Fouls - Law 12
Direct Free Kick Fouls
Charges
Jumps at
Kicks or Attempts to Kick
Pushes
Holds
Tackles or Challenges
Trips or attempts to trip
Handball
Impedes with contact
Bites or spits at someone
Throws object at the ball, an opponent or Match Official
Strikes or Attempts to Strike (including Headbutt)
Indirect Free Kick Offense
Plays in a Dangerous Manner**
Impedes the progress of an opponent WITHOUT any contact
Shows Dissent or uses offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or actions or any other verbal offense.
Prevents the Goalkeeper from releasing the ball from their hands
Initiates a deliberate trick for the ball to be passed to the Goalkeeper with the head, chest or Knee to circumvent the law.
Commits any other offense, not mentioned in the Laws for which play is stopped to caution or send off a player
Levels of Foul Severity
Careless is when a player shows a lack of attention or consideration when making a challenge or acts without precaution. No disciplinary sanction is needed
Reckless is when a player acts with disregard to the danger to, or consequences for, an opponent and must be cautioned AKA a Yellow Card
Using excessive force is when a player exceeds the necessary use of force and/or endangers the safety of an opponent and must be sent off aka Red Card
