Abstract
The high injury rate among men's professional football players is well-known. Therefore, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) launched an injury study already in 2001. This study, the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study (ECIS), currently includes data from atotal of 51clubs from 18European countries with more than 14,000 registered injuries. With the 21stWorld Cup (WC) in Russia just around the corner, we have from our study identified ahigher match injury rate and ahigher proportion of severe injuries in the European Championships compared to the preceding club competitive seasons. Moreover, we have also recently showed that the muscle injury rate is higher when players are given arecovery window of five days or less between two matches. Considering the congested match schedule of the upcoming WC, it is therefore likely that injuries and fatigue once again will be atopic of discussion this summer.
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