{"id":3572,"date":"2026-10-15T17:09:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/lexikon\/artificial-turf-pitch\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:41:52","slug":"artificial-turf-pitch","status":"publish","type":"lexikon","link":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/artificial-turf-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Turf Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <strong>artificial turf pitch<\/strong> consists of several layers: a stable, water-permeable subbase, often an <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/elastic-layer\/\">elastic layer<\/a>, and the synthetic turf, which, depending on the system, is filled with <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/silica-sand\/\">quartz sand<\/a> and an elastic <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/infill-filling-material\/\">infill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Advantages Over Natural Grass<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Significantly more hours of use per year<\/li>\n<li>Playable in almost any weather<\/li>\n<li>No mowing, fertilizing, or watering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Standards and Quality<\/h2>\n<p>In Germany, <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/din-18035-7\/\">DIN 18035-7<\/a> regulates construction and testing; internationally, there is the <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/fifa-quality\/\">FIFA Quality<\/a> program. You can read about the size of a football field in our guide <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/ratgeber\/football-pitch-size-dimensions-square-meters-and-hectares-at-a-glance\/\">Football Field Size<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h2>Maintenance<\/h2>\n<p>Regular brushing, redistribution of the infill, and periodic <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/deep-cleaning\/\">deep cleaning<\/a> maintain the playing characteristics. We provide <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/services\/artificial-grass-cleaning\/\">cleaning of artificial turf pitches<\/a> nationwide. <\/p>\n<p>Find out more in the guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/ratgeber\/football-pitch-surfaces-construction-and-artificial-turf-vs-natural-grass\/\">Football Pitch: Surfaces and Construction<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An artificial turf pitch is a sports surface\u2014usually for football\u2014with a synthetic turf covering. It can be used year-round and more intensively than natural grass. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3572","lexikon","type-lexikon","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon\/3572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lexikon"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon\/3572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}