Participating Players - From 1992 until 2002, all football Players
in the world who played professional football that annual year
were eligible for the award. Since 2003 a list of eligible players
started to be selected by the RSSSF from which the voters could
select their choice. This list was made up of players who had won international and local awards in the previous year. The number of eligible players varied from year to year with 173 players in 2003, 121 in 2004 and 107 players in 2005.
Award Objective and Structure - RSSSF awards the Rec.Sport.Soccer Player of the Year to the football player who is considered to have performed the best in the world over the previous calendar year. The player is selected through the vote of a number of sports journalists from all over the world representing the major sports magazine and the RSSSF members. Until 2002, each voter was obliged to select five players and award them points according to his personal preference classification: 5 points for first place, 4 points for second, 3 points for third, 2 points for fourth and 1 point for fifth. These points were added up and the winner was the player with the highest total number of points. Only two players from the same nation could be listed in each voters list. Since 2003 each voter had to select his five players from a pre-selected list by RSSSF and award his personal preference classification as previously. The restriction of only two players from the same country was also dropped in 2003.
First Edition - 1992
Last Edition - 2005
Editions - 14
History - A total of eleven different players won this award, six of which won it six times whilst playing with Italian clubs: three times Ronaldo (Brazil - 1996 Barcelona, Spain, 1997 Inter, Italy, 2002 Real Madrid, Spain); two times Ronaldinho (Brazil - 2004, 2005 Barcelona, Spain); one time Van Basten (Netherlands - 1992 Milan, Italy), Baggio R. (Italy - 1993 Juventus, Italy), Romario (Brazil - 1994 Flamingo, Brazil), Weah (Liberia - 1995 Milan, Italy), Zidane (France - 1998 Juventus, Italy), Rivaldo (Brazil - 1999 Barcelona, Spain), Figo (Portugal - 2000 Real Madrid, Spain), Owen (England - 2001 Liverpool, England), Nedved (Czech Republic - 2003 Juventus, Italy).
WINNERS (1st Place) - REC.SPORT.SOCCER
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
1993
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Player in the World that year.
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - REC.SPORT.SOCCER
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1995
THIRD PLACE - REC.SPORT.SOCCER
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1994
REC.SPORT.SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR -
OTHER AZZURRI IN LOWER POSITIONS
Franco
BARESI
(Milan)
1992 - 26th Place
1993 - 25th Place
1995 - 35th Place
Roberto
MANCINI
(Sampdoria
& Lazio)
1992 - 24th Place
1998 - 93rd Place
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1992 - 44th Place
1993 - 29th Place
1996 - 33rd Place
1998 - 93rd Place
1999 - 31st Place
2000 - 37th Place
2001 - 45th Place
2002 - 32nd Place
2003 - 7th Place
2004 - 51st Place
2005 - 20th Place
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus, Milan, Bologna, Inter & Brescia)
1992 - 16th Place
1994 - 5th Place
1995 - 25th Place
1997 - 72nd Place
1998 - 16th Place
2000 - 45th Place
2001 - 39th Place
2002 - 19th Place
Gianfranco
ZOLA
(Parma & Chelsea)
1995 - 31st Place
1996 - 108th Place
1997 - 16th Place
1999 - 119th Place
2000 - 95th Place
2002 - 110th Place
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
1994 - 23rd Place
1995 - 5th Place
1996 - 8th Place
1997 - 7th Place
1998 - 93rd Place
1999 - 53rd Place
2000 - 164th Place
2001 - 28th Place
2002 - 12th Place
2003 - 30th Place
Ciro
FERRARA
(Juventus)
1996 - 87th Place
1997 - 56th Place
2003 - Shortlisted
Alessandro
NESTA
(Lazio & Milan)
1998 - 40th Place
1999 - 60th Place
2000 - 8th Place
2001 - 20th Place
2002 - 83rd Place
2003 - 18th Place
2004 - 69th Place
2005 - Shortlisted
Francesco
TOTTI
(Roma)
1999 - 37th Place
2000 - 15th Place
2001 - 6th Place
2002 - 16th Place
2003 - 8th Place
2004 - 31st Place
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Parma & Juventus)
1998 - 76th Place
1999 - 119th Place
2002 - 158th Place
2003 - 14th Place
2004 - 26th Place
2005 - Shortlisted
Gennaro Ivan
GATTUSO
(Milan)
2001 - 114th Place
2003 - 39th Place
Andrea
PIRLO
(Milan)
2003 - Shortlisted
2004 - 61st Place
2005 - Shortlisted
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Parma, Inter & Juventus)
1997 - 82nd Place
1998 - 93rd Place
2003 - 110th Place
2004 - 69th Place
2005 - 59th Place
Gianluca
VIALLI
(Juventus & Chelsea)
1994 - 53rd Place
1995 - 7th Place
1996 - 31st Place
1997 - 82nd Place
Gianluca
PAGLIUCA
(Sampdoria & Inter)
1992 - 26th Place
1993 - 90th Place
1997 - 97th Place
1998 - 29th Place
Giuseppe
SIGNORI
(Lazio)
1992 - 26th Place
1993 - 90th Place
1994 - 53rd Place
1995 - 71st Place
1996 - 87th Place
Diego
FUSER
(Lazio)
1992 - 34th Place
Attilio
LOMBARDO
(Sampdoria)
1992 - 44th Place
1993 - 116th Place
Gianluigi
LENTINI
(Milan)
1992 - 44th Place
Dino
BAGGIO
(Juventus & Parma)
1993 - 54th Place
1994 - 25th Place
Daniele
MASSARO
(Milan)
1993 - 90th Place
Fabrizio
RAVANELLI
(Juventus & Middlesbrough)
1995 - 20th Place
1996 - 14th Place
Giuseppe
GIANNINI
(Roma)
1995 - 63rd Place
Antonio
CONTE
(Juventus)
1996 - 49th Place
Enrico
CHIESA
(Sampdoria, Parma & Fiorentina)
1996 - 60th Place
2001 - 74th Place
Angelo
PERUZZI
(Juventus)
1996 - 87th Place
1997 - 41st Place
Christian
PANUCCI
(Milan)
1996 - 108th Place
Christian
VIERI
(Atalanta, Athletico Madrid, Lazio & Inter)
1996 - 108th Place
1998 - 20th Place
1999 - 9th Place
2000 - 49th Place
2001 - 20th Place
2002 - 13th Place
2003 - 32nd Place
Pierluigi
CASIRAGHI
(Lazio)
1997 - 56th Place
Filippo
INZAGHI
(Atalanta, Juventus & Milan)
1997 - 56th Place
1999 - 31st Place
2000 - 65th Place
2002 - 38th Place
2003 - 42nd Place
Vincenzo
MONTELLA
(Sampdoria & Roma)
1997 - 72nd Place
1999 - 119th Place
2005 - Shortlisted
Francesco
MORIERO
(Inter)
1998 - 76th Place
Marco
SIMONE
(Paris St Germain & Monaco)
1998 - 76th Place
1999 - 143rd Place
Stefano
ERANIO
(Derby County)
1999 - 82nd Place
Christian
ABBIATI
(Milan)
1999 - 99th Place
Moreno
TORRICELLI
(Fiorentina)
1999 - 99th Place
Nicola
VENTOLA
(Inter)
1999 - 143rd Place
Francesco
TOLDO
(Fiorentina & Inter)
2000 - 28th Place
2001 - 95th Place
2003 - 89th Place
Eugenio
CORINI
(Chievo)
2001 - 74th Place
Massimiliano
COPPIOLI
(Palermo)
2001 - 95th Place
Luca
MARCHEGIANI
(Lazio)
2002 - 83rd Place
Gianluca
ZAMBROTTA
(Juventus)
2003 - 69th Place
2004 - Shortlisted
2005 - 63rd Place
Daniele
DE ROSSI
(Roma)
2003 - 120th Place
Carlo
CUDICINI
(Chelsea)
2003 - Shortlisted
Marco
MATERAZZI
(Inter)
2003 - Shortlisted
Ivan
PELIZZOLI
(Roma)
2003 - Shortlisted
Alberto
GILARDINO
(Parma)
2004 - 41st Place
Antonio
CASSANO
(Roma)
2004 - 51st Place
Luca
TONI
(Fiorentina)
2005 - 21st Place
Paolo
DI CANIO
(Celtic & West Ham United)
1996 - 72nd Place
2000 - 134th Place
Michele
PARAMATTI
(Bologna)
1996 - 108th Place
Anselmo
ROBBIATO
(Fiorentina)
1996 - 108th Place
Non-Azzurri Italians
Marco
NEGRI
(Perugia & Glasgow Rangers)
1997 - 82nd Place
Dario
HUBNER
(Brescia)
1997 - 97th Place
Eupremio
CARRUEZZO
(Cagliari)
1997 - 41st Place
Vittorio
MERO
(Ternana & Brescia)
2001 - 114th Place
Benito
CARBONE
(Sheffield Wednesday)
1998 - 40th Place
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WINNERS (1st Place) - ONZE D'OR
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
1993
Paolo
ROSSI
(Juventus)
1982
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - ONZE D'ARGENT
THIRD PLACE - ONZE DE BRONZE
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus)
1994
AZZURRI IN THE SUPER ONZE D'OR
(1976 - 1995)
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Fiorentina & Juventus)
4th Place
ONZE D'OR - ONZE MONDIAL EUROPEAN
FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A FOOTBALL PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Player in Europe that annual year.
