World Soccer (magazine)
English-language football magazine
World Soccer is an English-language football magazine, published by Kelsey Media . The magazine was established in 1960 and is the oldest continually published football magazine in the United Kingdom.[ 2] [ 3] It specialises in the international football scene. Its regular contributing writers include Brian Glanville , Keir Radnedge, Sid Lowe , Tim Vickery , and Henry Winter . World Soccer is a member of the European Sports Media (ESM), an umbrella group of similar magazines printed in other languages. The members of this group elect a European "Team of the Month" and a European "Team of the Year".
Since 1982, World Soccer has also organised "Player of the Year", "Manager of the Year" and "Team of the Year" awards.[ 4] [ 5]
History
The magazine was first published in London in October 1960, by Echo Publications. The first edition featured an image of Titus Buberník and Svatopluk Pluskal on the front cover.[ 6] It was edited by Robert Bolle, with Graham Payne, editor of weekly sister publication Soccer Star , as features editor; Jack Rollin, who later edited The Football Yearbook for many years, as home editor; and Eric Batty as overseas editor.[ 7] [ 8] Batty, who later edited the magazine, published an annual World XI from 1960 to 1992.[ 9] Brian Glanville has written a column for the magazine since April 1963.[ 10] [ 11] In 1970, Soccer Star , which was first published on 20 September 1952 as Raich Carter 's Soccer Star , was incorporated into World Soccer .[ 12] Keir Radnedge, who had been associate editor, took over from Philip Rising as editor in the late 1980s and was replaced by deputy editor Gavin Hamilton in January 1998 and became executive editor.[ 13] Radnedge continues to have a monthly column in the magazine.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
TI Media (formerly IPC Magazines, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) published the magazine until the May 2020 issue with Kelsey Media taking over the following issue after they acquired the title from Future plc (owner of competing title FourFourTwo ), the corporate successor of TI Media.[ 17] Hamilton, who had worked for World Soccer for 26 years, stepped down as editor after publishing the 60th anniversary edition in June 2020.[ 18]
Other regular contributors have included Paul Gardner , with a focus on football in the United States; David Conn ; Jonathan Wilson ; Mark Gleeson on African football; Tim Vickery , Brian Homewood and Eric Weil on South American football.
Award winners
Lionel Messi is the record winner of World Soccer awards having won a total of nine: six men's world player of the year awards and three (consecutive) young player of the year awards. He has also been included in the greatest XI of all time.
Men's World Player of the Year
All-time wins
By player
By country
By league
Young Player of the Year
Men's World Manager of the Year
All-time wins
By manager
By country
Men's World Team of the Year
By team
Women's World Player of the Year
Source:[ 32] [ 33] [ 35] [ 47] [ 48] [ 49]
Women's World Manager of the Year
Women's World Team of the Year
Referee of the Year
Source:[ 38] [ 52] [ 53]
Greatest XI of All Time
The list is based on the voting poll consisted of 74 experts (journalists, TV pundits, current and former players and managers) from around the world. [ 54]
(Published July 2013) [ 54]
Goalkeepers
Lev Yashin
Full backs
Paolo Maldini
Central defenders
Franz Beckenbauer
Midfielders
Strikers
Greatest Managers of All Time
Map of FIFA members by number of managers ranked by France Football (2019), World Soccer (2013) or ESPN (2013)
Map of FIFA members by number of managers ranked by France Football (2019), World Soccer (2013) and ESPN (2013)
The list is based on the voting poll consisting of 74 experts (journalists, TV pundits, current and former players and managers) from around the world with each having been allotted 5 managerial picks.
(Published July 2013 )[ 54] [ 55]
Key
Managers in bold are ranked by World Soccer, France Football and ESPN [ 56] [ 57] [ 58]
Pos.
