Offside (association football)

For offside rules in other sports, see Offside (sport).

An assistant referee signals for offside by raising his flag.

Offside is one of the laws in association football, codified in Law 11 of the Laws of the Game. The law states that a player is in an offside position if any of their body parts, except the hands and arms, are in the opponents' half of the pitch, and closer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent (the last opponent is usually, but not necessarily, the goalkeeper).[1][2]

  1. ^ "Law 11 – Offside". Laws of the game of Association Football. Zürich: International Football Association Board. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ Mather, Victor (21 November 2022). "What Is Offside in Soccer?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 November 2022.