Guerin Sportivo

Guerin Sportivo

Cover of the 8th issue of 2025
Categories	Sport
Frequency	Monthly
Format	Magazine (former newspaper)
Publisher	Conti Editore
Founded	1912;114 years ago (1912)
Company	Conti Editore
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Website	guerinsportivo.it
ISSN	1122-1712

The Guerin Sportivo is an Italian sports magazine. It is the oldest sport magazine in the world. ^[1]

Journalists who worked for the magazine include Gianni Brera, ^[1] Indro Montanelli, ^[1] Giorgio Tosatti, ^[2] Darwin Pastorin, Carlo Nesti, Mario Sconcerti, Stefano Disegni and Rino Tommasi.

History and profile

Founded in 1912 in Turin, it is published every month. ^{[3] [1]}

The title and the logo, depicting a medieval knight throwing a javelin, are inspired by the lead character in Andrea di Barberino's chivalric romance Il Guerrin Meschino ("The Wretched Guerrin"), written in 1410. ^[1]

Originally, it was printed on green paper, whence the popular nickname verdolino , ^[1] and also housed satirical panels. ^{[4] [5]} Characters used in his panels by artist Carlin (a zebra for Juventus, a female wolf for Roma, a devil for Milan and others) inspired most of the symbols of Italian sides used today. ^{[4] [5]}

In the mid-1970s, Guerin Sportivo moved from newspaper to magazine format, starting to include a greater number of photos. Since its origins, most of the content was devoted to football, other sports being given less detail. Since the 1990s, virtually all pages are dedicated to football. ^[1]

Guerin Sportivo is published by Conti Editore. ^[6] The publisher itself is owned by the Corriere dello Sport – Stadio and Tuttosport groups. ^[7] The two daily sports newspapers are owned by Roberto Amodei. ^{[8] [9]}

Circulation

In 2007, Guerin Sportivo had a circulation of 45,067 copies. ^[10]

Awards

Over the years, Guerin Sportivo has presented several annual awards.

Guerin d'Oro

Main article: Guerin d'Oro

From 1976 to 2015, the Guerin d'Oro was awarded to the best Serie A football player.

Bravo Award

Main article: Bravo Award

From 1975 to 2015, the Bravo Award was awarded to the most outstanding young European footballer.

Player of the Year (1979–1986)

The winner was chosen by reporters, readers and writers of the magazine from many countries. It was first awarded in 1979 and was discontinued in 1986. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]} In 1987, Guerin Sportivo held a vote between Diego Maradona and Ruud Gullit to decide the best player of the year. Diego Maradona won by a small margin. ^[15]

Year	Rank	Player	Team	Points
1979	1st	Diego Maradona	Argentinos Juniors	–
1980	1st	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Bayern Munich	23
	2nd	Manfred Kaltz	Hamburger SV	20
	3rd	Diego Maradona	Argentinos Juniors	17
1981	1st	Zico	Flamengo	26
	2nd	Diego Maradona	Boca Juniors	26
	3rd	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Bayern Munich	26
1982	1st	Paolo Rossi	Juventus	31
	2nd	Gaetano Scirea	Juventus	29
	3rd	Karlheinz Förster	VfB Stuttgart	25
		Falcão	Roma
1983	1st	Falcão	Roma	23
	2nd	Zico	Udinese	16
	3rd	Michel Platini	Juventus	12
1984	1st	Michel Platini	Juventus	63
	2nd	Ian Rush	Liverpool	3
	3rd	Diego Maradona	Napoli	2
1985	1st	Michel Platini	Juventus	77
	2nd	Diego Maradona	Napoli	20
	3rd	Enzo Francescoli	River Plate	4
1986	1st	Diego Maradona	Napoli	90
	2nd	Alessandro Altobelli	Inter Milan	2
	3rd	Gary Lineker	Barcelona	1
		Jorge Burruchaga	Nantes
		Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid
		Ian Rush	Liverpool
1987	1st	Diego Maradona	Napoli	5 610
	2nd	Ruud Gullit	AC Milan	5 577

Manager of the Year

Guerin Sportivo also chose a Manager of the Year in 1983, 1984 and 1986. ^{[16] [17]}

