UEFA Team of the Year

Summary

The UEFA Fan's Team of the Year is a football award given by UEFA through a poll on its official website. This award started in 2001[1] and allows users[2] of the organization's website to choose their own eleven players and a coach based on their overall performances in European club football and international competitions.

UEFA Fan's Team of the Year
Presented byUEFA
First awarded2001
Most awardsPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(15 appearances)
Websitetoty.uefa.com

Selection process edit

Until 2011, the writers at the website had constructed a short-list of sixty footballers and coaches[1] who have performed well in European club competitions, domestic competitions and international tournaments for that particular year. Users then cast their vote of a line-up consisting of eleven players (including a goalkeeper, four defenders, four midfielders, and two forwards) and a coach based on who they believed excelled in European football. After the selection is made, the user also has to select one of the players to be the captain of their team.

The format of the vote was changed in 2012 – now users first choose their preferred formation (4–4–2, 3–5–2, 3–4–3, 4–3–3 or 5–3–2), and then choose the relevant number of players for each position. The voters have a choice between 4 goalkeepers, 12 defenders, 12 midfielders and 12 forwards. The voting for best coach was discontinued.

After the votes are cast, they are tallied and the final team is announced on the UEFA website.

Appearance records edit

The player with the most appearances in the team is Cristiano Ronaldo, having appeared fifteen times. Second is Lionel Messi, having appeared twelve times. Sergio Ramos has the third-most appearances with nine, which is also the record for a defender. The most consecutive appearances in the team is fourteen for Cristiano Ronaldo (2007–2020), followed by Sergio Ramos (2012–2018) and Lionel Messi (2014–2020) with seven each, and Iker Casillas (2007–2012) with six.

The teams with the most player appearances (not including manager appearances) are Real Madrid and Barcelona with 49, followed by Bayern Munich (21) and Juventus (20). Barcelona is the team with the most players selected in a single season, with six players in both 2009 and 2010. The only other teams with more than three players in one season are Bayern Munich (four in 2013 and five in both 2014 and 2020), Liverpool (five in 2019), and Real Madrid (five in both 2017 and 2018 and four in 2003, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016).[citation needed]

The manager with the most appearances is José Mourinho, with four appearances (one with Internazionale, two with Porto and one with Chelsea). He is followed by Alex Ferguson, who has two appearances.

Team of the Year 2001 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Santiago Cañizares   Valencia 1st
  Cosmin Contra   Alavés
  Milan
1st
  Sami Hyypiä   Liverpool 1st
  Patrik Andersson   Bayern Munich
  Barcelona
1st
  Bixente Lizarazu   Bayern Munich 1st
  David Beckham   Manchester United 1st
  Patrick Vieira   Arsenal 1st
  Zinedine Zidane   Juventus
  Real Madrid
1st
  Kily González   Valencia 1st
  Thierry Henry   Arsenal 1st
  David Trezeguet   Juventus 1st

Coach:   Gérard Houllier:   Liverpool

Source:[3]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2002 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Rüştü Reçber   Fenerbahçe 1st
  Carles Puyol   Barcelona 1st
  Alessandro Nesta   Lazio
  Milan
1st
  Cristian Chivu   Ajax 1st
  Roberto Carlos   Real Madrid 1st
  Clarence Seedorf   Internazionale
  Milan
1st
  Michael Ballack   Bayer Leverkusen
  Bayern Munich
1st
  Zinedine Zidane   Real Madrid 2nd
  Damien Duff   Blackburn Rovers 1st
  Thierry Henry   Arsenal 2nd
  Ronaldo   Internazionale
  Real Madrid
1st