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Juventus & Milan)
1995
Salvatore
SCHILLACI
(Juventus)
1990
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1995
Marco
SIMONE
(Milan & Paris St Germain)
1997
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy is awarded for this award.
ONZE DE ONZE - ONZE ELEVEN
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A FOOTBALL PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as one of the Best Players in Europe that annual year.
Organisers - The French magazine Onze Mondial.
Participating Players - All football players who
played professional football in Europe during that
annual year.
Award Objective and Structure - Onze Mondial magazine selects the Onze de Onze, known also as the Onze Eleven, an ideal team of the season made up of those football players who are considered to have performed the best in Europe over the previous calendar year. The players are selected through the vote of the readers of the magazine. As a result of this vote, the top three players with the most points are also awarded the Onze d'Or (Gold Onze) as the Best Player in Euorope, the Onze d'Argent (Silver Onze) as the Runner-up and the Onze de Bronze (Bronze Onze) as the third place. After the 2009 edition, the award started to be given on a seasonal basis instead of annual. The Onze de Onze - Onze Eleven was not awarded any more after the 2010/11 season.
A VERY PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A FOOTBALL PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Player in Europe from 1976 till 1995.
Organisers - The French magazine Onze Mondial.
Participating Players - All football players who
played professional football in Europe between
1976 and 1995.
Award Objective and Structure - In 1995, on the occassion of its 20th anniversary, Onze Mondial magazine awarded the Super Onze d'Or to the football player who was considered to have performed the best in Europe over the previous twenty years when the magazine was being published and the annual Onze d'Or awards were being awarded. The player was selected through the vote of the readers of the magazine, with the top three players with the most votes awarded the Super Onze d'Or (Gold Onze) as the Best Player in Euorope 1976-1995, the Super Onze d'Argent (Silver Onze) as the Runner-up and the Super Onze de Bronze (Bronze Onze) as the third place.
First Edition - 1995
Editions until Today - 1
History - The first five places were won by: 1. Platini (France - Juventus), 2. Van Basten (Netherlands - Milan), 3. Maradona (Argentina - Napoli), 4. Baggio R. (Italy - Fiorentina, Juventus), 5. Romario (Brazil).
WINNERS (1st Place) - ONZE D'OR
EUROPEAN COACH OF THE YEAR
THE TROPHY
ONZE D'OR - ONZE MONDIAL
EUROPEAN COACH OF THE YEAR
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A FOOTBALL COACH.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Coach in Europe that annual year.
Organisers - The French magazine Onze Mondial.
Participating Coaches - All football coaches who
led a professional football club or a National Team
in Europe during that annual year.
Award Objective and Structure - Onze Mondial magazine awards the Onze d'Or Coach of the Year, known also as the Onze Mondial Coach of the Year, to the football coach who is considered to have performed the best in Europe over the previous calendar year either with a Club or a National Team. The coach is selected through the vote of the readers of the magazine who each year are asked to vote for the best coach of the season. After the 2009 edition, the award started to be given on a seasonal bases instead of annual. The award was not assigned in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2015/16.
First Edition - 1991
Editions until Today - 25
History - Fifteen different coaches won this award, one of which won it whilst leading an Italian club. Only one National Coach ever won this award: Four times Wenger (France - 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 Arsenal, England); Three times Ferguson (Scotland - 1999, 2007, 2008 Manchester United, England), Guardiola (Spain - 2009, 2010/11, 2011/12 Barcelona, Spain); Two times Goethals (Belgium - 1991, 1993 Olympique Marseille, France), Cruyff J. (Netherlands - 1992, 1994 Barcelona, Spain), Zidane (France - 2016/17, 2017/18 Real Madrid, Spain); One time Van Gaal (Netherlands - 1995 Ajax, Netherlands), Roux (France - 1996 Auxerre, France), Lippi (Italy - 1997 Juventus, Italy), Jacquet (France - 1998 France National Team), Houllier (France - 2001 Liverpool, England), Mourinho (Portugal - 2005 Chelsea, England), Rijkaard (Netherlands - 2006 Barcelona, Spain), Fournier (France - 2014/15 Olympique Lyonnais, France), Klopp (Germany - 2018/19 Liverpool, England).
Marcello
LIPPI
(Juventus)
1997
THE TROPHY
Name - Onze D'Or.
Material - Various different trophys were awarded throughout the years, including: a) a white ball with the words 'ONZE' in gold on top, all placed on a wooden base; b) clear transparent glass with a net engraved in white on the background and a golden ball and the words 'ONZE' in the centre; c) clear transparent glass with the words 'ONZE MONDIAL', an image of the winner playing football and a globe sand- blasted on it; d) letters construction forming the word 'ONZE D'OR' in gold, placed on a base of the same material - the current trophy used for the last past years and also awarded to the Onze Mondial European Coach of the Year winner.
Used - All the Onze D'Or award winners keeps the trophy forever.
Note - The runner-up winner will be awarded the same trophy in Silver (Onze d'Argent) and and the third place winner in Bronze (Onze de Bronze).
Organisers - The French magazine Onze Mondial.
Participating Players - All football players who
played professional football in Europe during that
annual year.
Award Objective and Structure - Onze Mondial magazine awards the Onze d'Or, known also as the Onze Mondial European Footballer of the Year, to the football player who is considered to have performed the best in Europe over the previous calendar year. The player is selected through the vote of the readers of the magazine. Each year they are asked to vote for the ideal team of the season, known as the Onze de Onze or the Onze Eleven. The top three players with the most points are awarded the Onze d'Or (Gold Onze) as the Best Player in Euorope, the Onze d'Argent (Silver Onze) as the Runner-up and the Onze de Bronze (Bronze Onze) as the third place. After the 2009 edition, the award started to be given on a seasonal bases instead of annual. The award was not assigned in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2015/16.
