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European Sports Media
AbbreviationESM
Formation9 June 1989;35 years ago (1989-06-09)
Founded at Barcelona, Spain
Type Football-based journalistic body
Region
Europe (UEFA)
Membership
14 magazines
Website www.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.

Contents

Members

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

Awards

ESM presents the following awards:

ESM Team of the Season

1990s

SeasonGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards

1994–95 [2]

Flag of Portugal.svg Vítor Baía

Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Maldini
Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Sammer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Frank Rijkaard
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Danny Blind

Flag of Italy.svg Gianfranco Zola
Flag of Finland.svg Jari Litmanen
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Laudrup

Flag of Chile.svg Iván Zamorano
Flag of England.svg Alan Shearer
Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Klinsmann

1995–96 [2]

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Edwin van der Sar

Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Maldini
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Frank de Boer
Flag of France.svg Laurent Blanc
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Danny Blind

Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Del Piero
Flag of Brazil.svg Raí
Flag of Finland.svg Jari Litmanen
Flag of Germany.svg Mehmet Scholl

Flag of Liberia.svg George Weah
Flag of France.svg Eric Cantona

1996–97 [2]

Flag of Italy.svg Angelo Peruzzi

Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Carlos
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Hierro
Flag of Italy.svg Ciro Ferrara
Flag of France.svg Jocelyn Angloma

Flag of Spain.svg Raúl
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Del Piero
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Clarence Seedorf
Flag of Spain.svg Luis Enrique

Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldo
Flag of Croatia.svg Davor Šuker

1997–98 [2]

Flag of Italy.svg Angelo Peruzzi

Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Carlos
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Hierro
Flag of France.svg Laurent Blanc
Flag of England.svg Gary Neville

Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Del Piero
Flag of France.svg Zinedine Zidane
Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Redondo
Flag of Portugal.svg Luís Figo

Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldo
Flag of Italy.svg Christian Vieri

1998–99 [2]

Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Roa

Flag of France.svg Bixente Lizarazu
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap Stam
Flag of France.svg Laurent Blanc
Flag of France.svg Lilian Thuram

Flag of Brazil.svg Rivaldo
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Siniša Mihajlović
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Effenberg
Flag of England.svg David Beckham

Flag of Spain.svg Raúl
Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriel Batistuta

1999–2000 [2]

Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Kahn

Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Carlos
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Maldini
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Siniša Mihajlović
Flag of France.svg Jocelyn Angloma

Flag of Brazil.svg Rivaldo
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Sebastián Verón
Flag of Ireland.svg Roy Keane
Flag of Portugal.svg Luís Figo

Flag of Spain.svg Raúl
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Shevchenko

2000s

SeasonGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards

2000–01 [2]

Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Kahn

Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Carlos
Flag of Finland.svg Sami Hyypiä
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nesta
Flag of France.svg Jocelyn Angloma

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Nedvěd
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Totti
Flag of Germany.svg Mehmet Scholl
Flag of Spain.svg Gaizka Mendieta

Flag of England.svg Michael Owen
Flag of Argentina.svg Hernán Crespo

2001–02 [2]

Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Toldo

Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Carlos
Flag of Argentina.svg Walter Samuel
Flag of Brazil.svg Lúcio
Flag of Spain.svg Carles Puyol

Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Ljungberg
Flag of France.svg Zinedine Zidane
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Ballack
Flag of Spain.svg Rubén Baraja

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud van Nistelrooy
Flag of Italy.svg Christian Vieri

2002–03 [2]

Flag of Italy.svg Gianluigi Buffon

Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Maldini
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Daniel Van Buyten
Flag of Spain.svg Carles Puyol
Flag of France.svg Lilian Thuram

Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Carlos
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Nedvěd
Flag of France.svg Zinedine Zidane

Flag of Italy.svg Christian Vieri
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Mateja Kežman
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roy Makaay

2003–04 [2]

Flag of Germany.svg Timo Hildebrand

Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Carlos
Flag of Argentina.svg Walter Samuel
Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Ayala
Flag of Portugal.svg Paulo Ferreira

Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldinho
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Totti
Flag of France.svg Zinedine Zidane
Flag of France.svg Ludovic Giuly

Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Shevchenko
Flag of France.svg Thierry Henry

2004–05 [2]

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Čech

Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Cannavaro
Flag of England.svg John Terry
Flag of Spain.svg Carles Puyol

Flag of England.svg Frank Lampard
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mark van Bommel
Flag of Portugal.svg Deco
Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldinho

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arjen Robben
Flag of Cameroon.svg Samuel Eto'o
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Shevchenko

2005–06 [2]

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Čech

Flag of Spain.svg Carles Puyol
Flag of Brazil.svg Lúcio
Flag of Brazil.svg Cris

Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldinho
Flag of England.svg Frank Lampard
Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Cambiasso
Flag of Brazil.svg Juninho

Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Cameroon.svg Samuel Eto'o
Flag of Italy.svg Luca Toni

2006–07 [5]

Flag of France.svg Grégory Coupet

Flag of Italy.svg Marco Materazzi
Flag of Serbia.svg Nemanja Vidić
Flag of Brazil.svg Dani Alves

Flag of Serbia.svg Dejan Stanković
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Totti
Flag of Brazil.svg Juninho
Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo

Flag of Sweden.svg Zlatan Ibrahimović
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Drogba
Flag of Mali.svg Frédéric Kanouté

2007–08 [6]

Flag of Spain.svg Iker Casillas

Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Ramos
Flag of Italy.svg Christian Panucci
Flag of England.svg Rio Ferdinand
Flag of France.svg William Gallas

Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo
Flag of Spain.svg Cesc Fàbregas
Flag of France.svg Franck Ribéry

Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Sweden.svg Zlatan Ibrahimović
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Torres

2008–09 [7]

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Edwin van der Sar

Flag of Brazil.svg Dani Alves
Flag of England.svg John Terry
Flag of Brazil.svg Maicon
Flag of Serbia.svg Nemanja Vidić

Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Spain.svg Xavi
Flag of England.svg Steven Gerrard

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Vedad Ibišević
Flag of Cameroon.svg Samuel Eto'o
Flag of Brazil.svg Grafite

2009–10 [8]

Flag of Brazil.svg Júlio César

Flag of England.svg John Terry
Flag of Brazil.svg Maicon
Flag of Brazil.svg Lúcio

Flag of Brazil.svg Dani Alves
Flag of Spain.svg Cesc Fàbregas
Flag of England.svg Frank Lampard
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wesley Sneijder

Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arjen Robben
Flag of England.svg Wayne Rooney

2010s

SeasonGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards

2010–11 [9]

Flag of Spain.svg Víctor Valdés

Flag of Brazil.svg Dani Alves
Flag of Germany.svg Mats Hummels
Flag of Serbia.svg Nemanja Vidić
Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Piqué

Flag of Spain.svg Xavi
Flag of Spain.svg Andrés Iniesta
Flag of Turkey.svg Nuri Şahin

Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo
Flag of Cameroon.svg Samuel Eto'o

2011–12 [10]

Flag of Germany.svg Manuel Neuer

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vincent Kompany
Flag of Brazil.svg Dani Alves
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Ramos
Flag of Germany.svg Mats Hummels

Flag of Spain.svg Xavi
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Kagawa
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Pirlo

Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin van Persie

2012–13 [11]

Flag of Germany.svg Manuel Neuer

Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Lahm
Flag of Brazil.svg Dante
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Chiellini

Flag of Germany.svg Bastian Schweinsteiger
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Müller
Flag of Germany.svg İlkay Gündoğan

Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gareth Bale
Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Sweden.svg Zlatan Ibrahimović
Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo

2013–14 [12]

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thibaut Courtois

Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Piqué
Flag of Portugal.svg Pepe
Flag of Morocco.svg Medhi Benatia
Flag of Austria.svg David Alaba

Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Lahm
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Yaya Touré
Flag of Chile.svg Arturo Vidal

Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo
Flag of Uruguay.svg Luis Suárez
Flag of Sweden.svg Zlatan Ibrahimović

2014–15 [13]

Flag of Germany.svg Manuel Neuer

Flag of Serbia.svg Branislav Ivanović
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Ramos
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Chiellini
Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Piqué

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arjen Robben
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eden Hazard
Flag of Spain.svg Cesc Fàbregas

Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo
Flag of Uruguay.svg Luis Suárez

2015–16 [14]

Flag of Costa Rica.svg Keylor Navas

Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo
Flag of Uruguay.svg Diego Godín
Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Piqué
Flag of Brazil.svg Filipe Luís

Flag of France.svg Paul Pogba
Flag of Argentina.svg Ángel Di María
Flag of France.svg N'Golo Kanté

Flag of Uruguay.svg Luis Suárez
Flag of Argentina.svg Gonzalo Higuaín
Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi

2016–17 [15]

Flag of Italy.svg Gianluigi Buffon

Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Ramos
Flag of Brazil.svg David Luiz
Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Bonucci

