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The International Football Association Board makes the rules. It was created by the English, Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh associations in 1882. FIFA joined in 1913. There are 17 rules of football that can evolve: on the sand, indoor, with 11, seven or five players... And if rule N°1 was to adapt to any situation?
Before the 1994 World Cup, the first in the USA, some sponsors split games in four periods in order to advertise on TV. The Board didn’t follow the sponsors idea. Today, referees can check rules with video assistance. And tomorrow? How to make football, the most popular sport in the world, more exciting?
Club championships or club training sessions are great times to imagine new rules. Today, Arsène Wenger, the former Arsenal manager works for FIFA, he is in charge of the development of football. He would like to change four rules to make football games more exciting :
- Authorise corners where the trajectory carries the ball out of the field
- Play a free-kick for yourself
- No offside if any part of the body is in line with a part of a player on the defending team.
- Play sideline balls with the foot.
Changes?
We have to imagine rules during the high tech era. Football is now connected. Shirts, shin guards, balls, goals are already connected.
Tomorrow, the field area, shoes and referees will be too. FIFA promotes a universal football for everyone. AI will offer us a great show. The scorer’s table, the VAR, will become the referee. Games will be ruled, broken down by hundreds of captors to get the best referees decision. (A violent tackle, an offside situation, etc.). A certain decision. Players will keep the essential points skill and work. Irreplaceable and without standard.
Small rules and great stories
145 years ago, in 1886, The International Board made rules for all kind of situations in a game. Since then, many evolutions were created for football of the 21st century’s. Those rule have made football what it is today. They are not out-dated. A reminder and a focus on the rules.
In 1891, the penalty is created for a foul close to the goal area. The penalty area did not yet exist.
In 1958, after the semi-final between France and Brazil (2-5), the Board authorised a substitute player to play. In this game, Robert Jonquet, the French captain, had broken his fibula.
In 1970, during the World Cup in Mexico, referees were allowed to give yellow and red cards for the first time.
In 1993, the Golden Goal during overtime, was created. Good news for the German players who won against the Czech Republic (2-1) during the Euro 1996 Final and the French players against the Italians (2-1) in Euro 2000. An ordeal for the losing team. The golden goal was abolished in 2004.
THE SEVENTEEN
«GAME RULES»
- RULE 1 - THE FIELD
- RULE 2 - BALL
- RULE 3 - NUMBER OF PLAYERS.
- RULE 4 - PLAYERS EQUIPMENT
- RULE 5 - REFEREE
- RULE 6 - ASSISTANT REFEREES
- RULE 7 - GAME DURATION
- RULE 8 - KICK OFF AND RESTART OF THE GAME
- RULE 9 - BALL IN PLAY
- RULE 10 - GOAL
- RULE 11 - OFFSIDE
- RULE 12 - FOULS AND UNSPORTING BEHAVIOUR
- RULE 13 - FREE KICK
- RULE 14 - PENALTY
- RULE 15 - SIDELINE
- RULE 16 - GOAL KICK
- RULE 17 - CORNER KICK + TECHNICAL AREA + THE FOURTH OFFICIAL