European Sports Media

European Sports Media
AbbreviationESM
Formation9 June 1989; 35 years ago (1989-06-09)
Founded atBarcelona, Spain
TypeFootball-based journalistic body
Region
Europe (UEFA)
Membership
14 magazines
Websitewww.eusm.eu
Formerly called
European Sports Magazines

The European Sports Media (ESM), formerly European Sports Magazines, is an association of football-related publications in Europe.

Members

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European Sports Media was established in 1989 as an international body for football journalism.[1] Its nine founding members were: A Bola (Portuguese), Don Balón (Spanish), Sport/Foot Magazine (Belgium), La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italian), kicker (German), Onze Mondial (French), Sport (Switzerland), Voetbal International (Dutch), World Soccer (English). ESM membership has varied over time. Former members also include France Football.[2]

Current members

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Awards

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ESM presents the following awards:

  • European Golden Shoe. Since the 1996–97 season, ESM annually rewards Europe's most prolific striker with the European Golden Shoe.[1]
  • UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award & UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award. Since 2011, in partnership with UEFA, ESM handles the voting and administration for the UEFA Best Men's Player and Women's Player in Europe Awards, which is awarded annually to the outstanding men's and women's players of the European season.[1][3]
  • UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award & UEFA Women's Coach of the Year Award. Since 2020, in partnership with UEFA, ESM handles the voting and administration for the UEFA Best Men's Coach and Women's Coach in Europe Awards, which is awarded annually to the outstanding men's and women's coaches of the European season.[4]
  • ESM Team of the Season. After selecting a Team of the Season for 1994–95, ESM instituted the monthly ESM 11. Each of its members selects the 11 best players in the European leagues each month from September to May. The players who most often appear in those teams are elected into the ESM Team of the Season.[1][2]

ESM Team of the Season

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1990s

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Season Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

1994–95[2]

Portugal Vítor Baía

Italy Paolo Maldini
Germany Matthias Sammer
Netherlands Frank Rijkaard
Netherlands Danny Blind

Italy Gianfranco Zola
Finland Jari Litmanen
Denmark Michael Laudrup

Chile Iván Zamorano
England Alan Shearer
Germany Jürgen Klinsmann

1995–96[2]

Netherlands Edwin van der Sar

Italy Paolo Maldini
Netherlands Frank de Boer
France Laurent Blanc
Netherlands Danny Blind

Italy Alessandro Del Piero
Brazil Raí
Finland Jari Litmanen
Germany Mehmet Scholl

Liberia George Weah
France Eric Cantona

1996–97[2]

Italy Angelo Peruzzi

Brazil Roberto Carlos
Spain Fernando Hierro
Italy Ciro Ferrara
France Jocelyn Angloma

Spain Raúl
Italy Alessandro Del Piero
Netherlands Clarence Seedorf
Spain Luis Enrique

Brazil Ronaldo
Croatia Davor Šuker

1997–98[2]

Italy Angelo Peruzzi

Brazil Roberto Carlos
Spain Fernando Hierro
France Laurent Blanc
England Gary Neville

Italy Alessandro Del Piero
France Zinedine Zidane
Argentina Fernando Redondo
Portugal Luís Figo

Brazil Ronaldo
Italy Christian Vieri

1998–99[2]

Argentina Carlos Roa

France Bixente Lizarazu
Netherlands Jaap Stam
France Laurent Blanc
France Lilian Thuram

Brazil Rivaldo
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Siniša Mihajlović
Germany Stefan Effenberg
England David Beckham

Spain Raúl
Argentina Gabriel Batistuta

1999–2000[2]

Germany Oliver Kahn

Brazil Roberto Carlos
Italy Paolo Maldini
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Siniša Mihajlović
France Jocelyn Angloma

Brazil Rivaldo
Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón
Republic of Ireland Roy Keane
Portugal Luís Figo

Spain Raúl
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko

2000s

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Season Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

2000–01[2]

Germany Oliver Kahn

Brazil Roberto Carlos
Finland Sami Hyypiä
Italy Alessandro Nesta
France Jocelyn Angloma

Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd
Italy Francesco Totti
Germany Mehmet Scholl
Spain Gaizka Mendieta

England Michael Owen
Argentina Hernán Crespo

2001–02[2]

Italy Francesco Toldo

Brazil Roberto Carlos
Argentina Walter Samuel
Brazil Lúcio
Spain Carles Puyol

Sweden Freddie Ljungberg
France Zinedine Zidane
Germany Michael Ballack
Spain Rubén Baraja

Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy
Italy Christian Vieri

2002–03[2]

Italy Gianluigi Buffon

Italy Paolo Maldini
Belgium Daniel Van Buyten
Spain Carles Puyol
France Lilian Thuram

Brazil Roberto Carlos
Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd
France Zinedine Zidane

Italy Christian Vieri
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mateja Kežman
Netherlands Roy Makaay

2003–04[2]

Germany Timo Hildebrand

Brazil Roberto Carlos
Argentina Walter Samuel
Argentina Roberto Ayala
Portugal Paulo Ferreira

