Until 2003 it was elected by the coaches of the national teams, each selecting three players who obtain respectively 5, 3 and 1 points. In 2004 rules changed and a preliminary list of 35 eligible players was established by FIFA; then the coaches and captains of the national teams, each selected three players who obtain respectively 5, 3 and 1 points. List of Winners YEAR WINNER (Club - Country) 1991 Lothar MATTHÄUS (Internazionale - Germany) 1992 Marco VAN BASTEN (Milan AC - Netherlands) 1993 Roberto BAGGIO (Juventus - Italy) 1994 ROMÁRIO da Souza Faria (FC Barcelona - Brazil) 1995 George WEAH (Milan AC - Liberia) 1996 RONALDO Nazario de Lima (PSV Eindhoven & FC Barcelona - Brazil) 1997 RONALDO Nazario de Lima (FC Barcelona & Inter Milan - Brazil) 1998 Zinedine ZIDANE (Juventus - France) 1999 RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (FC Barcelona - Brazil) 2000 Zinedine ZIDANE (Juventus - France) 2001 Luis FIGO (Real Madrid - Portugal) 2002 RONALDO Nazario de Lima (Inter Milan & Real Madrid - Brazil) 2003 Zinedine ZIDANE (Real Madrid - France) 2004 Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (FC Barcelona – Brazil) 2005 Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (FC Barcelona – Brazil) 2006 Fabio CANNAVARO (Juventus & Real Madrid – Italy)
1991 (66 votes)
1. Lothar MATTHÄUS (Germany) 128 pts
2. Jean-Pierre PAPIN (France) 113
3. Gary LINEKER (England) 40
4. Robert PROSINECKI (Yugoslavia & Croatia) 38
5. Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands) 23
6. Franco BARESI (Italy) 12
7. Iván ZAMORANO (Chile) 10
8. Andreas BREHME (Germany) 9
9. Gianluca VIALLI (Italy) 8
10. Enzo SCIFO (Belgium) 7
1992 (71 votes)
1. Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands) 161 pts
2. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria) 88
3. Thomas HÄSSLER (Germany) 61
4. Jean-Pierre PAPIN (France) 46
5. Brian LAUDRUP (Denmark) 44
Peter SCHMEICHEL (Denmark) 44
7. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 29
8. Frank RIJKAARD (Netherlands) 23
9. Abedi AYEW PELÉ (Ghana) 10
Franco BARESI (Italy) 10
Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 10
1993 (71 votes)
1. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy) 152 pts
2. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 84
3. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 58
4. Peter SCHMEICHEL (Denmark) 29
5. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria) 22
6. Faustino ASPRILLA (Colombia) 21
7. José Gama de Oliveira BEBETO (Brazil) 16
8. Ronald KOEMAN (Netherlands) 15
9. Anthony YEBOAH (Ghana) 13
10. RAÍ Souza Vieira de Oliveira (Brazil) 12
1994 (83 votes)
1. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 346 pts
2. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria) 100
3. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy) 80
4. Gheorghe HAGI (Romania) 50
5. Paolo MALDINI (Italy) 40
6. José Gama de Oliveira BEBETO (Brazil) 16
7. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 11
8. Carlos Bledorn Verri DUNGA (Brazil) 9
9. Franco BARESI (Italy) 7
Tomas BROLIN (Sweden) 7
Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 7
MAURO da SILVA Gomes (Brazil) 7
1995 (95 votes)
1. George WEAH (Liberia) 170 pts
2. Paolo MALDINI (Italy) 80
3. Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 58
4. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 50
5. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy) 49
6. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria) 37
7. Iván ZAMORANO (Chile) 36
8. Osvaldo Giroldo Junior JUNINHO (Brazil) 28
9. Matthias SAMMER (Germany) 23
10. Michael LAUDRUP (Denmark) 20
Gianfranco ZOLA (Italy) 20
1996 (120 votes)
1. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 329 pts
2. George WEAH (Liberia) 140
3. Alan SHEARER (England) 123
4. Matthias SAMMER (Germany) 109
5. Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 54
6. Nwankwo KANU (Nigeria) 32
7. Paolo MALDINI (Italy) 25
8. Davor SUKER (Croatia) 24
9. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 19
10. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 13
1997 (121 votes)
1. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 480 pts
2. ROBERTO CARLOS Da Silva (Brazil) 85
3. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 62
Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 62
5. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain) 51
6. Alessandro DEL PIERO (Italy) 27
7. Davor SUKER (Croatia) 20
8. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 16
Alan SHEARER (England) 16
10. LEONARDO Nascimento de Araujo (Brazil) 14
Peter SCHMEICHEL (Denmark) 14
1998 (132 votes)
1. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 518 pts
2. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 164
3. Davor SUKER (Croatia) 108
4. Michael OWEN (England) 43
5. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 40
6. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 37
7. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 33
8. Edgar DAVIDS (Netherlands) 26
9. Marcel DESAILLY (France) 23
10. Lilian THURAM (France) 14
