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Football and technology

Femal footbballers in action

UEFA Women´s Euro 2025

The European Women's Football Championship (‘UEFA Women's Euro 2025’) begins on 2 July. The host country is Switzerland. 16 teams have qualified for the tournament, which runs until 27 July. The German women are of course taking part. Unfortunately, according to the schedule, they will not be playing in Bern, where the men once won the legendary World Cup final in the Wankdorf Stadium in 1954. But perhaps the ladies around captain Giulia Gwinn will still take home the title...

Football is the number one popular sport in many countries around the world, but very little has been published about its technical development. Yet there is a wealth of inventions and a long history of technology behind the "beautiful game".

On our special dossier pages on "Football and Technology" you will find all the developments and inventions that have accompanied and advanced the beautiful game from the very beginning - from the first ball bubble to the screw stud, from the early whistle to the video referee.


This DPMA presentation was first published for the 2006 World Cup. Since then, it has been repeatedly updated and brought up to date with the latest technology.

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Last updated: 26 June 2025