Article 11 Team and referee dressing rooms - Stadium Infrastructure

UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations
Content Type
Technical Regulations
Category
Specific Regulations > Stadium Infrastructure
ft:locale
en-GB
Enforcement Date
1 June 2025
11.01

Stadiums must be equipped with at least one dressing room for each team, ideally with separate areas for players, team officials, physiotherapy and storage. Team and referee dressing rooms must each be equipped with:

  • showers with hot water,

  • sinks,

  • toilet paper,

  • filled soap dispensers,

  • hairdryers,

and must meet the following specific minimum requirements:

Category

Installations

Recommended dimensions

1 and 2

Sanitary facilities

  • 5 showers

  • 2 separate seated toilets​

n/a

Player and team official changing area

  • Seating and clothes-hanging facilities or lockers for at least 26 people,

  • 1 large refrigerator

  • 1 TV monitor (with appropriate connections for projecting) or 1 tactical board​

60m2

Physiotherapy

  • 1 massage table

Storage

  • 1 table and/or free storage space

3 and 4

Sanitary facilities

  • 6 showers

  • 3 separate seated toilets

n/a

Player changing area

  • Seating and clothes-hanging facilities or lockers for at least 23 players,

  • 1 large refrigerator

  • 1 TV monitor (with appropriate connections for projecting) or 1 tactical board

55m2

Team official changing area

  • Seating and clothes-hanging facilities or lockers for at least 7 team officials

  • 1 table

  • 2 chairs

20m2

Physiotherapy

  • 3 massage tables

15m2

Storage

  • 1 table and/or free storage space

5m2

11.02

Stadiums must be equipped with a main referees’ dressing room that meets the following specific minimum requirements:

Category

Installations

Recommended dimensions

All cat.

Sanitary facilities

  • 2 showers

  • 1 seated toilet

n/a

Changing area

  • 1 refrigerator

  • 1 table

  • 2 chairs

  • seating and clothes-hanging facilities or lockers for 4 people

20m2

11.03

Ideally, one additional dressing room should be provided adjacent to or at least near the main referees' dressing room in case of mixed referee teams. It must meet the following specific minimum requirements:

Category

Installations

Recommended dimensions

All cat.

Sanitary facilities

  • 1 shower

  • 1 seated toilet

n/a

Changing area

  • 1 refrigerator

  • 1 table

  • 2 chairs

  • seating and clothes-hanging facilities or lockers for 2 people

11.04

Stadiums must guarantee direct, private and secure access for both teams and the referees from their dressing rooms to the playing area.