Offside is one of the laws of 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 ...

What does offside mean in football?

It is not an offence to be in an offside position. A player is in an offside position if: any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents' half (excluding the halfway line) and. any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent.

What does it mean when someone is offside?

(ɒfsaɪd , US ɔːf- ) also off-side. 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] In games such as football or hockey, when an attacking player is offside, they have broken the rules by being nearer to the goal than a defending player when the ball is passed to them. The goal was disallowed because she was offside.