European Sports Media

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European Sports Media (ESM), formerly European Sports Magazines, 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)
SO FOOT (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 2013, SO FOOT is the French representative for ESM. ^[1]

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

In 2007, Soccer Weekly of China was accepted as the tenth 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

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

ESM Team of the Year

1994–95

Goalkeeper^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
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^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
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^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
Angelo Peruzzi	Jocelyn Angloma Roberto Carlos Ciro Ferrara Fernando Hierro	Alessandro Del Piero Luis Enrique Raúl Clarence Seedorf	Ronaldo Davor Šuker

1997–98

Goalkeeper^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
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^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
Carlos Roa	Laurent Blanc Bixente Lizarazu Jaap Stam Lilian Thuram	David Beckham Stefan Effenberg Siniša Mihajlović Rivaldo	Gabriel Batistuta Raúl

1999–2000

Goalkeeper^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
Oliver Kahn	Jocelyn Angloma Roberto Carlos Paolo Maldini Siniša Mihajlović	Luís Figo Roy Keane Rivaldo Juan Sebastián Verón	Raúl Andriy Shevchenko

2000–01

Goalkeeper^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
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^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
Francesco Toldo	Roberto Carlos Lúcio Carles Puyol Walter Samuel	Michael Ballack Rubén Baraja Fredrik Ljungberg Zinedine Zidane	Ruud van Nistelrooy Thierry Henry

2002–03

Goalkeeper^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
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^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
Timo Hildebrand	Roberto Ayala Roberto Carlos Paulo Ferreira Walter Samuel	Ludovic Giuly Ronaldinho Francesco Totti Zinedine Zidane	Thierry Henry Andriy Shevchenko

2004–05

Goalkeeper^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
Petr Čech	Fabio Cannavaro Carles Puyol John Terry	Deco Frank Lampard Ronaldinho Mark van Bommel	Samuel Eto'o Arjen Robben Andriy Shevchenko

2005–06

Goalkeeper^[2]	Defenders^[2]	Midfielders^[2]	Forwards^[2]
Petr Čech	Cris Lúcio Carles Puyol	Esteban Cambiasso Frank Lampard Juninho Ronaldinho	Samuel Eto'o Thierry Henry Lionel Messi

2006–07

Goalkeeper^[3]	Defenders^[3]	Midfielders^[3]	Forwards^[3]
Grégory Coupet	Dani Alves Marco Materazzi Nemanja Vidić	Juninho Cristiano Ronaldo Dejan Stanković Francesco Totti	Didier Drogba Zlatan Ibrahimović Frédéric Kanouté

2007–08

Goalkeeper^[3]	Defenders^[3]	Midfielders^[3]	Forwards^[3]
Iker Casillas	Rio Ferdinand William Gallas Christian Panucci Sergio Ramos	Cesc Fàbregas Franck Ribéry Cristiano Ronaldo	Zlatan Ibrahimović Lionel Messi Fernando Torres

2008–09

Goalkeeper^[4]	Defenders^[4]	Midfielders^[4]	Forwards^[4]
Edwin van der Sar	Dani Alves Maicon John Terry Nemanja Vidić	Steven Gerrard Lionel Messi Xavi	Samuel Eto'o Grafite Vedad Ibišević

2009–10

Goalkeeper^[5]	Defenders^[5]	Midfielders^[5]	Forwards^[5]
Júlio César	Lúcio Maicon John Terry	Dani Alves Cesc Fàbregas Frank Lampard Wesley Sneijder	Lionel Messi Arjen Robben Wayne Rooney

2010–11

Goalkeeper^[6]	Defenders^[6]	Midfielders^[6]	Forwards^[6]
Víctor Valdés	Dani Alves Mats Hummels Gerard Piqué Nemanja Vidić	Andrés Iniesta Nuri Şahin Xavi	Samuel Eto'o Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo

2011–12

Goalkeeper^[7]	Defenders^[7]	Midfielders^[7]	Forwards^[7]
Manuel Neuer	Dani Alves Mats Hummels Vincent Kompany Sergio Ramos	Shinji Kagawa Andrea Pirlo Xavi	Lionel Messi Robin van Persie Cristiano Ronaldo

2012–13

Goalkeeper^[8]	Defenders^[8]	Midfielders^[8]	Forwards^[8]
Manuel Neuer	Philipp Lahm Dante Giorgio Chiellini	Bastian Schweinsteiger İlkay Gündoğan Thomas Müller	Gareth Bale Lionel Messi Zlatan Ibrahimović Cristiano Ronaldo

2013–14

Goalkeeper^[9]	Defenders^[9]	Midfielders^[9]	Forwards^[9]
Thibaut Courtois	Gerard Piqué Pepe Mehdi Benatia David Alaba	Yaya Touré Philipp Lahm Arturo Vidal	Cristiano Ronaldo Luis Suárez Zlatan Ibrahimović

2014–15

Goalkeeper^[10]	Defenders^[10]	Midfielders^[10]	Forwards^[10]
Gianluigi Buffon	Gerard Piqué Sergio Ramos Giorgio Chiellini Branislav Ivanović	Cesc Fàbregas Arjen Robben Eden Hazard	Cristiano Ronaldo Luis Suárez Lionel Messi

By player

Player	Wins
7	Roberto Carlos
	Lionel Messi
	Cristiano Ronaldo
5	Dani Alves
4	Samuel Eto'o
	Paolo Maldini
	Carles Puyol
	Zinedine Zidane
	Zlatan Ibrahimović
3	Raúl
	Thierry Henry
	Frank Lampard
	Lúcio
	Alessandro Del Piero
	Ronaldinho
	Andriy Shevchenko
	John Terry
	Francesco Totti
	Nemanja Vidić
	Xavi
	Sergio Ramos

References

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External links

ESM

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v t e European Golden Shoe
L'Équipe award	1967–68: Eusébio 1968–69: Zhekov 1969–70: Müller 1970–71: Skoblar 1971–72: Müller 1972–73: Eusébio 1973–74: Yazalde 1974–75: Georgescu 1975–76: Kaiafas 1976–77: Georgescu 1977–78: Krankl 1978–79: Kist 1979–80: Vandenbergh 1980–81: Slavkov 1981–82: Kieft 1982–83: Gomes 1983–84: Rush 1984–85: Gomes 1985–86: Van Basten 1986–87: Cămătaru & Polster 1987–88: Çolak 1988–89: Mateuț 1989–90: Sánchez & Stoichkov 1990–91: Pančev
Unofficial	1991–92: McCoist 1992–93: McCoist 1993–94: Taylor 1994–95: Avetisyan 1995–96: Endeladze
ESM award	1996–97: Ronaldo 1997–98: Machlas 1998–99: Jardel 1999–2000: Phillips 2000–01: Larsson 2001–02: Jardel 2002–03: Makaay 2003–04: Henry 2004–05: Henry & Forlán 2005–06: Toni 2006–07: Totti 2007–08: C. Ronaldo 2008–09: Forlán 2009–10: Messi 2010–11: C. Ronaldo 2011–12: Messi 2012–13: Messi 2013–14: C. Ronaldo & Suárez 2014–15: C. Ronaldo 2015–16: Suárez 2016–17: Messi 2017–18: Messi 2018–19: Messi 2019–20: Immobile 2020–21: Lewandowski 2021–22: Lewandowski 2022–23: Haaland