ESM XI

After selecting a "Season XI" for 1994/95, a group of European football magazines, members of the "ESM" group, select a Team of the Month each season from September up to and including May. The players who most often appeared in those teams during a season are then chosen into the ESM Team of the Season.

1994/95 | 1995/96 | 1996/97 | 1997/98 | 1998/99 | 1999/00 | 2000/01 | 2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07

List of used abbreviations for club names
On ESM


1994/95

Season XI

                              Baía (Pto)
Blind (Ajx)         Rijkaard (Ajx)      Sammer (BDo)        Maldini (Mil)
          M.Laudrup (RMa)     Litmanen (Ajx)      Zola (Pma)
          Klinsmann (ToH)     Shearer (BlR)       Zamorano (RMa)

trainer: Van Gaal (Ajx).

1995/96

September 1995

                              Schmeichel (MaU)
Ferrara (Juv)       Helmer (BaM)        F.de Boer (Ajx)     R. Carlos (Int)
          Möller (BDo)        P.Sousa (Juv)       Del Piero (Juv)
          Weah (Mil)          Ronaldo (PSV)       Yeboah (LeU)

October 1995

                              Van der Sar (Ajx)
Onopko (SpM)        Sammer (BDo)        F.de Boer (Ajx)     Maldini (Mil) 
Effenberg (BMG)     Balakov (Stu)       Del Piero (Juv)     Overmars (Ajx)
               Raúl (RMa)                    Weah (Mil)

November 1995

                              Van der Sar (Ajx)
Onopko (SpM)        Blind (Ajx)         F.de Boer (Ajx)     Maldini (Mil)
Finidi (Ajx)        Litmanen (Ajx)      Raí (PSG)           Del Piero (Juv)
               Weah (Mil)                    Klinsmann (BaM)

December 1995

                              Van der Sar (Ajx)
Reiziger (Ajx)      Blind (Ajx)         F.de Boer (Ajx)     Maldini (Mil) 
R.de Boer (Ajx)     Seedorf (Sam)       Rui Costa (Fio)     Ginola (NcU)
               Kluivert (Ajx)                Weah (Mil)

January 1996

                              Baía (Pto) 
Albert (NcU)        Blind (Ajx)         Okon (Bru)          Maldini (Mil)
Raí (PSG)           Mijatovic (Vlc)     Simeone (AtM)       Lardín (Esp)
               Domingos (Pto)                Batistuta (Fio)

February 1996

                              Baía (Pto) 
Sergi (Bar)         Blind (Ajx)         Albert (NcU)        Maldini (Mil)
Möller (BDo)        Gh.Popescu (Bar)    Kinkladze (MaC)     De La Peña (Bar)
               Weah (Mil)                    Batistuta (Fio)

March 1996

                              Lama (PSG)
Apostolakis (PAO)   Blanc (Aux)         Nikiforov (SpM)     Sergi (Bar)
Dugarry (GiB)       Raí (PSG)           Mijatovic (Vlc)     Ziege (BaM)
               Cantona (MaU)                 Bierhoff (Udi)

April 1996

                              Molina (AtM)
Reiziger (Ajx)      Blanc (Aux)         Ivanov (Rap)        Maldini (Mil)
Scholl (BaM)        Litmanen (Ajx)      Davids (Ajx)        Pantic (AtM)
               Cantona (MaU)                 Jancker (Rap)

May 1996

                              Peruzzi (Juv)
Torricelli (Juv)    Blanc (Aux)         N'Gotty (PSG)       Lizarazu (GiB)
Deschamps (Juv)     Litmanen (Ajx)      Scholl (BaM)        Ziege (BaM)
               Cantona (MaU)                 Djorkaeff (PSG)

Season XI

                              Van der Sar (Ajx, 3)
Blind (Ajx, 3)      Blanc (Aux, 3)      F.de Boer (Ajx, 3)  Maldini (Mil, 6)
Scholl (BaM, 2)     Litmanen (Ajx, 3)   Raí (PSG, 3)        Del Piero (Juv, 2)
               Cantona (MaU, 3)              Weah (Mil, 4)

1996/97

September 1996

                              Lama (PSG)
Angloma (Int)       Leboeuf (Che)       Le Guen (PSG)       Leonardo (PSG)
Martins (DLC)       Effenberg (BaM)     Simeone (AtM)       Berger (Lpl)
               Simone (Mil)                  Ronaldo (Bar)

October 1996

                              Baía (Bar)
Angloma (Int)       Hierro (RMa)        Montero (Juv)       Leonardo (PSG)
Balakov (Stu)       Jonk (PSV)          L. Figo (Bar)       Ginola (NcU)
               Ronaldo (Bar)                 Boksic (Juv)

November 1996

                              Peruzzi (Juv)
Angloma (Int)       Albert (NcU)        Verlaat (Stu)       R. Carlos (RMa)
L. Enrique (Bar)    Hässler (KSC)       Seedorf (RMa)       Del Piero (Juv)
               Suker (RMa)                   Ronaldo (Bar)

December 1996

                              Köpke (OMa)
L. Enrique (Bar)    Sammer (BDo)        Hierro (RMa)        R. Carlos (RMa)
Ba (GiB)            Seedorf (RMa)       Raúl (RMa)          Del Piero (Juv)
               Suker (RMa)                   Fowler (Lpl)

