FIFA Futsal Rules — The pitch April 23, 2007

The pitch shall be marked with lines. These lines belong to the areas of which they are boundaries. The two longer boundary lines are called touch lines. The two shorter lines are called goal lines.

All lines shall be 8 cm wide. The pitch shall be divided into two halves by the halfway line.

The centre mark shall be indicated at the midpoint of the halfway line. A circle with a radius of 3 m shall be marked around it.

The pitch and its features are shown in the following diagram:

Dimensions

The pitch shall be rectangular. The length of the touch line shall be greater than the length of the goal line.

Length minimum 25m maximum 42m

International matches

Length minimum 38m maximum 42m

The Penalty Area

The penalty area shall be marked out at each end of the pitch as follows:

Quarter circles, with a 6-m radius, shall be drawn centred on the outside of each goal post. The quarter circles shall be drawn from the goal line to meet two imaginary lines 6 m in length drawn at right angles to the goal line from the outside of the goalpost. The upper part of each quarter circle shall be joined by a 3.16-m line running parallel to the goal line between the goalposts.

The curved line marking the outer limit of the penalty area is known as the penalty area line.

The Penalty Mark

A mark shall be drawn 6 m from the midpoint between the goalposts and equidistant from them.

The Penalty Second Mark

A second mark shall be drawn on the pitch 10 m from the midpoint between the goalposts and equidistant from them.

The Corner Arc

A quarter circle with a radius of 25 cm from each corner shall be drawn on the pitch.

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Courtesy of FIFA.com

The beginning of futsal April 9, 2007

First and foremost, I would like to say thanks to Aien on her trust for me to become an administrator. I’m going to post something about futsal here since Aien can’t find anything to post yet.

Let start for the introduction of futsal. Futsal is an indoor version of football or soccer for American. The name futsal was derived from Portuguese and Spanish which hard to spell it with all the ‘a’ and ‘e’ that have a line on top of it. One thing that I know, both had a same meaning which is “indoor football”.

Two teams of 5 players each including a goalkeeper needed to play futsal. In this case, substitutes player might become handy. Lines are the limitation in each game that is similar to football. Unlike football which use a number 5 sized ball, futsal can be played using a number 4 sized or number 3 sized ball.

A man behind this sport is Juan Carlos Ceriani who was the first one to played it at YMCAs. This game was created on 1930’s and since then, so many rules and regulations acquired. Until now, they still have many version of futsal in the world.

To be continued…