European Sports Media

The European Sports Media (ESM), formerly European Sports Magazines, is an association of football-related publications in Europe.

European Sports Media

Abbreviation	ESM
Formation	9 June 1989; 34 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

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

•   A Bola
•   Fanatik
•   Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
•   La Gazzetta dello Sport
•   kicker
•   Marca
•   nemzeti sport
•   So Foot
•   Sport Express
•   Sport Magazine
•   telesport
•   Tipsbladet
•   Voetbal International
•   World Soccer

Awards

ESM presents the following awards:

• European Golden Shoe. Since the 1996–97 season, ESM annually rewards Europe's most prolific striker with the European Golden Shoe.^[1]
• UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award & UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award. Since 2011, in partnership with UEFA, ESM handles the voting and administration for the UEFA Best Men's Player and Women's Player in Europe Awards, which is awarded annually to the outstanding men's and women's players of the European season.^[1][3]
• UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award & UEFA Women's Coach of the Year Award. Since 2020, in partnership with UEFA, ESM handles the voting and administration for the UEFA Best Men's Coach and Women's Coach in Europe Awards, which is awarded annually to the outstanding men's and women's coaches of the European season.^[4]
• ESM Team of the Season. After selecting a Team of the Season for 1994–95, ESM instituted the monthly ESM 11. Each of its members selects the 11 best players in the European leagues each month from September to May. The players who most often appear in those teams are elected into the ESM Team of the Season.^[1][2]

ESM Team of the Season

1990s

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
1994–95^[2]	Vítor Baía	Paolo Maldini   Matthias Sammer   Frank Rijkaard   Danny Blind	Gianfranco Zola   Jari Litmanen   Michael Laudrup	Iván Zamorano   Alan Shearer   Jürgen Klinsmann
1995–96^[2]	Edwin van der Sar	Paolo Maldini   Frank de Boer   Laurent Blanc   Danny Blind	Alessandro Del Piero   Raí   Jari Litmanen   Mehmet Scholl	George Weah   Eric Cantona
1996–97^[2]	Angelo Peruzzi	Roberto Carlos   Fernando Hierro   Ciro Ferrara   Jocelyn Angloma	Raúl   Alessandro Del Piero   Clarence Seedorf   Luis Enrique	Ronaldo   Davor Šuker
1997–98^[2]	Angelo Peruzzi	Roberto Carlos   Fernando Hierro   Laurent Blanc   Gary Neville	Alessandro Del Piero   Zinedine Zidane   Fernando Redondo   Luís Figo	Ronaldo   Christian Vieri
1998–99^[2]	Carlos Roa	Bixente Lizarazu   Jaap Stam   Laurent Blanc   Lilian Thuram	Rivaldo   Siniša Mihajlović   Stefan Effenberg   David Beckham	Raúl   Gabriel Batistuta
1999–2000^[2]	Oliver Kahn	Roberto Carlos   Paolo Maldini   Siniša Mihajlović   Jocelyn Angloma	Rivaldo   Juan Sebastián Verón   Roy Keane   Luís Figo	Raúl   Andriy Shevchenko

2000s

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2000–01^[2]	Oliver Kahn	Roberto Carlos   Sami Hyypiä   Alessandro Nesta   Jocelyn Angloma	Pavel Nedvěd   Francesco Totti   Mehmet Scholl   Gaizka Mendieta	Michael Owen   Hernán Crespo
2001–02^[2]	Francesco Toldo	Roberto Carlos   Walter Samuel   Lúcio   Carles Puyol	Freddie Ljungberg   Zinedine Zidane   Michael Ballack   Rubén Baraja	Ruud van Nistelrooy   Christian Vieri
2002–03^[2]	Gianluigi Buffon	Paolo Maldini   Daniel Van Buyten   Carles Puyol   Lilian Thuram	Roberto Carlos   Pavel Nedvěd   Zinedine Zidane	Christian Vieri   Mateja Kežman   Roy Makaay
2003–04^[2]	Timo Hildebrand	Roberto Carlos   Walter Samuel   Roberto Ayala   Paulo Ferreira	Ronaldinho   Francesco Totti   Zinedine Zidane   Ludovic Giuly	Andriy Shevchenko   Thierry Henry
2004–05^[2]	Petr Čech	Fabio Cannavaro   John Terry   Carles Puyol	Frank Lampard   Mark van Bommel   Deco   Ronaldinho	Arjen Robben   Samuel Eto'o   Andriy Shevchenko
2005–06^[2]	Petr Čech	Carles Puyol   Lúcio   Cris	Ronaldinho   Frank Lampard   Esteban Cambiasso   Juninho	Lionel Messi   Samuel Eto'o   Luca Toni
2006–07^[5]	Grégory Coupet	Marco Materazzi   Nemanja Vidić   Dani Alves	Dejan Stanković   Francesco Totti   Juninho   Cristiano Ronaldo	Zlatan Ibrahimović   Didier Drogba   Frédéric Kanouté
2007–08^[6]	Iker Casillas	Sergio Ramos   Christian Panucci   Rio Ferdinand   William Gallas	Cristiano Ronaldo   Cesc Fàbregas   Franck Ribéry	Lionel Messi   Zlatan Ibrahimović   Fernando Torres
2008–09^[7]	Edwin van der Sar	Dani Alves   John Terry   Maicon   Nemanja Vidić	Lionel Messi   Xavi   Steven Gerrard	Vedad Ibišević   Samuel Eto'o   Grafite
2009–10^[8]	Júlio César	John Terry   Maicon   Lúcio	Dani Alves   Cesc Fàbregas   Frank Lampard   Wesley Sneijder	Lionel Messi   Arjen Robben   Wayne Rooney