First Edition - 1976
Editions until Today - 41
History - Twenty six different Players won this award, ten of which won it seventeen times whilst playing with Italian clubs: Four times Messi (Argentina - 2009, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2017/18); Three times Platini (France - 1983 Juventus, 1984 Juventus, 1985 Juventus), Zidane (France - 1998 Juventus, 2000 Juventus, 2001 Juventus); Two times Keegan (England - 1977, 1979), Karl Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany - 1980, 1981), Maradona (Argentina - 1986 Napoli, 1987 Napoli), Van Basten (Netherlands - 1988 Milan, 1989 Milan), Ronaldo (Brazil - 1997 Inter, 2002 Inter), Henry T. (France - 2003, 2006), Ronaldo C. (Portugal - 2008, 2016/17); One time Rensenbrink (Netherlands - 1976), Kempes (Argentina - 1978), Rossi P. (Italy - 1982 Juventus), Matthaus (West Germany - 1990 Inter), Papin (France - 1991), Stoitchkov (Bulgaria - 1992), Baggio R. (Italy - 1993 Juventus), Romario (Brazil - 1994), Weah (Liberia - 1995 Milan), Cantona (France - 1996), Rivaldo (Brazil - 1999), Drogba (Ivory Coast - 2004), Ronaldinho (Brazil - 2005), Kaka (Brazil - 2007 Milan), Griezmann (France - 2014/15), Mane (Senegal - 2018/19).
Gennaro Ivan
GATTUSO
(Milan)
2007
The fifth part of all Individual International and National Honours won by Azzurri
players and officials throughout the years
Since the Italian National Team is among the very few National Teams who almost won all the major competitions and trophies that football can offer, both World and European, it is logically that the azzurri players and officials who achieved this success are bestowed with the major individual awards and honours. The fifth page of Individual Honours concentrates also on International Honours, namely the continuation of the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) with the approval of FIFA: World's Top Goal Scorer (World Goalgetter) and Top Division Goal Scorer; World's Most Popular Active Footballer; World's Best Goal Scorer (Goalgetter) of the 1st Decade (2001-2010); World's Best Goal Scorer (Goalgetter) of the 21st Century Ranking; Men World Team; World's Best Referee; Best Referee of the Last Quarter of Century, 1st Decade and the 21st Century; and the Player of the Year award organised by RSSSF (Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation) and the awards organised by the top international magazines and newspapers ESM, L'Equipe, Onze Mondial: ESM Team of the Year, L'Equipe Champion of Champions ,Onze d'Or (European Footballer and Coach of the Year), Onze de Onze (Onze Eleven), Super Onze d'Or (European Footballer of the Year 1975-1995).
THE TROPHY
No particular trophy is awarded for this award.
ESM TEAM OF THE YEAR
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A FOOTBALL PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as one of the Best Players in Europe the previous season.
Organisers - ESM - European Sports Magazines
(Media), association of European football
magazines whose members changed along the
years but mainly comprised of Portuguese
'A Bola', Spanish 'Don Balon', Belgian 'Foot Magazine' and 'Sport Voetbal Magazine', German 'Kicker' and 'Frankfurter Allgemeine', Italian 'La Gazzetta dello Sport' and 'Guerin Sportivo', French ' Onze Mondial', 'France
Football' and 'Afrique Football', Swiss 'Sport', Dutch 'Voetbal Internationl', 'Elfvoetbal' and 'De Telegraaf / Telesport', British 'World Soccer' and 'Stats', Russian 'Sport-Express', Turkish 'Fanatik', Danish 'Tipsbladet', Chinese 'Soccer Weekly' and 'Titan Sports', South African 'Kick Off'.
Participating Players - All football players who played professional football in Europe during the previous season.
Award Objective and Structure - ESM association selects the Team of the Year, an ideal team made up of those football players who are considered to have performed the best in Europe in the previous season. The players are selected mainly through the vote of the journalists of each respective member magazine but also through the vote of the readers of the magazines.
First Edition - 1994/95
Editions until Today - 24
History - A total of one hundred and fifty-six different Players were selected to form part of the ESM Team of the Year: eleven times Messi (Argentina – 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18); eight times Ronaldo C. (Portugal – 2006/07, 2007/08, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2016/17); seven times Roberto Carlos (Brazil – 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04); five times Alves D. (Brazil – 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12); four times Maldini P. (Italy – 1994/95, 1995/96, 1999/2000, 2002/03), Zidane (France – 1997/98, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04), Puyol (Spain – 2001/02, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06), Eto’o (Cameroon – 2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2010/11), Ibrahimovic (Sweden – 2006/07, 2007/08, 2012/13, 2013/14), Pique (Spain – 2010/11, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16), Ramos S. (Spain – 2007/08, 2011/12, 2014/15, 2016/17); three times Del Piero (Italy – 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98), Blanc (France – 1995/96, 1997/98, 1998/99), Raul (Spain – 1996/97, 1998/99, 1999/2000), Angloma (France – 1996/97, 1999/2000, 2000/01), Vieri C. (Italy – 1997/98, 2001/02, 2002/03), Shevchenko (Ukraine – 1999/2000, 2003/04, 2004/05), Ronaldinho (Brazil – 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06), Totti (Italy – 2000/01, 2003/04, 2006/07), Lucio (Brazil – 2001/02, 2005/06, 2009/10), Terry J. (England – 2004/05, 2008/09, 2009/10), Lampard (England – 2004/05, 2005/06, 2009/10), Vidic (Serbia – 2006/07, 2008/09, 2010/11), Xavi (Spain – 2008/09, 2010/11, 2011/12), Neuer (Germany - 2011/12, 2012/13, 2014/15), Fabregas (Spain – 2007/08, 2009/10, 2014/15), Robben (Netherlands – 2004/05, 2009/10, 2014/15), Suarez L. (Uruguay - 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16), Chiellini (Italy - 2012/13, 2014/15, 2017/18); two times Blind (Netherlands – 1994/95, 1995/96), Litmanen (Finland – 1994/95, 1995/96), Peruzzi (Italy – 1996/97, 1997/98), Hierro (Spain – 1996/97, 1997/98), Ronaldo (Brazil – 1996/97, 1997/98), Mihajlovic (Serbia – 1998/99, 1999/2000), Figo (Portugal – 1997/98, 1999/2000), Rivaldo (Brazil – 1998/99, 1999/2000), Kahn (Germany – 1999/2000, 2000/01), Scholl (Germany – 1995/96, 2000/01), Thuram (France – 1998/99, 2002/03), Nedved (Czech Rep. – 2000/01, 2002/03), Samuel (Argentina – 2001/02, 2003/04), Cech (Czech Rep. – 2004/05, 2005/06), Juninho P. (Brazil – 2005/06, 2006/07), Van der Sar (Netherlands – 1995/96, 2008/09), Maicon (Brazil – 2008/09, 2009/10), Hummels (Germany – 2010/11, 2011/12), Lahm (Germany - 2012/13, 2013/14), Buffon G. (Italy – 2002/03, 2016/17), Marcelo (Brazil -2015/16, 2016/17), Kante (France - 2015/16, 2016/17), Iniesta (Spain – 2010/11, 2017/18); one time Vitor Baia (Portugal – 1994/95), Rijkaard (Netherlands – 1994/95), Sammer (Germany – 1994/95), Laudrup M. (Denmark – 1994/95), Zola (Italy – 1994/95), Klinsmann (Germany – 1994/95), Shearer (England – 1994/95), Zamorano (Chile – 1994/95), De Boer F. (Netherlands – 1995/96), Rai (Brazil – 1995/96), Cantona (France – 1995/96), Weah (Liberia – 1995/96), Ferrara (Italy – 1996/97), Enrique (Spain – 1996/97), Seedorf (Netherlands – 1996/97), Suker (Croatia – 