Starting with soccerdrugs.com in english

We are launching our site fussballdoping.de in english – it’s called soccerdrugs.com. Although the use of drugs in soccer is a worldwide phenomenon, we didn’t find an english site reporting on this issue. We think it’s time to start.

Drugs in soccer do have a long tradition. Even the German World Champions in 1954 most likely doped with the stimulant pervitin. Regarding younger history the scandals of Juventus Turin and the drug-doctor Eufemiano Fuentes from Madrid made the news.

As prevalent as in track and field?
Doping in soccer is not an isolated incident. The Anti-Doping-Database has a list with 177 cases worldwide, probably there are a lot more. The former drug-dealer Stefan Matschiner believes that drugs in soccer are as prevalent as in track and field or triathlon. Matschiner himself provided different players with drugs.

“It’s easier to find a confessing mafioso than a confessing soccer professional” – prosecutor Raffaele Guariniello

Only some players attract negative attention. Why? The Turin-based prosecutor Raffaele Guariniello says: „It’s easier to find a confessing Mafioso than a confessing soccer professional.” Furthermore doping tests in soccer have been a complete joke for years. Today they are far better, but they still have gaps. Painkillers are common in soccer, for instance in amateur soccer, where players use stimulants, too. In professional soccer all substances make sense which are used in track and field or other sports.

Want to help translating?
Until now we’ve translated only an overview (“Most Important”) and the main report: “How prevalent are drugs in soccer?“, others will follow. If you’ve got hints, suggestions or corrections or if you want to help translating our reports, just let me know.