1999 (140 votes)
1. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 543 pts
2. David BECKHAM (England) 194
3. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 79
4. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 68
5. Christian VIERI (Italy) 39
6. Luis FIGO (Portugal) 35
7. Andrei SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine) 34
8. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain) 31
9. Andy COLE (England) 24
10. Dwight YORKE (Trinidad & Tobago) 19
2000 (150 votes)
1. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 370 pts
2. Luis FIGO (Portugal) 329
3. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 263
4. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 57
5. Andrei SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine) 48
6. David BECKHAM (England) 41
7. Thierry HENRY (France) 35
8. Alessandro NESTA (Italy) 23
9. Patrick KLUIVERT (Netherlands) 22
10. Francesco TOTTI (Italy) 14
RAÚL González Blanco (Spain) 14
2001 (130 votes)
1. Luis FIGO (Portugal) 250 pts
2. David BECKHAM (England) 238
3. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain) 96
4. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 94
5. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 92
6. Juan Sebastián VERÓN (Argentina) 71
7. Oliver KAHN (Germany) 65
8. Michael OWEN (England) 61
9. Andrei SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine) 46
10. Francesco TOTTI (Italy) 40
2002 (147 votes)
1. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 387 pts
2. Oliver KAHN (Germany) 171
3. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 148
4. ROBERTO CARLOS Da Silva (Brazil) 114
5. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 92
6. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain) 90
7. Michael BALLACK (Germany) 82
8. David BECKHAM (England) 51
9. Thierry HENRY (France) 38
10. Michael OWEN (England) 34
2003 (142 votes)
1. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 264 pts
2. Thierry HENRY (France) 186
3. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 176
4. Pavel NEDVED (Czech Republic) 158
5. ROBERTO CARLOS Da Silva (Brazil) 105
6. Ruud VAN NISTELROOIJ (Netherlands) 86
7. David BECKHAM (England) 74
8. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain) 39
9. Paolo MALDINI (Italy) 37
10. Andrei SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine) 26
2004 (302 votes: 157 coaches / 145 captains)
1. Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (Brazil) 620 pts
2. Thierry HENRY (France) 552
3. Andriy SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine) 253
4. Pavel NEDVED (Czech Republic) 178
5. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 150
6. ADRIANO Ribeiro Leite (Brazil) 98
7. Anderson Luis de Sousa "DECO" (Portugal) 96
RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 96
9. Ruud VAN NISTELROOIJ (Netherlands) 67
10. Ricardo Izecson Santos "KAKA" (Brazil) 64
Wayne ROONEY (England) 64
2005 (301 votes: 156 coaches / 145 captains)
1. Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (Brazil) 956 pts
2. Frank LAMPARD (England) 306
3. Samuel ETO’O (Cameroon) 190
4. Thierry HENRY (France) 172
5. ADRIANO Ribeiro Leite (Brazil) 170
6. Andriy SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine) 153
7. Steven GERRARD (England) 131
8. Ricardo Izecson Santos "KAKA" (Brazil) 101
9. Paolo MALDINI (Italy) 76
10. Didier DROGBA (Ivory Coast) 65
2006 (330 votes: 165 coaches / 165 captains)
1. Fabio CANNAVARO (Italy) 498 pts
2. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 454
3. Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (Brazil) 380
4. Thierry HENRY (France) 317
5. Samuel ETO’O (Cameroon) 300
6. Didier DROGBA (Ivory Coast) 150
7. Ricardo Izecson Santos "KAKA" (Brazil) 139
8. Gianluigi BUFFON (Italy) 118
9. Andrea PIRLO (Italy) 86
10. Cristiano RONALDO (Portugal) 69
Players' All-time ranking by places (top 5)
1 2 3 4 5
Zinedine Zidane 3 1 2 2 1
Ronaldo Nazário de Lima 3 1 1
Ronaldinho de Assis 2 1
Romário de Souza Faria 1 1 1
Luis Figo 1 1
George Weah 1 1
Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira 1 1 2
Roberto Baggio 1 1 1
Marco Van Basten 1 1
Lothar Matthäus 1
Fabio Cannavaro 1
Thierry Henry 2 2
Hristo Stoitchkov 2 1
David Beckham 2
Roberto Carlos Da Silva 1 1 1
Jean-Pierre Papin 1 1
Paolo Maldini 1 1
Oliver Kahn 1
Frank Lampard 1
Dennis Bergkamp 2
Gabriel Batistuta 1 1 1
Jürgen Klinsmann 1 1
Raúl González Blanco 1 1
Andrei Shevchenko 1 1
Samuel Eto’o 1 1
Thomas Hässler 1
Gary Lineker 1
Alan Shearer 1
Davor Suker 1
Pavel Nedved 2
Peter Schmeichel 1 1
Gheorghe Hagi 1
Michael Owen 1
Robert Prosinecki 1
Matthias Sammer 1
Adriano Ribeiro 1
Brian Laudrup 1
Christian Vieri 1
Country's All-time ranking by places (top 5)
1 2 3 4 5
Brazil 7 3 3 2 4
France 3 4 2 5 1
Italy 2 1 1 3
Germany 1 1 2 1 1
Liberia 1 1
Portugal 1 1
Netherlands 1 2 1
England 3 2 1
Bulgaria 2 1
Argentina 1 1 1
Croatia 1 1
Spain 1 1
Ukraine 1 1
Cameroon 1 1
Czech Republic 2
Denmark 1 2
Romania 1
Notes: 3rd placed was tied once (no 4th place) and 5th place was tied once.