1996/97), Neville G. (England – 1997/98), Redondo (Argentina – 1997/98), Roa (Argentina – 1998/99), Lizarazu (France – 1998/99), Stam (Netherlands – 1998/99), Beckham (England – 1998/99), Effenberg (Germany – 1998/99), Batistuta (Argentina – 1998/99), Keane R. (Ireland – 1999/2000), Veron (Argentina – 1999/2000), Hyypia (Finland – 2000/01), Nesta (Italy – 2000/01), Mendieta (Spain – 2000/01), Crespo (Argentina – 2000/01), Owen (England – 2000/01), Toldo (Italy – 2001/02), Ballack (Germany – 2001/02), Baraja R. (Spain – 2001/02), Ljungberg (Sweden – 2001/02), Van Nistelrooy (Netherlands – 2001/02), Van Buyten (Belgium – 2002/03), Kezman (Serbia – 2002/03), Makaay (Netherlands – 2002/03), Hildebrand (Germany – 2003/04), Ayala R. (Argentina – 2003/04), Ferreira P. (Portugal – 2003/04), Giuly (France – 2003/04), Henry T. (France – 2003/04), Cannavaro F. (Italy – 2004/05), Deco (Portugal – 2004/05), Van Bommel (Netherlands – 2004/05), Cris (Brazil – 2005/06), Cambiasso (Argentina – 2005/06), Toni (Italy – 2005/06), Coupet (France – 2006/07), Materazzi (Italy – 2006/07), Stankovic (Serbia – 2006/07), Drogba (Ivory Coast – 2006/07), Kanoute (Mali – 2006/07), Casillas (Spain – 2007/08), Gallas (France – 2007/08), Panucci (Italy – 2007/08), Ferdinand R. (England – 2007/08), Ribery (France – 2007/08), Torres F. (Spain – 2007/08), Gerrard (England – 2008/09), Ibisevic (Bosnia & Herzegovina – 2008/09), Grafite (Brazil – 2008/09), Cesar J. (Brazil – 2009/10), Sneijder (Netherlands – 2009/10), Rooney (England – 2009/10), Valdes V. (Spain – 2010/11), Sahin (Turkey – 2010/11), Kompany (Belgium - 2011/12), Kagawa (Japan - 2011/12), Pirlo (Italy - 2011/12), Van Persie (Netherlands - 2011/12), Dante (Brazil - 2012/13), Bale (Wales - 2012/13), Gundogan (Germany - 2012/13), Muller T. (Germany - 2012/13), Schweinsteiger (Germany - 2012/13), Courtois (Belgium - 2013/14), Pepe (Portugal - 2013/14), Benatia (Marocco - 2013/14), Alaba (Austria - 2013/14), Toure Y. (Ivory Coast - 2013/14), Vidal (Chile - 2013/14), Ivanovic B. (Serbia - 2014/15), Hazard (Belgium - 2014/15), Navas (Costa Rica - 2015/16), Godin (Uruguay - 2015/16), Filipe Luis (Brazil - 2015/16), Pogba (France - 2015/16), Di Maria (Argentina - 2015/16), Higuain (Argentina - 2015/16), David Luiz (Brazil - 2016/17), Bonucci (Italy - 2016/17), Thiago (Brazil - 2016/17), Dybala (Argentina - 2016/17), Cavani (Uruguay - 2016/17), Ter Stegen (Germany - 2017/18), Umtiti (France - 2017/18), Otamendi (Argentina - 2017/18), Alba (Spain - 2017/18), De Bruyne (Belgium - 2017/18), Silva D. (Spain - 2017/18), Salah M. (Egypt - 2017/18), Neymar (Brazil - 2017/18).
AZZURRI IN THE ESM TEAM OF THE YEAR
Francesco
TOLDO
(Inter)
2001/02
Gianfranco
ZOLA
(Parma)
1994/95
Marco
MATERAZZI
(Inter)
2006/07
Angelo
PERUZZI
(Juventus)
1996/97
1997/98
Ciro
FERRARA
(Juventus)
1996/97
Paolo
MALDINI
(Milan)
1994/95, 1995/96
1999/2000
2002/03
Francesco
TOTTI
(Roma)
2000/01
2003/04
2006/07
Luca
TONI
(Fiorentina)
2005/06
Christian
PANUCCI
(Roma)
2007/08
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
Alessandro
NESTA
(Lazio)
2000/01
Christian
VIERI
(Athletico Madrid
& Inter)
1997/98
2001/02
2002/03
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Juventus)
2002/03
2016/17
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Juventus)
2004/05
L'EQUIPE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
A VERY PRESTIGIOUS ANNUAL AWARD IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
Winners -Regarded as the best sports personality in the world that annual year.
THE TROPHY
Organisers - The French daily sports newspaper
l'Equipe.
Participating Sportsmen - All sports men and
women in the world active that annual year.
Award Objective and Structure - The objective
of 'L'Equipe Champion of Champions' award is to celebrate a sports person who has been outstanding in his / her sports discipline during the previous
year. The award winner is selected by L'Equipe team of journalists.
First Edition - 1980
Editions until Today - 39
History - The l'equipe Champion of Champions Award was awarded to twenty-four different athlets, five times to football players: Rossi P. (Italy - 1982), Maradona (Argentina - 1986), Romario (Brazil - 1994), Zidane (France - 1998), Messi (Argentina - 2011). The other thirty-four awards were won by athlets in the sports disciplines of Athletics (18 times by 11 different athlets), Tennis (8 times by 3 different athlets), Formula One (4 times by 2 different athlets), Speed Skating (1 time), Cycling (1 time), Basketball (1 time), Golf (1 time), Skiing (1 time). Only one winner of this award was a female, the rest were all males. From 2012 two seperate awards started to be given, one for male and on for female.
Name - L'Equipe Champion of Champions Trophy
Material - A gold stylised athlet standing up with his arms outstreched towards the sky, on an transparent acrylic block with a gold engraved plaque on the front.
Height - circa 65 cm
Used - All the award winners keeps the trophy forever.
WINNERS (1st Place) - L'EQUIPE
CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS AWARD
Paolo
ROSSI
1982
IFFHS WORLD BEST REFEREE OF THE 21st CENTURY
- ITALIAN REFEREES
IFFHS WORLD BEST REFEREE
OF THE 21st CENTURY
A VERY PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A REFEREE.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Referee in the World for the 21st Century.
Organisers - IFFHS (International Federation of
Football History and Statistics) with the approval of
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Referees - All football Referees who controlled professional football matches in the 21st century, therefore since 2001.
Award Objective and Structure - The IFFHS World Best Referee of the 21st Century united all the annual Best Referee awards of the 21st Century, therefore all the awards since 2001. The votes for each annual award were cast by all IFFHS members (circa 90 football journalists and statistical experts) from all over the world and the Referees who obtain most votes were ranked in a final list that declared the one with the highest total of votes the winner for that year and continued down with the ranking according to the number of votes received. The Ranking of the IFFHS World Best Referee of the 21st Century was updated every year and was calculated by taking into consideration the top 20 Referees of each annual year since 2001 and awarded them a number of points according to their position in each year's award lists, starting with 20 points for the first place, 19 points for the second and so on. Those points were then added with the World Best Referee of the 21st Century ranking of the previous years. Thus by totalling the points received since 2001, the Ranking was extended and updated annually, until 2012 when the award was discontinued.
First and Only Edition - 2001 - 2100 (discontinued after 2012)
Total Editions - 1
History - The final top twenty positions of the IFFHS World Best Referee of the 21st Century (2001-2100) award at the time it was discontinued after 2012 were:
THE TROPHY
Name - IFFHS Trophy.
Material - Gold ball with the IFFHS logo engraved on each patch, placed on a wooden base with a gold name plate. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 25 cm
Used - Since 1991 to all the IFFHS award winners of the various catagories organised by IFFHS. The winner keeps the trophy forever.
Note - A certificate is also presented to each winner.
