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World Soccer (magazine)

World Soccer is an English-language football magazine, published by Kelsey Media. The magazine was established in 1960 and is the oldest continually published football magazine in the United Kingdom.[2][3] It specialises in the international football scene. Its regular contributing writers include Brian Glanville, Keir Radnedge, Sid Lowe and Tim Vickery. World Soccer is a member of the European Sports Media (ESM), an umbrella group of similar magazines printed in other languages. The members of this group elect a European "Team of the Month" and a European "Team of the Year".

World Soccer
EditorStephen Fishlock
CategoriesFootball
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation331,000 (Jan–Dec 2013)[1]
PublisherKelsey Media
Founded1960
Based inFarnborough, Hampshire, UK
LanguageEnglish
Websiteworldsoccer.com
ISSN0043-9037

Since 1982, World Soccer has also organised "Player of the Year", "Manager of the Year" and "Team of the Year" awards.[4]

History edit

The magazine was first published in London in October 1960, by Echo Publications. The first edition featured an image of Titus Buberník and Svatopluk Pluskal on the front cover.[5] It was edited by Robert Bolle, with Graham Payne, editor of weekly sister publication Soccer Star, as features editor; Jack Rollin, who later edited The Football Yearbook for many years, as home editor; and Eric Batty as overseas editor.[6][7] Batty, who later edited the magazine, published an annual World XI from 1960 to 1992.[8] Brian Glanville has written a column for the magazine since April 1963.[9][10] In 1970, Soccer Star, which was first published on 20 September 1952 as Raich Carter's Soccer Star, was incorporated into World Soccer.[11] Keir Radnedge, who had been associate editor, took over from Philip Rising as editor in the late 1980s and was replaced by deputy editor Gavin Hamilton in January 1998 and became executive editor.[12] Radnedge continues to have a monthly column in the magazine.[13][14][15]

TI Media (formerly IPC Magazines, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) published the magazine until the May 2020 issue with Kelsey Media taking over the following issue after they acquired the title from Future plc, the successor of TI Media.[16] Hamilton, who had worked for World Soccer for 26 years, stepped down as editor after publishing the 60th anniversary edition in June 2020.[17]

Other regular contributors have included Paul Gardner, with a focus on football in the United States; David Conn; Jonathan Wilson; Mark Gleeson on African football; Tim Vickery, Brian Homewood and Eric Weil on South American football.

Award winners edit

 
Lionel Messi is the record winner of World Soccer awards having won a total of nine: six men's world player of the year awards and three (consecutive) young player of the year awards. He has also been included in the greatest XI of all time.

Men's World Player of the Year edit

Year Player Club
1982   Paolo Rossi (ITA) (23%)   Juventus
1983   Zico (BRA) (28%)   Udinese Calcio
1984   Michel Platini (FRA) (54%)   Juventus
1985   Michel Platini (FRA) (21%)   Juventus
1986   Diego Maradona (ARG) (36%)   S.S.C. Napoli
1987   Ruud Gullit (NED) (39%)   A.C. Milan
1988   Marco van Basten (NED) (43%)   A.C. Milan
1989   Ruud Gullit (NED) (24%)   A.C. Milan
1990   Lothar Matthäus (GER) (22%)   Inter Milan
1991   Jean-Pierre Papin (FRA) (25%)   Olympique de Marseille
1992   Marco van Basten (NED) (19%)   A.C. Milan
1993   Roberto Baggio (ITA) (14%)   Juventus
1994   Paolo Maldini (ITA) (27%)   A.C. Milan
1995   Gianluca Vialli (ITA) (18%)   Juventus
1996   Ronaldo (BRA) (17%)   FC Barcelona
1997   Ronaldo (BRA) (27%)   FC Barcelona &   Inter Milan
1998   Zinedine Zidane (FRA) (23%)   Juventus
1999   Rivaldo (BRA) (42%)   FC Barcelona
2000   Luís Figo (POR) (26%)   FC Barcelona &   Real Madrid
2001   Michael Owen (ENG) (31%)   Liverpool F.C.
2002   Ronaldo (BRA) (26%)   Inter Milan &   Real Madrid
2003   Pavel Nedvěd (CZE) (36%   Juventus
2004   Ronaldinho (BRA) (29%)   FC Barcelona
2005   Ronaldinho (BRA) (39%)   FC Barcelona
2006   Fabio Cannavaro (ITA) (40%)   Juventus &   Real Madrid
2007   Kaká (BRA) (52%)   A.C. Milan[18]
2008   Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) (48.4%)   Manchester United[19]
2009   Lionel Messi (ARG) (43.2%)   FC Barcelona[20]
2010   Xavi (ESP) (25.8%)   FC Barcelona[21]
2011   Lionel Messi (ARG) (60.2%)   FC Barcelona[22]
2012   Lionel Messi (ARG) (47.33%)   FC Barcelona[23]
2013   Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)   Real Madrid[24]
2014   Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)   Real Madrid[25]
2015   Lionel Messi (ARG)   FC Barcelona[26]
2016   Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)   Real Madrid[27]
2017   Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)   Real Madrid[28]
2018   Luka Modrić (CRO)   Real Madrid[29]
2019   Lionel Messi (ARG)   FC Barcelona[30]
2020   Robert Lewandowski (POL)   Bayern Munich[31]
2021   Robert Lewandowski (POL)   Bayern Munich[32]
2022   Lionel Messi (ARG)   Paris Saint-Germain[33][34]
2023   Erling Haaland (NOR)   Manchester City[35]