1) voted by FIFA Magazine and FIFA Committee 1. Michelle Akers USA 40.8 % 2. Sun Wen CHI 22.2 3. Mia Hamm USA 20.0 4. Linda Medalen NOR 7.3 5. Sylvia Neid GER 4.6 6. Pia Sundhage SWE 2.5 7. Gunn Nyborg NOR 1.5 8. Hege Riise NOR 1.0 2) voted by Internet 1. Sun Wen CHI 45.28 % 2. Mia Hamm USA 23.89 3. Michelle Akers USA 12.22 4. Linda Medalen NOR 4.86 5. Sylvia Neid GER 4.55 6. Pia Sundhage SWE 4.33 7. Gunn Nyborg NOR 2.54 8. Hege Riise NOR 2.33
Elected by the coaches of the national teams, each selecting three players who obtain respectively 5, 3 and 1 points. First awarded in 2001. List of Winners YEAR WINNER (Club - Country) 2001 Mia HAMM (Washington Freedom - USA) 2002 Mia HAMM (Washington Freedom - USA) 2003 Birgit PRINZ (Carolina Courage - Germany) 2004 Birgit PRINZ (1.FFC Frankfurt – Germany) 2005 Birgit PRINZ (1.FFC Frankfurt – Germany) 2006 MARTA Vieira da Silva (Umeaa IK – Brazil)
2001 (130? votes)
1. Mia HAMM (United States) 154 pts
2. SUN Wen (China) 79
3. Tiffeny MILBRETT (United States) 47
4. Birgit PRINZ (Germany) 40
5. Doris FITSCHEN (Germany) 37
6. Sisleide Do Amor Lima "SISSI" (Brazil) 35
7. Hanna LJUNGBERG (Sweden) 29
8. Bettina WIEGMANN (Germany) 17
9. Hege RIISE (Norway) 16
10. Dagny MELLGREN (Norway) 13
11. Brandi CHASTAIN (United States) 11
12. Claudia MÜLLER (Germany) 10
2002 (77 votes)
1. Mia HAMM (United States) 161 pts
2. Birgit PRINZ (Germany) 96
3. SUN Wen (China) 58
4. Tiffeny MILBRETT (United States) 45
5. Marinette PICHON (France) 42
6. Christine SINCLAIR (Canada) 38
7. Steffi JONES (Germany) 19
8. Hege RIISE (Norway) 17
9. SISSI (Brazil) 14
10. BAI Jie (China) 13
11. Hanna LJUNGBERG (Sweden) 11
12. Kristine LILLY (United States) 10
KATIA (Brazil) 10
2003 (100 votes)
1. Birgit PRINZ (Germany) 268 pts
2. Mia HAMM (United States) 133
3. Hanna LJUNGBERG (Sweden) 84
4. Victoria SVENSSON (Sweden) 82
5. Maren MEINERT (Germany) 69
6. Bettina WIEGMANN (Germany) 49
7. Malin MOSTRÖM (Sweden) 23
8. KATIA (Brazil) 14
Renate LINGOR (Germany) 14
10. MARTA (Brazil) 13
Silke ROTTENBERG (Germany) 13
12. Marinette PICHON (France) 11
13. Charmaine HOOPER (Canada) 10
2004 (223 votes: 114 coaches / 109 captains)
1. Birgit PRINZ (Germany) 376 pts
2. Mia HAMM (United States) 286
3. MARTA (Brazil) 281
4. Abby WAMBACH (United States) 126
5. Kristine LILLY (United States) 109
Hanna LJUNGBERG (Sweden) 109
7. Shannon BOX (United States) 102
8. Renate LINGOR (Germany) 89
Victoria SVENSSON (Sweden) 89
10. CRISTIANE (Brazil) 80
11. PRETINHA (Brazil) 68
