Is It Offside Or Not?
The game where you test your offside decision-making skills against VAR.
Play Game
How to play
Make a decision
Browse through our carousel of offside decisions.
Be the referee
Think it's offside? Pick offside. Do the opposite if you think a call should not be offside.
See the results
After you've made a call, you'll see what other people and VAR chose.
What does offside mean
General definition
A player is caught offside if he’s nearer to the opponent’s goal than both the ball and the second-last opponent (including the goalkeeper) when his team-mate plays the ball to him.
In other words, a player can’t receive the ball from a team-mate unless there are at least two players either level with him or between him and the goal or unless his team-mate plays the ball backwards to him.
IFAB definition
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
- The hands and arms of all players, including the goalkeepers, are not considered
A player is not in an offside position if level with the:
- second-last opponent or
- last two opponents