Young Player of the Year edit

Year Player Club
2005   Robinho (BRA) (30%)   Santos FC &   Real Madrid
2006   Lionel Messi (ARG) (36%)   FC Barcelona[36]
2007   Lionel Messi (ARG) (34%)   FC Barcelona[37]
2008   Lionel Messi (ARG) (44%)   FC Barcelona[19]
2009   Sergio Agüero (ARG) (45.1)   Atlético Madrid[20]
2010   Thomas Müller (GER) (45.8)   Bayern Munich[21]
2011   Neymar (BRA) (29.2%)   Santos FC[22]

Men's World Manager of the Year edit

Year Manager Team
1982   Enzo Bearzot (ITA) (49%)   Italy
1983   Sepp Piontek (GER) (29%)   Denmark
1984   Michel Hidalgo (FRA) (30%)   France
1985   Terry Venables (ENG) (30%)   FC Barcelona
1986   Guy Thys (BEL) (15%)   Belgium
1987   Johan Cruijff (NED) (25%)   Ajax Amsterdam
1988   Rinus Michels (NED) (48%)   Netherlands &   Bayer Leverkusen
1989   Arrigo Sacchi (ITA) (42%)   AC Milan
1990   Franz Beckenbauer (GER) (53%)   Germany
1991   Michel Platini (FRA) (42%)   France
1992   Richard Møller-Nielsen (DEN) (28%)   Denmark
1993   Alex Ferguson (SCO) (21%)   Manchester United
1994   Carlos Alberto Parreira (BRA) (17%)   Brazil
1995   Louis van Gaal (NED) (42%)   Ajax Amsterdam
1996   Berti Vogts (GER) (28%)   Germany
1997   Ottmar Hitzfeld (GER) (17%)   Borussia Dortmund
1998   Arsène Wenger (FRA) (28%)   Arsenal
1999   Alex Ferguson (SCO) (60%)   Manchester United
2000   Dino Zoff (ITA) (18%)   Italy
2001   Gérard Houllier (FRA) (28%)   Liverpool F.C.
2002   Guus Hiddink (NED) (28%)   South Korea
2003   Carlo Ancelotti (ITA) (20%)   A.C. Milan
2004   José Mourinho (POR) (36%)   FC Porto &   Chelsea
2005   José Mourinho (POR) (34.1%)   Chelsea[38]
2006   Marcello Lippi (ITA) (36%)   Italy
2007   Alex Ferguson (SCO) (26%)   Manchester United
2008   Alex Ferguson (SCO) (38%)   Manchester United
2009   Pep Guardiola (ESP) (62.1%)   FC Barcelona[20]
2010   José Mourinho (POR) (48.3%)   Inter Milan &   Real Madrid[21]
2011   Pep Guardiola (ESP) (33.1%)   FC Barcelona[22]
2012   Vicente del Bosque (ESP) (28.49%)   Spain[23]
2013   Jupp Heynckes (GER)   Bayern Munich[24]
2014   Joachim Löw (GER)   Germany[25]
2015   Luis Enrique (ESP)   FC Barcelona[26]
2016   Claudio Ranieri (ITA)   Leicester City[39]
2017   Zinedine Zidane (FRA)   Real Madrid[28]
2018   Didier Deschamps (FRA)   France[40]
2019   Jürgen Klopp (GER)   Liverpool F.C.[30]
2020   Hansi Flick (GER)   Bayern Munich[31]
2021   Roberto Mancini (ITA)   Italy[32]
2022   Lionel Scaloni (ARG)   Argentina[34]
2023   Pep Guardiola (ESP)   Manchester City[41]