Year	Rank	Manager	Team	Points
1983	1st	Sepp Piontek	Denmark	19
	2nd	Ernst Happel	Hamburger SV	13
		Nils Liedholm	Roma
1984	1st	Michel Hidalgo	France	38
	2nd	Nils Liedholm	AC Milan	11
	3rd	Carlos Bilardo	Argentina	6
1986	1st	Carlos Bilardo	Argentina	44
	2nd	Valeriy Lobanovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	17
	3rd	Giovanni Trapattoni	Inter Milan	13

Team of the Year

Guerin Sportivo also chose a National Team of the Year and a Club Team of the Year in 1983, 1984 and 1986. ^{[16] [17]}

National Team of the Year					Club Team of the Year
Year	Rank	Team	Points		Rank	Team	Points
1983	1st	Denmark	42		1st	Aberdeen	19
	2nd	Sweden	5		2nd	Hamburger SV	15
		West Germany			3rd	Roma	11
1984	1st	France	67		1st	Liverpool	39
	2nd	Argentina	1		2nd	Independiente	18
		Denmark			3rd	Juventus	10
		Portugal			—
1986	1st	Argentina	55		1st	Dynamo Kyiv	39
	2nd	Soviet Union	25		2nd	Real Madrid	34
	3rd	Denmark	10		3rd	River Plate	16

All-Star Team

The Player of the Year was chosen from 1980 to 1983 based on appearances in All-Star team votes. In 1984 and 1986, a separate vote for an All-Star team was conducted. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

Year	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
1980	Luis Arconada	Manfred Kaltz Bruno Pezzey Ruud Krol Claudio Gentile	Bernd Schuster Diego Maradona Giancarlo Antognoni	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Horst Hrubesch Zico
1981	Luis Arconada	Manfred Kaltz Ruud Krol Bruno Pezzey Júnior	Bernd Schuster Paul Breitner Zico	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Diego Maradona Oleg Blokhin
1982	Rinat Dasayev	Claudio Gentile Eric Gerets Karlheinz Förster Gaetano Scirea	Falcão Marco Tardelli Diego Maradona	Bruno Conti Paolo Rossi Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1983	Rinat Dasayev	Eric Gerets Karlheinz Förster Glenn Hysén Antonio Cabrini	Falcão Bryan Robson Michel Platini Diego Maradona	Zico Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1984	Toni Schumacher	Hans-Peter Briegel Karlheinz Förster Maxime Bossis Antonio Cabrini	Jean Tigana Graeme Souness Michel Platini Bryan Robson	Ian Rush Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1986	Rinat Dasayev	Josimar Júlio César Morten Olsen Manuel Amoros	Jorge Burruchaga Lothar Matthäus Diego Maradona Luis Fernandez	Igor Belanov Emilio Butragueño

The 50 Greats of the Century

At the end of 1999, the magazine finalised a list of the 50 greatest players of the 20th century, called I grandi del secolo, written by Adalberto Bortolotti. ^[18]

The 50 Greats of the Century (top 20 players)

Rank	Player	Nationality
1	Pelé	Brazil
2	Diego Maradona	Argentina
3	Alfredo Di Stefano	Argentina
4	Johan Cruijff	Netherlands
5	Giuseppe Meazza	Italy
6	Ferenc Puskas	Hungary
7	Valentino Mazzola	Italy
8	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	Uruguay
9	Michel Platini	France
10	Franz Beckenbauer	Germany
11	Marco Van Basten	Netherlands
12	Eusebio	Portugal
13	Garrincha	Brazil
14	Gianni Rivera	Italy
15	Zico	Brazil
16	Omar Sivori	Argentina
17	Ricardo Zamora	Spain
18	Silvio Piola	Italy
19	Ronaldo	Brazil
20	Dino Zoff	Italy

See also

• Guerin d'Oro
• Bravo Award
• L'albo d'Oro

References

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18. Stokkermans, Karel (23 December 2015). "Guerin' Sportivo's I 50 Grandi del Secolo by Adalberto Bortolotti". RSSSF.

External links

• Official website