Question Number: 15183

Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/14/2007

RE: rec Adult

alex of richmond hill, on canada asks...

I always have the impression that it is the position of the attacker that determines whether a foul should be a PK or not.

However, LOTR law 12 states "A penalty kick is awarded if any of the above ten offences is committed by a player inside his own penalty area, irrespective of the position of the ball, provided it is in play".

Sounds like the position of the offending player (is he in or out of the penalty area) is the deciding factor on whether it is a penalty kick or a DFK. For example, a defender inside his PA attempts to strike an opponent just outside the PA should be penalised with a PK.

Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

No. The foul occurs where the action finally takes place. In your example, the action takes place outside the penalty area so the restart would be a dfk. The ACTION must take inside the penalty area for there to be awarded a penalty kick. For example, a player outside his penalty area takes a rock and throws it at an opponent inside the penalty area. This would result in a penalty kick.

Answer provided by Referee Steve Montanino

Yeah, Ref Contarino has got it. You have to spot the ball where the fould occured. That's the only place the kick may occur from. Not where the attacker or any other player is located.

If the foul is a direct-free-kick foul that happens within an attacking team's own penalty this results in a penalty kick. Otherwise it's just a direct kick.

But the location of the foul deems where the kick should be taken.

Answer provided by Referee Richard Dawson

No alex,
my colleagues are spot on. The foul occurs where it occurs at the point of the infraction but exceptions do exisit,
Most person to person penal foul contacts are easy to see but a throwing or striking or spitting event is from where the contact COULD have occurred not from where it originates from.

11. While the ball is in play, a player standing inside his own penalty area throws an object at an opponent standing outside the penalty area.
What action does the referee take?
He stops play and sends off the player who threw the object for violent conduct. Play is restarted with a direct free kick to the opponents? team taken from the place where the offence occurred, e.g. where the object struck or would have struck the opponent.

Also note that a holding call is of a continious nature and advantage is applied
31. A defender starts holding an attacker outside the penalty area but finishes inside the penalty area. What action should the referee take?
He would award a penalty kick.

Keep in mind as well the three penal fouls of attempts

attempts to kick an opponent

attempts to trip an opponent

attempts to strike an opponent

Since there is no actual contact point you need to judge if there was where could it have occured
Cheers

Answer provided by Referee Nathan Lacy

At the risk of piling on here, these answers are on the mark. It is the place where the foul OCCURS that determines whether or not it will be a PK. All the best,

Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

It is where the contact was made. If there is a trip...at the exact point on field where guilty players leg made contact with opponent. If it is for handling deliberatly, then at exact point where ball struck hand.

Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

A defender can give up a penalty kick if all of him is outside the penalty area except the hand playing the ball. The direct free kick offence, deliberately handles the ball happened IN the penalty area. Same thing with a trip, contact outside the penalty area establishes where the foul was given, so what if he falls on the goal line it happened outside! The converse is also true, a defender inside the penalty trips the right foot of an attacker and that foot is all that remains in the penalty area. Penalty kick!

Regards,