12. FORMIGA (Brazil) 54
2005 (261 votes: 134 coaches / 127 captains)
1. Birgit PRINZ (Germany) 513 pts
2. MARTA (Brazil) 429
3. Shannon BOXX (United States) 235
4. Hanna LJUNGBERG (Sweden) 206
5. Renate LINGOR (Germany) 170
6. Maribel DOMINGUEZ (Mexico) 115
7. Solveig GULBRANDSEN (Norway) 97
Sandra MINNERT (Germany) 97
9. Christie WELSH (United States) 78
10. Kelly SMITH (England) 60
11. Malin MOSTRÖM (Sweden)
12. Laura GEORGES (France)
13. Perpetua NKWOCHA (Nigeria)
2006 (296 votes: 147 coaches / 149 captains)
1. MARTA Vieira da Silva (Brazil) 475 pts
2. Kristine LILLY (United States) 388
3. Renate LINGOR (Germany) 305
4. Abby WAMBACH (United States) 182
5. Kelly SMITH (England) 157
6. Silke ROTTENBERG (Germany) 154
7. HAN Duan (China) 116
8. MA Xiaoxu (China) 99
9. Malin MOSTRÖM (Sweden) 87
10. Lotta SCHELIN (Sweden) 82
Players' All-time ranking by places (top 5)
1 2 3 4 5
Birgit Prinz 3 1 1
Mia Hamm 2 2
Marta Vieira da Silva 1 1 1
Sun Wen 1 1
Kirstine Lilly 1 1
Hanna Ljungberg 1 1 1
Tiffeny Milbrett 1 1
Renate Lingor 1 1
Shannon Boxx 1
Abby Wambach 2
Victoria Svensson 1
Doris Fitschen 1
Marinette Pichon 1
Maren Meinert 1
Kelly Smith 1
NB: Two 5th places in 2004.
Country's All-time ranking by places (top 5)
1 2 3 4 5
Germany 3 1 1 1 3
United States 2 3 2 3 1
Brazil 1 1 1
China 1 1
Sweden 1 2 1
France 1
England 1
NB: Two 5th places in 2004.
Award won by the National Team ranked first in the last FIFA Ranking of each year. Until 1999 the team ranked on 1st place on FIFA Ranking at December was the winner. Since 2000 the Team of the Year Award goes for the national team which has the highest average points score in their seven best matches of the year. The team ranked first at the end of the year is the Top Ranked Team. For consistency purposes, we continue considering the team ranked first at the end of the year for this archive, in addition to the new Team of the Year. YEAR TEAM OF THE YEAR FIRST ON FIFA RANKING 1993 Germany Germany 1994 Brazil Brazil 1995 Brazil Brazil 1996 Brazil Brazil 1997 Brazil Brazil 1998 Brazil Brazil 1999 Brazil Brazil 2000 Netherlands Brazil 2001 Honduras France 2002 Brazil Brazil 2003 Brazil Brazil 2004 Brazil Brazil 2005 Brazil Brazil 2006 Brazil Brazil
This section lists the top-10 of the FIFA Ranking in December of each year,
until 1999 identical with the Team of the Year ranking. Note that the
points system was changed in 1999.
Since 2002, the Team of the Year Ranking is identical with the FIFA Ranking
in December again.