Name
Years
Notable teams
Votes
% of votes
1
Alex Ferguson (SCO )
1974–2013
Aberdeen , Scotland national team , Manchester United
49
66.22%
2
Rinus Michels (NED )
1960–1992
AFC Ajax , Barcelona , Netherlands national team
46
62.16%
3
José Mourinho (POR )
2000–
Porto , Chelsea , Inter Milan , Real Madrid , Manchester United , Tottenham , Roma
21
28.38%
4
Helenio Herrera (ARG )
1944–1970, 1973–1981
Sevilla , Atlético Madrid , Barcelona , Inter Milan
19
25.68%
5
Pep Guardiola (ESP )
2007–
Barcelona , Bayern Munich , Manchester City
18
24.32%
6
Arrigo Sacchi (ITA )
1985–1999, 2001
Parma , Milan , Italy national team , Atlético Madrid
15
20.27%
7
Valeriy Lobanovskyi (UKR )
1969–2002
Dnipro , Dynamo Kyiv , Soviet Union national team , Ukraine national team
14
18.92%
8
Bob Paisley (ENG )
1974–1983
Liverpool
12
16.22%
9
Herbert Chapman (ENG )
1907–1918, 1921–1934
Northampton Town , Leeds City , Huddersfield Town , Arsenal
9
12.16%
Béla Guttmann (HUN )
1933–1939, 1945–1951, 1953–1962, 1964–1967, 1973
Milan , São Paulo , Porto , Benfica , Peñarol
Ernst Happel (AUT )
1962–1992
Feyenoord , Sevilla , Netherlands national team , Brugge , Hamburger SV
Mário Zagallo (BRA )
1966–1991, 1994–2001
Botafogo , Flamengo , Brazil national team , Vasco da Gama
13
Vittorio Pozzo (ITA )
1912–1922, 1924–1926, 1929–1948
Italy national team , Torino , Milan
8
10.81%
Vicente del Bosque (ESP )
1987–1990, 1994, 1996, 1999–2005, 2008–2016
Real Madrid , Beşiktaş , Spain national team
Marcello Lippi (ITA )
1982–2006, 2008–2010, 2012–2014, 2016–2019
Napoli , Juventus , Inter Milan , Italy national team , Guangzhou Evergrande , China national team
Telê Santana (BRA )
1969–1996
Atlético Mineiro , Palmeiras , São Paulo , Botafogo , Flamengo , Brazil national team
17
Brian Clough (ENG )
1965–1993
Derby County , Leeds United , Nottingham Forest
7
9.46%
18
Ottmar Hitzfeld (GER )
1983–2004, 2007–2014
Borussia Dortmund , Bayern Munich , Switzerland national team
6
8.11%
19
Sepp Herberger (GER )
1930–1942, 1945–1946, 1950–1964
Germany national team , Eintracht Frankfurt
5
6.76%
Bill Shankly (SCO )
1949–1974
Carlisle United , Huddersfield Town , Liverpool
Giovanni Trapattoni (ITA )
1974–2013
Milan , Inter Milan , Juventus , Bayern Munich , Fiorentina , Italy national team
22
César Luis Menotti (ARG )
1970, 1972–1984, 1986–1994, 1996–1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Argentina national team , Barcelona , Atlético Madrid , Boca Juniors , Independiente
4
5.41%
23
Enzo Bearzot (ITA )
1964–1986
Italy national team
3
4.05%
Jimmy Hogan (ENG )
1910–1912, 1914–1921, 1924, 1924–1927, 1931–1939
MTK Budapest , Netherlands national team , Fulham , Aston Villa
Hennes Weisweiler (GER )
1948–1983
Borussia Mönchengladbach , Barcelona , 1. FC Köln
Helmut Schön (GER )
1952–1984
Germany national team
Fabio Capello (ITA )
1991–2015, 2017–2018
Milan , Real Madrid , Roma , Juventus , England national team
28
Franz Beckenbauer (GER )
1984–1991, 1993–1994, 1996
Germany national team , Bayern Munich , Marseille
2
2.70%
Carlos Bilardo (ARG )
1971, 1973–1993, 1996, 1998–2000, 2003–2004
Estudiantes , Colombia national team , Argentina national team , Sevilla , Boca Juniors
Johan Cruyff (NED )
1985–1996
AFC Ajax , Barcelona
Vicente Feola (BRA )