January 1997

                              Illgner (RMa)
Ferrara (Juv)       Hierro (RMa)        Dumas (Moc)         R. Carlos (RMa)
L. Enrique (Bar)    Djorkaeff (Int)     Raúl (RMa)          Redondo (AtM)
               Ronaldo (Bar)                 Mancini (Sam)

February 1997

                              Landreau (Nts)
Panucci (RMa)       Ferrara (Juv)       Cannavaro (Pma)     R. Carlos (RMa)
Beckham (MaU)       Guardiola (Bar)     Djorkaeff (Int)     Del Piero (Juv)
               Suker (RMa)                   Zola (Che)

March 1997

                              Schmeichel (MaU)
G.Neville (MaU)     Verlaat (Stu)       Hierro (RMa)        R. Carlos (RMa)
Di Livio (Juv)      R.de Boer (Ajx)     Raúl (RMa)          Benarbia (Mco)
               Ronaldo (Bar)                 Alfonso (Bet)

April 1997

                              Peruzzi (Juv)
Angloma (Int)       Kohler (BDo)        Pallister (MaU)     R. Carlos (RMa)
Juninho (Mid)       Ganz (Int)          Deschamps (Juv)     Zidane (Juv)
               Ronaldo (Bar)                 Vieri (Juv)

May 1997

                              Lehmann (S04)
Ferrara (Juv)       Sammer (BDo)        Thon (S04)          Sergi (Bar)
Seedorf (RMa)       Zidane (Juv)        Di Matteo (Che)     Heinrich (BoD)
               Riedle (BoD)                  Ronaldo (Bar)

Season XI

                              Peruzzi (Juv, 2)
Angloma (Int, 4)    Ferrara (Juv, 3)    Hierro (RMa, 4)     R. Carlos (RMa, 6)
L. Enrique (Bar, 3) Seedorf (RMa, 3)    Del Piero (Juv, 3)  Raúl (RMa, 3)
               Suker (RMa, 3)                Ronaldo (Bar, 7)

1997/98

September 1997

                              Peruzzi (Juv)
Reiziger (Bar)      Hierro (RMa)        Bergomi (Int)       F.de Boer (Ajx)
Raúl (RMa)          Zidane (Juv)        Rivaldo (Bar)       Del Piero (Juv)
               Asprilla (NcU)                Batistuta (Fio)

October 1997

                              Cañizares (RMa)
Thuram (Pma)        Helmer (BaM)        Oliseh (Ajx)        R. Carlos (RMa)
G.Neville (MaU)     Hierro (RMa)        L. Enrique (Bar)    Raúl (RMa)
               Bergkamp (Ars)                Vieri (AtM)

November 1997

                              Van der Sar (Ajx)
Hierro (RMa)        Blanc (OMa)         F. Couto (Bar)      R. Carlos (RMa)
Hamann (BaM)        Shevchenko (DKv)    Pires (Mtz)         Mijatovic (RMa)
               Ronaldo (Int)                 Nilis (PSV)

December 1997

                              Van der Sar (Ajx)
G.Neville (MaU)     Hierro (RMa)        Blanc (OMa)         R. Carlos (RMa)
Balakov (Stu)       P. Sousa (BoD)      Möller (BoD)        Moriero (Int)
               Henry (Moc)                   Ronaldo (Bar)

January 1998

                              Schmeichel (MaU)
G.Neville (MaU)     Thuram (Pma)        Blanc (OMa)         R. Carlos (RMa)
L. Enrique (Bar)    Owen (Lpl)          Zidane (Juv)        Guivarc'h (Aux)
               Trezeguet (Moc)               Bierhoff (Udi)

February 1998

                              Konsel (Rom)
Helveg (Udi)        Helmer (BaM)        Blanc (OMa)         R. Carlos (RMa)
Owen (Lpl)          L. Figo (Bar)       Zidane (Juv)        Nedved (Laz)
               Guivarc'h (Aux)               Vieri (AtM)

March 1998

                              Klos (BoD)
Nesta (Laz)         Eigenrauch (S04)    Dumas (Moc)         R. Carlos (RMa)
L. Figo (Bar)       Zidane (Juv)        Simeone (Int)       Nedved (Laz)
               F.Inzaghi (Juv)               Vieri (AtM)

April 1998

                              Peruzzi (Juv)
Ferrer (Bar)        Stam (PSV)          Matthäus (BaM)      R. Carlos (RMa)
L. Figo (Bar)       Redondo (RMa)       Zidane (Juv)        Del Piero (Juv)
               Ronaldo (Int)                 Bergkamp (Ars)

May 1998

                              Peruzzi (Juv)
J.Zanetti (Int)     Adams (Ars)         Hierro (RMa)        R. Carlos (RMa)
Petit (Ars)         Redondo (RMa)       Mijatovic (RMa)     Overmars (Ars)
               Bierhoff (Udi)                Ronaldo (Bar)

Season XI

                              Peruzzi (Juv, 3)
G.Neville (MaU, 3)  Blanc (OMa, 4)      Hierro (RMa, 5)     R. Carlos (RMa, 8)
L. Figo (Bar, 3)    Redondo (RMa, 2)    Zidane (Juv, 5)     Del Piero (Juv, 2)
               Vieri (AtM, 3)                Ronaldo (Int, 4)