Brazil Ronaldinho
Italy Francesco Totti
France Zinedine Zidane
France Ludovic Giuly

Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko
France Thierry Henry

2004–05[2]

Czech Republic Petr Čech

Italy Fabio Cannavaro
England John Terry
Spain Carles Puyol

England Frank Lampard
Netherlands Mark van Bommel
Portugal Deco
Brazil Ronaldinho

Netherlands Arjen Robben
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko

2005–06[2]

Czech Republic Petr Čech

Spain Carles Puyol
Brazil Lúcio
Brazil Cris

Brazil Ronaldinho
England Frank Lampard
Argentina Esteban Cambiasso
Brazil Juninho

Argentina Lionel Messi
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o
Italy Luca Toni

2006–07[5]

France Grégory Coupet

Italy Marco Materazzi
Serbia Nemanja Vidić
Brazil Dani Alves

Serbia Dejan Stanković
Italy Francesco Totti
Brazil Juninho
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo

Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Mali Frédéric Kanouté

2007–08[6]

Spain Iker Casillas

Spain Sergio Ramos
Italy Christian Panucci
England Rio Ferdinand
France William Gallas

Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Spain Cesc Fàbregas
France Franck Ribéry

Argentina Lionel Messi
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
Spain Fernando Torres

2008–09[7]

Netherlands Edwin van der Sar

Brazil Dani Alves
England John Terry
Brazil Maicon
Serbia Nemanja Vidić

Argentina Lionel Messi
Spain Xavi
England Steven Gerrard

Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Ibišević
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o
Brazil Grafite

2009–10[8]

Brazil Júlio César

England John Terry
Brazil Maicon
Brazil Lúcio

Brazil Dani Alves
Spain Cesc Fàbregas
England Frank Lampard
Netherlands Wesley Sneijder

Argentina Lionel Messi
Netherlands Arjen Robben
England Wayne Rooney

2010s

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Season Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

2010–11[9]

Spain Víctor Valdés

Brazil Dani Alves
Germany Mats Hummels
Serbia Nemanja Vidić
Spain Gerard Piqué

Spain Xavi
Spain Andrés Iniesta
Turkey Nuri Şahin

Argentina Lionel Messi
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o

2011–12[10]

Germany Manuel Neuer

Belgium Vincent Kompany
Brazil Dani Alves
Spain Sergio Ramos
Germany Mats Hummels

Spain Xavi
Japan Shinji Kagawa
Italy Andrea Pirlo

Argentina Lionel Messi
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Netherlands Robin van Persie

2012–13[11]

Germany Manuel Neuer

Germany Philipp Lahm
Brazil Dante
Italy Giorgio Chiellini

Germany Bastian Schweinsteiger
Germany Thomas Müller
Germany İlkay Gündoğan

Wales Gareth Bale
Argentina Lionel Messi
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo

2013–14[12]

Belgium Thibaut Courtois

Spain Gerard Piqué
Portugal Pepe
Morocco Medhi Benatia
Austria David Alaba

Germany Philipp Lahm
Ivory Coast Yaya Touré
Chile Arturo Vidal

Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Uruguay Luis Suárez
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović

2014–15[13]

Germany Manuel Neuer

Serbia Branislav Ivanović
Spain Sergio Ramos
Italy Giorgio Chiellini
Spain Gerard Piqué

Netherlands Arjen Robben
Belgium Eden Hazard
Spain Cesc Fàbregas

Argentina Lionel Messi
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Uruguay Luis Suárez

2015–16[14]

Costa Rica Keylor Navas

Brazil Marcelo
Uruguay Diego Godín
Spain Gerard Piqué
Brazil Filipe Luís

France Paul Pogba
Argentina Ángel Di María
France N'Golo Kanté

Uruguay Luis Suárez
Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín
Argentina Lionel Messi

2016–17[15]

Italy Gianluigi Buffon

Brazil Marcelo
Spain Sergio Ramos
Brazil David Luiz
Italy Leonardo Bonucci

France N'Golo Kanté
Spain Thiago
Argentina Paulo Dybala

Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Argentina Lionel Messi
Uruguay Edinson Cavani

2017–18[16]

Germany Marc-André ter Stegen

Italy Giorgio Chiellini
France Samuel Umtiti
Argentina Nicolás Otamendi
Spain Jordi Alba

Spain Andrés Iniesta
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
Spain David Silva

Egypt Mohamed Salah
Argentina Lionel Messi
Brazil Neymar

2018–19[17]

Germany Marc-André ter Stegen

Germany Joshua Kimmich
Netherlands Virgil Van Dijk
Spain Gerard Piqué
Spain Jordi Alba

Belgium Eden Hazard
France Paul Pogba
Germany Marco Reus

Argentina Lionel Messi
Senegal Sadio Mané
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo

2019–20[18]

Germany Marc-André ter Stegen

England Trent Alexander-Arnold
Netherlands Virgil Van Dijk
France Dayot Upamecano
Scotland Andy Robertson

Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
England Jordan Henderson
Argentina Ángel Di María

Argentina Lionel Messi
Poland Robert Lewandowski
Norway Erling Haaland

2020s

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Season Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

2020–21[19]

Slovenia Jan Oblak

Morocco Achraf Hakimi
Portugal Rúben Dias
England John Stones
Portugal João Cancelo

Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
Germany İlkay Gündoğan
Portugal Bruno Fernandes

Argentina Lionel Messi
Poland Robert Lewandowski
France Karim Benzema

2021–22[20]

Belgium Thibaut Courtois

England Trent Alexander-Arnold
Netherlands Virgil van Dijk
Germany Antonio Rüdiger
Portugal João Cancelo

Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
Croatia Luka Modrić
Portugal Bernardo Silva

Egypt Mohamed Salah
Poland Robert Lewandowski
France Karim Benzema

2022–23[21]

Germany Marc-André ter Stegen

Italy Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Brazil Éder Militão
South Korea Kim Min-jae
France Théo Hernandez

Norway Martin Ødegaard
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne

Argentina Lionel Messi
Nigeria Victor Osimhen
Norway Erling Haaland
France Kylian Mbappé

By player

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Lionel Messi (left) with 15 selections is the all-time record appearance maker of ESM's Team of the Season.
Wins Player First Last
15 Argentina Lionel Messi 2005–06 2022–23
9 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2006–07 2018–19
7 Brazil Roberto Carlos 1996–97 2003–04
5 Brazil Dani Alves 2006–07 2011–12
Spain Gerard Piqué 2010–11 2018–19
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 2017–18 2022–23
4 Italy Paolo Maldini 1994–95 2002–03
France Zinedine Zidane 1997–98 2003–04
Spain Carles Puyol 2001–02 2005–06
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o 2004–05 2010–11
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 2006–07 2013–14
Spain Sergio Ramos 2007–08 2016–17
Germany Marc-André ter Stegen 2017–18 2022–23
3 Italy Alessandro Del Piero 1995–96 1997–98
France Laurent Blanc 1995–96 1998–99
Spain Raúl 1996–97 1999–00
France Jocelyn Angloma 1996–97 2000–01
Italy Christian Vieri 1997–98 2002–03
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 1999–00 2004–05
Italy Francesco Totti 2000–01 2006–07
Brazil Lúcio 2001–02 2009–10
Brazil Ronaldinho 2003–04 2005–06
England Frank Lampard 2004–05 2009–10
England John Terry 2004–05 2009–10
Netherlands Arjen Robben 2004–05 2014–15
Serbia Nemanja Vidić 2006–07 2010–11
Spain Cesc Fàbregas 2007–08 2014–15
Spain Xavi 2008–09 2011–12
Germany Manuel Neuer 2011–12 2014–15
Italy Giorgio Chiellini 2012–13 2017–18
Uruguay Luis Suárez 2013–14 2015–16
Netherlands Virgil van Dijk 2018–19 2021–22
Poland Robert Lewandowski 2019–20 2021–22

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "All About ESM". European Sports Media. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Stokkermans, Karel (14 March 2007). "ESM XI". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007.
  3. ^ "UEFA Best Player in Europe Award Launched". Union of European Football Associations. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Shortlist of nominees for 2019/20 UEFA club competition awards revealed". Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. ^ "ESM-11 2006–07". European Sports Magazines. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007.
  6. ^ Cristiano Ronaldo og de 10 Andre (in Danish). 4 June 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Her Er Europas Hold 2008–09 (in Danish). 22 June 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. ^ By month:
  9. ^ Rainbow, Jamie (1 July 2011). ESM Team of the Season: The Players Who Excelled Throughout. Retrieved 9 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  10. ^ Berends, Sander (31 May 2012). Eén Landgenoot in ESM Elftal van het Seizoen (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  11. ^ ESM Top-11: Nur Torres und Ivanovic Durchbrechen Bundesliga-Phalanx (in German). 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  12. ^ Die ESM Top-11 der Saison 2013–14: Ein Deutscher Ist Dabei (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  13. ^ ESM Team of the Season 2014–15. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  14. ^ Das Ist das ESM-Team der Saison: Die Top-11 des Europäischen Fußballs (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  15. ^ ESM Top-Elf: Ein Bayern-Star in Europas Elite (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  16. ^ ESM Top-Elf: Ein Bayern-Star in Europas Elite (in Korean). Retrieved 22 June 2018. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  17. ^ "Reus, Kimmich und ter Stegen im ESM-Team der Saison" (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  18. ^ "ESM reveal Team of the Year for 2019/20". Marca. Madrid. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  19. ^ Rainbow, Jamie (7 June 2021). ESM Team of the Season – 2020-21. Retrieved 7 June 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  20. ^ Rainbow, Jamie (13 June 2022). ESM Team of the Season – 2021-22. Retrieved 21 June 2022. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  21. ^ Rainbow, Jamie (1 August 2023). ESM Team of the Season – 2022-23. Retrieved 1 September 2023. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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