1937–1942, 1947–1950, 1955–1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1966
São Paulo , Brazil national team , Boca Juniors
Alf Ramsey (ENG )
1955–1974, 1977–1978
Ipswich Town , England national team
Gusztáv Sebes (HUN )
1940–1946, 1949–1957
Hungary national team
Jock Stein (SCO )
1960–1985
Celtic Glasgow , Scotland national team , Leeds United
Luiz Felipe Scolari (BRA )
1982–2019
Brazil national team , Portugal national team , Grêmio , Palmeiras , Chelsea
36
Luis Aragonés (ESP )
1974–2009
Atletico Madrid , Real Betis , Barcelona , Sevilla , Spain national team
1
1.35%
Leo Beenhakker (NED )
1965–
AFC Ajax , Netherlands national team , Real Madrid , Feyenoord
Rafael Benítez (ESP )
1993–
Valencia , Liverpool , Internazionale , Chelsea , Napoli , Real Madrid , Newcastle United
Marcelo Bielsa (ARG )
1990–
Newell's Old Boys , América , Vélez Sarsfield , Argentina , Chile , Athletic Bilbao , Marseille , Leeds United
Bob Bradley (USA )
1981–
Chicago Fire , MetroStars , United States national team , Egypt national team , Los Angeles FC
Matt Busby (SCO )
1945–1969, 1970–1971
Manchester United
Jack Charlton (ENG )
1973–1996
Middlesbrough , Sheffield Wednesday , Newcastle United , Republic of Ireland national team
Kazimierz Górski (POL )
1959–1985
Legia Warsaw , Poland national team , Panathinaikos , Olympiacos
Jupp Heynckes (GER )
1979–2018
Borussia Mönchengladbach , Bayern Munich , Real Madrid , Benfica , Schalke
Gérard Houllier (FRA )
1973–2011
Paris Saint-Germain , France national team , Liverpool , Lyon
Tomislav Ivić (CRO )
1967–2004
Hajduk Split , Dinamo Zagreb , Croatia national team , Ajax , Anderlecht , Standard Liège , Galatasaray , Fenerbahçe , Panathinaikos , Porto , Benfica , Paris Saint-Germain , Atlético Madrid , Marseille
Ștefan Kovács (ROM )
1952–1987
Steaua București , Ajax , France national team , Romania national team , Panathinaikos , Monaco
Udo Lattek (GER )
1970–2000
Bayern Munich , Borussia Mönchengladbach , Barcelona
Hugo Meisl (AUT )
1912–14, 1919–37
Austria national team
Otto Rehhagel (GER )
1972–2010, 2012
Fortuna Düsseldorf , Werder Bremen , Bayern Munich , 1. FC Kaiserslautern , Greece national team
Carlos Alberto Parreira (BRA )
1968–2010
Fluminense , Brazil national team , Valencia , Fenerbahçe , Corinthians , South Africa national team
Antoni Piechniczek (POL )
1973–1990, 1993–1997
Polish national team
Nereo Rocco (ITA )
1947–1977
Padova , Milan
Árpád Weisz (HUN )
1926–1940
Internazionale , Bologna
Arsène Wenger (FRA )
1984–2018
Monaco , Nagoya Grampus Eight , Arsenal
Walter Winterbottom (ENG )
1946–1962
England national team
Greatest Players of the 20th century
In the December 1999 issue, a readers' poll listing the 100 greatest football players of the 20th century was published.[ 60]
World Player of the Decade 2000s
In 2009, a World Player of the Decade was announced based on the reader's votes from 2000 to 2009 in the annual Player of the Year polls.[ 61]
World Player of the Decade 2000s
Eric Batty's World XI
Since the first year of publication of World Soccer and over a 30-year period, overseas editor Eric Batty published his team selection of the best players over the season.
By player
See also
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