Sports
How long is a football pitch?
A football pitch is 100 m–110 m · 328 ft–361 ft long.
Football pitch at true scale
- Football pitch 100 m–110 m · 328 ft–361 ft
- Leaning Tower of Pisa 58.4 m · 191 ft
- Concorde 62.1 m · 204 ft
- Blue whale up to 33.5 m · 110 ft
Football pitch (blue) beside the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Concorde and a blue whale, all on one scale.
IFAB’s Law 1 lets a football pitch’s touchline run from 90 to 120 m, but international matches narrow it to 100–110 m. The game uses that international range, so any guess inside it scores full marks.
Compared with familiar things
- A football pitch is about 1.9× the Leaning Tower of Pisa (58.4 m · 191 ft).
- A football pitch is about 1.8× Concorde (62.1 m · 204 ft).
- A football pitch is about 3.3× a blue whale (up to 33.5 m · 110 ft).
- A football pitch is about 3.9× a basketball court (28 m · 91.9 ft).
Can you guess it by eye?
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Touchline length, international matches: 100 m–110 m · 328 ft–361 ft. IFAB Law 1: international matches use a touchline of 100 m to 110 m.
Source: IFAB — Law 1: The Field of Play. Checked 2026-09-28. The silhouette is scaled so this measurement is exact; its other proportions are illustrative.