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While the injury profile of professional footballers is known, little is known about the injury profile of amateur footballers; amateur football is a major and diverse area, the development of which should be a priority for football associations around the world and UEFA. The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review of epidemiological literature data on injuries in professional and amateur football players belonging to certain leagues. Methods (2): A systematic review according to the PRISMA guidelines was performed until June 2023 in the databases PubMed, Web of Science, Google Academic, Google Scholar, and Diva portal. Forty-six studies reporting injury incidence in professional and amateur men\u2019s football were selected and analyzed. Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed study quality using an adapted version of the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement and the Newcastle Ottawa Scale (NOS) to assess risk of bias for the quality of external validity. Results (3): The overall incidence of injuries in professional male football players was 7.75 \u00b1 2.28, 95% confidence interval, injuries\/1000 h of exposure and that of amateur football players was 7.98 \u00b1 2.95, 95% confidence interval, injuries\/1000 h of exposure. The incidence of match injuries (30.64 \u00b1 10.28, 95% confidence interval, injuries\/1000 exposure hours) was 7.71 times higher than the training injury incidence rate (3.97 \u00b1 1.35, 95% confidence interval, injuries\/1000 h) in professional football players and 5.45 times higher in amateurs (17.56 \u00b1 6.15 vs. 3.22 \u00b1 1.4, 95% confidence interval, injuries\/1000 h). Aggregate lower extremity injuries had the highest prevalence in both categories of footballers, being 83.32 \u00b1 4.85% in professional footballers and 80.4 \u00b1 7.04% in amateur footballers: thigh, ankle, and knee injuries predominated. Conclusions (4): Professional and amateur football players are at substantial risk of injury, especially during matches that require the highest level of performance. Injury rates have implications for players, coaches, and sports medicine practitioners. Therefore, information on football injuries can help develop personalized injury risk mitigation strategies that could make football safer for both categories of football players. The current findings have implications for the management, monitoring, and design of training, competition, injury prevention, especially severe injury, and education programs for amateur football players.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12175569","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,28]],"date-time":"2023-08-28T05:46:47Z","timestamp":1693201607000},"page":"5569","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["Epidemiology of Injuries in Men\u2019s Professional and Amateur Football (Part I)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Tudor Vladimir","family":"Gurau","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, \u2018Dunarea de Jos\u2019 University of Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8327-1364","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gabriela","family":"Gurau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Morphological and Functional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, \u2018Dunarea de Jos\u2019 University, 800008 Galati, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Doina Carina","family":"Voinescu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u2018Sf. 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