1998/99

September 1998

                              Pagliuca (Int)
Babbel (BaM)        Hierro (RMa)        Adams (Ars)         Lizarazu (BaM)
Beckham (MaU)       Effenberg (BaM)     Sávio (RMa)         Rui Costa (Fio)
               Owen (Lpl)                    Bierhoff (Mil)

October 1998

                              Roa (Mal)
Thuram (Pma)        Hierro (RMa)        Jeremies (BaM)      Lizarazu (BaM)
Raúl (RMa)          Effenberg (BaM)     Edmundo (Fio)       Tsimbalar (SpM)
               Batistuta (Fio)               Owen (Lpl)

November 1998

                              Pagliuca (Int)
Salgado (CeV)       Thuram (Pma)        Blanc (OMa)         Lizarazu (BaM)
Jeremies (BaM)      Mostovoi (CeV)      Keane (MaU)         Rivaldo (Bar)
               v.Nistelrooij (PSV)           Dublin (AsV)

December 1998

                              Roa (Mal)
Thuram (Pma)        Blanc (OMa)         Mazinho (CeV)       Lizarazu (BaM)
Beckham (MaU)       Effenberg (BaM)     Mihajlovic (Laz)    Raúl (RMa)
               Batistuta (Fio)               Totti (Rom)

January 1999

                              Buffon (Pma)
Nesta (Laz)         Leboeuf (Che)       Blanc (OMa)         Mazinho (CeV)
Karpin (CeV)        Rui Costa (Fio)     Mihajlovic (Laz)    Rivaldo (Bar)
               Batistuta (Fio)               Mancini (Laz)

February 1999

                              Hesp (Bar)
Salgado (CeV)       Nesta (Laz)         F.de Boer (Bar)     Thuram (Pma)
L. Enrique (Bar)    Vieira (Ars)        Rivaldo (Bar)       L. Figo (Bar)
               Anelka (Ars)                  Vieri (Laz)

March 1999

                              Kahn (BaM)
Cocu (Bar)          Stam (MaU)          Mihajlovic (Laz)    Lizarazu (BaM)
Beckham (MaU)       Effenberg (BaM)     Verón (Pma)         Rivaldo (Bar)
               Shevchenko (DKv)              Yorke (MaU)

April 1999

                              Kahn (BaM)
Thuram (Pma)        Stam (MaU)          Blanc (OMa)         Maldini (Mil)
Beckham (MaU)       Keane (MaU)         Vieira (Ars)        Giggs (MaU)
               Yorke (MaU)                   Raúl (RMa)    

May 1999

                              Abbiati (Mil)
Thuram (Pma)        Matthäus (BaM)      Stam (MaU)          Maldini (Mil)
Basler (BaM)        Beckham (MaU)       Verón (Pma)         Rivaldo (Bar)
               Bierhoff (Mil)                Vieri (Laz)

Season XI

                              Roa (Mal, 2)
Thuram (Pma, 6)     Blanc (OMa, 4)      Stam (MaU, 3)       Lizarazu (BaM, 5)
Beckham (MaU, 5)    Effenberg (BaM, 4)  Mihajlovic (Laz, 3) Rivaldo (Bar, 5)
               Batistuta (Fio, 3)            Raúl (RMa, 3)

1999/00

September 1999

                              Abbiati (Mil)
          Stam (MaU)          Mihajlovic (Laz)    Maldini (Mil)
Beckham (MaU)       Emerson (BaL)       Almeyda (Laz)       Guardiola (Bar)
          Figo (Bar)          Vieri (Int)         Rivaldo (Bar)

October 1999

                              Keller (Ray)
Abelardo (Bar)      Leboeuf (Che)       Mihajlovic (Laz)    Cocu (Bar)
Figo (Bar)          Guardiola (Bar)     Verón (Laz)         Rivaldo (Bar)
               Shevchenko (Mil)              Salva (Rac)

November 1999

                              Kahn (BaM)
          Mihajlovic (Laz)    Matthäus (BaM)      Babayaro (Che)
Mostovoi (CeV)      Totti (Rom)         Scholes (MaU)       Djalminha (DLC)
          Anderson (OLy)      Batistuta (Fio)     C. López (Vlc)

December 1999

                              Kahn (BaM)
Thuram (Pma)        Mihajlovic (Laz)    Hierro (RMa)        Candela (Rom)
Keane (MaU)         Verón (Laz)         Gallardo (Moc)      Giggs (MaU)
               Crespo (Pma)                  Milosevic (Zar)

January 2000

                              Van der Sar (Juv)
Thuram (Pma)        Montero (Juv)       Maldini (Mil)       R. Carlos (RMa)
Figo (Bar)          Seedorf (Int)       Zidane (Juv)        Rivaldo (Bar)
               Jardel (Pto)                  Raúl (RMa)

February 2000

                              Kahn (BaM)
Cafú (Rom)          Matthäus (BaM)      Montero (Juv)       Maldini (Mil)
Davids (Juv)        Zidane (Juv)        Boban (Mil)         Rivaldo (Bar)
               Shevchenko (Mil)              v.Nistelrooij (PSV)

