association football pitch
Let an agent explain football pitches and their markings, relay dimensions and surface rules from the Laws of the Game and federation standards, describe small-sided and community pitches, and distinguish football pitches from those of other codes.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain football pitches and their markings, relay dimensions and surface rules from the Laws of the Game and federation standards, describe small-sided and community pitches, and distinguish football pitches from those of other codes.
The playing surface for association football, a rectangular grass or artificial turf field marked with touchlines, goal lines, a halfway line, centre circle, penalty areas, goal areas and corner arcs, with goals at each end, sized by the Laws of the Game between 90 and 120 metres long and 45 and 90 metres wide for full matches, and in smaller forms for five-a-side and seven-a-side football, community pitches such as Cruyff Courts and German Bolzplatz playgrounds; pitches are maintained for safety and play quality.
What it is for: Playing association football.
It can be explain markings and dimensions; relay surface rules; describe small-sided pitches; distinguish from other codes.
Distinguishing features
Standard markings
Size ranges
Natural or artificial turf
Small-sided variants
What it looks like
A green rectangle with white lines, penalty areas and goals.
Physical character
length: 90-120 m - Laws of the Game
width: 45-90 m - Laws of the Game
international match size: 100-110 by 64-75 m
goal size: 7.32 by 2.44 m
How it is recognised
Marked rectangular field for football
Full-size pitches, five-a-side and seven-a-side pitches, Cruyff Courts, Bolzplatz
Rugby and American football fields have different markings; futsal is played on hard courts
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is defined by - Law 1
is used for - matches
is part of - in professional venues
In practice
Families and kinds
full-size pitches for eleven-a-side
five-a-side and seven-a-side pitches
youth pitches by age group
community and street pitches such as Cruyff Courts and Bolzplatz
artificial turf pitches
stadium pitches with hybrid turf
Standards and regulation
IFAB Laws of the Game, Law 1
FIFA Quality Programme for football turf
National federation ground grading rules
Safety standards for goalposts
Failure modes and hazards
Unanchored goalposts causing injury
Poor surfaces causing injury
Confusing dimensions with other codes
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a football pitch is.
Definition.
Markings
Markings and dimensions.
Markings
Markings.
- What are the markings and dimensions of a football pitch under Law 1? definition
- Is the question about an association football pitch or a field for another code? boundary
Variants
Small-sided and community pitches.
Variants
Variants.
- How do five-a-side, seven-a-side, youth, Cruyff Court and Bolzplatz pitches differ? definition
- Which entry fits the specific variant? action
Build Surfaces and maintenance.
Practice.
Surfaces
Surfaces.
Surfaces
Surfaces.
- How do natural, hybrid and artificial turf compare, and what does the FIFA Quality Programme require? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Maintenance
Maintenance.
Maintenance
Maintenance.
- How are pitches maintained for play and safety? provenance
- Which entry fits sports turf management? action
Safety Safety and rules.
Regulation.
Safety
Safety.
Safety
Safety.
- What safety rules apply to goalposts, surfaces and surroundings? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Grading
Ground grading.
Grading
Grading.
- How do federations grade grounds for competition levels? provenance
- Which entry fits football stadium? action
Context History and community.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did pitch markings develop from the 1863 rules to the modern layout? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of the Laws of the Game? action
Community
Community pitches.
Community
Community.
- How do programmes such as Cruyff Courts and Bolzplatz playgrounds support community football? provenance
- Which entry fits grassroots football? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should artificial turf and five-a-side football be separate entries?
- How should IFAB and FIFA standards be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming community pitch programmes; should they be split off?