Coach:   Şenol Güneş:   Turkey

Source:[4]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2003 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 1st
  Paulo Ferreira   Porto 1st
  Alessandro Nesta   Milan 2nd
  Paolo Maldini   Milan 1st
  Roberto Carlos   Real Madrid 2nd
  Luís Figo   Real Madrid 1st
  David Beckham   Manchester United
  Real Madrid
2nd
  Zinedine Zidane   Real Madrid 3rd
  Pavel Nedvěd   Juventus 1st
  Thierry Henry   Arsenal 3rd
  Ruud van Nistelrooy   Manchester United 1st

Coach:   José Mourinho:   Porto

Source:[5]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2004 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 2nd
  Cafu   Milan 1st
  Ricardo Carvalho   Porto
  Chelsea
1st
  Alessandro Nesta   Milan 3rd
  Ashley Cole   Arsenal 1st
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Manchester United 1st
  Maniche   Porto 1st
  Ronaldinho   Barcelona 1st
  Pavel Nedvěd   Juventus 2nd
  Thierry Henry   Arsenal 4th
  Andriy Shevchenko   Milan 1st

Coach:   José Mourinho:   Porto /   Chelsea

Source:[6]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2005 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Petr Čech   Chelsea 1st
  Cafu   Milan 2nd
  John Terry   Chelsea 1st
  Carles Puyol   Barcelona 2nd
  Paolo Maldini   Milan 2nd
  Luis García   Liverpool 1st
  Steven Gerrard   Liverpool 1st
  Ronaldinho   Barcelona 2nd
  Pavel Nedvěd   Juventus 3rd
  Samuel Eto'o   Barcelona 1st
  Andriy Shevchenko   Milan 2nd

Coach:   José Mourinho:   Chelsea

Source:[7]

Team of the Year 2006 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 3rd
  Gianluca Zambrotta   Juventus
  Barcelona
1st
  Fabio Cannavaro   Juventus
  Real Madrid
1st
  Carles Puyol   Barcelona 3rd
  Philipp Lahm   Bayern Munich 1st
  Steven Gerrard   Liverpool 2nd
  Cesc Fàbregas   Arsenal 1st
  Kaká   Milan 1st
  Ronaldinho   Barcelona 3rd
  Thierry Henry   Arsenal 5th
  Samuel Eto'o   Barcelona 2nd

Coach:   Frank Rijkaard:   Barcelona

Source:[8]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2007 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Iker Casillas   Real Madrid 1st
  Dani Alves   Sevilla 1st
  Alessandro Nesta   Milan 4th
  John Terry   Chelsea 2nd
  Eric Abidal   Lyon
  Barcelona
1st
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Manchester United 2nd
  Steven Gerrard   Liverpool 3rd
  Kaká   Milan 2nd
  Clarence Seedorf   Milan 2nd
  Zlatan Ibrahimović   Internazionale 1st
  Didier Drogba   Chelsea 1st

Coach:   Alex Ferguson:   Manchester United

Source:[9]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2008 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Iker Casillas   Real Madrid 2nd
  Sergio Ramos   Real Madrid 1st
  John Terry   Chelsea 3rd
  Carles Puyol   Barcelona 4th
  Philipp Lahm   Bayern Munich 2nd
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Manchester United 3rd
  Xavi   Barcelona 1st
  Cesc Fàbregas   Arsenal 2nd
  Franck Ribéry   Bayern Munich 1st
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 1st
  Fernando Torres   Liverpool 1st

Coach:   Alex Ferguson:   Manchester United

Source:[10]

Team of the Year 2009 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Iker Casillas   Real Madrid 3rd
  Dani Alves   Barcelona 2nd
  John Terry   Chelsea 4th
  Carles Puyol   Barcelona 5th
  Patrice Evra   Manchester United 1st
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Manchester United
  Real Madrid
4th
  Xavi   Barcelona 2nd
  Kaká   Milan
  Real Madrid
3rd
  Andrés Iniesta   Barcelona 1st
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 2nd
  Zlatan Ibrahimović   Internazionale
  Barcelona
2nd

