Stadium Construction in FIFA and UEFA Standards

Football is an international sport. No matter where in the world from the southern tip of South America to the mountains of Nepal, people play and are enthusiastic about football. Football is played in same stadium construction qualifications according to the same rules all over the world. Associations such as FIFA, UEFA and DFB use uniform guidelines for football stadium builders which provide cheapest stadiums to build, to ensure that conditions are more or less the same on all football fields. In other words, with the help of these guidelines you can see the same qualifications between stadium construction in Qatar and stadium construction companies in India. We have summarized the most important ones for you.

Not only are the rules identical worldwide, the general conditions are almost completely the same. The game is played for 90 minutes with 11 against 11 players on two goals in two halves of the game. The playing field is 105 meters long and 68 meters wide, as recommended by FIFA and also stipulated in international matches. However, the football regulations of the DFB on stadium construction project plan also allow other pitch dimensions: the minimum width is just 45 meters, the maximum width is 90 meters. The length of the playing field must be at least 90 meters and can increase to an impressive 120 meters. It is noticeable that from a purely technical point of view, a square playing field measuring 90 x 90 meters is permitted. The differences between the DFB and UEFA dimensions at a glance:

Differences Between DFB and UEFA Field Sizes	Length	Width
DFB - (Deutscher Fussball Bund)	90 - 120 meters	45 - 90 meters
UEFA - (Union of European Football Associations)	100 - 110 meters	64 - 75 meters

 

The lines on the lawn according to the stadium construction details must also be uniform: the lines must be a maximum of 12 cm wide, the penalty and the center point must have a diameter of 22 cm. As usual, the lines must be marked with white, water-soluble paint. When it is snowing, the playing field should be drawn in blue or orange. The most important line is of course the goal line between the posts. In the Bundesliga, it has to be positioned exactly on the back edge of the post so that the goal-line technology works properly.

After a rule change in new stadiums 2021, the many different turf patterns in the Bundesliga are no longer permitted. The league stipulates that the patterns should be laid out parallel to the goal lines in order to ensure a uniform appearance in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga. It is also important that the strips are even in size and width across the entire square. In addition, vertical stripes are also allowed, so that a checkerboard pattern is created. In addition to the aesthetic aspect in sports facility construction, the stripes are primarily intended to help the line judges as an orientation in offside situations. The horizontal stripes are also mandatory for international games, but in a different width.

 

The DFB and UEFA Stipulate Different Dimensions for Turf Pattern

Incidentally, the lawn patterns are not created by different lawn lengths or lawn mixtures according to new stadiums under construction. This is all about the right cutting technique or cutting direction and the right lawnmower. The best way to do this is to use a cylinder mower with a roller, which ensures that the blades of grass are in different directions when mowing, thus creating a pattern. In German professional football, the first three stripes are exactly 5.5 meters from the baseline, so that the stripes run exactly on the goal area line, the penalty spot and the penalty area line. This is followed by five strips of 5.37 meters each and two narrower strips with a width of 4.57 meters and 4.58 meters respectively. So the last strip ends exactly on the center line. According to UEFA guidelines which are arranged for stadium construction companies and are used for European competitions and international matches, the first three stripes are also 5.50 meters wide. This is followed by another strip of the same width. The following five patrols each measure 6.10 meters.

 

Regulations for Little Football Friends

The rules and regulations described above only apply to men's football. Of course, other dimensions apply to youth - after all, 8-year-olds cannot be expected to run over 10 kilometers per game. The D-Juniors play on about exactly half of the classic large playing field, i.e. on a width of 33-55 m and a length of 45-75 m. For the E- and F-Juniors, the fields are 30-40 m wide and 40 m wide - 55 m long and for the youngest, the G-Juniors, just 15-25 m wide and 25-35 m long. For all age groups from the D-youth, the standard large field is usually played. We as Integral Group team which has been building a large scale projects to the USA, the UK, Egypt, Bulgaria, Serbia, Portugal, Albania, Algeria, Russia, Macedonia and many others with the most affordable stadium construction cost, offer the highest-quality projects in this field. If you would like to get a well-planned and constructed brand new stadium, you can consult us and get more information.