Stefano
FARINA
60th Place (Joint)
Massimo
DE SANTIS
60th Place (Joint)
Gianluca
PAPARESTA
60th Place (Joint)
Pierluigi
COLLINA
8th Place
Stefano
BRASCHI
49th Place (Joint)
Roberto
ROSETTI
9th Place
Nicola
RIZZOLI
28th Place
1. Merk (Germany); 2. Larrionda (Uruguay); 3. Ruiz O. J. (Colombia); 4. De Bleeckere (Belgium), Webb (England); 6. Busacca (Switzerland), Michel L. (Slovakia), 8. Collina (Italy); 9. Rosetti (Italy); 10. Nielsen K. M. (Danmark); 11. Mejuto González (Spain); 12. Frisk (Sweden), Poll (England); 14. Baldassi (Argentina); 15. Meier U. (Switzerland); 16. Irmatov (Uzbekistan); 17. Elizondo (Argentina), Kassai (Hungary); 19. Stark (Germany); 20. Ivanov V. (Russia).
IFFHS WORLD BEST REFEREE OF THE 1st DECADE
(2001-2010) - OTHER ITALIAN REFEREES
IFFHS WORLD BEST REFEREE
OF THE 1st DECADE (2001-2010)
A VERY PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A REFEREE.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Referee in the World for the 2001-10 Decade.
Organisers - IFFHS (International Federation of
Football History and Statistics) with the approval of
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Referees - All football Referees who controlled professional football matches between 2001 and 2010.
Award Objective and Structure - The IFFHS World Best Referee of the Decade united all the ten annual Referee awards between 2001 and 2010. The votes for each annual award were cast by all IFFHS members (circa 90 football journalists and statistical experts) from all over the world and the Referees who obtain most votes were ranked in a final list that declared the one with the highest total of votes the winner for that year and continued down with the ranking according to the number of votes received. The Ranking of the IFFHS World Best Referee of the Decade was calculated every decade and took in consideration the top 20 Referees of each of the ten years of the decade and awarded them a number of points according to their position in each year's award lists, starting with 20 points for the first place, 19 points for the second and so on. Those points were then added together and the Referee with most points was declared the winner of the decade. Since the 2001/10 edition was the first time the award was presented it was called the 1st Decade
First and Only Edition - 2010
Total Editions - 1
History - The winner of the 1st Decade (2001/10) was: Merk (Germany).
THE TROPHY
Name - IFFHS Trophy.
Material - Gold ball with the IFFHS logo engraved on each patch, placed on a wooden base with a gold name plate. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 25 cm
Used - Since 1991 to all the IFFHS award winners of the various catagories organised by IFFHS. The winner keeps the trophy forever.
Note - A certificate is also presented to each winner.
Stefano
FARINA
48th Place (Joint)
Massimo
DE SANTIS
48th Place (Joint)
Gianluca
PAPARESTA
48th Place (Joint)
Pierluigi
COLLINA
5th Place
Stefano
BRASCHI
40th Place (Joint)
Roberto
ROSETTI
6th Place
Nicola
RIZZOLI
43rd Place (Joint)
LEADER (1st Place) - IFFHS WORLD BEST REFEREE
OF THE LAST QUARTER OF A CENTURY (1987-2011)
IFFHS WORLD BEST REFEREE OF THE LAST QUARTER
OF A CENTURY (1987-1911) - OTHER ITALIAN REFEREES
IFFHS WORLD BEST REFEREE
OF THE LAST QUARTER OF A CENTURY (1987-2011)
A VERY PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A REFEREE.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Referee in the last 25 year period.
Organisers - IFFHS (International Federation of
Football History and Statistics) with the approval of
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Referees - All football Referees who controlled professional football games between 1987 and 2011.
Award Objective and Structure - The IFFHS World Best Referee of the Last Quarter of a Century was based on the annual IFFHS World's Best Referee award. The votes for this award were cast by all IFFHS members (circa 90 football journalists and statistical experts) from all over the world and the Referees who obtained most votes were ranked in a final list that declared the one with the highest total of votes the winner for that year and continued down with the ranking according to the number of votes received. The Ranking of the World Best Referee of the Last Quarter of a Century was calculated by taking in consideration the top 20 Referees for each year since 1987 and award them a number of points according to their position in each year's award lists, starting with 20 points for the first place, 19 points for the second and so on. Those points were added together and each new year was recalculated and the new points added to the previous total. The Referee who finished with most points after 25 years (in 2011) was declared the winner for the Last Quarter of a Century.
First and Only Edition - 1987-2011
Total Editions - 1
History - The final top twenty positions in the IFFHS World Best Referee of the Last Quarter of a Century are: 1. Collina (Italy), 2. Merk (Germany), 3. Nielsen K.M. (Denmark), 4. Mikkelsen (Denmark), 5. Ruiz O.J. (Columbia), 6. Puhl
THE TROPHY
Name - IFFHS Trophy.
Material - Gold ball with the IFFHS logo engraved on each patch, placed on a wooden base with a gold name plate. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 25 cm
Used - Since 1991 to all the IFFHS award winners of the various catagories organised by IFFHS. The winner keeps the trophy forever.
Note - A certificate is also presented to each winner.
(Hungary), 7. Lorrionda (Uruguay), 8. Meier U. (Switzerland), 9. Frisk (Sweden), 10. De Bleeckere (Belgium), 11. Pairetto (Italy), 12. Busacca (Switzerland), Krug (Germany), Michel L. (Slovakia), 15. Loustau (Argentina), 16. Rosetti (Italy), 17. Poll (England), Quiniou (France), 19. Webb (England), 20. Dallas (Scotland).
Stefano
FARINA
117th Place (Joint)
Massimo
DE SANTIS
117th Place (Joint)
Gianluca
PAPARESTA
117th Place (Joint)
Pierluigi
COLLINA
Stefano
BRASCHI
80th Place
Roberto
ROSETTI
16th Place
Nicola
RIZZOLI
71st Place (Joint)
Pier-Luigi
PAIRETTO
11th Place
Tullio
LANESE
47th Place (Joint)
Luigi
AGNOLIN
25th Place (Joint)
Paolo
CASARIN
83rd Place (Joint)
Pietro
D'ELLIA
109th Place (Joint)
Piero
CECCARINI
125th Place (Joint)
Arcangelo
PEZZELLA
147th Place (Joint)
Andrea
PIRLO
(Juventus)
2011/12
Giorgio
CHIELLINI
(Juventus)
2012/13
2014/15
2017/18
IFFHS WORLD'S TOP GOAL SCORER
(WORLD GOALGETTER)
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Scorer in the top football world for that year.
Organisers - IFFHS (International Federation of
Football History and Statistics) with the approval of
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Players - All football Players who played professional football that annual year.
Award Objective and Structure - The IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer (World Goalgetter) award is presented to the highest Goal Scorer at each World Football Gala organised each year. Only goals scored in official games played by National Teams, the Olympics Final Tournament and official continental / intercontinental club competitions are taken into consideration. The scorers are ranked in a final list according to the number of goals scored in that annual year. The top scorer is declared the winner for that year. In the event that two or more players finish with the same amount of goals, the player who scored most goals with his National Team will be ranked higher.
First Edition - 1991
Editions until Today - 29
History - A total of twenty-three different players won the IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer Award, three of which won it three times whilst playing with Italian clubs: five times: Ronaldo C. (Portugal - 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 Real Madrid, Spain; 2019 Juventus, Italy); two times: Daei (Iran - 1996 Persepolis, Iran & Al-Sadd, Qatar, 2004 Persepolis, Iran & Saba Qom, Iran), Messi (Argentina - 2011, 2012 Barcelona, Spain); one time: Papin (France - 1991
THE TROPHY
Name - IFFHS Trophy.
Material - Gold ball with the IFFHS logo engraved on each patch, placed on a wooden base with a gold name plate. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 25 cm
Used - Since 1991 to all the IFFHS award winners of the various catagories organised by IFFHS. The winner keeps the trophy forever.
