The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game is to participate in the coin toss prior to kick-off (for choice of ends) and prior to a penalty shootout.
Det eneste officielle ansvar en anfører har, der er specificeret i spillets love, er at deltage i møntkastet inden kickoff (sådan at der kan vælges ender) og inden en straffesparkskonkurrence .