Voetbal International

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Voetbal International
Editor-in-ChiefPieter Zwart, Freek Jansen
CategoriesFootball magazines
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherPXR
Founded1965;60 years ago (1965)
CountryNetherlands
Language Dutch
Website www.vi.nl
ISSN 0042-7977

Voetbal International (VI) is a Dutch football magazine. It is the oldest Dutch football magazine that is still running.

Contents

History and profile

Voetbal International was established in 1965. VI was one of the founding members of ESM. It left the group in 2007. Voetbal International was acquired in 2019 by the publishing house Digital Enterprises. The chief editors of the magazine are Pieter Zwart and Freek Jansen. The magazine has had a sharply declining circulation in recent years. The current total paid weekly circulation is 27,590 magazines. [1]

In addition to the regular magazine that comes out every Wednesday, VI every summer publishes season previews before the start of the Dutch league season. For years they have made a guide for the Dutch season, including the fixture lists and information and statistics of every Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie team and its players. They have also issued season previews of the English, German, French, Belgian and Spanish competitions as well as for the Dutch Hoofdklasse, the highest amateur league.

Weekly circulation of Voetbal International

Total paid targeted circulation according to HOI, Instituut voor Media Auditing and Nationaal Onderzoek Multimedia.

Football yearbook

From 1978, VI had published a Dutch football yearbook every year, with a review of the Dutch professional leagues and their national football team as well as international tournaments. Since 2006 they publish the Brinvest Voetbaljaarboek. [7]

Television programme

Since 2008, a programme aired by RTL 7 (Netherlands) is called Voetbal International as well. The show was formerly known as Voetbal Insite, but had to be sponsored to assure its future. [8] Since that moment, former football player René van der Gijp has been made a series regular, after Willem van Hanegem quit the job. Voetbal International's editor Johan Derksen has a permanent place as an analyser. The show is being broadcast every Monday and Friday evening at 20:30 during the football season and lasts ninety minutes. [9]

On 21 October 2011, Voetbal International was awarded the 'Golden Television Ring 2011' for best television program of the year.

VI Eredivisie Best Player of the Year

Voetbal International has been awarding the VI Eredivisie Best Player of the Year since 2016. The award is based on the magazine's ranking of the players' performance in the league.

YearPlayerTeamRef
2015–16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent Janssen AZ [10]
2016–17 Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Jørgensen Feyenoord [10]
2017–18 Flag of Iran.svg Alireza Jahanbakhsh AZ [10]
2018–19 Flag of Morocco.svg Hakim Ziyech Ajax [10]
2019–20 Not awarded as the league was terminated due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
2020–21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Riechedly Bazoer Vitesse [11]
2021–22 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cody Gakpo PSV [12]

Top 100 Footballers Of All Time

On 7 June 2017, the magazine elected Argentine Lionel Messi as the best footballer in history, after a voting that took place in order to rank the top 100 footballers of all time. [13]

Messi won the poll earning the number one spot ahead of compatriot Diego Maradona and Dutch legend Johan Cruyff, that came second and third respectively. [14]

The top 7 list is as follows :

PositionPlayerNationality
1. Lionel Messi Flag of Argentina.svg
2. Diego Maradona Flag of Argentina.svg
3. Johan Cruyff Flag of the Netherlands.svg
4. Pelé Flag of Brazil.svg
5. Alfredo Di Stéfano Flag of Argentina.svg
6. Zinedine Zidane Flag of France.svg
7. Ronaldo Flag of Brazil.svg

Other placings are listed as below:

PositionPlayerNationality
10. Marco Van Basten Flag of the Netherlands.svg
50. Henri Coppens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
74. Sandro Mazzola Flag of Italy.svg
75. Dennis Bergkamp Flag of the Netherlands.svg
83. Dragan Dzajic Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg
84. Frank Rijkaard Flag of the Netherlands.svg
85. Just Fontaine Flag of France.svg
86. Paulo Roberto Falcao Flag of Brazil.svg
87. Gigi Riva Flag of Italy.svg
88. Arjen Robben Flag of the Netherlands.svg
89. Hugo Sanchez Flag of Mexico.svg
90. Ruud Krol Flag of the Netherlands.svg
91. Ryan Giggs Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
95. Leônidas Flag of Brazil.svg
96. Neymar Flag of Brazil.svg
97. Edwin van der Sar Flag of the Netherlands.svg

References

  1. NMO Magazines oplagecijfers kerncijfers
  2. Gecertificeerde jaarcijfers HOI 2011 (archived)
  3. "NOM dashboard". Nationaal Onderzoek Multimedia. 24 March 2023. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  4. "NOM dashboard". 21 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  5. "NOM dashboard". 25 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  6. "NOM dashboard". 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  7. Voetbaljaarboek 2010 - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  8. Voetbal Insite keert toch terug bij RTL, maar wel onder een andere naam: Voetbal International Totaal TV. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  9. Voetbal International Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "VI Speler van het Jaar: Hakim Ziyech, de complete spelmaker". www.vi.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  11. "Bazoer blijft Wijndal en Tadic voor en is VI Speler van het Jaar". www.vi.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  12. "Cody Gakpo wint Speler van het Jaar-klassement van VI". www.vi.nl. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  13. "Waarom Messi de beste voetballer aller tijden is". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  14. Sport (10 June 2017). "Lionel Messi, voted the best player in the history of football". sport. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.