Penalty area

The penalty area, colloquially because of its dimensions often referred to as " sixteen " in football is one marked by lines area of the playing field before the two gates. In the penalty box to apply numerous details different rules than the rest of the field.

Inside the box you will find the goal area and penalty point. The lines around the area include how this is regulated ( in football ), in other cases, as, for goal. The circle on the box is not part of the penalty area, but merely identifies the prescribed penalty kicks at distance (9.15 meters ) of the uninvolved players from the penalty spot.

The term goal is derived from the fact that special rules apply within this area who are punished differently and harder than the rest of the field in rule violation in part, especially with penalty rather than direct free kick.

Regulate

The ' box ' is an important and one of the most frequently mentioned terms in the rules of football. The provisions adopted to regulate numerous details to the game, the very significant penalty rule protects the striker in front of goal against tough defense to attacks.

The most important question the penalty rules are:

A rule violation by a defender against an attacker who would be punished according to the rules with a direct free kick will be sanctioned within his own penalty area with a penalty.
In his own penalty area, the goalkeeper may touch the ball with his hand or hold unless he has received it from a back-pass.
With a goal kick or a free kick in his own penalty area, the ball is again only " in the game" when he has left it. Until then, the ball by any player may be assumed opposing players are not allowed to stay in the area or those entering.

Dimensions / geometry

The criminal rooms each have a width of 40.32 meters on (2 times 16.50 m left and right inner corner of the goalposts plus inner width of the gate 7.32 m ) and range 16.50 meters at right angles into the field of play. These dimensions are derived from the English original dimensions from and are rounded up: depth and lateral extent from goal post = 18 yards = 16.4592 m; Door width = 8 yards = 7.3152 m; Overall width = 44 yards = 40.2336 m. Fixed these measurements are usually one of the rules of football.

The exact measurement and marking of the goal area and penalty area lines can be determined by the following geometric construction (see chart): Will the lateral crease lines parallel to the side line ( = rechtwinkilig for a corner line) extended, then cuts this imaginary line the penalty area. From this point of intersection of a line is drawn diagonally to the opposite corner of the goal crease. Running from both sides, the two diagonals intersect at the penalty mark. With correct line marking this point lies exactly between the transverse crease and goal lines, just 11 meters from the goal line and centered to the width of the door.

The uneven in practical game farm size of playing fields (according to the rules: length between 90 and 120 meters, width between 45 and 90 meters) has no effect on the size of the penalty; Thus, if necessary, the space between the outer box and the outline lines are of different widths. On the other hand, the penalty areas are smaller in games on small fields (eg in the lower field of youth ). There are also usually smaller gates and also an adjustment for the other markers in the penalty area ( goal area, penalty mark ); the goal area sometimes also eliminates completely so that the penalty is the same then the goal area.

History

By 1896, the box was in the shape of a semicircle.
From 1903, the goalkeeper played by hand is permitted only in his own penalty area, earlier throughout the own half.