In this research,river sand and farmland soil were selected as inter‐rhizosphere substrates in Lanzhou. Two most commonly used turf grasses,Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass,for football field establishment in northern China,were examined. Twenty ‐one inter‐rhizosphere structures with different sand contents in the upper and lower layers were established to study the effects of different inter‐rhizosphere structures on the quality of football field. The results showed that the inter‐rhizosphere structure varied with the sand content of the upper and lower lay‐ ers. As the sand content of inter‐root layer increased,the turf establishment time increased,the color,texture and uniformity decreased and then increased;the turf strength and bounce rate decreased gradually. When the sand con‐ tent in the upper layer of the inter‐rhizosphere was 20%,as the sand content in the lower layer increased the lawn quality gradually deteriorated;when the sand content in the upper layer was 40% and 100%,as the sand content is zero in the lower layer increased the lawn quality first increased and then decreased. When the sand content in the up‐ per layer was 60% and 80%,as the sand content in the lower layer increased the lawn quality first decreased and then increased and then decreased. The overall evaluation concluded that 60% sand content in the upper layer and zero in the lower layer resulted the best turf quality,followed by 40% sand content in the upper layer and 20% sand content in the lower layer,and the turf quality with pure sand in both upper and lower layers led to the worst turf quality for football field.