March 2000

                              Barthez (Moc)
Angloma (Vlc)       Mihajlovic (Laz)    Abelardo (Bar)      R. Carlos (RMa)
Figo (Bar)          Keane (MaU)         Emerson (BaL)       Raúl (RMa)
               Shevchenko (Mil)              S. Inzaghi (Laz)

April 2000

                              Casillas (RMa)
Angloma (Vlc)       Keown (Ars)         Hyypiä (Liv)        R. Carlos (RMa)
Figo (Bar)          Beckham (MaU)       Gerard (Vlc)        Rivaldo (Bar)
               Raúl (RMa)                    Henry (Ars)

May 2000

                              Casillas (RMa)
Salgado (RMa)       Donato (DLC)        Helguera (RMa)      R. Carlos (RMa)
McManaman (RMa)     Redondo (RMa)       Effenberg (BaM)     Verón (Laz)
               Mendieta (Vlc)                Raúl (RMa)

Season XI

                              Kahn (BaM, 3)
Angloma (Vlc, 2)    Mihajlovic (Laz, 5) Maldini (Mil, 3)    R. Carlos (RMa, 4)
L. Figo (Bar, 5)    Keane (MaU, 2)      Verón (Laz, 3)      Rivaldo (Bar, 5)
               Shevchenko (Mil, 3)           Raúl (RMa, 4)

2000/01

September 2000

                              Flowers (Lei)
Angloma (Vlc)       Nesta (Laz)         Keown (Ars)         R. Carlos (RMa)
Scholl (BaM)        Mendieta (Vlc)      Ljungberg (Ars)     Van Bronckhorst (Ran)
               Owen (Lpl)                    Jardel (Gal)

October 2000

                              Robinson (LeU)
Dixon (Ars)         Keown (Ars)         Nesta (Laz)         R. Carlos (RMa)
Pires (Ars)         Totti (Rom)         Guti (RMa)          Robert (PSG)
               Shevchenko (Mil)               Rivaldo (Bar)

November 2000

                              Robinson (LeU)
Cafú (Rom)          Naybet (DLC)        R.Ferdinand (LeU)   R. Carlos (RMa)
          Mendieta (Vlc)      Titov (SpM)         Micoud (Pma)
          Sheringham (MaU)    Batistuta (Rom)     Sand (S04)

December 2000

                              Cañizares (Vlc)
Cafú (Rom)          Nesta (Laz)         Candela (Rom)       R. Carlos (RMa)
Figo (RMa)          Zidane (Juv)        Totti (Rom)         Rui Costa (Fio)     
               Shevchenko (Mil)               J.Moreno (Ala)    

January 2001

                              Casillas (RMa)
Cafú (Rom)          Nesta (Laz)         Hyypiä (Lpl)        R. Carlos (RMa)
Figo (RMa)          Rui Costa (Fio)     Totti (Rom)         Nedved (Laz)
               F.Inzaghi (Juv)               Crespo (Laz)    

February 2001

                              Barthez (MaU)
Angloma (Vlc)       Stam (MaU)          Samuel (Rom)        Candela (Rom)
L. Enrique (Bar)    Scholl (BaM)        Djalminha (DLC)     Nedved (Laz)
               Crespo (Laz)                  Kezman (PSV)

March 2001

                              Barthez (MaU)
Angloma (Vlc)       Hierro (RMa)        Nesta (Laz)         Stam (MaU) 
Rivaldo (Bar)       Zidane (Juv)        Tommasi (Rom)       Nedved (Laz)
               Montella (Rom)                Owen (Lpl)

April 2001

                              Kahn (BaM)
Angloma (VlC)       R.Ferdinand (LeU)   Hyypiä (Lpl)        Lizarazu (BaM)
Scholl (BaM)        I. Helguera (RMa)   Tommasi (Rom)       McManaman (RMa)
               Crespo (Laz)                  Raúl (RMa)

May 2001

                              Kahn (BaM)
Contra (Ala)        P.Andersson (BaM)   Hyypiä (Lpl)        Ayala (Vlc)
Mendieta (Vlc)      McAllister (Lpl)    Effenberg (BaM)     Lizarazu (BaM)
               Owen (Lpl)                    J.Moreno (Ala)

Season XI

                              Kahn (BaM, 2)
Angloma (Vlc, 4)    Nesta (Laz, 5)      Hyypiä (Lpl, 3)     R. Carlos (RMa, 5)
Mendieta (Vlc, 3)   Scholl (BaM, 3)     Totti (Rom, 3)      Nedved (Laz, 3)
               Crespo (Laz, 3)               Owen (Lpl, 3)

2001/02

September 2001

                              Toldo (Int)
Thuram (Juv)        R.Ferdinand (LeU)   Lúcio (BaL)         R. Carlos (RMa)
Beckham (MaU)       Gerrard (LpL)       Corini (Chi)        Denílson (Bet)
               Raúl (RMa)                    Owen (Lpl)

October 2001

                              Schmeichel (AsV)
Puyol (Bar)         Coloccini (Ala)     R.Ferdinand (LeU)   Riise (Lpl)
          Manfredini (Chi)    Totti (Rom)         Rivaldo (Bar)
          Élber (BaM)         D. Tristán (DLC)    Henry (Ars)