1993
1. Germany 59.27 pts
2. Italy 59.25
3. Brazil 58.73
4. Norway 57.92
5. Spain 57.14
6. Denmark 57.07
7. Netherlands 56.63
8. Argentina 55.29
9. Sweden 54.82
10. Ireland 54.42
1994
1. Brazil 67.18 pts
2. Spain 61.80
3. Sweden 61.41
4. Italy 61.35
5. Germany 61.25
6. Netherlands 59.91
7. Switzerland 58.30
8. Norway 58.11
9. Ireland 57.63
10. Argentina 56.67
1995
1. Brazil 68.49 pts
2. Germany 61.77
3. Italy 61.10
4. Spain 59.12
5. Russia 58.76
6. Netherlands 57.35
7. Argentina 56.88
8. France 56.73
9. Denmark 56.43
10. Norway 55.74
1996
1. Brazil 68.38 pts
2. Germany 64.46
3. France 61.37
4. Colombia 61.34
5. Czech Republic 61.11
6. Denmark 60.67
7. Russia 60.51
8. Spain 60.21
9. Netherlands 59.59
10. Italy 58.68
1997
1. Brazil 73.45 pts
2. Germany 65.41
3. Czech Republic 64.92
4. England 61.26
5. Mexico 60.80
6. France 60.36
7. Romania 60.35
8. Denmark 59.95
9. Italy 59.59
10. Colombia 59.44
1998
1. Brazil 73.44 pts
2. France 68.86
3. Germany 66.87
4. Croatia 66.75
5. Argentina 66.22
6. Yugoslavia 64.70
7. Italy 63.82
8. Czech Republic 63.80
9. England 63.13
10. Mexico 61.93
1999
1. Brazil 839 pts
2. Czech Republic 774
3. France 765
4. Spain 753
5. Germany 739
6. Argentina 721
7. Norway 718
8. Romania 715
9. Croatia 713
10. Mexico 706
2000
1. Brazil 821 pts
2. France 801
3. Argentina 773
4. Italy 742
Czech Republic 742
6. Portugal 738
7. Spain 735
8. Netherlands 709
9. Paraguay 707
Yugoslavia 707
FIFA Team of the Year Award Ranking 2000
1. Netherlands
2. Honduras
Other winners (confederationwise): Japan (AFC), Nigeria (CAF), Colombia (CSF),
Australia (OFC)
2001
1. France 812 pts
2. Argentina 802
3. Brazil 793
4. Portugal 741
5. Colombia 739
6. Italy 734
7. Spain 730
8. Netherlands 722
9. Mexico 714
10. England 712
FIFA Team of the Year Award Ranking 2001
1. Honduras 39.7 pts
2. Colombia 38.4
3. Costa Rica 37.8
4. Australia 37.4
5. Uruguay 36.3
6. Bahrain 35.8
7. Mexico 35.7
8. China 35.1
9. Ecuador 34.4
10. Venezuela 34.1
2002
1. Brazil 856 pts
2. France 787
3. Spain 779
4. Germany 761
5. Argentina 751
6. Netherlands 746
7. England 734
8. Mexico 732
9. Turkey 729
10. United States 723
2003
1. Brazil 848 pts
2. France 827
3. Spain 798
4. Netherlands 752
5. Argentina 744
6. Czech Republic 743
7. Mexico 740
8. England 738
Turkey 738
10. Italy 734
2004
1. Brazil 843 pts
2. France 792
3. Argentina 785
4. Czech Republic 777
5. Spain 765
6. Netherlands 758
7. Mexico 753
8. England 752
9. Portugal 747
10. Italy 738
2005
1. Brazil 840 pts
2. Czech Republic 796
3. Netherlands 791
4. Argentina 772
5. France 768
Mexico 768
Spain 768
8. United States 767
9. England 757
10. Portugal 754
2006
1. Brazil 1588 pts
2. Italy 1560
3. Argentina 1551
4. France 1523
5. England 1359
6. Germany 1350
7. Netherlands 1305
8. Portugal 1258
9. Nigeria 1244
10. Czech Republic 1190
All-time ranking by places (top 10)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 # Top 10
1. Brazil 12 - 2 - - - - - - - 14
2. France 1 5 2 1 1 1 - 1 - - 12
3. Germany 1 3 1 1 2 1 - - - - 9
4. Czech Republic - 2 1 2 1 1 - 1 - 1 9
5. Italy - 2 1 2 - 1 1 - 1 3 11
6. Argentina - 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 - 1 12
7. Spain - 1 2 2 3 - 2 1 - - 11
8. Netherlands - - 1 1 - 4 2 2 1 - 11
9. Sweden - - 1 - - - - - 1 - 2
10. England - - - 1 1 - 1 2 2 1 8
11. Colombia - - - 1 1 - - - - 1 3
12. Portugal - - - 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 5
13. Norway - - - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 4
14. Croatia - - - 1 - - - - 1 - 2
15. Mexico - - - - 2 - 2 1 1 2 8
16. Russia - - - - 1 - 1 - - - 2
17. Denmark - - - - - 2 - 1 1 - 4
18. Yugoslavia - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 2
19. Romania - - - - - - 1 1 - - 2
20. Switzerland - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
21. Turkey - - - - - - - 1 1 - 2
22. United States - - - - - - - 1 - 1 2
23. Eire - - - - - - - - 1 1 2
24. Paraguay - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Nigeria - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Notes:
1) 4th place and 9th place were tied in 2000.
2) 8th place tied in 2003.
3) 5th place tied by 3 teams in 2005.
