Matchday protocols

Substitutes warm-up protocol

9 Sep 2024
Warm-up

Not more than five substitute players of each Club can warm up at the same time. The warm-up should be conducted to the left of the Technical Areas, opposite Assistant Referee 2.

Additional permanent concussion protocol

Each team is permitted to use a maximum of one ‘concussion substitute’ per match. 

KDB

-A ‘concussion substitute’ may be made regardless of the number of substitutes already used 
-When a ‘concussion substitute’ is used, the opposing team has the option to use an ‘additional substitute’ for any reason 
-If a team decides to make a ‘concussion substitute’, the Fourth Official is informed by using a green substitution card

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VAR 
VAR Improvement Plan
Decision-making process
What VAR cannot do
Threshold for VAR intervention
Attacking Possession Phase
Semi-Automated Offside Technology

Participant Behaviour Charter 
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Updates for Season 2024/25
Effective Playing Time – Allowance for time lost
Effective Playing Time – Calculation of Additional Time 
Effective Playing Time – Delaying the restart
Effective Playing Time – Managing momentum
Handball – Interpretation 
Holding 
Blocking 
Denying a goal or an obvious goal scoring opportunity 
Penalty kicks 
IFAB Trial

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Offside – Delaying the flag
Offside – Deliberate play
Offside – Interference 
Handball – Definition of the hand/arm
Handball – Accidental handball before a goal is scored
Serious foul play 
Violent conduct 
High foot challenges
Challenges on Goalkeepers

Matchday Protocols 
Multiball protocol 
Pre-match warm up protocols
Post-match warm down protocols

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