All-time wins edit

By manager edit
# Manager Wins
1   Alex Ferguson (SCO) 4
2   José Mourinho (POR) 3
  Pep Guardiola (ESP)
By country edit
# Country Wins
1   Germany 8
2   Italy 7
3   France 6
4   Spain 5
5   Netherlands 4
  Scotland
7   Portugal 3
8   England 1
  Belgium
  Denmark
  Brazil
  Argentina

Men's World Team of the Year edit

By team edit

# Team Wins
1   France 5
2   Barcelona (ESP) 4
3   Liverpool (ENG) 3
  Milan (ITA)
  Spain
6   Brazil 2
  Germany
  Bayern Munich (GER)
  Argentina

Women's World Player of the Year edit

Source:[31][32][34][45][46][47]

Year Rank Player Team Points
2020 1st   Pernille Harder   Wolfsburg  Chelsea 11
2nd   Vivianne Miedema   Arsenal 6
3rd   Wendie Renard   Lyon 5
2021 1st   Alexia Putellas   Barcelona 89
2nd   Jennifer Hermoso   Barcelona 55
3rd   Vivianne Miedema   Arsenal 52
2022 1st   Beth Mead   Arsenal —
2023 1st   Aitana Bonmatí   Barcelona 178
2nd   Sam Kerr   Chelsea 94
3rd   Mary Earps   Manchester United 42

Women's World Manager of the Year edit

Women's World Team of the Year edit

Referee of the Year edit

Source:[36][50][51]

Year Rank Referee Points
2005 1st   Pierluigi Collina 30.6%
2nd   Kim Milton Nielsen 19.7%
3rd   Markus Merk 16.3%
2006 1st   Horacio Elizondo 38.7%
2nd   Benito Archundia 30.5%
3rd   Ľuboš Micheľ 8.5%

Greatest XI of All Time edit

The list is based on the voting poll consisted of 74 experts (journalists, TV pundits, current and former players and managers) from around the world.[52]

(Published July 2013)[52]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

  Lev Yashin (URS)

  Cafu (BRA)
  Franz Beckenbauer (GER)
  Bobby Moore (ENG)
  Paolo Maldini (ITA)

  Alfredo Di Stéfano (ARG)
  Zinedine Zidane (FRA)
  Diego Maradona (ARG)
  Johan Cruyff (NED)

  Lionel Messi (ARG)
  Pelé (BRA)

Goalkeepers edit

 
Lev Yashin
Pos. Name Votes % of votes
1   Lev Yashin (URS) 31 41.89%
2   Gordon Banks (ENG) 6 8.11%
  Dino Zoff (ITA)
4   Gianluigi Buffon (ITA) 5 6.76%
  Peter Schmeichel (DEN)
6   Iker Casillas (ESP) 4 5.41%
7   Sepp Maier (GER) 3 4.05%
8   Pat Jennings (NIR) 2 2.70%
  Oliver Kahn (GER)
  Edwin van der Sar (NED)

Full backs edit

 
Paolo Maldini
Pos. Name Votes % of votes
1   Paolo Maldini (ITA) 48 64.86%
2   Cafu (BRA) 24 32.43%
3   Carlos Alberto Torres (BRA) 18 24.32%
4   Roberto Carlos (BRA) 13 17.57%
5   Djalma Santos (BRA) 11 14.86%
6   Giacinto Facchetti (ITA) 7 9.46%
7   Nílton Santos (BRA) 6 8.11%
8   Berti Vogts (GER) 4 5.41%
9   Lilian Thuram (FRA) 3 4.05%
10   Ruud Krol (NED) 2 2.70%
  Víctor Rodríguez Andrade (URU)
  Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (GER)

Central defenders edit

 
Franz Beckenbauer
Pos. Name Votes % of votes
1   Franz Beckenbauer (GER) 68 91.89%
2   Bobby Moore (ENG) 23 31.08%
3   Franco Baresi (ITA) 22 29.73%
4   Daniel Passarella (ARG) 4 5.41%
5   Fabio Cannavaro (ITA) 3 4.05%
  John Charles (WAL)
  Marcel Desailly (FRA)
  Paul McGrath (IRE)
9   Giuseppe Bergomi (ITA) 2 2.70%

