UEFA Anti-Doping Season 2014/15

UEFA Anti-Doping Structure

UEFA Anti-Doping Programme

uefa.org/protecting-the-game/anti-doping

UEFA Anti-Doping Panel Zoran Bahtijarevic (Croatia)Diana Bianchedi (Italy)Anders Hubinette (Sweden)Jenni Kennedy (England)Mogens Kreutzfeldt (Denmark)Gilles Leclair (France)Martial Saugy (Switzerland)Fabrizio Tencone (Italy)Philippe Verbiest (Belgium)Jean-Luc Veuthey (Switzerland)Representatives of National Anti-Doping Organisations:Andrea Götzmann (Germany) Anders Solheim (Norway)Observer European Professional Football Leagues: Götz DimanskiObserver FIFPro Division Europe: José Nebot Rodrigo

UEFA Anti-Doping Unit

FAs and Clubs FIFA WADA NADOs

Education Test planning DCOs Regulations

Anti-Doping Panel TUEsResult

managementLaboratory relations

Marc Vouillamoz

Mike Earl

Richard Grisdale

Charles-André Lutz

Caroline Thom

Niki Papadimitriou

Becky Lee

1Education and Information 2Testing 3Doping Control

Officers (DCOs)PLAYERS’ LEAFLET• Newdesignfor2015• 29000distributedeveryseasontoallteamsin

UEFAcompetition

DCO OPERATIONS• Dopingcontrolsareconfidential-clubs,FAs&UEFA

officialsnotinformedinadvance• UEFApanelof56DCOs(maleandfemale)from27

countries• Allmedicaldoctors• Selectedformatchesaccordingtonationalityand

traveldistance• FAME:confidentialonlinedatabaseformission

support

THERAPEUTIC USE EXEMPTIONS (TUEs) 2014/15• TUECommittee(5medicaldoctorswithdifferent

specialisms)+externalexperts• Accepted:30• Recognised:7• Refused:0

EDUCATION SESSIONS• Educationsessionsforplayers,teamdoctors&

coachesatyouthtournaments:U-19,WU-19,U-17,WU-17andYouthLeague

• 30minutesessionswitheachteam• Simultaneousinterpretation• Presentationsineachteam’slanguage• VideoofdopingcontrolfilmedduringEURO2012• 44teams=approx.1100playersandstaff• Outreachactivitieswithyoungplayers

• In-competitiontestingacrossallUEFAcompetitions• Out-of-competitiontestinginUEFAChampions

League• Urineandbloodtesting• GoodcoordinationwithNADOs(intelligenttesting)• Targettestingwhenneeded

IN-COMPETITION TESTING 2014/15UEFAChampionsLeague:• 360samplescollected

- 324urine,36bloodUEFAEuropaLeague:• 619samplescollected

- 588urine,31bloodOthercompetitions(women,youth,futsal):• 688samplescollected

- 1positivecase- Cannabis:playerbannedfor2months

OUT-OF-COMPETITION TESTING 2014/15• 32teamsinUEFAChampionsLeague• 721samplescollected

- 489urine,232blood• Nopositivecases

TESTING SUMMARY (STARTED IN 1979)

ONLINE INFORMATIONExtensiveinformationavailableonuefa.org:• UEFAAnti-DopingRegulationsandWADA

ProhibitedList• GuidestoProhibitedList,TUEs,whereaboutsand

dopingcontrolprocedure• NewsarticlesonUEFA’santi-dopingactivities

1998/9 2004/05 2014/15UEFA Champions League 92 212 813 urine + 268 blood

UEFA Cup/ Europa League 48 224 588 urine + 31 blood

UEFA Intertoto Cup 8 24 N/A

Futsal competitions 0 12 84 + 12

Youth competitions 0 64 340

Women’s competitions 0 28 52

UEFA Super Cup 4 4 4 +4

EURO 44 124 192

Total 196 692 2388

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