Award won by the National Team that improved most during the year as measured by the FIFA Ranking. YEAR WINNER (place on the ranking) 1993 Colombia (21) 1994 Croatia (62) 1995 Jamaica (56) 1996 South Africa (19) 1997 Yugoslavia (20) 1998 Croatia (4) 1999 Slovenia (40) 2000 Nigeria (52) 2001 Costa Rica (30) 2002 Senegal (27) 2003 Bahrain (64) 2004 China (54) 2005 Ghana (50) 2006 Italy (2) TOP-3 BY YEAR 1993 1. Colombia 2. Portugal 3. Morocco 1994 1. Croatia 2. Brazil 3. Uzbekistan 1995 1. Jamaica 2. Trinidad and Tobago 3. Czech Republic 1996 1. South Africa 2. Paraguay 3. Canada 1997 1. Yugoslavia 2. Bosnia-Herzegovina 3. Iran 1998 1. Croatia 2. France 3. Argentina 1999 1. Slovenia 2. Cuba 3. Uzbekistan 2000 1. Nigeria 2. Honduras 3. Cameroon 2001 1. Costa Rica 2. Australia 3. Honduras 2002 1. Senegal 2. Wales 3. Brazil 2003 1. Bahrain 2004 1. China 2005 1. Ghana 2006 1. Italy
FIFA Centennial Trophy 2002 Real Madrid FIFA Fair Play Trophy 2002 (fans of) South Korea and Japan 2003 fans of Celtic 2004 not known 2005 not known 2006 fans of the World Cup Germany 2006 FIFA Presidential Award 2003 Iraqi football community 2004 not known 2005 not known 2006 Giacinto Facchetti (Italy) (posthumous)
Since the 1978 World Cup, journalists select the best player of the tournament
who receives the "Golden Ball"; a "Silver Ball" is given to the runner-up and
a "Bronze Ball" for the third placed.
YEAR WINNER (Country)
1978 KEMPES (Argentina)
1982 Paolo ROSSI (Italy)
1986 Diego MARADONA (Argentina)
1990 Salvatore SCHILLACI (Italy)
1994 ROMÁRIO da Souza Faria (Brazil)
1998 RONALDO Luiz Nazário de Lima (Brazil)
2002 Oliver KAHN (Germany)
2006 Zinedine ZIDANE (France)
WINS BY PLAYER
1 Kahn, Kempes, Maradona, Romário, Ronaldo, Rossi, Schillaci, Zidane
WINS BY COUNTRY
2 Argentina, Italy, Brazil
1 Germany, France
PALMARES
YEAR GOLDEN BALL SILVER BALL BRONZE BALL
1978 Mario KEMPES (Arg) Paolo ROSSI (Ita) DIRCEU José Guimarães (Bra)
1982 Paolo ROSSI (Ita) Paulo Roberto FALCÃO (Bra) Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE (Ger)
1986 Diego MARADONA (Arg) Harald SCHUMACHER (Ger) Preben ELKJÆR-LARSEN (Den)
1990 Salvatore SCHILLACI (Ita) Lothar MATTHÄUS (Ger) Diego MARADONA (Arg)
1994 ROMÁRIO da Souza Faria (Bra) Roberto BAGGIO (Ita) Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bul)
1998 RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Bra) Davor SUKER (Hrv) Lilian THURAM (Fra)
2002 Oliver KAHN (Ger) RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Bra) HONG Myung Bo (Kor)
2006 Zinedine ZIDANE (Fra) Fabio CANNAVARO (Ita) Andrea PIRLO (Ita)
Players' All-time ranking by places
1 2 3
Ronaldo Luiz Nazário de Lima 1 1
Paolo Rossi 1 1
Diego Maradona 1 1
Oliver Kahn 1
Mario Kempes 1
Romário da Souza Faria 1
Salvatore Schillaci 1
Zinedine Zidane 1
Roberto Baggio 1
Fabio Cannavaro 1
Paulo Roberto Falcão 1
Lothar Matthäus 1
Harald Schumacher 1
Davor Suker 1
Dirceu José Guimarães 1
Preben Elkjær-Larsen 1
Hong Myung-Bo 1
Andrea Pirlo 1
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1
Hristo Stoitchkov 1
Lilian Thuram 1
Country's All-time ranking by places
1 2 3
Italy 2 3 1
Brazil 2 2 1
Argentina 2 1
Germany 1 2 1
France 1 1
Croatia 1
Denmark 1
Bulgaria 1
South Korea 1
Since the 1978 World Cup, FIFA oficially gives the Fair Play Award. It is given to to the team with the best record of fair play according to a points system and criteria established by the FIFA Fair Play Committee. Only teams qualified to the second round are eligible. YEAR WINNER 1978 Argentina 1982 Brazil 1986 Brazil 1990 England 1994 Brazil 1998 England - France [shared] 2002 Belgium 2006 Brazil – Spain [shared]
Since the 1994 World Cup, FIFA oficially gives the "Lev Yashin" Award to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. YEAR WINNER 1994 Michel PREUD’HOMME (Belgium) 1998 Fabien BARTHEZ (France) 2002 Oliver KAHN (Germany) 2006 Gianluigi BUFFON (Italy)
Since the 2006 World Cup, FIFA oficially gives the Young Player Award; players up to 21 years-old are elegible. YEAR WINNER 2006 Lukas Podolski (Germany)
2002 South Korea 2006 Portugal
Since the beginning of the U-17 World Championship in 1985, FIFA gives three
awards : Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the topscorer) and
Fair Play (for a national team).
