World Soccer (magazine)

World Soccer
Editor Gavin Hamilton
Categories Sport
Frequency Monthly
Circulation 331 000 (Jan - Dec 2013)[1]
Publisher IPC Media, Time Inc.
Year founded 1960
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Website www.worldsoccer.com

World Soccer is an English language football magazine published by IPC Media. The magazine was established in 1960.[2] It specialises in the international football scene. Its regular contributing writers include Brian Glanville, Keir Radnedge, Sid Lowe and Tim Vickery. World Soccer is a member of the European Sports Magazines (ESM), an umbrella group of similar magazines printed in other languages. Other members include A Bola, Don Balón, Kicker, La Gazzetta dello Sport and Sport Express. The members of this group elect a European "Team of the Month" and a European "Team of the Year".

Since 1982, World Soccer has also organised "Player of the Year", "Manager of the Year" and "Team of the Year" awards.[3] In 2005 awards for the best "Young Player of the Year" and "Referee of the Year" were also introduced.[3] In the December 1999 issue of World Soccer, a readers' poll listing the 100 greatest football players of the 20th century was published.

The magazine marked its 50th anniversary in 2010 with a series of articles looking back on the past 50 years in international football.

Writers/correspondents

Award winners

Lionel Messi has won a record seven World Soccer awards. Four times Player of the Year and three times Young Player of the Year.
Lionel Messi has won a record seven World Soccer awards. Four times Player of the Year and three times Young Player of the Year.

Young Player of the Year

World Team of the Year

Referee of the Year

Greatest XI of all time

The list is based on votes of 73 experts around the world.

(Published in July 2013)[18]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Soviet Union Lev Yashin

Brazil Cafu
Germany Franz Beckenbauer
England Bobby Moore
Italy Paolo Maldini

France Zinedine Zidane
Argentina Diego Maradona
Netherlands Johan Cruyff
Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano

Brazil Pelé
Argentina Lionel Messi

Goalkeepers

Lev Yashin
Pos. Name Votes % of Votes
1Soviet Union Lev Yashin3142.47%
2England Gordon Banks68.22%
Italy Dino Zoff
4Italy Gianluigi Buffon56.85%
Denmark Peter Schmeichel
6Spain Iker Casillas45.48%
7Germany Sepp Maier34.11%
8Northern Ireland Pat Jennings22.74%
Germany Oliver Kahn
Netherlands Edwin van der Sar

Full backs

Paolo Maldini
Pos. Name Votes % of Votes
1Italy Paolo Maldini4865.75%
2Brazil Cafu2432.88%
3Brazil Carlos Alberto Torres1824.66%
4Brazil Roberto Carlos1317.81%
5Brazil Djalma Santos1115.07%
6Italy Giacinto Facchetti79.59%
7Brazil Nílton Santos68.22%
8Germany Berti Vogts45.48%
9France Lilian Thuram34.11%
10Netherlands Ruud Krol22.74%
Uruguay Víctor Rodríguez Andrade
Germany Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

Central defenders

Franz Beckenbauer
Pos. Name Votes % of Votes
1Germany Franz Beckenbauer6893.15%
2England Bobby Moore2331.51%
3Italy Franco Baresi2230.14%
4Argentina Daniel Passarella45.48%
5Italy Fabio Cannavaro34.11%
Wales John Charles
France Marcel Desailly
Republic of Ireland Paul McGrath
9Italy Giuseppe Bergomi22.74%

Midfielders

Diego Maradona
Pos. Name Votes % of Votes
1Argentina Diego Maradona6487.67%
2Netherlands Johann Cruyff5879.45%
3France Zinedine Zidane2838.36%
4Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano2432.88%
5France Michel Platini1824.66%
6Brazil Garrincha1520.55%
7Northern Ireland George Best1216.44%
8Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo79.59%
9England Bobby Charlton56.85%
Germany Lothar Matthäus

Strikers

Pele
Pos. Name Votes % of Votes
1Brazil Pelé5676.71%
2Argentina Lionel Messi4663.01%
3Hungary Ferenc Puskás1115.07%
4Brazil Ronaldo912.33%
5Netherlands Marco van Basten56.85%
6Germany Gerd Müller45.48%
7Soviet Union Oleh Blokhin22.74%
Portugal Eusébio

Greatest managers of all time

The list is based on votes of 70 experts around the world. Every expert could choose five managers whom they considered the greatest.

