Can Professional Football Pitches Use Non-Infill Turf?

Yes. Professional football pitches can use non-infill turf, provided that the complete playing surface system is designed, tested, installed, and maintained to meet the performance requirements applicable to the intended level of football.

The important point is that “non-infill” is a system configuration, not a certification level. FIFA’s current Football Turf framework evaluates the finished system according to playing performance, player-surface interaction, durability, safety, and quality assurance rather than simply determining whether a pitch contains rubber or sand infill. FIFA’s latest 2026 documentation also explicitly addresses non-filled systems as part of the continuing development of football turf technology.

For this reason, the better question is not “Can non-infill turf be used on a professional football pitch?” but rather:

“Can this particular non-infill turf system meet the required performance and certification level for the intended football application?”