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UEFA Team of the Year

UEFA Team of the Year

Award

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.

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Selection process

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

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

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Coach: France Gérard Houllier: England Liverpool

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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

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Coach: Turkey Şenol Güneş: Turkey Turkey

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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

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Coach: Portugal José Mourinho: Portugal Porto

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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

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Coach: Portugal José Mourinho: Portugal Porto / England Chelsea

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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

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Coach: Portugal José Mourinho: England Chelsea

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Team of the Year 2006

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Coach: Netherlands Frank Rijkaard: Spain Barcelona

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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

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Coach: Scotland Alex Ferguson: England Manchester United

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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

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Coach: Scotland Alex Ferguson: England Manchester United

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Team of the Year 2009

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Coach: Spain Pep Guardiola: Spain Barcelona

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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

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Coach: Portugal José Mourinho: Italy Internazionale / Spain Real Madrid

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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

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Voting for a coach ended this year.

Team of the Year 2012

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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

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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

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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

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Team of the Year 2016

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Team of the Year 2017

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Team of the Year 2018

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Team of the Year 2019

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Team of the Year 2020

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Most appearances

By player

Cristiano Ronaldo has made the most appearances in the UEFA Team of the Year with 15 in total. He also made 14 consecutive appearances.
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By coach

José Mourinho is the manager with the most appearances (4) in the UEFA Team of the Year.
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By club

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By country

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UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year

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.

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Substitutes Appearances (as of 2015)
England John Terry4
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović4
Italy Gianluigi Buffon3
Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd3
France Zinedine Zidane3
Brazil Ronaldinho3
Brazil Kaká3

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]

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See also

References

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