UEFA Team of the Year

The UEFA Team of the Year is a football award given by UEFA through a poll on its official website. This award started in 2001[1] to allow users and visitors of the organization's website to choose their own eleven players and a coach based on their overall performances in European club football and international competitions.

Selection process

Until 2011, the writers at the website had constructed a short-list of sixty footballers and coaches[1] who have performed well in European club competitions, domestic competitions and international tournaments for that particular year. Users then cast their vote of a line-up consisting of eleven players (including a goalkeeper, four defenders, four midfielders, and two forwards) and a coach based on who they believed excelled in European football. After the selection is made, the user also has to select one of the players to be the captain of their team.

The format of the vote was changed in 2012 – now users first choose their preferred formation (4–4–2, 3–5–2, 3–4–3, 4–3–3 or 5–3–2), and then choose the relevant number of players for each position. The voters have a choice between 4 goalkeepers, 12 defenders, 12 midfielders and 12 forwards. The voting for best coach was discontinued.

After the votes are cast, they are tallied and the final team is announced on the UEFA website.

Appearance records

The player with the most appearances in the team is Cristiano Ronaldo, having appeared twelve times. Second is Lionel Messi, having appeared nine times. Joint third are Iker Casillas, Carles Puyol, Andrés Iniesta and Sergio Ramos, who all have six appearances each. The most consecutive appearances in the team is eleven for Cristiano Ronaldo (2007–2017), followed by Iker Casillas with six (2007–2012), and both Thierry Henry (2001–2005) and Lionel Messi (2008–2012) with five.

The teams with the most player appearances (not including manager appearances) are Barcelona with 44, Real Madrid (39), followed by Bayern Munich (20) and Milan (18). Barcelona has been the team with the most players selected in a single season with six players in 2009 and 2010. The only other teams with more than three players in one season are Bayern Munich, with four players in 2013 and five in 2014, and Real Madrid, with five players in 2017 and four in 2003, 2012–2014 and 2016.

The manager with the most appearances is José Mourinho, with four appearances (one with Internazionale, two with Porto and one with Chelsea). He is followed by Alex Ferguson, who has two appearances.

Team of the Year 2001

Player Team(s) Appearance
Spain Santiago Cañizares Spain Valencia 1st
Romania Cosmin Contra Spain Deportivo Alavés
Italy AC Milan		 1st
Finland Sami Hyypiä England Liverpool 1st
Sweden Patrik Andersson Germany Bayern Munich
Spain Barcelona		 1st
France Bixente Lizarazu Germany Bayern Munich 1st
England David Beckham England Manchester United 1st
France Patrick Vieira England Arsenal 1st
France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus
Spain Real Madrid		 1st
Argentina Kily González Spain Valencia 1st
France Thierry Henry England Arsenal 1st
France David Trezeguet Italy Juventus 1st

Coach: France Gérard Houllier: England Liverpool

Source:[2]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2002

Player Team(s) Appearance
Turkey Rüştü Reçber Turkey Fenerbahçe 1st
Spain Carles Puyol Spain Barcelona 1st
Italy Alessandro Nesta Italy Lazio
Italy Milan		 1st
Romania Cristian Chivu Netherlands Ajax 1st
Brazil Roberto Carlos Spain Real Madrid 1st
Netherlands Clarence Seedorf Italy Internazionale
Italy Milan		 1st
Germany Michael Ballack Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Germany Bayern Munich		 1st
France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 2nd
Republic of Ireland Damien Duff England Blackburn Rovers 1st
France Thierry Henry England Arsenal 2nd
Brazil Ronaldo Italy Internazionale
Spain Real Madrid		 1st

Coach: Turkey Şenol Güneş: Turkey Turkey

Source:[3]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2003

Player Team(s) Appearance
Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus 1st
Portugal Paulo Ferreira Portugal Porto 1st
Italy Alessandro NestaItaly Milan2nd
Italy Paolo Maldini Italy Milan 1st
Brazil Roberto Carlos Spain Real Madrid 2nd
Portugal Luís Figo Spain Real Madrid 1st
England David Beckham England Manchester United
Spain Real Madrid		 2nd
France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 3rd
Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd Italy Juventus 1st
France Thierry Henry England Arsenal 3rd
Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy England Manchester United 1st

Coach: Portugal José Mourinho: Portugal Porto

Source:[4]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2004

Player Team(s) Appearance
Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus 2nd
Brazil Cafu Italy Milan 1st
Portugal Ricardo Carvalho Portugal Porto
England Chelsea		 1st
Italy Alessandro Nesta Italy Milan 3rd
England Ashley Cole England Arsenal 1st
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo England Manchester United 1st
Portugal Maniche Portugal Porto 1st
Brazil Ronaldinho Spain Barcelona 1st
Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd Italy Juventus 2nd
France Thierry Henry England Arsenal 4th
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Italy Milan 1st

