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Patients were excluded if: (a) they had ipsilateral or contralateral: meniscectomy, posterior cruciate ligament tear, multi\u2010ligament knee injuries, osteotomies, or meniscal transplant (b) they had meniscal tears in the anterior horn, and (c) they had bucket\u2010handle tears. All patients included were contacted by phone and asked for current sport status or Tegner score. Preoperative Tegner scores were collected from the medical charts.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>All patients (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 29) were men with a median (range) age of 27 (18\u201337) years and a follow\u2010up of 6 (5\u20138) years. All meniscal injuries were complete and longitudinal tears. The median preinjury Tegner activity score was 9 (range 9\u201310). Two patients required revision arthroscopy (6.7 %) with partial meniscectomy before being able to return to competitive football due to suture failure. Twenty\u2010six patients (89.6 %) returned to the same level of competition after recovering from surgery. At the last follow\u2010up, 13 patients (45 %) were able to continue playing football at any level, and 8 (28 %) of them were able to return to the same pre\u2010injury competitive level. The main reasons for the decreased level of activity (from competitive to recreational) or to give up football were job\u2010related or changes in their personal life situation, but were not related to knee or meniscal disorders. Fourteen patients underwent meniscal repair alone, whereas 15 patients had an associated ACL reconstruction procedure. There were no significant differences in the collected variables between both subgroups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>All\u2010inside meniscal repair allows for excellent results with regard to return\u2010to\u2010play rates in competitive football. 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