November 2001

                              Kahn (BaM)
          Kuffour (BaM)       Samuel (Rom)        Serginho (Mil)
Manfredini (Chi)    Ballack (BaL)       Liverani (Laz)      Zidane (RMa)
          Kluivert (Bar)      Morientes (RMa)     Neuville (BaL)

December 2001

                              Lehmann (BDo)
          Coloccini (Ala)     Mexès (Aux)         Samuel (Rom)
Emerson (Rom)       Raúl (RMa)          Zidane (RMa)        Giggs (MaU)
          v.Nistelrooij (MaU) Vieri (Int)         Fowler (LeU)

January 2002

                              Antonioli (Rom)
          Ferrara (Juv)       I. Helguera (RMa)   R. Carlos (RMa)
Assunção (Rom)      Zidane (RMa)        Keane (MaU)         Nedved (Juv)
          v.Nistelrooij (MaU) Vieri (Int)         Jardel (SpL)

February 2002

                              Antonioli (Rom)
          Puyol (Bar)         Samuel (Rom)        J.Zanetti (Int)
Pires (Ars)         Ballack (BaL)       Vieira (Ars)        Aimar (Vlc)
          Vieri (Int)         v.Nistelrooij (MaU) Hubner (Pia)

March 2002

                              Toldo (Int)
Panucci (Rom)       Hyypiä (Lpl)        Hierro (RMa)        Riise (Lpl)
Ballack (BaL)       Seedorf (Int)       Recoba (Int)        Pires (Ars)
               D. Tristán (DLC)              Montella (Rom)

April 2002

                              Seaman (Ars)
          Córdoba (Int)       Lúcio (BaL)         R. Carlos (RMa)
Ballack (BaL)       R. Baraja (Vlc)     Zidane (RMa)        Ljungberg (Ars)
          Trezeguet (Juv)     Ronaldo (Int)       Saviola (Bar)

May 2002

                              Casillas (RMa)
         Ayala (Vlc)          Lúcio (BaL)         R. Carlos (RMa)
R. Baraja (Vlc)     Ballack (BaL)       Zidane (RMa)        Ljungberg (Ars)
         Tomasson (Fey)       v.Hooijdonk (Fey)   Trezeguet (Juv)

Season XI

                              Toldo (Int, 2)
Puyol (Bar, 2)      Lúcio (BaL, 3)      Samuel (Rom, 3)     R. Carlos (RMa, 4)
R. Baraja (Vlc, 2)  Ballack (BaL, 5)    Zidane (RMa, 5)     Ljungberg (Ars, 2)
               Vieri (Int, 3)                v.Nistelrooij (MaU, 3)

2002/03

September 2002

                              Buffon (Juv)
Puyol (Bar)         I. Helguera (RMa)   Chivu (Ajx)         R. Carlos (RMa)
          Wiltord (Ars)       Ballack (BaM)       Valerón (DLC)
          Del Piero (Juv)     F.Inzaghi (Mil)     Makaay (DLC)

October 2002

                              Cañizares (Vlc)
          Puyol (Bar)         Juan (BaL)          Hyypiä (Lpl)
Aimar (Vlc)         Ronaldinho (PSG)    Zidane (RMa)        Rosický (BDo)
          Owen (Lpl)          F.Inzaghi (Mil)     Makaay (DLC)

November 2002

                              Cudicini (Che)
          J.Zanetti (Int)     Thuram (Juv)        Maldini (Mil)
Pandiani (Mal)      Vieira (Ars)        Rui Costa (Mil)     Nedved (Juv)
          v.Nistelrooij (MaU) Crespo (Int)        Henry (Ars)

December 2002

                              Kahn (BaM)
          Stam (Laz)          Van Buyten (OMa)    Maldini (Mil)
Karpin (Soc)        Di Biagio (Int)     Verón (MaU)         Fiore (Laz)
          Kezman (PSV)        Raúl (RMa)          C.López (Laz)

January 2003

                              Westerveld (Soc)
          Thuram (Juv)        Van Buyten (OMa)    Maldini (Mil)
Nihat (Soc)         Scholes (MaU)       Aimar (Vlc)         Nedved (Juv)
          Henry (Ars)         Kovacevic (Soc)     Vieri (Int)

February 2003

                              Lehmann (BDo)
          Puyol (Bar)         Maldini (Mil)       R. Carlos (RMa)
Beckham (MaU)        Vieira (Ars)       Pires (Ars)         Giggs (MaU)
          Makaay (DLC)        Vieri (Int)         Saviola (Bar)

March 2003

                              Waterreus (PSV)
          Van Buyten (OMa)    Maldini (Mil)       R. Carlos (RMa)
Vieira (Ars)         Raúl (RMa)         Zidane (RMa)        Nedved (Juv)
          Shearer (NcU)       Ronaldo (RMa)       Kezman (PSV)

April 2003

                              Toldo (Int)
          J.Zanetti (Int)     Nesta (Mil)         R. Carlos (RMa)
Scholes (MaU)        Zidane (RMa)       Nedved (Juv)        Rothen (Moc)
          Makaay (DLC)        Ronaldo (RMa)       Van Nistelrooij (MaU)

