For more than a hundred years, only the basic rule has changed in football - 22 players are fighting to score. In other respects, football has become a spectacle of modern technologies.

For more than a hundred years, only the basic rule in football has not changed - 22 players are fighting to score goals. In other respects, football has become a spectacle of modern technologies. There are many examples: face recognition camera systems that use hooligan's international databases to facilitate the work of security personnel. The referees are most happy about the new goal line technology, thanks to which they can always be absolutely sure that the ball has crossed the goal line. This solution will probably also be used during the 2016 European Championships. Poland is facing Germany in the qualifying rounds for this event.


1. Magnet in football

Goalref goal line technology developed by the Fraunhofer institute is to prove whether a goal was scored or not. The antennas on the backbone of the goal create a weak magnetic field, which is affected by a thin and light coil in the ball. In this way, the exact position of the football can be determined with millimeter accuracy. When it falls into the goal, the word "Goal" appears on the referee's radio watch. The Goalref system debuted at the Club World Championships in December 2012 in Japan, but is not widely used yet.

2. Sharp shooting, or football in

Ultra HD material cannot yet be watched live - the enormous computing power and bandwidth required by this system are unreachable for current transmission technology standards. However, football in the highest quality can sometimes be seen in retransmission. This was the case with selected matches at the 2014 World Cup and will also be at EURO 2016.

3. Advanced tickets

To avoid counterfeiting and increase security, tickets have an integrated Philips RFID chip. It contains, among others, the order number, which is confronted at the entrance (in the database) with the supporter's personal ID numbers and ID numbers. These, in turn, are constantly checked in foreign hooligan stadium databases.


4. Analysis in 3D

This technology is used on television. While discussing the meeting by experts in the match studio, individual actions are precisely reconstructed in a 3D model. The technology called GoalControl Replay can calculate it in just two milliseconds.

5. Falcon eyes



Was the goal or not? GoalControl 4D serves as the official goal-line FIFA technology. Perhaps we will also see him in action at the next European Championships. How it's working? Fourteen cameras record ball positions with millimeter accuracy, using four hundred individual images per second. When the goal is scored, relevant information is displayed on the referee's watch. The system called GoalControl 4D from the German company GoalControl works with every ball and every goal net. It has the advantage over magnetic registration of the position of the ball that it allows to obtain additional evidence of the goal in the form of video material.


A hybrid grass called GrassMaster is responsible for the consistently good turf condition at many stadiums. 20 million artificial grass fibers with a total length of 45,000 kilometers have been built into the natural lawn. Thanks to this, the grass itself is still in excellent condition even at the highest loads. Artificial blades are shorter than the cutting height of natural grass, so mowing is not a problem. Irrigation is done in a traditional way.


7. An intelligent ball for !

Amateurs with aspirations can train with the Adidas miCoach ball, which via bluetooth sends information about all movements to the iPhone application. The program records data on the location of the football and is to improve the technique of shot, rotation and accuracy of the player. However, such training costs a lot - you have to pay over 1000 zlotys for a smart ball.

8. Players with chips


Some teams are already using this technology. Three sensors - one in a jersey and two on the crossbones record all the important parameters of the player. The goal is the ability to optimize individual training for the needs of a particular player.

9. Big brother


Big Brother at the stadium: Siemens CCVT system uses the latest cameras to identify viewers in the stands. The software helps security services such as the Police, Fire Brigade and private security companies. Thanks to it, they can identify potential threats early.