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WE CARE ABOUT FOOTBALL No. 147 | April 2015 IN THIS ISSUE Official publication of the XXXIX ORDINARY UEFA CONGRESS Union of European Football Associations IN VIENNA 4 Representatives of all the UEFA member associations convened in Vienna on 24 March for the annual UEFA Congress, where Chief editor: they re-elected Michel Platini for another four-year term as Emmanuel Deconche UEFA President and voted in a number of Executive Committee UEFA Produced by: members, three of them new ones. GraphicTouch CH-1110 Morges Executive COMMittee MeetiNG Printing: 8 Images Artgraphic Cavin SA The UEFA Executive Committee met ahead of the Congress CH-1422 Grandson in the Austrian capital to discuss the financial distribution system Getty Editorial deadline: for the UEFA club competitions, among other matters. via 7 April 2015 UEFA The views expressed in signed articles are not necessarily the official views of UEFA. WOMEn’s CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL The reproduction of articles IN BERLIN 12 published in UEFA·direct is authorised, provided the Berlin is getting ready to host this year’s European women’s source is indicated. football showpiece on 14 May. Images Getty EuroPEAN UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS IN BULGARIA 14 16 teams will be competing in Bulgaria from 6 to 22 May in the final round of the European Under-17 Championship. Catry David Cover: NEWS froM MEMBER ASSociatioNS 16 Michel Platini addresses the 39th Ordinary UEFA medicine matters Congress on 24 March No. 23 | April 2015 in Vienna, where he was SUPPLEMENT EDITORIAL PROTECTING THE PLAYER – THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF FOOTBALL MEDICINE re-elected for a third term Much has happened in the world of football – regulations, and formalised guidelines have been and the world of football medicine more issued covering the cooling equipment that is specifically – since the last edition of Medicine required to protect players competing in extreme • Matters, which is fitting given that edition’s heat. In addition, a new pre­competition medical This issue of UEFA medicine matters looks at the protection focus on evolution. The summer of 2014 saw a screening procedure for players is being developed magnificent FIFA World Cup, won by Germany, and is expected to be introduced at the start of as president of European which featured the usual number of medical the 2016/17 season. incidents that would be expected from a major tournament but also generated some wider The theme of protecting players will also discussions, particularly with regard to the be central to the third UEFA Football Doctor management of concussion. This encouraged Education Programme workshop, which will take everyone involved in the game to review pro­ place in Budapest in April 2015 and marks the UEFA of players’ health and physical condition through evolutions in cedures and has ultimately resulted in significant end of a three­stage course for national team Dr Michel D’Hooghe football’s governing body. improvements to the rules in this area. This doctors that began in 2012. That course trains edition will continue to look forward, focusing specialist football doctors to practise football on issues of interest from the front line of elite medicine to the highest standards across Europe. football medicine – issues which doctors are UEFA Football Doctor Education Pro gramme confronted with on a daily basis and affect the workshops also continue to be delivered at health of the players competing in our beautiful national level as part of the ‘cascading’ the design of football boots and the treatment of head injuries. game. responsibilities of the doctors who attend the programme. It is to the great credit of our The articles in this edition focus on protecting member associations that this process has been the health and fitness of the players, for example so well supported, and it is my hope that the through the design of football boots and the initiative will be taken up by more and more current hot topic of concussion, both of which associations in the future. Photo: UEFA directly relate to UEFA’s main objective of pro­ tecting players’ health on and off the pitch. Since It should also be noted that a major impro­ the last edition, UEFA has introduced numerous vement to UEFA’s anti­doping programme – the initiatives with a view to achieving this goal, most significant for a number of years – will be including encouraging member associations to introduced at the start of the 2015/16 season. set up national medical committees and imple­ UEFA firmly believes that protecting players is a menting several new rules and guidelines in its matter not only of health and fitness, but also of competitions regarding the management of protecting their