Flag of France.svg N'Golo Kanté
Flag of Spain.svg Thiago
Flag of Argentina.svg Paulo Dybala

Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo
Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Uruguay.svg Edinson Cavani

2017–18 [16]

Flag of Germany.svg Marc-André ter Stegen

Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Chiellini
Flag of France.svg Samuel Umtiti
Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Otamendi
Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Alba

Flag of Spain.svg Andrés Iniesta
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kevin De Bruyne
Flag of Spain.svg David Silva

Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Salah
Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Brazil.svg Neymar

2018–19 [17]

Flag of Germany.svg Marc-André ter Stegen

Flag of Germany.svg Joshua Kimmich
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Virgil Van Dijk
Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Piqué
Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Alba

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eden Hazard
Flag of France.svg Paul Pogba
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Reus

Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Senegal.svg Sadio Mané
Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo

2019–20 [18]

Flag of Germany.svg Marc-André ter Stegen

Flag of England.svg Trent Alexander-Arnold
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Virgil Van Dijk
Flag of France.svg Dayot Upamecano
Flag of Scotland.svg Andy Robertson

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kevin De Bruyne
Flag of England.svg Jordan Henderson
Flag of Argentina.svg Ángel Di María

Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Lewandowski
Flag of Norway.svg Erling Haaland

2020s

SeasonGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards

2020–21 [19]

Flag of Slovenia.svg Jan Oblak

Flag of Morocco.svg Achraf Hakimi
Flag of Portugal.svg Rúben Dias
Flag of England.svg John Stones
Flag of Portugal.svg João Cancelo

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kevin De Bruyne
Flag of Germany.svg İlkay Gündoğan
Flag of Portugal.svg Bruno Fernandes

Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Lewandowski
Flag of France.svg Karim Benzema

2021–22 [20]

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thibaut Courtois

Flag of England.svg Trent Alexander-Arnold
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Virgil van Dijk
Flag of Germany.svg Antonio Rüdiger
Flag of Portugal.svg João Cancelo

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kevin De Bruyne
Flag of Croatia.svg Luka Modrić
Flag of Portugal.svg Bernardo Silva

Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Salah
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Lewandowski
Flag of France.svg Karim Benzema

2022–23 [21]

Flag of Germany.svg Marc-André ter Stegen

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

Flag of Norway.svg Martin Ødegaard
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kevin De Bruyne

Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
Flag of Nigeria.svg Victor Osimhen
Flag of Norway.svg Erling Haaland
Flag of France.svg Kylian Mbappé

By player

Lionel Messi (left) with 15 selections is the all-time record appearance maker of ESM's Team of the Season. Lionel Messi.png
Lionel Messi (left) with 15 selections is the all-time record appearance maker of ESM's Team of the Season.
WinsPlayerFirstLast
15 Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi 2005–062022–23
9 Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo 2006–072018–19
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Carlos 1996–972003–04
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Dani Alves 2006–072011–12
Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Piqué 2010–112018–19
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kevin De Bruyne 2017–182022–23
4 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Maldini 1994–952002–03
Flag of France.svg Zinedine Zidane 1997–982003–04
Flag of Spain.svg Carles Puyol 2001–022005–06
Flag of Cameroon.svg Samuel Eto'o 2004–052010–11
Flag of Sweden.svg Zlatan Ibrahimović 2006–072013–14
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Ramos 2007–082016–17
Flag of Germany.svg Marc-André ter Stegen 2017–182022–23
3 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Del Piero 1995–961997–98
Flag of France.svg Laurent Blanc 1995–961998–99
Flag of Spain.svg Raúl 1996–971999–00
Flag of France.svg Jocelyn Angloma 1996–972000–01
Flag of Italy.svg Christian Vieri 1997–982002–03
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Shevchenko 1999–002004–05
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Totti 2000–012006–07
Flag of Brazil.svg Lúcio 2001–022009–10
Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldinho 2003–042005–06
Flag of England.svg Frank Lampard 2004–052009–10
Flag of England.svg John Terry 2004–052009–10
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arjen Robben 2004–052014–15
Flag of Serbia.svg Nemanja Vidić 2006–072010–11
Flag of Spain.svg Cesc Fàbregas 2007–082014–15
Flag of Spain.svg Xavi 2008–092011–12
Flag of Germany.svg Manuel Neuer 2011–122014–15
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Chiellini 2012–132017–18
Flag of Uruguay.svg Luis Suárez 2013–142015–16
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Virgil van Dijk 2018–192021–22
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Lewandowski 2019–202021–22

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