May 2003

                              Buffon (Juv)
          Thuram (Juv)        Nesta (Mil)         Maldini (Mil)
Seedorf (Mil)       Deco (Pto)          Xabi Alonso (Soc)   Nedved (Juv)
          Derlei (Pto)        Shevchenko (Mil)    Kezman (PSV)

Season XI

                              Buffon (Juv, 2)
Thuram (Juv, 3)     Puyol (Bar, 3)      Van Buyten (OMa, 3) Maldini (Mil, 6)
          Zidane (RMa, 3)     Nedved (Juv, 5)     R. Carlos (RMa, 4)
          Makaay (DLC, 4)     Kezman (PSV, 3)     Vieri (Int, 2)

2003/04

September 2003

                              Hildebrand (Stu)
          Cannavaro (Int)     Bordon (Stu)        Chivu (Rom)
Giuly (Moc)         Beckham (RMa)       Aimar (Vlc)         Nedved (Juv) 
          Pandiani (DLC)      Shevchenko (Mil)    Van Nistelrooij (MaU)

October 2003

                              Hildebrand (Stu)
M. Salgado (RMa)    Terry (Che)         Andrade (DLC)       R. Carlos (RMa)
Giuly (Moc)         Deco (Pto)          Zidane (RMa)        Nedved (Juv)
               Drogba (OMa)                  Shevchenko (Mil)

November 2003

                              Pelizzoli (Rom)
          Hinkel (Stu)        Samuel (Rom)        Bridge (Che)
Beckham (RMa)       Sneijder (Ajx)      Lampard (Che)       Reyes (Sev)
          Shevchenko (Mil)    Prso (Moc)          Henry (Ars)

December 2003

                              Howard (MaU)
          Krstajic (Wer)      Samuel (Rom)        Chivu (Rom)
Mancini (Rom)       Juninho (OLy)       Totti (Rom)         Zidane (RMa)
          Ailton (Wer)        Ronaldo (RMa)       Van Nistelrooij (MaU)

NB: a probably unique vote was issued by Dutch magazine Voetbal
    International, who chose all eleven players who ended up in the
    overall selection.

January 2004

                              Dida (Mil)
          Terry (Che)         Nesta (Mil)         Maldini (Mil)
Giuly (Moc)         Totti (Rom)         Vieira (Ars)        Kaká (Mil)
          Henry (Ars)         Ronaldo (RMa)       Cheyrou (Lpl)

February 2004

                              Casillas (RMa)
          Puyol (Bar)         Ismael (Wer)        R.Carlos (RMa)
Totti (Rom)         Seedorf (Mil)       Ronaldinho (Bar)    Zidane (RMa)
          Ronaldo (RMa)       Henry (Ars)         Cassano (Rom)

March 2004

                              Casillas (RMa)
          P.Ferreira (Por)    Touré (Ars)         Maldini (Mil)
Micoud (Wer)        Pirlo (Mil)         Kaká (Mil)          Zidane (RMa)
          Shevchenko (Mil)    Ronaldinho (Bar)    Henry (Ars)

April 2004

                              V.Valdes (Bar)
          M.Pablo (DLC)       Ayala (Vlc)         Bridge (Che)
Giuly (Moc)         Vieira (Ars)        Totti (Rom)         Valerón (DLC)
          Henry (Ars)         Morientes (Moc)     Ronaldinho (Bar)

May 2004

                              Baía (Por)
          P.Ferreira (Por)    Ayala (Vlc)         R.Carvalho (Por)
Baraja (Vlc)        Deco (Por)          Rothen (Moc)        Vicente (Vlc)
          Gilardino (Pma)     Mista (Vlc)         Ronaldinho (Bar)

Season XI

                              Hildebrand (Stu, 2)
P.Ferreira (Por, 2) Ayala (Vlc, 2)      Samuel (Rom, 2)     R. Carlos (RMa, 2)
Giuly (Moc, 4)      Zidane (RMa, 4)     Totti (Rom, 4)      Ronaldinho (Bar, 4)
               Henry (Ars, 5)                Shevchenko (Mil, 4)

2004/05

September 2004

                              Cech (Che)
          R. Carvalho (Che)   Cannavaro (Juv)     Van Bronckhorst (Che)
Reyes (Ars)         Xavi (Bar)          Ronaldinho (Bar)    Vicente (Vlc)
          Makaay (BaM)        Adriano (Int)       Eto'o (Bar)

October 2004

                              Buffon (Juv)
Ferdinand (MaU)     Cannavaro (Juv)     Terry (Che)         Cole (Ars)
          Essien (OLy)        Ronaldinho (Bar)    Nedved (Juv)
          Shevchenko (Mil)    Adriano (Int)       Eto'o (Bar)

November 2004

                              Buffon (Juv)
Thuram (Juv)        Terry (Che)         Cannavaro (Juv)     Puyol (Bar)
          Deco (Bar)          Xavi (Bar)          Ronaldinho (Bar)
          Shevchenko (Mil)    Eto'o (Bar)         Robben (Che)

December 2004

                              Buffon (Juv)
          Puyol (Bar)         Terry (Che)         Campbell (Ars)
Lampard (Che)       Deco (Bar)          Ronaldinho (Bar)    Robben (Che)
          Shevchenko (Mil)    Henry (Ars)         Eto'o (Bar)