Coach:   Pep Guardiola:   Barcelona

Source:[11]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2010 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Iker Casillas   Real Madrid 4th
  Maicon   Internazionale 1st
  Gerard Piqué   Barcelona 1st
  Carles Puyol   Barcelona 6th
  Ashley Cole   Chelsea 2nd
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid 5th
  Xavi   Barcelona 3rd
  Wesley Sneijder   Internazionale 1st
  Andrés Iniesta   Barcelona 2nd
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 3rd
  David Villa   Valencia
  Barcelona
1st

Coach:   José Mourinho:   Internazionale /   Real Madrid

Source:[12]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2011 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Iker Casillas   Real Madrid 5th
  Dani Alves   Barcelona 3rd
  Gerard Piqué   Barcelona 2nd
  Thiago Silva   Milan 1st
  Marcelo   Real Madrid 1st
  Arjen Robben   Bayern Munich 1st
  Xavi   Barcelona 4th
  Andrés Iniesta   Barcelona 3rd
  Gareth Bale   Tottenham Hotspur 1st
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 4th
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid 6th

Source:[13]

Voting for a coach ended this year.

Team of the Year 2012 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Iker Casillas   Real Madrid 6th
  Sergio Ramos   Real Madrid 2nd
  Gerard Piqué   Barcelona 3rd
  Thiago Silva   Milan
  Paris Saint-Germain
2nd
  Philipp Lahm   Bayern Munich 3rd
  Andrés Iniesta   Barcelona 4th
  Xavi   Barcelona 5th
  Andrea Pirlo   Juventus 1st
  Mesut Özil   Real Madrid 1st
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 5th
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid 7th

Source:[14]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2013 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Manuel Neuer   Bayern Munich 1st
  Philipp Lahm   Bayern Munich 4th
  Thiago Silva   Paris Saint-Germain 3rd
  Sergio Ramos   Real Madrid 3rd
  David Alaba   Bayern Munich 1st
  Gareth Bale   Tottenham Hotspur
  Real Madrid
2nd
  Marco Reus   Borussia Dortmund 1st
  Mesut Özil   Real Madrid
  Arsenal
2nd
  Franck Ribéry   Bayern Munich 2nd
  Zlatan Ibrahimović   Paris Saint-Germain 3rd
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid 8th

Source:[15]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2014 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Manuel Neuer   Bayern Munich 2nd
  Philipp Lahm   Bayern Munich 5th
  Sergio Ramos   Real Madrid 4th
  Diego Godín   Atlético Madrid 1st
  David Alaba   Bayern Munich 2nd
  Arjen Robben   Bayern Munich 2nd
  Toni Kroos   Bayern Munich
  Real Madrid
1st
  Ángel Di María   Real Madrid
  Manchester United
1st
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 6th
  Zlatan Ibrahimović   Paris Saint-Germain 4th
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid 9th

Source:[16]

Players who played for two teams during the voting year have the club they transferred to during a transfer window listed second.

Team of the Year 2015 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Manuel Neuer   Bayern Munich 3rd
  Dani Alves   Barcelona 4th
  Sergio Ramos   Real Madrid 5th
  Gerard Piqué   Barcelona 4th
  David Alaba   Bayern Munich 3rd
  Paul Pogba   Juventus 1st
  Andrés Iniesta   Barcelona 5th
  James Rodríguez   Real Madrid 1st
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid 10th
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 7th
  Neymar   Barcelona 1st

Source:[17]

Team of the Year 2016 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 4th
  Jérôme Boateng   Bayern Munich 1st
  Sergio Ramos   Real Madrid 6th
  Gerard Piqué   Barcelona 5th
  Leonardo Bonucci   Juventus 1st
  Luka Modrić   Real Madrid 1st
  Toni Kroos   Real Madrid 2nd
  Andrés Iniesta   Barcelona 6th
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 8th
  Antoine Griezmann   Atlético Madrid 1st
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid 11th

Source:[18]

