There are 12 natural grass playing pitches at Belfield. The premier grounds include the UCD Bowl and Devlin Park. UCD Bowl, opened for the UCD Soccer club following the redevelopment in March 2008. It is a shared facility which provides a high-quality outdoor sports arena for soccer and rugby. In developing the facility, which serves both codes, UCD is endeavoring to deliver a quality venue which complies with UEFA licensing and IRB standards with regard to playing surface quality and spectator comfort and safety. In addition, sports lighting infrastructure is in place in order to accommodate evening events at the Bowl. The UCD Bowl received the 2009 FAI "Sportsground of the Year".

This investment complements the development of the Sports Pavilion which provides state-of-the-art dressing rooms. This facility has been strategically provided to serve the changing/recovery needs of athletes performing at the Hockey Stadium and the UCD Bowl.

The pitches and training areas are generally only available to members of the respective UCD clubs, however outside use of facilities may be arranged with the appropiate staff members.

An attempt is made to achieve a balance between pitch maintenance at a high level and the intensive season which is forced on student club members. Some pitches are more reliant than others and in order to minimise the inconvenience caused by declaring pitches unplayable in adverse weather, an inspection takes place every Friday morning. However very often further precipitation can rule out a pitch and this may not occur until the morning of a match. Enquiries about pitches on the morning of games are handled by the Sports Centre reception staff.

Tel: 7162145 / 7162185

Enquiries about the Superleague can be answered by dialing 087 6951564.