Floodlight masts for your sports ground

For football, 16 to 20 m is recommended. According to the association guide, masts of 8 to 12 m are often too low: they cause more glare, light the pitch less well and cast large shadows. Smaller facilities such as padel need less height; there the FIP requires at least 6 m to the underside of the floodlights. The lighting calculation gives the exact height.

Four or six masts along the pitch are common. For new full-size pitches, the association guide recommends 6 to 8 masts and notes drawbacks in illumination with 4-mast systems. More masts do not automatically mean better light, though, and they increase maintenance work.

Under DIN 18035-1, lighting masts belong outside the obstacle-free zone. The diagram in the association guide gives at least 1 m at the touchline and 2 m at the goal line. Also check nearby trees: their crowns grow into the light path over the years.

Existing masts can often continue in use if height, position and stability are right. You provide the details of your masts and are responsible for them; we only check structural safety during an on-site visit. If the masts are not sufficient, we supply new ones.

For the structural analysis, what hangs at the top counts. Depending on the model, our floodlights weigh 20 to 28 kg. Where weight matters, the LED driver can sit at the foot of the mast rather than in the floodlight. The crossarm carries several floodlights on one mast.

The German model building code exempts floodlight masts only up to 10 m, and the states regulate this differently. So check early with the building authority whether your masts need a building permit, before the locations are fixed.