The information given on these web pages and in the NUTRITION FOR FOOTBALL brochure is based on the FIFA/F-Marc International Consensus Conference on Nutrition for Football, held at FIFA House in Zurich in September 2005. The papers presented at that meeting have been published as a special issue of the Journal of Sports Sciences in July 2006. It has to be stressed that these articles are written for an expert public and may not be easily understood by lay people:

  1. Physical and metabolic demands of training and match play in the elite player
    Bangsbo J, Mohr M, Krustrup P

  2. Macronutrients and energy for training and recovery
    Burke LM, Loucks A, Broad N

  3. Nutrition on match day
    Williams C, Serratosa L

  4. Water and electrolyte needs for soccer training and match play
    Shirreffs SM, Sawka M, Stone M

  5. Promoting training adaptations through nutritional interventions
    Hawley JA, Tipton KD, Millard-Stafford ML

  6. Nutrition strategies for soccer: counteracting heat, cold, high altitude and jet lag
    Armstrong LE

  7. Alcohol and football
    Maughan RJ

  8. Dietary supplements for soccer
    Hespel P, Maughan RJ, Greenhaff PL

  9. Nutritional strategies to counter stress to the immune system in athletes, with special reference to soccer
    Nieman DC, Bishop NC

  10. The brain and fatigue: new opportunities for nutrition interventions
    Meeusen R, Watson P, Dvorak J

  11. Nutrition needs of female and youth soccer player
    Rosenbloom C

  12. Nutrition needs of the soccer referee
    Reilly T, Gregson W