Sead Malićević, Lana Krzman

The level of organization of a Medical Unit in a football club depends mainly on the financial situation and understanding of the role of medicine in modern top-level football. Football clubs may leave the entire medical care to one physiotherapist who has minimum equipment and means at his disposal, but they can also establish Medical Units which are excessively equipped and count a great number of people, as is the case in the biggest and richest football clubs. Optimally, a Medical Unit comprises one or two medical doctors and two to four physiotherapists and masseurs, and it is also equipped with all the necessary equipment for prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries, while at the same time it maintains good relationship with the relevant local healthcare institutions that are involved in the treatment should the need arise. In its daily operations, a Medical Unit encounters a number of difficulties arising from tech-nical and human resources, professional and interpersonal relations, legal and ethical issues and other areas. Being exposed to general public in its operations, and at the same time a part of the many-sided, multidisciplinary and non-medical system, the organization and manage-ment of the Medical Unit represent a very complex task and a big challenge

Keywords: medical unit, football, organization

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