This paper deals with the topic of the jumper’s knee, and the impact of the ground for the occurrence of injury in football players. The paper also presents the types of injuries, what are the mechanisms and risk factors, what diagnostic methods are used, what are the methods of treatment, how to prevent injuries and how often the injury occurred. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of the ground at the jumper’s knee on the frequency of injuries in football players, taking into account all the research published until 31.12.2020. years on the subject. For the purposes of this paper, the search engines Pubmed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Cochrane Central Register of Control Trials, MEDLINE were used. A systematic review of scientific papers that included people actively involved in football collected data on subjects who had injuries associated with jumper’s knee syndrome. As far as is known, there are only three studies that have analyzed the risk of injury in football on artificial turf pitches compared to the risk when playing on natural grass. These studies showed that there were no significant differences in the overall risk between injuries that occurred on natural grass fields compared to artificial surfaces. Jumper’s knee is a common condition in football players, with a high recurrence rate. The impact of the substrate is very significant, but perhaps even more important than that is the frequent change of the type of substrate. Significant factors are the type of substrate, the degree of their distortion and greater or lesser slipperiness of the soil. Further high-quality research is needed on the risk factors for the development of the jumping knee in professional and amateur football, and on the effects of the substrate on the occurrence of injury.