France Football
| France Football
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| description | french football magazine |
| language | French |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| First edition | January 8, 1946 |
| Frequency of publication | weekly |
| Sold edition | 213,000 copies |
| Editor-in-chief | Gérard Ernault |
| Web link | francefootball.fr |
| ISSN (print) | 0015-9557 |
France Football ( FF for short ) is a football magazine from France . The first edition appeared on January 8, 1946. At the beginning, FF also contained the official announcement organ of the French association FFF , France Football Officiel . Jacques Goddet bought the sheet at the end of 1947 ; in the 21st century it belongs to the Amaury Group, which publishes numerous print media, but is also known as a sports organizer ( Amaury Sport Organization ).
Across the Rhine, France Football is often referred to as the "Bible of football". The publishing and editorial offices are based in Paris ; the editorial team is headed by Denis Chaumier , who took over from Gérard Ernault at the turn of the year 2007/08 .
history
France Football emerged from the magazine Football , which appeared between 1927 and 1944 and was also temporarily the semi-official press organ of the FFF. At first FF appeared on normal newsprint and exclusively in black and white printing; from February 1977 (introduction of the front page in color first) it developed more and more into a magazine with numerous, large-scale color photos. Your selling edition developed in parallel of 120,000 (1975) to 213,000 copies (2004).
From 1974 to 1982 and from 1997 to 2013 two editions were published weekly (Tuesdays and Fridays) - the Friday edition from 1978 to 1982 was called France Foot 2 - and since April 2013 only the Tuesday edition. With the number 3587 of January 21, 2015, this publication date was changed to Wednesday.
Awards
- France Football , based on an idea by Gabriel Hanot, has been organizing the (calendar) annual election of the winner of the Ballon d'Or (“Golden Ball”) for the best European (since 2007 the world's best) footballer since 1956 ; in addition, the editors of a sports newspaper from every European country cast their vote for players from a list of suggestions that the FF editors put together. Until 1995, the selection was limited to players from a UEFA member country; Since then, all players have been available who - regardless of nationality - play in a European club. Since 2007 players from all clubs in the world can be elected. At an event not dissimilar to the Oscar awards at the end of November (since December 2016), the respective winner of the election was publicly announced. Between 2010 and 2015, France Football, together with FIFA, voted for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, so that the “Golden Ball” received the status of the official world footballer. The cooperation was not extended after disputes with the new FIFA President Gianni Infantino .
- Since 1970 FF has carried out a similar election for African footballers; this competition has been organized by the African Football Association since 1985 .
- In France itself, France Football awards a number of awards:
- The Étoile d'Or (“Golden Star”) seasonally for those players in France who, based on the sum of their ratings (0 to 6 stars), receive the best overall rating during each individual game day; a distinction has been made between goalkeepers and field players for several years .
- The French "Footballer of the Year" (since 1963) is chosen for the calendar year; Since 1996 it can also be French playing abroad. Since 2001 this has no longer been chosen by the editorial team, but by the previous laureates themselves.
- The French football coach of the year award has been held since 1970 .
- In the 21st century, awards are also given to the clubs in the top two leagues ( Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 ) in the categories of “best club”, “best referee”, “best club official”, “best youth team” and “best youth work” .
This list, as well as the fact that the magazine reports on the top five male divisions, but only on the top division of women's football, may illustrate why France Football's one-sided focus on men's football is occasionally criticized in France.