Team of the Year 2017 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Gianluigi Buffon   Juventus 5th
  Dani Alves   Juventus
  Paris Saint-Germain
5th
  Sergio Ramos   Real Madrid 7th
  Giorgio Chiellini   Juventus 1st
  Marcelo   Real Madrid 2nd
  Luka Modrić   Real Madrid 2nd
  Toni Kroos   Real Madrid 3rd
  Kevin De Bruyne   Manchester City 1st
  Eden Hazard   Chelsea 1st
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 9th
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid 12th

Source:[19]

Team of the Year 2018 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Marc-André ter Stegen   Barcelona 1st
  Sergio Ramos   Real Madrid 8th
  Virgil van Dijk   Liverpool 1st
  Raphaël Varane   Real Madrid 1st
  Marcelo   Real Madrid 3rd
  Luka Modrić   Real Madrid 3rd
  N'Golo Kanté   Chelsea 1st
  Eden Hazard   Chelsea 2nd
  Kylian Mbappé   Paris Saint-Germain 1st
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 10th
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Real Madrid
  Juventus
13th

Source:[20]

Team of the Year 2019 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Alisson Becker   Liverpool 1st
  Trent Alexander-Arnold   Liverpool 1st
  Matthijs de Ligt   Ajax
  Juventus
1st
  Virgil van Dijk   Liverpool 2nd
  Andrew Robertson   Liverpool 1st
  Frenkie de Jong   Ajax
  Barcelona
1st
  Kevin De Bruyne   Manchester City 2nd
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 11th
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Juventus 14th
  Robert Lewandowski   Bayern Munich 1st
  Sadio Mané   Liverpool 1st

Source:[21]

Team of the Year 2020 edit

Player Team(s) Appearance
  Manuel Neuer   Bayern Munich 4th
  Joshua Kimmich   Bayern Munich 1st
  Sergio Ramos   Real Madrid 9th
  Virgil van Dijk   Liverpool 3rd
  Alphonso Davies   Bayern Munich 1st
  Thiago   Bayern Munich
  Liverpool
1st
  Kevin De Bruyne   Manchester City 3rd
  Lionel Messi   Barcelona 12th
  Cristiano Ronaldo   Juventus 15th
  Robert Lewandowski   Bayern Munich 2nd
  Neymar   Paris Saint-Germain 2nd

Source:[22]


Most appearances edit

By player edit

 
Cristiano Ronaldo has made the most appearances in the UEFA Team of the Year with 15 in total. He also made 14 consecutive appearances.
Player Appearances
  Cristiano Ronaldo 15
  Lionel Messi 12
  Sergio Ramos 9
  Iker Casillas 6
  Carles Puyol
  Andrés Iniesta
  Gianluigi Buffon 5
  Dani Alves
  Thierry Henry
  Philipp Lahm
  Gerard Piqué
  Xavi
  Zlatan Ibrahimović 4
  Alessandro Nesta
  Manuel Neuer
  John Terry
  David Alaba 3
  Kevin De Bruyne
  Steven Gerrard
  Kaká
  Toni Kroos
  Marcelo
  Luka Modrić
  Pavel Nedvěd
  Ronaldinho
  Thiago Silva
  Virgil van Dijk
  Zinedine Zidane
  Gareth Bale 2
  David Beckham
  Cafu
  Ashley Cole
  Samuel Eto'o
  Cesc Fàbregas
  Eden Hazard
  Robert Lewandowski
  Paolo Maldini
  Neymar
  Mesut Özil
  Franck Ribéry
  Arjen Robben
  Roberto Carlos
  Clarence Seedorf
  Andriy Shevchenko
56 players 1

By coach edit

 
José Mourinho is the manager with the most appearances (4) in the UEFA Team of the Year.
Manager Appearances
  José Mourinho 4
  Alex Ferguson 2
  Gérard Houllier 1
  Şenol Güneş
  Frank Rijkaard
  Pep Guardiola

