synthetic turf requires relatively much less manual maintenance

Compared to natural grass, synthetic turf requires relatively much less manual maintenance, can be adapted to frequent sporting events, does not require irrigation and mowing, relatively inexpensive lot.

In the 1980s, synthetic turf suddenly pop up in the major football clubs. But because the results are poor, synthetic turf reputation becomes poor. It is FIFA disabled, the major club also re-enable natural lawn.

In recent years, a new generation of synthetic turf (third generation synthetic turf) appear, so that "man-made goods" and expected to return to court. Use of new synthetic turf soil and rubber, and natural lawn as soft, even in a cold environment safer. Today, many clubs began to adopt this synthetic turf. FIFA also allows some of the stadium laying the lawn. 2007 European Cup, was the first time the use of this synthetic turf, but UEFA still requires final must be carried out in a natural lawn, and only in climatic conditions influence greatly on natural lawn only when replacing synthetic turf.

In the scientific community, the new synthetic turf caused a great deal of positive and negative studies. Previously there have been studies have shown that synthetic turf football field training or competition, ankle sprains and torn anterior cruciate ligament injuries such circumstances did not increase, but it may increase athletes, especially young people with chronic pain. But recently a study from Japan found mainly in the synthetic turf football field training young players, whether it is acute injury or chronic pain, have not increased. Previously called "chronic increase", mainly because of synthetic turf in any season, weather conditions can be used, the length of time the training of athletes.

Some studies have found synthetic turf will increase the hardness of athletes hit the ground when the chance of head injuries. However, other studies argue that the third generation of synthetic turf is more "soft", rubber padding to reduce head collision. According to the British researchers at the University of Cardiff, the players will head injuries, depend more on natural pasture quality: good natural turf safer than synthetic turf, but if no safeguard natural lawn, then synthetic turf will prevailed.