Coach: Portugal José Mourinho: Portugal Porto / England Chelsea

Source:[5]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2005

Player Team(s) Appearance
Czech Republic Petr ČechEngland Chelsea1st
Brazil CafuItaly Milan2nd
England John TerryEngland Chelsea1st
Spain Carles PuyolSpain Barcelona2nd
Italy Paolo MaldiniItaly Milan2nd
Spain Luis GarcíaEngland Liverpool1st
England Steven GerrardEngland Liverpool1st
Brazil RonaldinhoSpain Barcelona2nd
Czech Republic Pavel NedvědItaly Juventus3rd
Cameroon Samuel Eto'oSpain Barcelona1st
Ukraine Andriy ShevchenkoItaly Milan2nd

Coach: Portugal José Mourinho: England Chelsea

Source:[6]

Team of the Year 2006

Player Team(s) Appearance
Italy Gianluigi BuffonItaly Juventus3rd
Italy Gianluca ZambrottaItaly Juventus
Spain Barcelona		1st
Italy Fabio CannavaroItaly Juventus
Spain Real Madrid		1st
Spain Carles PuyolSpain Barcelona3rd
Germany Philipp LahmGermany Bayern Munich1st
England Steven GerrardEngland Liverpool2nd
Spain Cesc FàbregasEngland Arsenal1st
Brazil KakáItaly Milan1st
Brazil RonaldinhoSpain Barcelona3rd
France Thierry HenryEngland Arsenal5th
Cameroon Samuel Eto'oSpain Barcelona2nd

Coach: Netherlands Frank Rijkaard: Spain Barcelona

Source:[7]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2007

Player Team(s) Appearance
Spain Iker CasillasSpain Real Madrid1st
Brazil Dani AlvesSpain Sevilla1st
Italy Alessandro NestaItaly Milan4th
England John TerryEngland Chelsea2nd
France Éric AbidalFrance Lyon
Spain Barcelona		1st
Portugal Cristiano RonaldoEngland Manchester United2nd
England Steven GerrardEngland Liverpool3rd
Brazil KakáItaly Milan2nd
Netherlands Clarence SeedorfItaly Milan2nd
Sweden Zlatan IbrahimovićItaly Internazionale1st
Ivory Coast Didier DrogbaEngland Chelsea1st

Coach: Scotland Alex Ferguson: England Manchester United

Source:[8]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2008

Player Team(s) Appearance
Spain Iker CasillasSpain Real Madrid2nd
Spain Sergio RamosSpain Real Madrid1st
England John TerryEngland Chelsea3rd
Spain Carles PuyolSpain Barcelona4th
Germany Philipp LahmGermany Bayern Munich2nd
Portugal Cristiano RonaldoEngland Manchester United3rd
Spain XaviSpain Barcelona1st
Spain Cesc FàbregasEngland Arsenal2nd
France Franck RibéryGermany Bayern Munich1st
Argentina Lionel MessiSpain Barcelona1st
Spain Fernando TorresEngland Liverpool1st

Coach: Scotland Alex Ferguson: England Manchester United

Source:[9]

Team of the Year 2009

Player Team(s) Appearance
Spain Iker CasillasSpain Real Madrid3rd
Brazil Dani AlvesSpain Barcelona2nd
England John TerryEngland Chelsea4th
Spain Carles PuyolSpain Barcelona5th
France Patrice EvraEngland Manchester United1st
Portugal Cristiano RonaldoEngland Manchester United
Spain Real Madrid		4th
Spain XaviSpain Barcelona2nd
Brazil KakáItaly Milan
Spain Real Madrid		3rd
Spain Andrés IniestaSpain Barcelona1st
Argentina Lionel MessiSpain Barcelona2nd
Sweden Zlatan IbrahimovićItaly Internazionale
Spain Barcelona		2nd

Coach: Spain Pep Guardiola: Spain Barcelona

Source:[10]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2010

Player Team(s) Appearance
Spain Iker CasillasSpain Real Madrid4th
Brazil MaiconItaly Internazionale1st
Spain Gerard PiquéSpain Barcelona1st
Spain Carles PuyolSpain Barcelona6th
England Ashley ColeEngland Chelsea2nd
Portugal Cristiano RonaldoSpain Real Madrid5th
Spain XaviSpain Barcelona3rd
Netherlands Wesley SneijderItaly Internazionale1st
Spain Andrés IniestaSpain Barcelona2nd
Argentina Lionel MessiSpain Barcelona3rd
Spain David VillaSpain Valencia
Spain Barcelona		1st