By club edit

Club Players
  Real Madrid 40
  Barcelona
  Bayern Munich 26
  Juventus 21
  Liverpool 19
  Milan 18
  Chelsea 11
  Arsenal 10
  Manchester United 9
  Internazionale 6
  Paris Saint-Germain
  Ajax 5
  Manchester City 4
  Porto 3
  Valencia
  Atlético Madrid 2
  Tottenham Hotspur
  Alavés 1
  Bayer Leverkusen
  Blackburn Rovers
  Borussia Dortmund
  Fenerbahçe
  Lazio
  Lyon
  Sevilla

By country edit

Country Players
  Spain 44
  Brazil 26
  France 20
  Germany 19
  Portugal 19
  Italy 16
  Argentina 13
  England 11
  Netherlands 8
  Sweden 5
  Belgium 4
  Czech Republic
  Austria 3
  Croatia
  Cameroon 2
  Romania
  Ukraine
  Poland
  Wales
  Canada 1
  Colombia
  Côte d'Ivoire
  Finland
  Republic of Ireland
  Scotland
  Turkey
  Uruguay
  Senegal

UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year edit

In November 2015, UEFA published their Ultimate Team of the Year, composed of the 18 players (11 starters and 7 substitutes) with the all-time most appearances in the UEFA Team of the Year, since its inception in 2001.

All-time XI Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
  Iker Casillas (Real Madrid/Porto)   Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
  Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
  Alessandro Nesta (Lazio/Milan)
  Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
  Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
  Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
  Xavi (Barcelona)
  Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Real Madrid)
  Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
  Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Substitutes Appearances (as of 2015)
  John Terry 4
  Zlatan Ibrahimović 4
  Gianluigi Buffon 3
  Pavel Nedvěd 3
  Zinedine Zidane 3
  Ronaldinho 3
  Kaká 3

In November 2017, UEFA published an UEFA all-time XI of the century so far, their second Ultimate Team of the Year, composed of the 11 players with the all-time most appearances in the UEFA Team of the Year, since its inception in 2001.[23]

All-time XI Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
  Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)   Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
  Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
  Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
  Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
  Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
  Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
  Xavi (Barcelona)
  Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Real Madrid)
  Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
  Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b UEFA Team of the Year - Awards History, retrieved 2007-12-13
  2. ^ UEFA.com (2019-11-26). "Voting starts for UEFA.com fans' Team of the Year | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  3. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2001". UEFA.com.
  4. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2002". UEFA.com.
  5. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2003". UEFA.com.
  6. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2004". UEFA.com.
  7. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2005". UEFA.com.
  8. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2006". UEFA.com.
  9. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2007". UEFA.com.
  10. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2008". UEFA.com.
  11. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2009". UEFA.com.
  12. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2010". UEFA.com.
  13. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2011". UEFA.com.
  14. ^ "TEAM OF THE YEAR 2012". UEFA.com.
  15. ^ "UEFA.com users' Team of the Year 2013 revealed". UEFA.com. 15 January 2014.
  16. ^ "Team of the Year 2014". UEFA.com.
  17. ^ "Team of the Year 2015". UEFA.com. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  18. ^ "Team of the Year 2016". UEFA.com. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Facts and figures: UEFA.com Team of the Year 2017". UEFA.com: The official website for European football. UEFA. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  20. ^ "UEFA.com fans' Team of the Year 2018 revealed". UEFA.com: The official website for European football. UEFA. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  21. ^ "UEFA.com fans' Team of the Year 2019 revealed". UEFA.com: The official website for European football. UEFA. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  22. ^ "UEFA.com Fans' Teams of the Year 2020 announced". UEFA.com: The official website for European football. UEFA. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  23. ^ "Ultimate Team of the Year: the all-time XI". UEFA.com. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

External links edit

  • UEFA Team of the Year uefa.com
  • List of previous UEFA Team of the Year uefa.com