January 2005

                              Cech (Che)
Puyol (Bar)         Terry (Che)         Cannavaro (Juv)     Maldini (Mil)
          C. Ronaldo (MaU)    Lampard (Che)       Riquelme (Vlr)
          Robben (Che)        Montella (Rom)      Eto'o (Bar)

February 2005

                              Cech (Che)
          Puyol (Bar)         Nesta (Mil)         Terry (Che)
C. Ronaldo (MaU)    Deco (Bar)          Juninho (OLy)       Riise (Lpl)
          Rooney (MaU)        Eto'o (Bar)         Liedson (SpL)

March 2005

                              Cech (Che)
          Puyol (Bar)         Lucio (BaM)         Terry (Che)
Van Bommel (PSV)    Essien (OLy)        Pirlo (Mil)         Joe Cole (Che)
          Wiltord (OLy)       Crespo (Mil)        Ronaldinho (Bar)

April 2005

                              Dida (Mil)
Cafu (Mil)          Terry (Che)         Alex (PSV)          Carragher (Lpl)
          Van Bommel (PSV)    Lampard (Che)       Joe Cole (Che)
          Shevchenko (Mil)    Ronaldo (RMa)       Marcelinho (Her)

May 2005

                              Dudek (Lpl)
          Carragher (Lpl)     Cannavaro (Juv)     Maldini (Mil)
Lampard (Che)       Gerrard (Lpl)       Kaká (Mil)          D. Carvalho (CKM)
          Ronaldinho (Bar)    Makaay (BaM)        Crespo (Mil)

Season XI

                              Cech (Che, 4)
          Puyol (Bar, 5)      Terry (Che, 7)      Cannavaro (Juv, 5)
Ronaldinho (Bar, 6) Deco (Bar, 3)       Van Bommel (PSV, 2) Lampard (Che, 4)
          Shevchenko (Mil, 4) Eto'o (Bar, 6)      Robben (Che, 3)

2005/06

September 2005

                              Cech (Che)
          Terry (Che)         Cris (OLy)          Zambrotta (Juv)
Lampard (Che)       Vieira (Juv)        Van der Vaart (HSV) Juninho (OLy)
          Ronaldinho (Bar)    Toni (Fio)          Arveladze (AZ)

October 2005

                              Cech (Che)
Puyol (Bra)         Lucio (BaM)         Cannavaro (Juv)     Maldini (Mil)
Juninho (OLy)       Lampard (Che)       Ballack (BaM)       Ronaldinho (Bar)
               Toni (Fio)                    Klose (Wer)

November 2005

                              Coupet (OLy)
          Lucio (BaM)         Cris (OLy)          Puyol (Bar)
Xavi (Bar)          Lampard (Che)       Cambiasso (Int)     Ronaldinho (Bar)
          Eto'o (Bar)         Shevchenko (Mil)    Toni (Fio)

December 2005

                              Reina (Lpl)
          Puyol (Bar)         Terry (Che)         Lucio (BaM)
Messi (Bar)         Lampard (Che)       Cambiasso (Int)     Ronaldinho (Bar)
          Eto'o (Bar)         Trezeguet (Juv)     Adriano (Int)

January 2006

                              Coupet (OLy)
          Puyol (Bar)         Cannavaro (Juv)     Carragher (Lpl)
Mancini (Rom)       Totti (Rom)         Cambiasso (Int)     Messi (Bar)
          Trezeguet (Juv)     Toni (Fio)          Robinho (RMa)

February 2006

                              Cech (Che)
          Mexès (Rom)         Luisão (Ben)        Puyol (Bar)
Mancini (Rom)       Ballack (BaM)       Perrotta (Rom)      Messi (Bar)
          Rooney (MaU)        Villa (Vlc)         Utaka (Ren)

March 2006

                              Lehmann (Ars)
Eboué (Ars)         Touré (Ars)         Cris (OLy)          Kaladze (Mil)
          Tiago (OLy)         Kaká (Mil)          Fabregas (Ars)
          Shevchenko (Mil)    Henry (Ars)         Ronaldinho (Bar)

April 2006

                              Lehmann (Ars)
Puyol (Bar)         Cris (OLy)          Touré (Ars)         Kaladze (Mil)
          Iniesta (Bar)       Kaká (Mil)          Ronaldinho (Bar)
          Villa (Vlc)         Rooney (MaU)        Eto'o (Bar)

May 2006

                              Reina (Lpl)
          Belletti (Bar)      Campbell (Ars)      Puyol (Bar)
Daniel Alves (Sev)  Gerrard (Lpl)       Maresca (Sev)       Ronaldinho (Bar)
          Larsson (Bar)       Toni (Fio)          Eto'o (Bar)

Season XI

                              Cech (Che, 3)
          Cris (OLy, 4)       Lucio (BaM, 3)      Puyol (Bar, 7)
Juninho (Oly, 2)    Cambiasso (Int, 3)  Lampard (Che, 4)    Ronaldinho (Bar, 7)
          Toni (Fio, 5)       Eto'o (Bar, 4)      Messi (Bar, 3)

