{"id":23120,"date":"2025-08-12T20:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zone14.ai\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=23120"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:53:37","slug":"what-is-offside-in-football","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/zone14.ai\/en\/glossary\/was-ist-abseits-im-fussball\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Offside in Football?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Offside is one of the fundamental rules in football that prevents attacking players from gaining an unfair advantage by positioning themselves too close to the opponent's goal before the ball is played to them.<\/p>\n<h2>Offside: Meaning and Rules in Football<\/h2>\n<p>This rule states that a player is in an offside position at the moment the ball is played by a teammate if they are closer to the opponent's goal line than the second-to-last opponent (usually a defender) and the ball. The intention of the rule is to prevent \"goal-hanging\" and promote more fluid play. An infringement results in an indirect free-kick for the opposing team.<\/p>\n<h2>How zone14 REPLAY Helps You Analyze:<\/h2>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/zone14.ai\/en\/replay-video-analysis-tool\">zone14 REPLAY<\/a>, you can analyze offside positions and your team's <a href=\"https:\/\/zone14.ai\/en\/blog\/5-top-defense-exercises-in-football\">offside trap<\/a> in detail. Use the panorama view and drawing tools to precisely visualize the defensive line and the attackers' positions at the moment the ball is played. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/zone14.ai\/en\/blog\/football-analysis-tagging-board\">Tagging Feature<\/a>, you can mark all offside decisions to evaluate the effectiveness of your offside trap or identify recurring errors in defensive recovery.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abseits ist eine der grundlegenden Regeln im Fu\u00dfball, die verhindert, dass angreifende Spieler einen unfairen Vorteil erlangen, indem sie sich zu nahe am gegnerischen Tor positionieren, bevor der Ball zu ihnen gespielt wird. Abseits: Bedeutung und Regelwerk im Fu\u00dfball Diese Regel besagt, dass ein Spieler im Moment der Ballabgabe durch einen Mitspieler im Abseits steht, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"glossary_category":[72],"class_list":["post-23120","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary_category-regeln-grundlagen"],"acf":{"schema":"\"{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"DefinedTerm\",\"name\":\"Abseits\",\"description\":\"<p>Abseits ist eine der grundlegenden Regeln im Fu\u00dfball, die verhindert, dass angreifende Spieler einen unfairen Vorteil erlangen, indem sie sich zu nahe am gegnerischen Tor positionieren, bevor der Ball zu ihnen gespielt wird.<\/p>\",\"inDefinedTermSet\":\"https:\/\/zone14.com\/glossary\"}\"","related_terms":"Abseitsfalle, Stellungsspiel, Kette, Verteidigungslinie, Tiefenstaffelung","pillar_term":"","keyword":"Abseits","short_definition":"<p>Abseits ist eine der grundlegenden Regeln im Fu\u00dfball, die verhindert, dass angreifende Spieler einen unfairen Vorteil erlangen, indem sie sich zu nahe am gegnerischen Tor positionieren, bevor der Ball zu ihnen gespielt wird.<\/p>"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Was ist Abseits im Fu\u00dfball? | zone14<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Was ist Abseits im Fu\u00dfball? 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