European Sports Media

European Sports Magazines (ESM) is a European association of football related publications.

ESM Members

The members of this group elect each month a European "Team of the Month", and annually a European "Team of the Year".

The founding member magazines of 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. During the summer of that year, Tipsbladet (Denmark) joined the group.

Since 2004, Afrique Football (France) joined ESM as an associated member.

In 2007, Soccer Weekly of China was accepted as the 10th member of the ESM, the first outside Europe.

In January 2012, ESM consists of:

• A Bola (Portugal)
• Don Balón (Spain)
• Fanatik (Turkey)
• ELF Voetbal (Netherlands)
• kicker (Germany)
• Sport-Express (Russia)
• Sport Voetbal Magazine (Belgium)
• Tipsbladet (Denmark)
• T!tan Media (China)
• Telesport (Netherlands)
• Frankfurter Allgemeine (Germany)
• World Soccer (UK)
• KickOff (South Africa)
• sports.163.com (China)
• Sportal Korea (Korea)
• Marca (Spain)

ESM Golden Shoe

Main article: European Golden Shoe

Since 1996 the ESM rewards Europe's best strikers with the European Golden Shoe.

ESM Team of the Year

1994–95

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Vítor Baía	Danny Blind Paolo Maldini Frank Rijkaard Matthias Sammer	Michael Laudrup Jari Litmanen Gianfranco Zola	Jürgen Klinsmann Alan Shearer Iván Zamorano

1995–96

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Edwin van der Sar	Laurent Blanc Danny Blind Frank de Boer Paolo Maldini	Alessandro Del Piero Jari Litmanen Raí Mehmet Scholl	Eric Cantona George Weah

1996–97

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Angelo Peruzzi	Jocelyn Angloma Roberto Carlos Ciro Ferrara Fernando Hierro	Alessandro Del Piero Luis Enrique Raúl González Clarence Seedorf	Ronaldo Davor Šuker

1997–98

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Angelo Peruzzi	Laurent Blanc Roberto Carlos Fernando Hierro Gary Neville	Alessandro Del Piero Luís Figo Fernando Redondo Zinedine Zidane	Ronaldo Christian Vieri

1998–99

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Carlos Roa	Laurent Blanc Bixente Lizarazu Jaap Stam Lilian Thuram	David Beckham Stefan Effenberg Siniša Mihajlović Rivaldo	Gabriel Batistuta Raúl González

1999–00

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Oliver Kahn	Jocelyn Angloma Roberto Carlos Paolo Maldini Siniša Mihajlović	Luís Figo Roy Keane Rivaldo Juan Sebastián Verón	Raúl González Andriy Shevchenko

2000–01

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Oliver Kahn	Jocelyn Angloma Roberto Carlos Sami Hyypiä Alessandro Nesta	Gaizka Mendieta Pavel Nedvěd Mehmet Scholl Francesco Totti	Hernán Crespo Michael Owen

2001–02

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Francesco Toldo	Roberto Carlos Lúcio Carles Puyol Walter Samuel	Michael Ballack Rubén Baraja Fredrik Ljungberg Zinedine Zidane	Ruud van Nistelrooy Christian Vieri

2002–03

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Gianluigi Buffon	Paolo Maldini Carles Puyol Lilian Thuram Daniel Van Buyten	Roberto Carlos Pavel Nedvěd Zinedine Zidane	Mateja Kežman Roy Makaay Christian Vieri

2003–04

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Timo Hildebrand	Roberto Ayala Roberto Carlos Paulo Ferreira Walter Samuel	Ludovic Giuly Ronaldinho Francesco Totti Zinedine Zidane	Thierry Henry Andriy Shevchenko

2004–05

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Petr Čech	Fabio Cannavaro Carles Puyol John Terry	Deco Frank Lampard Ronaldinho Mark van Bommel	Samuel Eto'o Arjen Robben Andrey Shevchenko

2005–06

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Petr Čech	Cris Lúcio Carles Puyol	Esteban Cambiasso Juninho Pernambucano Frank Lampard Ronaldinho	Samuel Eto'o Lionel Messi Luca Toni

2006–07

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Grégory Coupet	Daniel Alves Marco Materazzi Nemanja Vidić	Cristiano Ronaldo Juninho Pernambucano Dejan Stanković Francesco Totti	Didier Drogba Zlatan Ibrahimović Frédéric Kanouté

2007–08

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Iker Casillas	Rio Ferdinand William Gallas Christian Panucci Sergio Ramos	Cristiano Ronaldo Cesc Fàbregas Franck Ribéry	Zlatan Ibrahimović Lionel Messi Fernando Torres

2008–09

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Edwin Van Der Sar	Nemanja Vidić John Terry Maicon	Lionel Messi Steven Gerrard Xavi Daniel Alves	Samuel Eto'o Vedad Ibisevic Grafite

2009–10

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Júlio César	Lúcio John Terry Maicon	Wesley Sneijder Frank Lampard Cesc Fàbregas Daniel Alves	Lionel Messi Wayne Rooney Arjen Robben

2010–11

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Víctor Valdés	Nemanja Vidić Mats Hummels Gerard Piqué	Nuri Şahin Xavi Hernández Andrés Iniesta Daniel Alves	Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Samuel Eto'o

By player

Player	Wins
Roberto Carlos	7
Lionel Messi	5
Samuel Eto'o	4
Paolo Maldini	4
Carles Puyol	4
Zinedine Zidane	4

External links

• ESM