Fifa Museum unveils exhibition on football’s tech evolution, check it out | OneFootball

The FIFA Museum in Zurich is inaugurating this Wednesday the special exhibition “Innovation in Action: Football Technologies on and off the Pitch,” which offers a unique perspective on how technology influences football.

Developed in partnership with the FIFA Innovation Team and other departments within the organization, the exhibition takes visitors behind the scenes of the sport, revealing processes and tools that are normally inaccessible to the public.

From the broadcast booth to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) screens, from high-speed cameras to wearable sensors, the exhibition demonstrates how technology works side by side with players, referees, and fans to enhance skills, ensure fairness in decisions, and enrich the experience of those following football, without replacing the excitement and human judgment that remain central to the sport.

“What makes this exhibition truly special is that we can offer visitors a never-before-seen behind-the-scenes look, allowing them to enter the world of football innovation and experience it firsthand, rather than just reading about it,” says Marco Fazzone, Director of the FIFA Museum. He also highlights that the exhibition shows how technology has evolved over almost one hundred years of FIFA World Cup history.

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Organized into five thematic areas – Broadcasting and Media, Smart Data, Refereeing and Fair Play, Game Setup, and Innovation Lab – the exhibition combines rare objects with immersive and interactive experiences. Visitors can follow the evolution of football on the screens, from the fixed black-and-white cameras of the 1954 World Cup to 4K slow-motion footage from the most recent editions.

Among the interactive experiences, visitors can take on the role of referee in a video review area, discover how pitches are tested to ensure ideal conditions for players, or act as a goal-line technology operator and as a broadcast director, making live decisions.

The exhibition also features standout objects, such as the FIFA Player App, which displays personal statistics for player Cole Palmer in the 2025 Club World Cup final, and the water bottle of Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan, used in the 2023 Women’s World Cup, with notes on penalty statistics. Another highlight is the body camera attached to a headset, used by a referee in the 2025 Club World Cup – the first time this equipment was tested in a FIFA tournament.

In the Innovation Lab, young innovators can present their ideas for the future of football, while all visitors have the opportunity to follow players’ movements in real time and learn about performance analysis.

These experiences ensure that the visit is informative, practical, and engaging for fans of all ages. The exhibition will be open to the public from October 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026, and admission is included with the regular museum ticket.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.