The Innovation Blog

The Innovation Blog provides an insight into the technology developments and quality standards in football but also highlights how other sports manage technology.

28 May 2018

Understanding hybrid & reinforced surfaces in football

Modern football stadiums are becoming more technically equipped.

24 May 2018

The Medical Analyst

Following the approval by the IFAB for the use of small handheld electronic or communication devices in the technical area, FIFA is set to offer all the teams at the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ a technical setup for medical analysts and team medical staff.

14 May 2018

Increased Goal-line technology adoption

The use of Goal-line technology (GLT) in several competitions around the world has increased significantly since its approval by the International Football Association Board (The IFAB) in 2012.

30 April 2018

The Football Turf Round Robin comes to Asia

What is the Round Robin? Why is it needed? And why did FIFA choose to go to Asia?

24 April 2018

Football Industry meets at the Home of FIFA

FIFA invited the football industry to Zurich to share its vision on innovations and technologies in the game of football.

17 April 2018

“Bringing science to the field of play”

FIFA Engaging with Leading Sports Engineers at the 2018 ISEA Conference.

03 April 2018

7 essential measurements to test a FIFA World Cup™ football

Ever wondered how a FIFA World Cup™ football is tested? Find out what the 7 FIFA Quality Programme test measurements are and how a FIFA World Cup™ football obtains the FIFA Quality Pro mark.

19 March 2018

The role of the Analyst

Following approval by the IFAB for the use of small handheld technologies on the bench, FIFA is set to offer all the teams at the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ a technical setup for match analysts and coaching team to interact.

05 March 2018

The future of player data

Christofer Clemens, Head of DFB-Scouting and Match Analysis/Senior National Team at the Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V., shares his experience with data at the bench at the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017

14 February 2018

Football turf recycling

With the increased awareness for the protection of the environment, waste management and recycling has become a highly discussed topic in many industries. FIFA has committed itself to supporting and improving the awareness of recycling football turf fields once they have reached the end of their lifecycles.