Midfielders edit

Pos. Name Votes % of votes
1   Diego Maradona (ARG) 64 86.49%
2   Johan Cruyff (NED) 58 78.38%
3   Zinedine Zidane (FRA) 28 37.84%
4   Alfredo Di Stéfano (ARG) 24 32.43%
5   Michel Platini (FRA) 18 24.32%
6   Garrincha (BRA) 15 20.27%
7   George Best (NIR) 12 16.22%
8   Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) 7 9.46%
9   Bobby Charlton (ENG) 5 6.76%
  Lothar Matthäus (GER)
11   Andrés Iniesta (ESP) 4 5.41%
  Xavi (ESP)
13   Didi (BRA) 3 4.05%
  Sócrates (BRA)
15   Roberto Baggio (ITA) 2 2.70%
  Toninho Cerezo (BRA)
  Francisco Gento (ESP)
  Ryan Giggs (WAL)
  Stanley Matthews (ENG)
  Johan Neeskens (NED)
  Rivellino (BRA)
  Zico (BRA)

Strikers edit

Pos. Name Votes % of votes
1   Pelé (BRA) 56 75.68%
2   Lionel Messi (ARG) 46 62.16%
3   Ferenc Puskas (HUN) 11 14.86%
4   Ronaldo (BRA) 9 12.16%
5   Marco van Basten (NED) 5 6.76%
6   Gerd Müller (GER) 4 5.41%
7   Oleh Blokhin (URS) 2 2.70%
  Eusébio (POR)

Greatest Managers of All Time edit

 
Map of FIFA members by number of managers ranked by France Football (2019), World Soccer (2013) or ESPN (2013)
 
Map of FIFA members by number of managers ranked by France Football (2019), World Soccer (2013) and ESPN (2013)

The list is based on the voting poll consisting of 74 experts (journalists, TV pundits, current and former players and managers) from around the world with each having been allotted 5 managerial picks.

(Published July 2013)[52][53]

