penalty kick has been completed.

Procedure

• The player taking the penalty kicks the ball forward.
• He does not play the ball a second time until it has touched another player.
• The ball is in play when it is kicked and moves forward.

When a penalty kick is taken during the normal course of play, or time has been extended at half-time or full time to allow a penalty kick to be taken or retaken, a goal is awarded if, before passing between the goalposts and under the crossbar:

• the ball touches either or both of the goalposts and/or the crossbar, and/or the goalkeeper.

Infringements/Sanctions

A team-mate of the player taking the kick infringes the Laws of the Game:

• the referee allows the kick to proceed.
• If the ball enters the goal, the kick is retaken.
• If the ball does not enter the goal, the referee stops play and restarts the match with an indirect free kick to the defending team, from the place where the infringement occurred.

A team-mate of the goalkeeper infringes the laws of the game:

• the referee allows the kick to proceed.
• if the ball enters the goal, a goal is awarded.
• if the ball does not enter the goal, the kick is retaken.

A player of both the defending team and the attacking team infringe the Laws of the Game:

• the kick is retaken.

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