From the 2026-27 season, England Football's format for U7s is 3v3: no goalkeepers, no match officials, short games of 6 to 10 minutes and children rotating between pitches, so everyone plays a lot. U8 and U9 play 5v5, U10 and U11 7v7. England Football
SoccerGround built the 1,019 Mini-Pitches of the German Football Association (DFB) and builds pitches with rebound boards in any size, including the sizes these formats call for.
Pitch 15 x 10 m recommended, 20 x 15 m at most, goals 120 x 75 cm (4 x 2.5 ft), a size 3 ball. No goalkeepers; restarts by dribbling or passing in; a goal counts only from a shot in the opponents' half. England Football
Pitch 37 x 27 m recommended, at least 27 x 18 m, goals 12 x 6 ft, with goalkeepers. Up to four 3v3 pitches fit on one 5v5 pitch. England Football · space for 3v3
3v3 in which each team attacks and defends two mini goals; goals count only from a shooting zone. Developed by Horst Wein; the FIFA Training Centre gives an example pitch of 25 x 25 m. FIFA Training Centre
England Football's 3v3 is non-competitive: short games, every child playing, no results or league tables mentioned.
Our 15 x 10 m pitch is exactly England Football's recommended 3v3 size, and 20 x 13 m stays within its maximum. For 5v5 or Funino we build larger pitches, in any size on request.
1 m sound-insulated boards keep the ball on the pitch, ball-stop nets keep it out of the road. Where the rules ask for dribble-ins, they apply at the boards; in training and free play the ball simply stays in play.
Pitches can be combined board to board, so several games run at the same time, as in England Football's rotation between pitches.
Tested as a complete system by TÜV Rheinland and certified to DIN EN 15312 for freely accessible multi-sport equipment; no finger traps or sharp edges.
For festivals, tournaments and events there is the SoccerGround Portable: set up without ground anchoring on grass, artificial turf, tarmac or a sports hall floor by two or three people in about one to two hours. Its modular boards, 1 to 3 m long, make almost any pitch size possible, and pitches up to 15 x 10 m fit on a car trailer.
England Football recommends 15 x 10 m for U7 3v3, with 20 x 15 m as the maximum, and goals of 120 x 75 cm (4 x 2.5 ft). Up to four 3v3 pitches fit on one 5v5 pitch of 37 x 27 m.
From the 2026-27 season, 3v3 is England Football's format for U7s: no goalkeepers, no match officials, games of 6 to 10 minutes with the children rotating between pitches. U8 and U9 play 5v5, U10 and U11 7v7.
A 3v3 game developed by Horst Wein in which each team attacks and defends two mini goals, and goals count only from a shooting zone. The FIFA Training Centre describes it with an example pitch of 25 x 25 m.
Our 15 x 10 m pitch is exactly the size England Football recommends for U7 3v3, and 20 x 13 m stays within its maximum. For 5v5 or Funino we build larger pitches, in any size on request.
Tell us where the pitch will go and which age groups will play on it; you get a free, no-obligation quote from SoccerGround in Hennef, Germany.
We are certified according to EN 1090, WPK according to EN 1090-1, EN 1090-2. We also hold qualification class E according to DIN 18800-7. Furthermore we are certified according to ISO 9001:2015.