Golden Ball
YEAR WINNER (country)
1985 César de OLIVEIRA (Brazil)
1987 Phillip OSUNDO (Nigeria)
Moussa TRAORÉ (Ivory Coast)
1989 James WILL (Scotland)
1991 Nii LAMPTEY (Ghana)
1993 Daniel ADDO (Ghana)
1995 Mohamed KATHIRI (Oman)
1997 SERGIO Santamaria (Spain)
1999 Landon DONOVAN (United States)
2001 Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE (France)
2003 Francesc Fabregas "CESC" (Spain)
2005 ANDERSON Luis de Abreu Oliveira (Brazil)
Golden Shoe
YEAR WINNER (country) GOALS
1985 Marcel WITECZEK (West Germany) 8
1987 Moussa TRAORÉ (Ivory Coast) 5
1989 Fode CAMARA (Guinea) 3
1991 ADRIANO Gerlim da Silva (Brazil) 4
1993 Wilson ORUMA (Nigeria) 6
1995 Daniel ALLSOP (Australia) 5
1997 DAVID Rodríguez-Fraile (Spain) 7
1999 Ishmael ADDO (Ghana) 7
2001 Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE (France) 9
2003 Francesc Fabregas "CESC" (Spain) 5
2005 Carlos VELA (Mexico) 5
Fair Play Team
YEAR WINNER
1985 West Germany
1987 Soviet Union
1989 Bahrain
1991 Argentina
1993 Nigeria
1995 Brazil
1997 Argentina
1999 Mexico
2001 Nigeria
2003 Costa Rica
2005 North Korea
Since the beginning of the World Youth Championship in 1977, FIFA gives three awards : Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the topscorer) and Fair Play (for a national team). Golden Ball YEAR WINNER (country) 1977 Vladimir BESSONOV (Soviet Union) 1979 Diego MARADONA (Argentina) 1981 Romulus GABOR (Romania) 1983 GEOVANI Silva (Brazil) 1985 Paulo SILAS (Brazil) 1987 Robert PROSINECKI (Yugoslavia) 1989 BISMARCK Barreto Faria (Brazil) 1991 Emilio PEIXE (Portugal) 1993 ADRIANO Gerlim da Silva (Brazil) 1995 CAIO Ribeiro Decoussau (Brazil) 1997 Nicolas OLIVERA (Uruguay) 1999 Seydou KEITA (Mali) 2001 Javier SAVIOLA (Argentina) 2003 Ismail MATAR (UAE) 2005 Lionel MESSI (Argentina) Golden Shoe YEAR WINNER (country) GOALS 1977 QUINA (Brazil) 4 1979 Ramón DIAZ (Argentina) 8 1981 Mark KOUSSAS (Australia) 4 1983 GEOVANI Silva (Brazil) 6 1985 Sebastian LOSADA (Spain) 3 1987 Marcel WITECZEK (West Germany) 7 1989 Oleg SALENKO (Soviet Union) 5 1991 Serguei CHERBAKOV (Soviet Union) 5 1993 Henry ZAMBRANO (Colombia) 3 1995 Joseba ETXEBERRIA (Spain) 7 1997 ADAÍLTON Martins (Brazil) 10 1999 PABLO González (Spain) 5 2001 Javier SAVIOLA (Argentina) 11 2003 Ed JOHNSON (USA) 4 2005 Lionel MESSI (Argentina) 6 Fair Play Team YEAR WINNER 1977 Brazil 1979 Poland 1981 Australia 1983 South Korea 1985 Colombia 1987 West Germany 1989 USA 1991 Soviet Union 1993 England 1995 Japan 1997 Argentina 1999 Croatia 2001 Argentina 2003 Colombia 2005 Colombia
Since the Confederations Cup was made official by FIFA in 1997, three
awards are given: Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the
topscorer) and Fair Play (for a national team). In the first two editions,
not officially recognized by FIFA, there were also awards for best player
and topscorer.