IFFHS WORLD'S TOP GOAL SCORER (WORLD GOALGETTER) - POSITIONS OF THE AZZURRI PLAYERS
Gianfranco
ZOLA
(Parma)
1995 - 8th Place
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
1997 - 9th Place
Filippo
INZAGHI
(Milan)
2002 - 7th Place
2007 - 11th Place
IFFHS WORLD'S BEST
TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Club Games Scorer in the World that year.
Organisers - IFFHS (International Federation of
Football History and Statistics) with the approval of
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Players - All football Players who played professional football that annual year.
Award Objective and Structure - The IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer award is presented to the highest Goal Scorer in the Top Divisions at each World Football Gala organised each year. Only goals scored in the national top divisions of the 60 strongest national leagues are considered. The scorers are ranked on annual bases not on seasonal bases, that means the number of goals scored in the national top divisions from January to December of each year. The player with the highest number of goals for that annual year is declared the winner for that year.
First Edition - 1997
Editions until Today - 23
History - A total of eighteen different players won the IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer Award: four times Messi (Argentina - 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 Barcelona, Spain); three times Suarez L.A. (Uruguay - 2010 Ajax, Netherlands, 2014 Liverpool, England & Barcelona, Spain, 2016 Barcelona, Spain); two times Jardel (Brazil - 1999, 2000 Porto, Portugal), Ronaldo C. (Portugal - 2014, 2015 Real Madrid, Spain); one time Sukur (Turkey - 1997 Galatasaray, Turkey),
THE TROPHY
Name - IFFHS Trophy.
Material - Gold ball with the IFFHS logo engraved on each patch, placed on a wooden base with a gold name plate. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 25 cm
Used - Since 1991 to all the IFFHS award winners of the various catagories organised by IFFHS. The winner keeps the trophy forever.
Kaviedes (Ecuador - 1998 Emelec, Ecuador), Castillo (Bolivia - 2001 Oriente Petrolero, Bolivia), Botero (Bolivia - 2002 Bolivar, Bolivia), Cardozo (Paraguay - 2003 Toluca, Mexico), Galaz (Chile - 2004 Cabreloa, Chile), Araujo (Brazil - 2005 Gamba Osaka, Japan), Huntelaar (Netherlands - 2006 Heerenveen, Netherlands & Ajax, Netherlands), Alves A. (Brazil - 2007 Heerenveen, Netherlands), Barrios (Argentina - 2008 Colo Colo, Chile), Janko (Austria - 2009 Red Bull Salzburg, Austria), Cekulajevs (Latvia - 2011 JK Trans Narva, Estonia), Jonas (Brazil - 2018 Benfica, Portugal), Bounedjah (Algeria - 2019 Al Sadd, Qatar).
Roberto
BAGGIO
(Bologna)
1998 - 38th Place
IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER - POSITIONS OF THE AZZURRI PLAYERS
Vincenzo
MONTELLA
(Sampdoria & Roma)
1997 - 33rd Place
2005 - 38th Place
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
1998 - 48th Place
2008 - 43rd Place
Filippo
INZAGHI
(Atalanta)
1997 - 22nd Place
Christian
VIERI
(Athletico Madrid & Inter)
1998 - 27th Place
2002 - 34th Place
2003 - 26th Place
Luca
TONI
(Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich & Verona)
2005 - 51st Place
2006 - 6th Place
2008 - 14th Place
2015 - 5th Place (Joint)
Alberto
GILARDINO
(Parma)
2004 - 36th Place
2005 - 21st Place
Enrico
CHIESA
(Fiorentina)
2001 - 36th Place
Cristiano
LUCARELLI
(Livorno)
2005 - 17th Place
2007 - 47th Place
Marco
DI VAIO
(Bologna)
2008 - 22nd Place
Francesco
TOTTI
(Roma)
2007 - 9th Place
Marco
NEGRI
(Glasgow Rangers)
1998 - 5th Place
Dario
HUBNER
(Piacenza)
2002 - 21st Place
Non-Azzurri Italians
IFFHS WORLD'S MOST POPULAR ACTIVE FOOTBALLER
A VERY PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the most popular active footballer in his continent and the world that year.
Organisers - IFFHS (International Federation of
Football History and Statistics) with the approval of
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Players - All football Players who played professional football that annual year.
Award Objective and Structure - The IFFHS World's Most Popular Active Footballer award was presented at the World Football Gala organised each year. The award winner was selected after a voting process covering 186 countries to a list of candidate players selected by the IFFHS, divided in six catagories representing the six continental confederations. The number of candidates had increased from 30 in 2006 to 140 in 2010. Each year more than 350,000 votes were cast. After declaring the most popular player in each continent, the player who received the highest over-all number of votes was declared the most popular active player in the world and thus the winner for that year. This award was discontinued after 2012.
First Edition - 2006
Last Edition - 2012
Total Editions - 7
History - Six different Players won the IFFHS World's Most Popular Active Footballer Award: two times Aboutreika (Egypt - 2007, 2008 Al-Ahly Cairo, Egypt); one time Gerrard (England - 2006 Liverpool, England), Pavon (Honduras - 2009 Real Espana, Honduras), Majidi (Iran - 2010 Esteghlal FC Tehran, Iran), Vargas E.J. (Chile - 2011 Universidad de Chile, Chile), Arango (Venezuela - 2012
THE TROPHY
Name - IFFHS Trophy.
Material - Gold ball with the IFFHS logo engraved on each patch, placed on a wooden base with a gold name plate. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 25 cm
Used - Since 1991 to all the IFFHS award winners of the various catagories organised by IFFHS. The winner keeps the trophy forever.
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Real Madrid)
2006 - 18th Place
IFFHS WORLD'S MOST POPULAR ACTIVE FOOTBALLER - POSITIONS OF THE AZZURRI PLAYERS
Francesco
TOTTI
(Roma)
2006 - 19th Place
2007 - 16th Place
2009 - 46th Place
2010 - 42nd Place
2011 - 4th Place
2012 - 18th Place
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
2006 - 15th Place
2007 - 17th Place
2008 - 13th Place
2009 - 35th Place
2010 - 26th Place
2011 - 5th Place
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Juventus)
2006 - 23rd Place
2009 - 43rd Place
2010 - 51st Place
Antonio
CASSANO
(Sampdoria)
2009 - 69th Place
Andrea
PIRLO
(Milan)
2009 - 56th Place
2010 - 51st Place
Daniele
DE ROSSI
(Roma)
2010 - 80th Place
Antonio
DI NATALE
(Udinese)
2010 - 5th Place
2011 - 6th Place
2012 - 43rd Place
IFFHS WORLD'S BEST REFEREE
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR A REFEREE CAN WIN.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Referee in the World that year.
Organisers - IFFHS (International Federation of
Football History and Statistics) with the approval of
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Referees - All football Referees who controlled professional football games that annual year.
Award Objective and Structure - The IFFHS World's Best Referee award is presented to the best referee at each World Football Gala organised each year. The votes are cast by all IFFHS members (circa 90 football journalists and statistical experts) from all over the world and the Referees who obtain most votes are ranked in a final list that declares the one with the highest total of votes the winner for that year.
First Edition - 1987
Editions until Today - 33
History - A total of ninteen different Referees won the IFFHS World's Best Referee Award: Six times Collina (Italy - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003); Four times Puhl (Hungary - 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997); Three times Merk (Germany - 2004, 2005, 2007); Two times Vautrot (France - 1988, 1989), Mikkelsen (Denmark - 1991, 1993), Webb (England - 2010, 2013), Rizzoli (Italy - 2014, 2015); One time Filho R.A. (Brazil - 1987), Wright J.R.R. (Brazil - 1990), Schmidhuber (Germany - 1992), Elizondo (Argentina - 2006), Rosetti (Italy - 2008), Busacca (Switzerland - 2009), Kassai (Hungary - 2011), Proenca (Portugal - 2012), Clattenburg (England - 2016), Brych (Germany - 2017), Pitana (Argentina - 2018), Skomina (Slovenia - 2019).