Coach: Portugal José Mourinho: Italy Internazionale / Spain Real Madrid

Source:[11]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2011

Player Team(s) Appearance
Spain Iker CasillasSpain Real Madrid5th
Brazil Dani AlvesSpain Barcelona3rd
Spain Gerard PiquéSpain Barcelona2nd
Brazil Thiago SilvaItaly Milan1st
Brazil MarceloSpain Real Madrid1st
Netherlands Arjen RobbenGermany Bayern Munich1st
Spain XaviSpain Barcelona4th
Spain Andrés IniestaSpain Barcelona3rd
Wales Gareth BaleEngland Tottenham Hotspur1st
Argentina Lionel MessiSpain Barcelona4th
Portugal Cristiano RonaldoSpain Real Madrid6th

Source:[12]

Voting for a coach ended this year.

Team of the Year 2012

Player Team(s) Appearance
Spain Iker CasillasSpain Real Madrid6th
Spain Sergio RamosSpain Real Madrid2nd
Spain Gerard PiquéSpain Barcelona3rd
Brazil Thiago SilvaItaly Milan
France Paris Saint-Germain		2nd
Germany Philipp LahmGermany Bayern Munich3rd
Spain Andrés IniestaSpain Barcelona4th
Spain XaviSpain Barcelona5th
Italy Andrea PirloItaly Juventus1st
Germany Mesut ÖzilSpain Real Madrid1st
Argentina Lionel MessiSpain Barcelona5th
Portugal Cristiano RonaldoSpain Real Madrid7th

Source:[13]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2013

Player Team(s) Appearance
Germany Manuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich 1st
Germany Philipp Lahm Germany Bayern Munich 4th
Brazil Thiago Silva France Paris Saint-Germain 3rd
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid 3rd
Austria David Alaba Germany Bayern Munich 1st
Wales Gareth Bale England Tottenham Hotspur
Spain Real Madrid		 2nd
Germany Marco Reus Germany Borussia Dortmund 1st
Germany Mesut Özil Spain Real Madrid
England Arsenal		 2nd
France Franck Ribéry Germany Bayern Munich 2nd
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović France Paris Saint-Germain 3rd
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 8th

Source:[14]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2014

Player Team(s) Appearance
Germany Manuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich 2nd
Germany Philipp Lahm Germany Bayern Munich 5th
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid 4th
Uruguay Diego Godín Spain Atlético Madrid 1st
Austria David Alaba Germany Bayern Munich 2nd
Netherlands Arjen Robben Germany Bayern Munich 2nd
Germany Toni Kroos Germany Bayern Munich
Spain Real Madrid		 1st
Argentina Ángel Di María Spain Real Madrid
England Manchester United		 1st
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 6th
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović France Paris Saint-Germain 4th
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 9th

Source:[15]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2015

Player Team(s) Appearance
Germany Manuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich 3rd
Brazil Dani Alves Spain Barcelona 4th
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid 5th
Spain Gerard Piqué Spain Barcelona 4th
Austria David Alaba Germany Bayern Munich 3rd
France Paul Pogba Italy Juventus 1st
Spain Andrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona 5th
Colombia James Rodríguez Spain Real Madrid 1st
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 10th
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 7th
Brazil Neymar Spain Barcelona 1st

Source:[16]

Team of the Year 2016

Player Team(s) Appearance
Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus 4th
Germany Jérôme Boateng Germany Bayern Munich 1st
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid 6th
Spain Gerard Piqué Spain Barcelona 5th
Italy Leonardo Bonucci Italy Juventus 1st
Croatia Luka Modrić Spain Real Madrid 1st
Germany Toni Kroos Spain Real Madrid 2nd
Spain Andrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona 6th
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 8th
France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid 1st
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 11th

Source:[17]

Team of the Year 2017

Player Team(s) Appearance
Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus 5th
Brazil Dani Alves Italy Juventus
France Paris Saint-Germain		 5th
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid 7th
Italy Giorgio Chiellini Italy Juventus 1st
Brazil Marcelo Spain Real Madrid 2nd
Croatia Luka Modrić Spain Real Madrid 2nd
Germany Toni Kroos Spain Real Madrid 3rd
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City 1st
Belgium Eden Hazard England Chelsea 1st
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 9th
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 12th

Source:[18]

