Question Number: 14679

Law 16 - Goal Kick 1/7/2007

RE: Rec Adult

Will Hessler of Melbourne, Victoria Australia asks...

This question is a follow up to question 12414

If a goal keeper (or any other player) takes a goal kick and a gust of wind blows it back into the goal, my understanding is that the decision should be a corner kick to the opposition. Is this correct? Is this also the decision if the ball had cleared the penalty area (and no one else touched it)?

Can you also tell me where in the laws of the game this is written? Thanks.

Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

Law 16 states: A goal may be scored directly from a goal kick, but only against the opposing team. If the ball is not kicked directly beyond the penalty area the kick is retaken. If kicked beyond and somehow makes its way across the goal line, including bouncing off the referee or an assistant on the field, a goal is not scored and Law 17 applies.

Regards,

Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

If the keeper or any defender for that matter kicks it and it LEAVES THE PENALTY AREA and then gets blown back into goal by a gust of wind or act of God, then the restart is a corner kick provided ball did not touch anyone except kicker.

Answer provided by Referee Richard Dawson

For the ball to be in play on ANY free kick within a team's own penalty area that initial kick must send the ball completely outside the area into the field of play to be considered as back in play.
Failure to do so results in a retake.

If the ball travels outside the penalty area and somehow curves around or blows back into the area only the kicker of the free kick would be prevented from playing the ball a second time.
I doubt anyone would consider it a passback either.

The key is it is impossible to score DIRECTLY upon oneself from any restart there must be another touch of the ball by any other player except the kicker or thrower

lAW 13 Position of Free Kick
Free Kick Inside the Penalty Area
Direct or indirect free kick to the defending team:
all opponents are at least 9.15 m (10 yds) from the ball.
all opponents remain outside the penalty area until the ball is in play.
the ball is in play when it is kicked directly beyond the penalty area.

LAW 16 Goal kick
Procedure
The ball is kicked from any point within the goal area by a player of the defending team.
Opponents remain outside the penalty area until the ball is in play.
The kicker does not play the ball a second time until it has touched another player.
The ball is in play when it is kicked directly beyond the penalty area.

Infringements/Sanctions
If the ball is not kicked directly into play beyond the penalty area:
the kick is retaken.
If the ball proceeded into the goal and was untouched by anyone except the kicker the restart is a corner kick

lAW 13 The Direct Free Kick
If a direct free kick is kicked directly into the team?s own goal, a corner kick is awarded to the opposing team.
The Indirect Free Kick
Ball Enters the Goal
A goal can be scored only if the ball subsequently touches another player before it enters the goal.
if an indirect free kick is kicked directly into the team?s own goal, a corner kick is awarded to the opposing team. Cheers

Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

Yup