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Laws of the Game

codified rules helping define association football
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Laws of the Game

Summary

Laws of the Game is a sports rules and regulations[1]. It draws 596 Wikipedia views per month (sports_rules_and_regulations category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Laws of the Game's image is recorded as Original laws of the game 1863.jpg[3].
  • Laws of the Game's instance of is recorded as sports rules and regulations[4].
  • Laws of the Game's subclass of is recorded as regulation of sport[5].
  • Laws of the Game's Commons category is recorded as Association football laws[6].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as association football pitch[7].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as The Ball[8].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as The Players[9].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as association football kit[10].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as The Referee[11].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as association football assistant referee[12].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as duration of the match[13].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as The Start and Restart of Play[14].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as ball in and out of play[15].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as determining the outcome of a match[16].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as offside[17].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as foul[18].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as free kick[19].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as penalty kick[20].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as throw-in[21].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as goal kick[22].
  • Laws of the Game's has part is recorded as corner kick[23].
  • +1863-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Laws of the Game[24].
  • Laws of the Game's sport is recorded as association football[25].
  • Laws of the Game's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03fmxq[26].
  • Laws of the Game's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Laws of association football[27].

Why It Matters

Laws of the Game draws 596 Wikipedia views per month (sports_rules_and_regulations category, ranking #2 of 10).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Laws of the Game. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/laws-of-the-game
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_laws-of-the-game_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Laws of the Game}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/laws-of-the-game}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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