right to win cleanly. In the year potentially serious health situations. New rules that sees the introduction of the new 2015 relating to head injuries and concussion have World Anti­Doping Code, UEFA will become one been incorporated in all UEFA competition of the first anti­doping organisations in the world to implement a steroid profiling programme as part of its annual anti­doping programme. This will give UEFA a vital new tool with which to deter and detect the misuse of steroids in IN THIS ISSUE football. It is a great pleasure to present these insightful BOOTS, STUDS AND articles by members of UEFA’s Medical Committee, INJURIES IN FOOTBALL 2-7 which showcase the great work that is being carried out within Europe’s medical community. l THE UEFA ELITE CLUB INJURY STUDY MEETING – A UNIQUE Dr Michel D’Hooghe FORUM FOR ELITE CLUB DOCTORS 8-9 Chairman of the UEFA Medical Committee DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO HEAD INJURIES IN FOOTBALLERS 10-12 UEFA • medicine matters | 04.15 | 1 2 | UEFA •direct | 04.15 Editorial UEFA PRIDE MIXED WITH coNCERN The XXXIX Ordinary UEFA Congress in Vienna Of course, football cannot fight this scourge was a very special occasion for me as I was alone. We need the support of all our stake- chosen by you to serve a third term as UEFA holders and the authorities, therefore I will once President. I feel truly honoured and privileged again explore the possibility of creating a police to have been entrusted with another mandate force that can deal specifically with this problem. and I thank you for your support. On a lighter note, I could not finish this I meant what I said in my speech regarding message without paying homage to a man who the pride I feel in the way we work together has been a long and loyal servant of European for the greater good of European football. It is football, ¸Senes Erzik. A member of the UEFA indeed a pleasure to be this team’s captain and Executive Committee since 1990, he retired from I look forward to leading you and working with his UEFA duties last month. ¸Senes always worked you for the next four years. tirelessly to make sure that the best decisions were taken to uphold our values and will be Together we have conquered many challenges sorely missed. and overcome many obstacles, but we all know there is still a lot of work to be done. I have become deeply concerned about the behaviour of fans in and around our stadiums. It was not so long ago that hooliganism was the greatest threat to the future of our game and we must take this rise in violence seriously and act now to stamp it out. I cannot and will not accept seeing Michel Platini players being victims of verbal or physical abuse UEFA President on the field of play and fully support our disciplinary bodies in the tough measures they have taken to close stadiums and impose heavy fines. UEFA •direct | 04.15 | 3 Congress “ROMANTICISM AND REALISM, IDEALS AND ACTIONS” Vienna continues to hold a special place in UEFA’s history. The Austrian capital staged the inaugural UEFA Congress on 2 March 1955, and two further Congresses followed in 1972 and 1994. On 24 March this year, UEFA returned to Vienna for a fourth time for its 39th Ordinary Congress, which saw Michel Platini re-elected for a third four-year term as UEFA President, elections for the UEFA and FIFA Executive Committees, and honorary membership conferred on S¸enes Erzik (Turkey), who stepped down from his UEFA duties after more than three decades of outstanding service – including over 20 years as a UEFA vice-president. Michel Platini was confirmed in office by “I hope to make the right decisions at the acclamation as the only candidate, and vowed to right time, both for you and for football, during carry on the work he has undertaken in my third term,” the UEFA President continued. conjunction with the European football family “And I hope to do so while continuing to enjoy since his election at the Dusseldorf Congress in myself as much as I have for the past eight years. January 2007. “Thank you for your trust and Because leading this remarkable institution is not your kind support,” he told the representatives just an honour, it is also a genuine pleasure day UEFA via Getty Images UEFA of UEFA’s 54 member associations. “This means to day.” more to me than you can possibly imagine.” Austria’s Congress hosts expressed their pride Michel Platini “I am proud to be your team-mate, proud to at welcoming the European football family. be the captain of this winning team and proud of “Football is exceptionally popular in Austria and our achievements,” he added. “And I am excited its roots here go all the way back to the 19th to be taking on the challenges that await us over century,” said the president of Austria, Heinz the next four years.

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