Golden Ball
YEAR WINNER (country)
1992 Fernando REDONDO (Argentina)
1995 Brian LAUDRUP (Denmark)
1997 DENILSON de Oliveira (Brazil)
1999 Ronaldo de Assis Moreira "RONALDINHO GAÚCHO" (Brazil)
2001 Robert PIRES (France)
2003 Thierry HENRY (France)
2005 ADRIANO Ribeiro Leite (Brazil)
Golden Shoe
YEAR WINNER (country) GOALS
1992 Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 2
Bruce MURRAY (United States) 2
1995 Luis GARCÍA (Mexico) 3
1997 ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 7
1999 Ronaldo de Assis Moreira "RONALDINHO" (Brazil) 6
2001 Eric CARRIÈRE (France) 2
Robert PIRES (France) 2
2003 Thierry HENRY (France) 4
2005 ADRIANO Ribeiro Leite (Brazil) 5
Fair Play Team
YEAR WINNER
1997 South Africa
1999 Brazil
2001 Japan
2003 Japan
2005 Mexico
Since the first the Women's World Cup in 1991, three awards are given:
Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the topscorer) and
Fair Play (for a national team).
In 2003 two new awards were introduced: Best Goalkeeper and Most Entertaining Team
Golden Ball
YEAR WINNER (country)
1991 Carin JENNINGS (United States)
1995 Hege RIISE (Norway)
1999 Wen SUN (China)
2003 Birgit PRINZ (Germany)
Golden Shoe
YEAR WINNER (country) GOALS
1991 Michelle AKERS (United States) 10
1995 Ann Kristin AARØNES (Norway) 6
1999 Sisleide Do Amor Lima "SISSI" (Brazil) 7
Wen SUN (China) 7
2003 Birgit PRINZ (Germany) 7
Best Goalkeeper
YEAR WINNER (country)
2003 Silke ROTTENBERG (Germany)
Fair Play Team
YEAR WINNER
1991 not known
1995 not known
1999 China
2003 China
Most Entertaining Team
YEAR WINNER
2003 Germany
Since the first the Under-19 Women's World Cup in 2002, three awards are given: Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the topscorer) and Fair Play (for a national team). Golden Ball YEAR WINNER (country) 2002 Christine SINCLAIR (Canada) 2004 MARTA (Brazil) 2006 MA Xiaoxu (China) Golden Shoe YEAR WINNER (country) GOALS 2002 Christine SINCLAIR (Canada) 10 2004 Brittany TIMKO (Canada) 7 2006 MA Xiaoxu (China) 5 Fair Play Team YEAR WINNER 2002 Japan 2004 United States 2006 North Korea – Russia [shared]
Since the first the Club World Championship in 2000, three awards are given:
Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the topscorer) and
Fair Play (for a club).
Golden Ball
YEAR WINNER (club - country)
2000 EDILSON Silva Ferreira (Corinthians [Bra] - Brazil)
2005 ROGERIO Ceni (São Paulo [Bra] – Brazil)
2006 Anderson Luis de Sousa "DECO" (FC Barcelona [Spa] – Portugal)
Golden Shoe
YEAR WINNER (club - country) GOALS
2000 Nicolas ANELKA (Real Madrid [Spa] - France) 3
ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Vasco da Gama [Bra] - Brazil) 3
2005 Marcio AMOROSO (Sao Paulo [Bra] – Brazil) 2
Peter CROUCH (Liverpool [Eng] – England) 2
2006 Mohamed ABOUTRIKA (Al Ahly [Egy] – Egypt) 3
Fair Play Team
YEAR WINNER (country)
2000 Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia)
2005 Liverpool FC (England)
2006 FC Barcelona (Spain)
Based on votes from readers of FIFA magazine.
Club Votes
1. Real Madrid (Spain) 42,35 %
2. Manchester United (England) 9,69 %
3. Bayern München (Germany) 9,18 %
4. Barcelona (Spain) 5,61 %
5. Ajax (Netherlands) 5,10 %
Santos (Brazil) 5,10 %
7. Juventus (Italy) 2,55 %
8. Peñarol (Uruguay) 2,04 %
9. Flamengo (Brazil) 1,53 %
Milan (Italy) 1,53 %
River Plate (Argentina) 1,53 %
12. Arsenal (England) 1,02 %
Benfica (Portugal) 1,02 %
Boca Juniors (Argentina) 1,02 %
Botafogo (Brazil) 1,02 %
Independiente (Argentina) 1,02 %
Internazionale (Italy) 1,02 %
Liverpool (England) 1,02 %
other teams 6,63 %
Thanks to Marcelo Leme de Arruda (mlarruda@terra.com.br) for Club of the Century data and to Erik Garin (garinerik@hispeed.ch) for additional women data
Sources included: [rcs # 54]
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