Doping Control
The Football Association (FA) Anti-Doping Programme is one of the sporting world’s most comprehensive and internationally renowned national-league doping prevention programmes. The FA has continually led the way in anti-doping in team sport since voluntary post-match doping controls were first introduced over 30 years ago.
The fundamental aims of Anti-Doping laid down by the FA, FIFA, UEFA and WADA are threefold:-
· To uphold and preserve the ethics of sport.
· To safeguard the physical health and mental integrity of players.
· To ensure that all players have an equal chance.
The FA Anti-Doping Programme involves a carefully planned combination of drug testing and education, all designed to ensure that players are sufficiently informed of the risks of doping and accidental rule violations and that those who fail to heed the warnings are subject to detection and appropriate sporting sanction.
The FA Anti-Doping programme offers the integrity, effectiveness and cutting edge development required by one of the world’s most prominent national sporting league structures. This ensures that all participants in English football can be confident that they are supported by the best possible programme and confident of a fair result, every time they take the field of play.
FA Testing Programme
The FA drug testing programme focuses on an effective combination of post-match (in-competition) and post-training (out of competition) testing which helps create the most effective deterrent possible for any player who may choose to use a prohibited substance. It also ensures that players doping have a greater chance of being detected.
The FA conducts drug tests on players via the collection of blood and urine samples. All tests are collected by UKAD Doping Control Officers (DCO) and Chaperones, who are accredited to WADC standards. They are assisted by a Football Association Supervising Officer (FASO) who acts as a facilitator for all involved in the testing process.
Players are tested for the prohibited substances contained within The FA’s Anti-Doping Regulations via Urine and/or Blood samples. Samples collected under The FA Anti-Doping Programme are only ever analysed at WADA-accredited laboratories. This ensures that players and The FA can have full confidence in the accuracy of a test result.
The fundamental aims of Anti-Doping laid down by the FA, FIFA, UEFA and WADA are threefold:-
· To uphold and preserve the ethics of sport.
· To safeguard the physical health and mental integrity of players.
· To ensure that all players have an equal chance.
The FA Anti-Doping Programme involves a carefully planned combination of drug testing and education, all designed to ensure that players are sufficiently informed of the risks of doping and accidental rule violations and that those who fail to heed the warnings are subject to detection and appropriate sporting sanction.
The FA Anti-Doping programme offers the integrity, effectiveness and cutting edge development required by one of the world’s most prominent national sporting league structures. This ensures that all participants in English football can be confident that they are supported by the best possible programme and confident of a fair result, every time they take the field of play.
FA Testing Programme
The FA drug testing programme focuses on an effective combination of post-match (in-competition) and post-training (out of competition) testing which helps create the most effective deterrent possible for any player who may choose to use a prohibited substance. It also ensures that players doping have a greater chance of being detected.
The FA conducts drug tests on players via the collection of blood and urine samples. All tests are collected by UKAD Doping Control Officers (DCO) and Chaperones, who are accredited to WADC standards. They are assisted by a Football Association Supervising Officer (FASO) who acts as a facilitator for all involved in the testing process.
Players are tested for the prohibited substances contained within The FA’s Anti-Doping Regulations via Urine and/or Blood samples. Samples collected under The FA Anti-Doping Programme are only ever analysed at WADA-accredited laboratories. This ensures that players and The FA can have full confidence in the accuracy of a test result.