2010s

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2010–11^[9]	Víctor Valdés	Dani Alves   Mats Hummels   Nemanja Vidić   Gerard Piqué	Xavi   Andrés Iniesta   Nuri Şahin	Lionel Messi   Cristiano Ronaldo   Samuel Eto'o
2011–12^[10]	Manuel Neuer	Vincent Kompany   Dani Alves   Sergio Ramos   Mats Hummels	Xavi   Shinji Kagawa   Andrea Pirlo	Lionel Messi   Cristiano Ronaldo   Robin van Persie
2012–13^[11]	Manuel Neuer	Philipp Lahm   Dante   Giorgio Chiellini	Bastian Schweinsteiger   Thomas Müller   İlkay Gündoğan	Gareth Bale   Lionel Messi   Zlatan Ibrahimović   Cristiano Ronaldo
2013–14^[12]	Thibaut Courtois	Gerard Piqué   Pepe   Medhi Benatia   David Alaba	Philipp Lahm   Yaya Touré   Arturo Vidal	Cristiano Ronaldo   Luis Suárez   Zlatan Ibrahimović
2014–15^[13]	Manuel Neuer	Branislav Ivanović   Sergio Ramos   Giorgio Chiellini   Gerard Piqué	Arjen Robben   Eden Hazard   Cesc Fàbregas	Lionel Messi   Cristiano Ronaldo   Luis Suárez
2015–16^[14]	Keylor Navas	Marcelo   Diego Godín   Gerard Piqué   Filipe Luís	Paul Pogba   Ángel Di María   N'Golo Kanté	Luis Suárez   Gonzalo Higuaín   Lionel Messi
2016–17^[15]	Gianluigi Buffon	Marcelo   Sergio Ramos   David Luiz   Leonardo Bonucci	N'Golo Kanté   Thiago   Paulo Dybala	Cristiano Ronaldo   Lionel Messi   Edinson Cavani
2017–18^[16]	Marc-André ter Stegen	Giorgio Chiellini   Samuel Umtiti   Nicolás Otamendi   Jordi Alba	Andrés Iniesta   Kevin De Bruyne   David Silva	Mohamed Salah   Lionel Messi   Neymar
2018–19^[17]	Marc-André ter Stegen	Joshua Kimmich   Virgil Van Dijk   Gerard Piqué   Jordi Alba	Eden Hazard   Paul Pogba   Marco Reus	Lionel Messi   Sadio Mané   Cristiano Ronaldo
2019–20^[18]	Marc-André ter Stegen	Trent Alexander-Arnold   Virgil Van Dijk   Dayot Upamecano   Andy Robertson	Kevin De Bruyne   Jordan Henderson   Ángel Di María	Lionel Messi   Robert Lewandowski   Erling Haaland

2020s

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2020–21^[19]	Jan Oblak	Achraf Hakimi   Rúben Dias   John Stones   João Cancelo	Kevin De Bruyne   İlkay Gündoğan   Bruno Fernandes	Lionel Messi   Robert Lewandowski   Karim Benzema
2021–22^[20]	Thibaut Courtois	Trent Alexander-Arnold   Virgil van Dijk   Antonio Rüdiger   João Cancelo	Kevin De Bruyne   Luka Modrić   Bernardo Silva	Mohamed Salah   Robert Lewandowski   Karim Benzema
2022–23^[21]	Marc-André ter Stegen	Giovanni Di Lorenzo   Éder Militão   Kim Min-jae   Théo Hernandez	Martin Ødegaard   Kevin De Bruyne	Lionel Messi   Victor Osimhen   Erling Haaland   Kylian Mbappé

By player

 

Lionel Messi (left) with 15 selections is the all-time record appearance maker of ESM's Team of the Season.

Wins	Player	First	Last
15	Lionel Messi	2005–06	2022–23
9	Cristiano Ronaldo	2006–07	2018–19
7	Roberto Carlos	1996–97	2003–04
5	Dani Alves	2006–07	2011–12
	Gerard Piqué	2010–11	2018–19
	Kevin De Bruyne	2017–18	2022–23
4	Paolo Maldini	1994–95	2002–03
	Zinedine Zidane	1997–98	2003–04
	Carles Puyol	2001–02	2005–06
	Samuel Eto'o	2004–05	2010–11
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	2006–07	2013–14
	Sergio Ramos	2007–08	2016–17
	Marc-André ter Stegen	2017–18	2022–23
3	Alessandro Del Piero	1995–96	1997–98
	Laurent Blanc	1995–96	1998–99
	Raúl	1996–97	1999–00
	Jocelyn Angloma	1996–97	2000–01
	Christian Vieri	1997–98	2002–03
	Andriy Shevchenko	1999–00	2004–05
	Francesco Totti	2000–01	2006–07
	Lúcio	2001–02	2009–10
	Ronaldinho	2003–04	2005–06
	Frank Lampard	2004–05	2009–10
	John Terry	2004–05	2009–10
	Arjen Robben	2004–05	2014–15
	Nemanja Vidić	2006–07	2010–11
	Cesc Fàbregas	2007–08	2014–15
	Xavi	2008–09	2011–12
	Manuel Neuer	2011–12	2014–15
	Giorgio Chiellini	2012–13	2017–18
	Luis Suárez	2013–14	2015–16
	Virgil van Dijk	2018–19	2021–22
	Robert Lewandowski	2019–20	2021–22

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15. ESM Top-Elf: Ein Bayern-Star in Europas Elite (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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External links

• Official website