Section outline

    • Welcome to Scottish Football Association - Laws,

      Please select a module below to get started.

    • Course aim

      To develop a knowledge & understanding of Law 11 - Offside

      Outcomes

      By the end of this course you should be able to:

      • Indicate when a player is in an offside position or not.
      • Demonstrate when to award offside against a player.
      • Differentiate the following terms:
        • ‘nearer to his opponents goal line’
        • ‘interfering with play’
        • ‘interfering with an opponent’ and
        • ‘gaining an advantage by being in that position’.

      Understand important concepts, such as;

      • The difference between being in an offside position and being penalised for being in an offside position.
      • When a player is not penalised for being in an offside position.
      • Why, when a defending player leaves the field of play without the referee’s permission, they should be considered to be on his goal line/touch line for the purposes of offside, until the ball is next in play.