THE TROPHY
Name - IFFHS Best Referee of the Year Trophy.
Material - Two crossed Linesman flags serving as a background to a referee whistle with the logo of IFFHS engraved on the front. All on a linear background with an engraved name plate at the bottom. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 30 cm
Used - 2 Editions - 1987 and 1988. The winner kepy the trophy forever.
Note - A medal was also awarded with this trophy.
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) - IFFHS
WORLD'S BEST REFEREE
IFFHS WORLD'S BEST REFEREE -
POSITIONS OF OTHER ITALIAN REFEREES
Pier-Luigi
PAIRETTO
1992 - 8th Place
1993 - 6th Place
1994 - 5th Place
1997 - 5th Place
Tullio
LANESE
1991 - 4th Place
1992 - 5th Place
WINNERS (1st Place) - IFFHS
WORLD'S BEST REFEREE
THIRD PLACE - IFFHS WORLD'S BEST REFEREE
Luigi
AGNOLIN
1987
Luigi
AGNOLIN
1990 - 9th Place
Luigi
AGNOLIN
1987
1989
THE TROPHY
Name - IFFHS Best Referee of the Year Trophy.
Sponsor -
Material - Gold adidas leaf logo on top of a vertical glass stand with engraved letters on a semi-opaque central part. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 35 cm
Used - 2 Editions - 1989 and 1990. The winner kept the trophy forever.
THE TROPHY
Name - IFFHS Trophy.
Material - Gold ball with the IFFHS logo engraved on each patch, placed on a wooden base with a gold name plate. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 25 cm
Used - Since 1991 to all the IFFHS award winners of the various catagories organised by IFFHS. The winner keeps the trophy forever.
Pier-Luigi
PAIRETTO
1995
Pier-Luigi
PAIRETTO
1996
Pierluigi
COLLINA
1996 - 6th Place
1997 - 4th Place
2005 - 6th Place
Pierluigi
COLLINA
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Stefano
BRASCHI
2001 - 10th Place
Pierluigi
COLLINA
2004
Roberto
ROSETTI
2005 - 10th Place
2006 - 7th Place
2007 - 5th Place
2010 - 10th Place
Roberto
ROSETTI
2008
Roberto
ROSETTI
2009
Nicola
RIZZOLI
2010 - 12th Place
2011 - 8th Place
2012 - 10th Place (Joint)
Giuseppe
ROSSI
(Villarreal)
2011 - 19th Place
IFFHS WORLD BEST GOAL SCORER (GOALGETTER) OF
THE 1st DECADE (2001-2010) - OTHER AZZURRI PLAYERS
IFFHS WORLD BEST TOP GOAL SCORER
(WORLD GOALGETTER) OF THE 1st DECADE (2001-2010)
A VERY PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Scorer in the top football world for the 2001-10 Decade.
Organisers - IFFHS (International Federation of
Football History and Statistics) with the approval of
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Players - All football Players who played professional football between 2001 and 2010.
Award Objective and Structure - The IFFHS World Best Top Goal Scorer (World Goalgetter) of the Decade united all the ten annual Top Goal Scorer (Goalgetter) awards between 2001 and 2010 when the total number of goals scored in that decade by each player were calculated together and a ranking list for the decade was finalised. Only goals scored in official games played by National Teams, the Olympics Final Tournament and official continental / intercontinental club competitions were taken into consideration. In each of the preceding ten years, the scorers were ranked in a final list according to the number of goals scored in each annual year and the top scorer was declared the winner for each year. In the event that two or more players finished with the same amount of goals, the player who scored most goals with his National Team was be ranked higher. Since the 2001/10 edition was the first time the award was presented it was called the 1st Decade
First and Only Edition - 2010
Total Editions - 1
History - The winner of the 1st Decade (2001/10) was: Van Nistelrooij (Netherlands - Manchester United, England / Real Madrid, Spain / Hamburg, Germany).
THE TROPHY
Name - IFFHS Trophy.
Material - Gold ball with the IFFHS logo engraved on each patch, placed on a wooden base with a gold name plate. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 25 cm
Used - Since 1991 to all the IFFHS award winners of the various catagories organised by IFFHS. The winner keeps the trophy forever.
Note - A certificate is also presented to each winner.
Filippo
INZAGHI
(Milan)
19th Place
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
63rd Place
Alberto GILARDINO
(Parma, Milan
& Fiorentina)
70th Place
Francesco
TOTTI
(Roma)
106th Place
Alessandro
MATRI
(Cagliari & Juventus)
2011 - 59th Place (Joint)
Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany).
Six different Players won the IFFHS Europe's Most Popular Active Footballer Award, one of which won it whilst playing with an Italian club: two times Turan (Turkey - 2008, 2009 Galatasary, Turkey); one time Gerrard (England - 2006 Liverpool, England), Titov Y. (Russia - 2007 Spartak Moscow, Russia), Berbatov (Bulgaria - 2010 Manchester United, England), Totti (Italy - 2011 Roma, Italy), Mkhitaryan (Armenia - 2012 Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine).
Fabio
CANNAVARO
(Real Madrid)
2006 - 11th Place
IFFHS EUROPE'S MOST POPULAR ACTIVE FOOTBALLER - OTHER POSITIONS OF THE AZZURRI PLAYERS
Francesco
TOTTI
(Roma)
2006 - 12th Place
2007 - 6th Place
2010 - 14th Place
2012 - 4th Place
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus & Sydney)
2006 - 8th Place
2007 - 7th Place
2008 - 5th Place
2010 - 6th Place
2012 - 9th Place
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Juventus)
2006 - 15th Place
2010 - 16th Place (Joint)
2012 - 18th Place
Andrea
PIRLO
(Milan & Juventus)
2010 - 16th Place (Joint)
2012 - 17th Place
Daniele
DE ROSSI
(Roma)
2010 - 31st Place
WINNERS (1st Place) -
IFFHS EUROPE'S MOST
POPULAR ACTIVE
FOOTBALLER
Francesco
TOTTI
(Roma)
2011
RUNNER-UP (2nd Place) -
IFFHS EUROPE'S MOST
POPULAR ACTIVE
FOOTBALLER
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
2011
IFFHS WORLD BEST GOAL SCORER (GOALGETTER)
OF THE 21st CENTURY
A PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the Best Goal Scorer in the World in the current Century.
Organisers - IFFHS (International Federation of
Football History and Statistics) with the approval of
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Players - All Players who played football in the 21st century, therefore since 2001.
Award Objective and Structure - The IFFHS World Best Goal Scorer (Goalgetter) of the 21st Century was based on the annual IFFHS World's Best Goal Scorer (Goalgetter) award when goals scored in official games played by National Teams, the Olympics Final Tournament and official continental / intercontinental club competitions were taken into consideration. The scorers were ranked in a final list according to the number of goals scored in that annual year. The top scorer was declared the winner for that year. In the event that two or more players finish with the same amount of goals, the player who scored most goals with his National Team was ranked higher. Those goals were added together and each new year was recalculated and the new goals were added to the previous total. Thus by totalling the goals received since 2001, the Ranking was extended and updated annually. The Goal Scorer (Goalgetter) who was to finish with most goals at the end of 21st Century (in 2100) was to be declared the winner of the 21st Century. However the award was discontinued after 2012
First and only Edition - 2001 - 2100 (discontinued after 2012)
Total Editions - 1
History - The final top twenty positions of the IFFHS World Best Goal Scorer (Goalgetter) of the 21st Century (2001-2100) ranking at the time it was discontinued after 2012 were: 1. Drogba (Ivory Coast - Olympique Marsailles, France / Chelsea, England); 2. Klose (Germany - Kaiserslautern, Germany / Werder Bremen, Germany / Bayern Munich, Germany / Lazio, Italy); 3. Messi
THE TROPHY
Name - IFFHS Trophy.