Most appearances

By player

Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo has made the most appearances on the UEFA Team of the Year with 12 appearances in total.
Player Appearances
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 12
Argentina Lionel Messi 9
Spain Sergio Ramos 7
Spain Iker Casillas 6
Spain Carles Puyol
Spain Andrés Iniesta
Italy Gianluigi Buffon 5
Brazil Dani Alves
France Thierry Henry
Germany Philipp Lahm
Spain Gerard Piqué
Spain Xavi
Italy Alessandro Nesta 4
England John Terry
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
Austria David Alaba 3
England Steven Gerrard
Brazil Kaká
Germany Toni Kroos
Germany Manuel Neuer
Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd
Brazil Ronaldinho
Brazil Thiago Silva
France Zinedine Zidane
Wales Gareth Bale 2
England David Beckham
Brazil Cafu
England Ashley Cole
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o
Spain Cesc Fàbregas
Italy Paolo Maldini
Brazil Marcelo
Croatia Luka Modrić
Germany Mesut Özil
France Franck Ribéry
Netherlands Arjen Robben
Brazil Roberto Carlos
Netherlands Clarence Seedorf
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko
43 players 1

By manager

José Mourinho
José Mourinho is the manager with the most appearances (4) in the UEFA Team of the Year.
Manager Appearances
Portugal José Mourinho 4
Scotland Alex Ferguson 2
France Gérard Houllier 1
Turkey Şenol Güneş
Netherlands Frank Rijkaard
Spain Pep Guardiola

By club

Club Players
Spain Barcelona 45
Spain Real Madrid 44
Germany Bayern Munich 20
Italy Milan 18
Italy Juventus 17
England Arsenal 10
England Chelsea 9
England Manchester United
Italy Internazionale 6
England Liverpool
France Paris Saint-Germain 4
Portugal Porto 3
Spain Valencia
England Tottenham Hotspur 2
Spain Atlético Madrid
Netherlands Ajax 1
Spain Alavés
Germany Bayer Leverkusen
England Blackburn Rovers
Germany Borussia Dortmund
Turkey Fenerbahçe
Italy Lazio
France Lyon
England Manchester City
Spain Sevilla

By country

Country Players
Spain Spain 41
Brazil Brazil 23
France France 17
Portugal Portugal 16
Germany Germany
Italy Italy
Argentina Argentina 11
England England
Netherlands Netherlands 5
Sweden Sweden
Czech Republic Czech Republic 4
Austria Austria 3
Cameroon Cameroon 2
Belgium Belgium
Croatia Croatia
Romania Romania
Turkey Turkey
Ukraine Ukraine
Wales Wales
Colombia Colombia 1
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire
Finland Finland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Uruguay Uruguay

UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year

In November 2015, UEFA published their Ultimate Team of the Year, composed of the 18 players (11 starters and 7 substitutes) with the all-time most appearances in the UEFA Team of the Year, since its inception in 2001.

All-time XI Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Spain Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Germany Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
Spain Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
Italy Alessandro Nesta (Lazio/Milan)
Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
 Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
England Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Spain Xavi (Barcelona)		 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Real Madrid)
France Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Substitutes Appearances (as of 2015)
England John Terry4
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović4
Italy Gianluigi Buffon3
Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd3
France Zinedine Zidane3
Brazil Ronaldinho3
Brazil Kaká3

In November 2017, UEFA published an UEFA all-time XI of the century, their second Ultimate Team of the Year, composed of the 11 players with the all-time most appearances in the UEFA Team of the Year, since its inception in 2001.[19]

All-time XI Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Spain Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Germany Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
Spain Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
Spain Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
 Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
England Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Spain Xavi (Barcelona)		 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Real Madrid)
France Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 UEFA Team of the Year - Awards History, retrieved 2007-12-13
  2. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2001". UEFA.com.
  3. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2002". UEFA.com.
  4. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2003". UEFA.com.
  5. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2004". UEFA.com.
  6. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2005". UEFA.com.
  7. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2006". UEFA.com.
  8. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2007". UEFA.com.
  9. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2008". UEFA.com.
  10. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2009". UEFA.com.
  11. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2010". UEFA.com.
  12. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2011". UEFA.com.
  13. ↑ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2012". UEFA.com.
  14. ↑ "UEFA.com users' Team of the Year 2013 revealed". UEFA.com.
  15. ↑ "Team of the Year 2014". UEFA.com.
  16. ↑ "Team of the Year 2015". UEFA.com. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Team of the Year 2016". UEFA.com. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "Facts and figures: UEFA.com Team of the Year 2017". UEFA.com: The official website for European football. UEFA. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  19. ↑ "Ultimate Team of the Year: the all-time XI". UEFA.com. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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