LAW 18 - Kicks from the Penalty Mark

Taking kicks from the penalty mark is a method of determining the winning team where competition rules require there to be a winning team after a match has been drawn.

Procedure

• The referee chooses the goal at which the kicks will be taken · The referee tosses a coin and the team whose captain wins the toss takes the first kick (the visiting team calls the coin toss)
• ·The referee keeps a record of the kicks being taken
• ·Subject to the conditions explained below, both teams take five kicks
• If, before both teams have taken five kicks one has scored more goals than the other could score, even if it were to complete its five kicks, no more kicks are taken
• If, after both teams have taken five kicks, both have scored the same number of goals, or have not scored any goals, kicks continue to be taken in the same order until one team has scored a goal more that the other from the same number of kicks
• A goalkeeper who is injured while kicks are being taken from the penalty mark and is unable to continue a goalkeeper may be replaced by a named substitute
• With the exception of the foregoing case, only players who are on the field of play at the end of the match, which includes extra time where appropriate, are allowed to take kicks from the penalty mark
• Each kick is taken by a different player and all eligible players must take a kick before any player can take a second kick
• An eligible player may change places with the goalkeeper at any time when kicks from the penalty marker are being taken (after notifying the referee and receiving their permission)
• Only the eligible players and match officials are permitted to remain on the field of play when kicks from the penalty mark are being taken
• All players, except the player taking the kick and the two goalkeepers, must remain within the centre circle
• The goalkeeper who is the team-mate of the kicker must remain on the field of play, outside the penalty area in which the kicks are being taken, on the goal line where it meets the penalty area boundary line
• Unless otherwise stated, the relevant rules apply when kicks from the penalty mark are being taken.