FUTSAL LESSON
ORIGIN
▪ Futsal comes from the Portuguese futebol
de salão and from the [Spanish] fútbol sala or
fútbol de salón (all translatable as "indoor
football").
▪ The World Futsal Association registered the
name futsal in 1985, following a dispute with
FIFA over the name fútbol. Since then, futsal
has become the officially and internationally
accepted name, and FIFA(Fédération
Internationale de Football Association) has
also started using the term.
▪ Futsal started in 1930 when Juan Carlos
Ceriani, a teacher in Montevideo, Uruguay,
created a version of indoor football for YMCAs.
GOVERNING BODY
1) Fédération Internationale de Football
Association / International Association
Football Federation (FIFA)
2) Asociación Mundial de Fútsal (AMF)
3) Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
4) Confederation of Asian Futsal (CAFS)
5) Philippine Football Federation (PFF)
PLAYERS
▪ Goalkeeper: Can handle the ball in the
penalty box but more engaged in outfield play
than in football, with the small pitch size
making throws important.
▪ Defender: Usually the last man ahead of the
goalkeeper but also important in starting and
joining attacks.
▪ Winger: Often the most skilful and creative
players, and crucial in both attack and defence.
▪ Pivot: Their job is not just as a goalscorer
but as someone that can hold the ball up with
back to goal before releasing team-mates.
▪ Universal: A player able to perform in
various outfield roles.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
(1) Time. There are two periods of 20 minutes
with time stopping at every dead ball. Between
the two periods there is a break of 15 minutes.
Each team may use one time-out per half,
which lasts one minute. Some leagues and
tournaments use 25 minute periods with
running time.
(2) Number of Players. There are five players
for each team in the field, one of them as
goalkeeper, and a maximum number of 12
players that can be used each match.
Substitutions are unlimited and on-the-fly.
(3) Fouls. All direct free kicks count as
accumulated fouls. A direct free kick is awarded
for kicking, jumping, pushing, striking,holding,
spitting, and deliberate handling. Indirect free
kicks, such as playing dangerously and
impeding, do not count as accumulated fouls. A
team is warned by the referee when they
commit five accumulated fouls in a half. All
accumulated fouls after the warning result in a
direct kick from the second penalty mark.
(4) Cards. A caution can be shown for
unsporting behavior, dissent, failure to respect
the distance on a restart, excessive delay of a
restart, persistent infringement, or incorrectly
entering/leaving the field of play. A player or
substitute can be sent off for serious foul play,
violent conduct, spitting, illegally denying an
obvious goal-scoring opportunity, abusive
language, and receiving a second caution.
Sent-off players are ejected from the game and
their team must play short for two minutes or
until the other team scores a goal.
(5) Free Kicks. Taken from the spot of the
infringement or on the line of the penalty area
nearest the infringement (indirect only). All
opponents must be at least 5 m (16 ft) away
from the ball. The kick must be taken within four
seconds or an indirect kick is awarded to the
other team.
(6) Kick from the second penalty mark.
Awarded when a team commits 6 or more
accumulated fouls in a half. Second penalty
mark is 10 m (33 ft) from the goal, opponents
must be behind the ball, goalkeeper must be at
least 5 m (16 ft) away. (13) Referees. For international matches, there
must be two referees: one (first referee) is
(7) Penalty kick. 6 m (20 ft) from the center of positioned on the touchline near the timekeeper
the goal for fouls inside the 6 m (20 ft) goal table and communicates with the timekeeper,
keeper's area. while the other (second referee) is in the
opposite side of the field. At the timekeeper
(8) Goalkeeper. When in possession of the ball, table there is a timekeeper and a third referee,
the goalkeeper has 4 seconds to get rid of the who controls the teams' benches. In minor
ball. If the ball is kept too long, the referee will events, the third referees and the timekeeper
give an indirect kick to the other team. The are not used.
goalkeeper may play freely when in the
opponent's half.
EQUIPMENTS/FACILITIES
(9) Goalkeeper pass-back restriction. Once
the goalkeeper has released the ball either by Length of Field: 25 m × 16 m or 42 m × 25 m
kicking or throwing, the goalkeeper may not Net: 3m × 2m × 1m
touch it again until the ball goes out of play or is
touched by an opponent. The sanction for
violation is an indirect free kick. The goalkeeper
may receive the ball freely when on the
opponent's half.

(10) Kick-in. A kick-in is used instead of a

throw-in. The player must place the ball on the
touchline or outside but not more than 25 cm
(9.8 in) from the place the ball when out of play.
The ball must be stationary, and the kick-in
must be taken within 4 seconds from the time
the player is ready. During kick-in, opponents
must stand at least 5 m (16 ft) from the ball. If
four seconds elapses or an illegal kick is taken,
the referee will award a kick-in to the other
team. It is not allowed to score directly from a
kick-in: the goal is valid only if someone else
touches the ball before it enters in goal.

(11) Goal clearance. A goal clearance is used

instead of a goal kick. The goalkeeper must
throw the ball with their hands, and it must
leave the penalty area within four seconds. If
goal clearance is taken illegally the goalkeeper
may retry, but the referee will not reset the
count. If four seconds elapses, the other team
gets an indirect kick on the penalty area line.

(12) Corner kick. The ball must be placed

inside the arc nearest to the point where the
ball crossed the goal line and the opponent
must stand on field at least 5 m (16 ft) from the
corner arch until the ball is in play. The corner
kick must be taken within 4 seconds of being
ready or else a goal clearance will be awarded
to the other team. The ball is in play when it is
kicked and moves.