(Published July 2013)[18][19]

Pos. Name Years Notable teams Votes % of Votes
1Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson1974–2013Aberdeen, Scotland national team, Manchester United4868.57%
2Netherlands Rinus Michels1960–1992AFC Ajax, Barcelona, Netherlans national team4665.71%
3Portugal José Mourinho2001–Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United2130%
4France Helenio Herrera1944–1970, 1973–1981Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan1927%
5Spain Pep Guardiola2007–Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City1622.22%
6Ukraine Valeriy Lobanovskyi1969–2002Dnipro, Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union national team1521.43%
Italy Arrigo Sacchi1985–1999, 2001Milan, Italy national team
8England Bob Paisley1974–1983Liverpool1217.14%
9England Herbert Chapman1907–1918, 1921–1934Leeds City, Huddersfield Town, Arsenal912.86%
Hungary Béla Guttmann1933–1939, 1945–1951, 1953–1962, 1964–1967, 1973Milan, São Paulo, Porto, Benfica, Peñarol
Austria Ernst Happel1962–1992Feyenoord, Sevilla, Netherlans national team, Hamburger SV
Brazil Mário Zagallo1966–1991, 1994–2001Botafogo, Flamengo, Brazil national team, Vasco da Gama
13Italy Vittorio Pozzo1912–1922, 1924–1926, 1929–1948Italy national team, Torino, Milan811.43%
Spain Vicente del Bosque1987–1990, 1994, 1996, 1999–2005, 2008–2016Real Madrid, Beşiktaş, Spain national team
Italy Marcello Lippi1982–2006, 2008–2010, 2012–2014, 2016–Napoli, Juventus, Inter Milan, Italy national team, Guangzhou Evergrande
Brazil Telê Santana1969–1996Atlético Mineiro, São Paulo, Botafogo, Flamengo, Brazil national team
17England Brian Clough1965–1993Derby County, Leeds United, Nottingham Forest710%
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld1983–2004, 2007–2014Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Switzerland national team
19Germany Sepp Herberger1930–1942, 1945–1946, 1950–1964Germany national team, Eintracht Frankfurt57.14%
Scotland Bill Shankly1949–1974Huddersfield Town, Liverpool
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni1974–2013Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Fiorentina, Italy national team
22Argentina César Luis Menotti1970, 1972–1984, 1986–1994, 1996–1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007Argentina national team, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Boca Juniors, Independiente45.71%
Germany Helmut Schön1952–1984Germany national team
24Italy Enzo Bearzot1964–1986Italy national team34.29%
England Jimmy Hogan1910–1912, 1914–1921, 1924, 1924–1927, 1931–1939MTK Budapest, Netherlans national team, Fulham, Aston Villa
Germany Hennes Weisweiler1948–1983Borussia Mönchengladbach, Barcelona, 1. FC Köln
Hungary Gusztáv Sebes1940–1946, 1949–1957Hungary national team
Italy Fabio Capello1991–2015, 2017–2018Milan, Real Madrid, Roma, Juventus, England national team
29Germany Franz Beckenbauer1984–1991, 1993–1994, 1996Germany national team, Bayern Munich, Marseille22.86%
Argentina Carlos Bilardo1971, 1973–1993, 1996, 1998–2000, 2003–2004Estudiantes, Colombia national team, Argentina national team, Sevilla, Boca Juniors
Netherlands Johan Cruyff1985–1996AFC Ajax, Barcelona
Brazil Vicente Feola1937–1942, 1947–1950, 1955–1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1966São Paulo, Brazil national team, Boca Juniors
England Alf Ramsey1955–1974, 1977–1978Ipswich Town, England national team
Scotland Jock Stein1960–1985Celtic Glasgow, Scotland national team, Leeds United
Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari1982–Brazil national team, Portugal national team, Grêmio, Palmeiras, Chelsea

The following managers only received one vote (1.43%):

The Greatest Players of the 20th century

(Published December 1999)[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ABC Certificates and Reports: World Soccer" (PDF). NRS Readership Estimates - General Magazines. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Stewart Coggin. "Top 5 Soccer Magazines". About Sports. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "World Soccer Awards: Previous Winners". World Soccer. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "World Soccer Awards: Previous Winners". World Soccer. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 "Cristiano Ronaldo wins World Soccer award". World Soccer. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Messi voted World Soccer Player of the Year". World Soccer. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Xavi voted World Soceer Player of the Year". World Soccer. 16 December 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Lionel Messi voted World Soccer's Player of the Year". World Soccer. 15 December 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Lionel Messi wins World Soccer Player of the Year award!". World Soccer. 14 December 2012.
  10. 1 2 3 "Cristiano Ronaldo is World Soccer's Player of the Year 2013". World Soccer. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 "Cristiano Ronaldo voted World Soccer Player of the Year". World Soccer. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  12. 1 2 3 "World Soccer Awards: Messi leads the way as Barcelona sweep the board". World Soccer. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  13. ↑ "World Soccer Awards 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo named Player of the Year". 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 "Ronaldo leads Real Madrid's clean sweep of World Soccer awards". 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  15. ↑ "World Soccer Awards 2016: Claudio Ranieri scoops accolade for best manager". 1 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  16. ↑ "2007 World Soccer Awards: Kaka wins World Player of the Year award". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  17. ↑ "Cristiano Ronaldo wins World Soccer award". World Soccer. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  18. 1 2 Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer.
  19. ↑ Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
  20. ↑ "England Player Honours – World Soccer Players of the Century". World Soccer. England Football Online. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
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