Material - Gold ball with the IFFHS logo engraved on each patch, placed on a wooden base with a gold name plate. Gold is changed to Silver for the 2nd Place and Bronze for the 3rd.
Height - circa 25 cm
Used - Since 1991 to all the IFFHS award winners in the various catagories organised by IFFHS. The winner keeps the trophy forever.
Note - A certificate is also presented to each winner.
(Argentina - Barcelona, Spain); 4. Eto (Cameroon - Mallorca, Spain / Barcelona, Spain / Inter, Italy / Anzhi, Russia); 5. Van Nistelrooij (Netherlands - Manchester United, England / Real Madrid, Spain / Hamburg, Germany); 6. Henry (France - Arsenal, England / Barcelona, Spain); 7. Ronaldo C. (Portugal - Manchester United, England / Real Madrid, Spain); 8. Villa D. (Spain - Real Zaragoza, Spain / Valencia, Spain / Barcelona, Spain); 9. Raul (Spain - Real Madrid, Spain / Schalke 04, Germany); 10. Ibrahimovic (Sweden - Ajax, Netherlands / Juventus, Italy / Barcelona, Spain / Milan, Italy / Paris St.Germain, France); 11. Flavio (Angola - Petro Atletico, Angola / Al Ahly, Egypy / Al Shabab, Saudi Arebia); 12. Schevchenko (Ukraine - Milan, Italy / Chelsea, England / Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine); 13. Huntelaar (Netherlands - Heerenveen, Netherlands / Ajax, Netherlands / Schalke 04, Germany); 14. Berbatov (Bulgaria - Bayer Leverkusen, Germany / Tottenham Hotspurs, England / Manchester United, England); 15. Frei (Switzerland - Servette, Switzerland / Stade Rennais, France / Borussia Dortmund, Germany / Basel, Switzerland); 16. Aboutreika (Egypt - Al Ahly, Egypt); 17. Rooney (England - Everton, England / Manchester United, England); 18. Keane (Ireland - Manchester United, England / Leeds United, England / Tottenham Hotspurts, England / Liverpool, England / West Ham United, England / Los Angeles Galaxy, USA); 19. Al-Mutawa (Kuwait - Al-Qadisia, Kuwait / Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia); 20. Falcao R. (Colombia - River Plate, Argentina / Porto, Portugal / Atletico Madrid, Spain).
IFFHS WORLD BEST GOALSCORER (GOALGETTER) OF THE
21st CENTURY - AZZURRI PLAYERS
Filippo
INZAGHI
(Milan)
32nd Place
Alessandro
DEL PIERO
(Juventus)
88th Place
Alberto GILARDINO
(Parma, Milan
& Fiorentina)
98th Place
Mario B.
BALOTELLI
(Manchester City)
2012 - 23rd Place
Nicola
RIZZOLI
2013, 2016
Gianluca
ROCCHI
2013 - 10th Place
2017 - 11th Place
2018 - 6th Place
2019 - 4th Place
Graziano
PELLE
(Feyenoord & Southampton)
2013 - 10th Place
2014 - 7th Place
Ciro
IMMOBILE
(Torino, Borrusia Dortmund & Lazio)
2014 - 8th Place (Joint)
2017 - 19th Place (Joint)
2018 - 5th Place (Joint)
Nicola
RIZZOLI
2014, 2015
Leonardo
BONUCCI
(Juventus)
2016/17
Andrea
BELOTTI
(Torino)
2017 - 11th Place
Nicola
RIZZOLI
2017
IFFHS MEN WORLD TEAM
A VERY PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL HONOUR FOR A PLAYER.
Winner -Regarded as the best footballer in the world in his playing position for that year.
THE TROPHY
No Particular trophy is awarded for this Award.
AZZURRI IN THE IFFHS MEN WORLD TEAM
Gianluigi
BUFFON
(Juventus)
2017
Organisers - IFFHS (International Federation of
Football History and Statistics) with the approval of
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football
Association)
Participating Players - All football Players who played
professional football that annual year all over the world.
Award Objective and Structure - The 'IFFHS Men World Team' is composed by those players who have stood
out in their respective playing position in the previous year. The award winner is selected after a voting process by all the members of the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) all over the world who are asked to vote for the eleven best players of the previous year according to their playing positions (1 Goalkeeper, 4 Defenders, 3 Midfielders, 3 Forwards, 1 Coach) thus forming the 'Best Team of the Year' in the World. The player who receives the most votes in his position is selected for the team. Credit is given to the player who receives the most votes from all the playing positions. A second team is also selected, composed of the players who finished runner-up in each playing position, called the 'IFFHS Men Substitutes World Team'.
First Edition - 2017
Editions until toady- 3
History - A total of twenty-four different players were selected to form part of the 'IFFHS Men World Team', six of which won it six times whilst playing with Italian clubs: Three times Ramos S. (Spain - 2017, 2018, 2019 Real Madrid), Ronaldo C. (Portugal - 2017 Real Madrid, Spain, 2018 Real Madrid, Spain & Juventus, Italy, 2019 Juventus, Italy), Messi (Argentina - 2017, 2018, 2019 Barcelona, Spain); Two times Marcelo (Brazil - 2017, 2018 Real Madrid, Spain), Modric (Croatia - 2017, 2018 Real Madrid, Spain), De Bruyne (Belgium - 2017, 2019 Manchester City, England); One time Buffon G. (Italy - 2017 Juventus), Alves B. (Brazil - 2017 Juventus, Italy & Paris Saint Germanin, France), Bonucci (Italy - 2017 Juventus & Milan), Kroos (Germany - 2017 Real Madrid, Spain), Neymar (Brazil - 2017 Barcelona, Spain & Paris Saint Germain, France), Courtois (Belgium - 2018 Chelsea, England & Real Madrid, Spain), Varane (France - 2018 Real Madrid, Spain), Godin (Uruguay - 2018 Atletico Madrid, Spain), Hazard E. (Belgium - 2018 Chelsea, England), Griezmann (France - Atletico Madrid, Spain), Mbappe (France - 2018 Paris Saint Germain), Alisson (Brazil - 2019 Liverpool, England), De Ligt (Netherlands - 2019 Ajax & Juventus, Italy), Van Dijk (Netherlands - 2019 Liverpool, England), Alexander-Arnold (England - 2019 Liverpool), De Jong (Netherlands - 2019 Ajax & Barcelona, Spain), Silva B. (Portugal - 2019 Manchester City, England), Mane (Senegal - 2019 Liverpool, England).
The players who obtained the most votes each year are: Messi (Argentina - 2017, 2019 Barcelona, Spain), Modric (Croatia - 2018 Real Madrid, Spain), Van Dijk (Netherlands - 2019 Liverpool, England).
A total of three different coaches were selected to form part of the 'IFFHS Men World Team': One time Zidane (France - 2017 Real Madrid, Spain), Deschamps (France - 2018 France National Team), Klopp (Germany - 2019 Liverpool, England).
Leonardo
BONUCCI
(Juventus & Milan)
2017
Fabio
QUAGLIARELLA
(Sampdoria)
2019 - 8th Place
Name - Onze D'Or.
Material - Letters construction forming the word 'ONZE D'OR' in gold, placed on a base of the same material.
Height - Circa 35 cm.
Used - 2 Editions, since 2018. No known trophy was awarded for the previous twenty-three editions. The winner keeps the trophy forever.
Note - This trophy is also awarded to the Onze Mondial European Footballer of the Year winner.