Key

Managers in bold are ranked by World Soccer, France Football and ESPN[54][55][56]
  Managers ranked top 10 by World Soccer, France Football and ESPN[54][55][56][57]
Pos. Name Years Notable teams Votes % of votes
1   Alex Ferguson (SCO) 1974–2013 Aberdeen, Scotland national team, Manchester United 49 66.22%
2   Rinus Michels (NED) 1960–1992 AFC Ajax, Barcelona, Netherlands national team 46 62.16%
3   José Mourinho (POR) 2000– Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham, Roma 21 28.38%
4   Helenio Herrera (ARG) 1944–1970, 1973–1981 Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan 19 25.68%
5   Pep Guardiola (ESP) 2007– Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City 18 24.32%
6   Arrigo Sacchi (ITA) 1985–1999, 2001 Parma, Milan, Italy national team, Atlético Madrid 15 20.27%
7   Valeriy Lobanovskyi (UKR) 1969–2002 Dnipro, Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union national team, Ukraine national team 14 18.92%
8   Bob Paisley (ENG) 1974–1983 Liverpool 12 16.22%
9   Herbert Chapman (ENG) 1907–1918, 1921–1934 Northampton Town, Leeds City, Huddersfield Town, Arsenal 9 12.16%
  Béla Guttmann (HUN) 1933–1939, 1945–1951, 1953–1962, 1964–1967, 1973 Milan, São Paulo, Porto, Benfica, Peñarol
  Ernst Happel (AUT) 1962–1992 Feyenoord, Sevilla, Netherlands national team, Brugge, Hamburger SV
  Mário Zagallo (BRA) 1966–1991, 1994–2001 Botafogo, Flamengo, Brazil national team, Vasco da Gama
13   Vittorio Pozzo (ITA) 1912–1922, 1924–1926, 1929–1948 Italy national team, Torino, Milan 8 10.81%
  Vicente del Bosque (ESP) 1987–1990, 1994, 1996, 1999–2005, 2008–2016 Real Madrid, Beşiktaş, Spain national team
  Marcello Lippi (ITA) 1982–2006, 2008–2010, 2012–2014, 2016–2019 Napoli, Juventus, Inter Milan, Italy national team, Guangzhou Evergrande, China national team
  Telê Santana (BRA) 1969–1996 Atlético Mineiro, Palmeiras, São Paulo, Botafogo, Flamengo, Brazil national team
17   Brian Clough (ENG) 1965–1993 Derby County, Leeds United, Nottingham Forest 7 9.46%
18   Ottmar Hitzfeld (GER) 1983–2004, 2007–2014 Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Switzerland national team 6 8.11%
19   Sepp Herberger (GER) 1930–1942, 1945–1946, 1950–1964 Germany national team, Eintracht Frankfurt 5 6.76%
  Bill Shankly (SCO) 1949–1974 Carlisle United, Huddersfield Town, Liverpool
  Giovanni Trapattoni (ITA) 1974–2013 Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Fiorentina, Italy national team
22   César Luis Menotti (ARG) 1970, 1972–1984, 1986–1994, 1996–1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 Argentina national team, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Boca Juniors, Independiente 4 5.41%
23   Enzo Bearzot (ITA) 1964–1986 Italy national team 3 4.05%
  Jimmy Hogan (ENG) 1910–1912, 1914–1921, 1924, 1924–1927, 1931–1939 MTK Budapest, Netherlands national team, Fulham, Aston Villa
  Hennes Weisweiler (GER) 1948–1983 Borussia Mönchengladbach, Barcelona, 1. FC Köln
  Helmut Schön (GER) 1952–1984 Germany national team
  Fabio Capello (ITA) 1991–2015, 2017–2018 Milan, Real Madrid, Roma, Juventus, England national team
28   Franz Beckenbauer (GER) 1984–1991, 1993–1994, 1996 Germany national team, Bayern Munich, Marseille 2 2.70%
  Carlos Bilardo (ARG) 1971, 1973–1993, 1996, 1998–2000, 2003–2004 Estudiantes, Colombia national team, Argentina national team, Sevilla, Boca Juniors
  Johan Cruyff (NED) 1985–1996 AFC Ajax, Barcelona
  Vicente Feola (BRA) 1937–1942, 1947–1950, 1955–1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1966 São Paulo, Brazil national team, Boca Juniors
  Alf Ramsey (ENG) 1955–1974, 1977–1978 Ipswich Town, England national team
  Gusztáv Sebes (HUN) 1940–1946, 1949–1957 Hungary national team
  Jock Stein (SCO) 1960–1985 Celtic Glasgow, Scotland national team, Leeds United
  Luiz Felipe Scolari (BRA) 1982–2019 Brazil national team, Portugal national team, Grêmio, Palmeiras, Chelsea
36   Luis Aragonés (ESP) 1974–2009 Atletico Madrid, Real Betis, Barcelona, Sevilla, Spain national team 1 1.35%
  Leo Beenhakker (NED) 1965– AFC Ajax, Netherlands national team, Real Madrid, Feyenoord
  Rafael Benítez (ESP) 1993– Valencia, Liverpool, Internazionale, Chelsea, Napoli, Real Madrid, Newcastle United
  Marcelo Bielsa (ARG) 1990– Newell's Old Boys, América, Vélez Sarsfield, Argentina, Chile, Athletic Bilbao, Marseille, Leeds United
  Bob Bradley (USA) 1981– Chicago Fire, MetroStars, United States national team, Egypt national team, Los Angeles FC
  Matt Busby (SCO) 1945–1969, 1970–1971 Manchester United
  Jack Charlton (ENG) 1973–1996 Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday, Newcastle United, Republic of Ireland national team
  Kazimierz Górski (POL) 1959–1985 Legia Warsaw, Poland national team, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos
  Jupp Heynckes (GER) 1979–2018 Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Benfica, Schalke
  Gérard Houllier (FRA) 1973–2011 Paris Saint-Germain, France national team, Liverpool, Lyon
  Tomislav Ivić (CRO) 1967–2004 Hajduk Split, Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia national team, Ajax, Anderlecht, Standard Liège, Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Panathinaikos, Porto, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Atlético Madrid, Marseille
  Ștefan Kovács (ROM) 1952–1987 Steaua București, Ajax, France national team, Romania national team, Panathinaikos, Monaco
  Udo Lattek (GER) 1970–2000 Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Barcelona
  Hugo Meisl (AUT) 1912–14, 1919–37 Austria national team
  Otto Rehhagel (GER) 1972–2010, 2012 Fortuna Düsseldorf, Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Greece national team
  Carlos Alberto Parreira (BRA) 1968–2010 Fluminense, Brazil national team, Valencia, Fenerbahçe, Corinthians, South Africa national team
  Antoni Piechniczek (POL) 1973–1990, 1993–1997 Polish national team
  Nereo Rocco (ITA) 1947–1977 Padova, Milan
  Árpád Weisz (HUN) 1926–1940 Internazionale, Bologna
  Arsène Wenger (FRA) 1984–2018 Monaco, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Arsenal
  Walter Winterbottom (ENG) 1946–1962 England national team

Greatest Players of the 20th century edit

In the December 1999 issue, a readers' poll listing the 100 greatest football players of the 20th century was published.[58]

