Rules of Football

  A match consists of two halves of 20 minutes each (subject to discretion of organizing committee) with a 5-minute rest period in between. 

 Each team can have a minimum of 16 players(including 1 goalkeeper who is the only player allowed to handle the ball within the 18-yard box) and a minimum of 7 players are needed to constitute a match. 

 Each team can name up to 7 substitute players. Substitutions can be made at any time of the match with each team being able to make a maximum of 3 substitutions per side. In the event of all three substitutes being made and a player having to leave the field for injury the team will be forced to play without a replacementfor that player.

 If the game needs to head to extra time as a result of both teams being level in a match, then decision will be made on the basis of penalty shootouts  The whole ball must cross the goal line for it to constitute as a goal. 

 For fouls committed a player could receive either a yellow or red card depending on the severity of the foul; this comes down to the referee’s discretion. The yellow is a warning and a red card is a dismissal of that player. Two yellow cards will equal one red. Once a player is sent off then they cannot be replaced. 

 If a ball goes out of play off an opponent in either of the side lines, then it is given as a throw in. Ifit goes out of play off an attacking player on the base line, then it is a goal kick. If it comes off a defending player it is a corner kick. 

Scoring

 To score the ball must go into your opponent’s goal. The whole ball needs to be over the line for it to be a legitimate goal. A goal can be scored with any part of the body apart from the hand or arm up to the shoulder. 

Winning the Game 

To win you have to score more goals than that of your opponents. If the scores are level at the end of match, then the game will end as a draw. A penalty shootout will decide the winner