Guide to Football Field Lighting

Guide to Football Field Lighting

While installing the lights on the field, football stadium lighting comes with its own set of standards and regulations. With the evolution of technology, stadium lighting requirements for professional sports fields have grown much more stringent, including the use of the most advanced lighting technology, LED, to illuminate the arenas. According to the size of the field, the fundamental dimensions of the field's lighting fixtures vary. MK lighting offers a range of lights to meet your lighting demands in accordance with industry standards.

1. What is the official size of a football field?

A football field's lighting system is crucial to everyone's schedule. According to FIFA standards, the length of the soccer field for international competitions is 100-110 meters, the width is 64-75 meters, and there shall be no obstacles within 5 meters of the bottom line and sidelines to protect the safety of the participants.

For the World Cup finals, the dimensions are 105m in length and 68m in breadth. 

The usual football pitch is 90-120 meters in length and 45-90 meters in width.

2. Standards for Football Stadium Lighting

Outdoor Reference   Area Number   of Grid points
Length(m) Width(m) Length(m) Width(m)
American  football PA: 110-117.5 55 21 ‘9-11
Basketball PA: 28 15 13 7
TA: 32 19 15 9
Fistball PA: 50 20 17 7
TA: 66 32 17 9
Floorball   PA: PA: 40 20 15 7
TA: 43 22 15 7
Football PA: 100-110 64-75 19-21 13-15
TA: 108-118 72-83 21 13-15
Tug of War
- - - 13-15
Handball PA: 40 20 15 7
TA: 44 27.5 15 9
Netball   PA: PA: 30.5 15.3 13 7
TA: 37.5 22.5 15 9
Rugby PA: 144 69 23 11
TA: 154 79 23 11
Volleyball PA: 24(see note) 15 13(see note) 9

Beach Volleyball
Class Horizontal illuminance

GR Ra

Em lx Emin/Em


I 500 0.7

50 60
II 200 0.6

50 60
III 75 0.5

55 20
Note:  For Class I, international competition at the top level may justify a surface of 34m x19m for the principal area(PA). The corresponding number of grid points is then 15 x 9.

Football stadium lighting is not as straightforward as it may seem. It is separated into three categories, which according to the EN12193 international standards are excellent

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