World Player of the Decade 2000s edit

In 2009, a World Player of the Decade was announced based on the reader's votes from 2000 to 2009 in the annual Player of the Year polls.[59]

World Player of the Decade 2000s
# Player Points
1   Ronaldinho 781
2   Lionel Messi 759
3   Cristiano Ronaldo 708
4   Thierry Henry 619
5   Kaká 567
6   Fabio Cannavaro 401
7   Pavel Nedvěd 394
8   Michael Owen 330
9   Luís Figo 290
10   Zinedine Zidane 270
11   Raúl 261
12   Ronaldo 260
13   Andriy Shevchenko 230
14   Andrés Iniesta 215
15   Michael Ballack 180
16   Xavi 163
17   Rivaldo 150
18   Fernando Torres 149
19   Samuel Eto'o 146
  Frank Lampard
# Player Points
21   Steven Gerrard 134
22   Deco 130
23   Francesco Totti 107
24   Ruud van Nistelrooy 99
25   Oliver Kahn 90
26   Paolo Maldini 82
27   Didier Drogba 79
28   Juan Román Riquelme 77
29   Adriano 73
30   Iker Casillas 59
31   Andrey Arshavin 54
32   Zlatan Ibrahimović 53
33   Gianluigi Buffon 49
34   David Villa 46
35   Roy Makaay 40
36   David Beckham 37
37   Wayne Rooney 36
38   Diego Forlán 21
39   Gabriel Batistuta 20
  Henrik Larsson

Eric Batty's World XI edit

Since the first year of publication of World Soccer and over a 30-year period, overseas editor Eric Batty published his team selection of the best players over the season.

Eric Batty's World XI
Year Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

1960[60]

  Gyula Grosics (HUN)

  Orvar Bergmark (SWE)
  José Santamaría (ESP)
  Nílton Santos (BRA)

  Martí Vergés (ESP)
  Julinho (BRA)
  Ante Žanetić (YUG)
  Francisco Gento (ESP)

  Pelé (BRA)
  Alfredo Di Stéfano (ESP)
  Ferenc Puskás (HUN)

1961[60]

  Gyula Grosics

  Orvar Bergmark
  Germano (POR)
  Nílton Santos

  Danny Blanchflower (NIR)
  Paul Bonga Bonga (DRC)
  Francisco Gento

  László Kubala (ESP)
  Pelé
  Alfredo Di Stéfano
  Ferenc Puskás

1962[60]

  Gernot Fraydl (AUT)

  Djalma Santos (BRA)
  Germano
  Fahrudin Jusufi (YUG)

  Zito (BRA)
  Josef Masopust (TCH)
  Francisco Gento

  Garrincha (BRA)
  Pelé
  Alfredo Di Stéfano
  Ferenc Puskás

1963[60]

  Lev Yashin (URS)

  Djalma Santos
  Cesare Maldini (ITA)
  Fahrudin Jusufi

  Mário Coluna (POR)
  Raymond Kopa (FRA)
  Jim Baxter (SCO)
  Luis Suárez (ESP)

  Pelé
  Alfredo Di Stéfano
  Ferenc Puskás

1964[60]

  Lev Yashin

  Tarcisio Burgnich (ITA)
  Ján Popluhár (TCH)
  Giacinto Facchetti (ITA)

  Mário Coluna
  José Augusto (POR)
  Josef Masopust
  Luis Suárez

  Pelé
  Alfredo Di Stéfano
  Denis Law (SCO)

1965[60]

  Costa Pereira (POR)

  Djalma Santos
  Germano
  Giacinto Facchetti
  Orlando (BRA)

  Mário Coluna
  José Augusto
  Luis Suárez

  Sandro Mazzola (ITA)
  Eusébio (POR)
  Pelé

1966[60]

  Lev Yashin

  Aleksandar Shalamanov (BUL)
  Franz Beckenbauer (FRG)
  Giacinto Facchetti

  Néstor Gonçalves (URU)
  Dimitar Yakimov (BUL)
  Mário Coluna
  Mario Corso (ITA)

  Pelé
  Ferenc Bene (HUN)
  János Farkas (HUN)

1967[60]

  Lev Yashin

  Mário Coluna
  Ján Popluhár
  Giacinto Facchetti

  Franz Beckenbauer
  Kálmán Mészöly (HUN)
  Dimitar Yakimov

  Sandro Mazzola
  Ferenc Bene
  Geoff Hurst (ENG)
  János Farkas

1968[60]

  Dino Zoff (ITA)