2006/07

September 2006

                              James (Pts)
          Van Buyten (BaM)    Ayala (Vlc)         Lahm (BaM)
Tiago (OLy)         Fabregas (Ars)      Eto'o (Bar)         Juninho (OLy)
          Drogba (Che)        Fred (OLy)          Crespo (Int)

October 2006

                              Van der Sar (MaU)
          Boulahrouz (Che)    Naldo (Wer)         Ferdinand (MaU)
Lampard (Che)       Juninho (OLy)       Diego (Wer)         Stankovic (Int)
          Drogba (Che)        D. Milito (Zar)     Amauri (Pmo)

November 2006

                              Coupet (OLy)
D. Alves (Sev)      Mertesacker (Wer)   Vidic (MaU)         Panucci (Rom)
          Iniesta (Bar)       Malouda (OLy)       Ronaldinho (Bar)
          Rooney (MaU)        Totti (Rom)         Kanouté (Sev)

December 2006

                              Coupet (OLy)
D. Alves (Sev)      Materazzi (Int)     Naldo (Wer)         Cris (OLy)
          Essien (Che)        Juninho (OLy)       Ronaldinho (Bar)
          Kanouté (Sev)       Totti (Rom)         Drogba (Che)

January 2007

                              Julio Cesar (Int)
Maicon (Int)        Materazzi (Int)     Touré (Ars)         Vidic (MaU)
          C. Ronaldo (MaU)    Stankovic (Int)     Albelda (Vlc)
          Saviola (Bar)       Ibrahimovic (Int)   Kanouté (Sev)

February 2007

                              Hildebrand (Stu)
Daniel Alves (Sev)  Maicon (Int)        Vidic (MaU)         Riise (Lpl)
C. Ronaldo (MaU)    Van Bommel (BaM)    Silva (Vlc)         Giggs (MaU)
               Drogba (Che)                  Ibrahimovic (Int)

Used Club Abbreviations

Ajx       Ajax
Ala       Alavés (Vitoria)
Ars       Arsenal
AsV       Aston Villa
AtM       Atlético (Madrid)
Aux       AJ Auxerre
AZ        AZ (Alkmaar)
BaL       Bayer Leverkusen
BaM       Bayern München
Bar       Barcelona
Ben       SL Benfica (Lisboa)
Bet       Betis (Sevilla)
BDo       Borussia Dortmund
BlR       Blackburn Rovers
BMG       Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bru       FC Brugge
CeV       Celta (Vigo)
Che       Chelsea
Chi       Chievo
CKM       CSKA (Moskva)
DKv       Dinamo Kyiv
DLC       Deportivo (La Coruña)
Esp       Espanyol
Fey       Feyenoord
Fio       Fiorentina
Gal       Galatasaray
GiB       Girondins (Bordeaux)
Her       Hertha BSC
HSV       Hamburger SV
Int       Internazionale
Juv       Juventus
KSC       Karlsruher SC
Laz       Lazio (Roma)
LeU       Leeds United
Lei       Leicester City
Lpl       Liverpool
MaC       Manchester City
Mal       Mallorca
MaU       Manchester United
Mid       Middlesbrough
Mil       Milan
Moc       Monaco
Mtz       Metz
NcU       Newcastle United
Nts       Nantes
OLy       Olympique Lyonnais
OMa       Olympique Marseille
PAO       Panathinaikos
Pia       Piacenza
Pma       Parma
Pmo       Palermo
PSG       Paris Saint-Germain
PSV       PSV (Eindhoven)
Pto       Porto
Pts       Portsmouth
Rac       Racing (Santander)
Ran       Rangers (Glasgow)
Rap       Rapid (Wien)
Ray       Rayo Vallecano
Ren       Stade Rennais
RMa       Real Madrid
Rom       Roma
S04       Schalke 04
Sam       Sampdoria (Genova)
Sev       Sevilla
Soc       Real Sociedad (San Sebastián)
SpL       Sporting CP (Lisboa)
SpM       Spartak Moskva
Stu       VfB Stuttgart
ToH       Tottenham Hotspur
Udi       Udinese
Vlc       Valencia
Vlr       Villarreal
Wer       Werder Bremen
Zar       Real Zaragoza

On ESM

The founding member magazines of the European Sports Magazines group (ESM) were:

A Bola (Portugal)
Don Balón (Spain)
Foot Magazine (Belgium)
kicker (Germany)
La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy)
Onze Mondial (France)
Sport (Switzerland)
Voetbal international (Netherlands)
World Soccer (UK)

In 1997, Onze Mondial were replaced by France Football as French representatives; Sport disappeared at the end of 1999 due to bankruptcy; France Football left the group before the 2001/02 season; in their place, Sport Express (Russia) were added at the beginning of 2002, and Fanatik (Turkey) entered the group at the beginning of 2003. Between the summers of 2003 and 2006, Tipsbladet (Denmark) also was part of the group.

In January 2007, ESM consists of:

A Bola (Portugal)
Don Balón (Spain)
Fanatik (Turkey)
Foot Magazine (Belgium)
kicker (Germany)
La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy)
Sport Express (Russia)
Voetbal international (Netherlands)
World Soccer (UK)

About this document

Sources: [kic], [ff], [vi], [ws].

Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans (karel@rsssf.com)
Last updated: 14 Mar 2007

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