A fiber-reinforced composite material having a sensor array of a plurality of sensors for structural health monitoring of the composite material, and also having electrical conducting paths incorporated in the composite material and extending through the composite material. The electrical conducting paths are arranged in a first group and in a second group different from the first group, with the first group extending in a first direction, and the second group extending in a second direction and intersecting the electrical conducting path of the first group. The intersecting paths form together with the conducting paths of first group a network of n row conductors and m column conductors. There is also a signal processing means for monitoring at least one electrical characteristic of the conducting paths.