  Fahrudin Jusufi
  Ján Popluhár
  Giacinto Facchetti

  Franz Beckenbauer
  Martin Peters (ENG)
  Bobby Moore (ENG)

  Ferenc Bene
  Sandro Mazzola
  Geoff Hurst
  Włodzimierz Lubański (POL)

1969[60]

  Gordon Banks (ENG)

  Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (FRG)
  Franz Beckenbauer
  Giacinto Facchetti

  Martin Peters
  Bobby Moore
  Dragan Džajić (YUG)

  Ferenc Bene
  Geoff Hurst
  Gerd Müller (FRG)
  Włodzimierz Lubański

1970 did not publish

1971[61]

  Gordon Banks

  Carlos Alberto (BRA)
  Franz Beckenbauer
  Bobby Moore
  Berti Vogts (FRG)

  Sandro Mazzola
  Gérson (BRA)
  Rivellino (BRA)

  Jairzinho (BRA)
  Gerd Müller
  Gigi Riva (ITA)

1972[61]

  Gordon Banks

  Paul Breitner (FRG)
  Bobby Moore
  Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (FRG)
  Karol Dobiaš (TCH)

  Günter Netzer (FRG)
  Franz Beckenbauer

  Włodzimierz Lubański
  Gerd Müller
  Johan Cruyff (NED)
  Jairzinho

1973[61]

  Pat Jennings (NIR)

  Dragoslav Stepanović (YUG)
  Bobby Moore
  Barry Hulshoff (NED)
  Petar Krivokuća (YUG)

  Ladislav Kuna (TCH)
  Günter Netzer
  Franz Beckenbauer

  Dragan Džajić
  Gerd Müller
  Włodzimierz Lubański

1974[61]

  David Harvey (SCO)

  Paul Breitner
  Franz Beckenbauer
  Luís Pereira (BRA)
  Rolando García (CHI)

  Jovan Aćimović (YUG)
  Kazimierz Deyna (POL)
  Sandro Mazzola

  Robert Gadocha (POL)
  Gerd Müller
  Grzegorz Lato (POL)

1975[61]

  Dino Zoff

  Rainer Bonhof (FRG)
  Colin Todd (ENG)
  Humberto Coelho (POR)
  Berti Vogts

  Paul Breitner
  Günter Netzer
  Franz Beckenbauer

  Jupp Heynckes (FRG)
  Ralf Edström (SWE)
  Grzegorz Lato

1976[61]

  Ivo Viktor (TCH)

  Paul Breitner
  Franz Beckenbauer
  Anton Ondruš (TCH)
  Colin Todd

  Branko Oblak (YUG)
  Viktor Kolotov (URS)
  Antonín Panenka (TCH)

  Oleg Blokhin (URS)
  Gerd Müller
  Ruud Geels (NED)

1977[61]

  Sepp Maier (FRG)

  Ruud Krol (NED)
  Luís Pereira
  Franz Beckenbauer
  Berti Vogts

  Johan Cruyff
  Rainer Bonhof
  Jan Peters (NED)

  Rob Rensenbrink (NED)
  Gerd Müller
  Franco Causio (ITA)

1978[61]

  Peter Shilton (ENG)

  Alberto Tarantini (ARG)
  Luís Pereira
  David Watson (ENG)
  Ruud Krol

  Teófilo Cubillas (PER)
  Osvaldo Ardiles (ARG)

  Rob Rensenbrink
  Roberto Bettega (ITA)
  Gerd Müller
  Franco Causio

1979 did not publish
1980 did not publish
1981 did not publish
1982[62]

  Peter Shilton

  Alain Giresse (FRA)
  Jaime Duarte (PER)
  Daniel Passarella (ARG)
  Marius Trésor (FRA)

  Sócrates (BRA)
  Osvaldo Ardiles
  Michel Platini (FRA)
  Falcão (BRA)

  Paolo Rossi (ITA)
  Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FRG)

1983[62]

  Peter Shilton

  Alain Giresse
  Daniel Passarella
  Marius Trésor
  Jaime Duarte

  Sócrates
  Osvaldo Ardiles
  Toninho Cerezo (BRA)
  Michel Platini
  Falcão

  Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

1984[62]

  Rinat Dasayev (URS)

  Alain Giresse
  Morten Olsen (DEN)
  Maxime Bossis (FRA)

  Allan Simonsen (DEN)
  Sócrates
  Jean Tigana (FRA)
  Michel Platini
  Diego Maradona (ARG)

  Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
  Bruno Conti (ITA)

1985[62]

  Peter Shilton

  Morten Olsen
  Antonio Maceda (ESP)

  Ray Wilkins (ENG)
  Jean Tigana
  Alain Giresse
  Carlos Manuel (POR)
  Michel Platini
  Søren Lerby (DEN)
  Khoren Oganesian (URS)

  Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

1986[62]

  Rinat Dasayev

  Manuel Amoros (FRA)
  Morten Olsen
  Antonio Maceda
  Maxime Bossis

  Luis Fernández (FRA)
  Jean Tigana
  Frank Arnesen (DEN)
  Alain Giresse
  Míchel (ESP)

  Gary Lineker (ENG)

1987[62]

  Rinat Dasayev

  Manuel Amoros
  Celso (BRA)
  Glenn Hysén (SWE)
  Giovanni Francini (ITA)

  Luis Fernández
  Jean Tigana
  Diego Maradona
  Míchel

  Gary Lineker
  Hugo Sánchez (MEX)

1988 did not publish
1989[62]

  Peter Shilton

  Ronald Koeman (NED)
  Franco Baresi (ITA)
  Aron Winter (NED)
  Luis Carlos Perea (COL)

  Frank Rijkaard (NED)
  Míchel
  Paulo Silas (BRA)
  Rafael Martín Vázquez (ESP)

  Ruud Gullit (NED)
  Marco van Basten (NED)

1990[62]

  Peter Shilton

  Stéphane Demol (BEL)
  Franco Baresi
  Dunga (BRA)
  Riccardo Ferri (ITA)

  Paulo Silas
  Jan Ceulemans (BEL)
  Valdo (BRA)
  Rafael Martín Vázquez

  Ian Rush (WAL)
  Marco van Basten

1991[62]

  Neville Southall (WAL)

  Riccardo Ferri
  Laurent Blanc (FRA)
  Basile Boli (FRA)

  Robert Prosinečki (YUG)
  Valdo
  Dunga
  Rafael Martín Vázquez
  Dejan Savićević (YUG)

  Mark Hughes
  Darko Pančev

1992[62]

  Peter Schmeichel (DEN)

  Ronald Koeman
  Laurent Blanc
  Mauro Silva (BRA)
  Des Walker (ENG)

  Frank Rijkaard
  Brian Laudrup (DEN)
  Srečko Katanec (YUG)

  Attilio Lombardo (ITA)
  Marco van Basten
  Bebeto (BRA)

World Soccer World XI
2012[63]

  Iker Casillas

  Jordi Alba
  Sergio Ramos
  Vincent Kompany
  Philipp Lahm

  Andrés Iniesta
  Andrea Pirlo
  Xavi

  Cristiano Ronaldo
  Radamel Falcao
  Lionel Messi

By player edit

Appearances Player First Last
11   Franz Beckenbauer (FRG) 1966 1977
8   Gerd Müller (FRG) 1969 1978
7   Pele (BRA) 1960 1966
6   Giacinto Facchetti (ITA) 1964 1969
  Peter Shilton (ENG) 1978 1990
5   Alfredo Di Stéfano (ESP) 1960 1965
  Mário Coluna (POR) 1963 1967
  Sandro Mazzola (ITA) 1965 1974
  Bobby Moore (ENG) 1968 1973
  Alain Giresse (FRA) 1982 1986
4    Ferenc Puskás (ESP) 1960 1963
  Lev Yashin (URS) 1963 1967
  Ferenc Bene (HUN) 1966 1969
  Włodzimierz Lubański (POL) 1968 1973
  Paul Breitner (FRG) 1972 1976
  Michel Platini (FRA) 1982 1985
  Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FRG) 1982 1985
  Jean Tigana (FRA) 1984 1987
3   Francisco Gento (ESP) 1960 1962
  Germano (POR) 1961 1965
  Djalma Santos (BRA) 1962 1965
  Fahrudin Jusufi (YUG) 1962 1968
  Luis Suárez (ESP) 1963 1965
  Ján Popluhár (TCH) 1964 1968
  Geoff Hurst (ENG) 1967 1969
  Gordon Banks (ENG) 1969 1972
  Berti Vogts (FRG) 1971 1977
  Günter Netzer (FRG) 1972 1975
  Luís Pereira (BRA) 1974 1978
  Osvaldo Ardiles (ARG) 1978 1983
  Sócrates (BRA) 1982 1984
  Morten Olsen (DEN) 1984 1986
  Rinat Dasayev (URS) 1984 1987
  Míchel (ESP) 1986 1989
  Rafael Martín Vázquez (ESP) 1989 1991
  Marco van Basten (NED) 1989 1992

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