Ranking list of German football / 2000s

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This article gives an overview of the history of the ranking of German football by kicker sports magazine from 2000 to 2009.

Chronicle of the 2000s

Explanation: The flag in front of the player name indicates the nationality of the player or (in the case of dual citizenship or after a change of nationality) the national team for which the player was playing or was eligible to play at the time the ranking was published. If no flag is inserted in front of the name, the player in question had German citizenship at the time the ranking list appeared.

Summer 2000

Published in the kicker editions of July 10, 2000 (56/2000), July 17, 2000 (58/2000), July 24, 2000 (60/2000) and July 31, 2000 (62/2000). The ranking evaluates the first half of 2000.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich ) Hans Jörg Butt ( Hamburger SV )
Frank Rost ( Werder Bremen )
Dirk Heinen ( Eintracht Frankfurt )
Daniel Hoffmann ( TSV 1860 Munich ) Gábor Király ( Hertha BSC )
HungaryHungary
defender - Jens Nowotny ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Nico-Jan Hoogma ( Hamburger SV ) Samuel Kuffour ( FC Bayern Munich )
NetherlandsNetherlands
GhanaGhana
CroatiaCroatia Robert Kovač ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Boris Živković ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Jan Seifert ( SpVgg Unterhaching ) Harry Koch ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Marcelo Bordon ( VfB Stuttgart ) Andrej Panadić ( Hamburger SV ) Markus Babbel ( FC Bayern Munich ) Marko Rehmer ( Hertha BSC ) Waldemar Kryger ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Patrik Andersson ( FC Bayern Munich ) Thomas Linke ( FC Bayern Munich )
CroatiaCroatia


BrazilBrazil
CroatiaCroatia


PolandPoland
SwedenSweden
Libero - - Lothar Matthäus ( NY / NJ MetroStars ) Ned Zelic ( TSV 1860 Munich ) Ciriaco Sforza ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
AustraliaAustralia
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Outside track - FranceFrance Bixente Lizarazu ( FC Bayern Munich ) Hasan Salihamidžić ( FC Bayern Munich )
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
Sebastian Deisler ( Hertha BSC )
Christian Ziege ( FC Middlesbrough )
Marco Bode ( Werder Bremen )
Marco Gebhardt ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) Lewan Kobiaschwili ( SC Freiburg )
Georgia 1990Georgia
Midfield defensive BrazilBrazil Emerson ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) CroatiaCroatia Niko Kovač ( Hamburger SV ) Jens Jeremies ( FC Bayern Munich )
Dietmar Hamann ( FC Liverpool )
Carsten Ramelow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Thomas Gravesen ( Hamburger SV ) Mario Basler ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Zvonimir Soldo ( VfB Stuttgart ) Thorsten Fink ( FC Bayern Munich ) Pablo Thiam ( VfB Stuttgart ) Peter Wibrån ( Hansa Rostock ) Matthias Zimmermann ( SpVgg Unterhaching ) Martin Stranzl ( TSV 1860 Munich ) Danny Schwarz ( SpVgg Unterhaching ) Roman Týce ( TSV 1860 Munich ) Bernhard Trares ( Werder Bremen ) Hany Ramzy ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
DenmarkDenmark

CroatiaCroatia

Guinea-aGuinea
SwedenSweden

AustriaAustria

Czech RepublicCzech Republic

EgyptEgypt
Midfield offensive Stefan Effenberg ( FC Bayern Munich ) Stefan Beinlich ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) RomaniaRomania Dorinel Munteanu ( VfL Wolfsburg )
Michael Ballack ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Thomas Häßler ( TSV 1860 Munich )
Horst Heldt ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) Zoubaier Baya ( SC Freiburg ) Markus Weissenberger ( Arminia Bielefeld )
TunisiaTunisia
AustriaAustria
striker - BrazilBrazil Zé Roberto ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Paulo Sérgio ( FC Bayern Munich ) Martin Max ( TSV 1860 Munich ) Giovane Élber ( FC Bayern Munich )
BrazilBrazil

BrazilBrazil
FranceFrance Youri Djorkaeff ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
Mehmet Scholl ( FC Bayern Munich )
Oliver Bierhoff ( AC Milan )
Ulf Kirsten ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Paulo Rink ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Carsten Jancker ( FC Bayern Munich )
Michael Preetz ( Hertha BSC ) Jörgen Pettersson ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Emile Mpenza ( FC Schalke 04 ) Ebbe Sand ( FC Schalke 04 ) Hans van de Haar ( SSV Ulm 1846 ) Victor Agali ( Hansa Rostock ) Jochen Seitz ( SpVgg Unterhaching ) Andrzej Juskowiak ( VfL Wolfsburg )
SwedenSweden
BelgiumBelgium
DenmarkDenmark
NetherlandsNetherlands
NigeriaNigeria

PolandPoland
Germans abroad - - Stefan Klos ( Glasgow Rangers )
Robert Enke ( Benfica Lisbon )
Oliver Kreuzer ( FC Basel )
Jörg Heinrich ( AC Florence )
Gerhard Poschner ( Rayo Vallecano )
Mustafa Doğan ( Fenerbahçe Istanbul )
Markus Schupp ( SK Sturm Graz )
Jörg Albertz ( Glasgow Rangers )
Markus Beginning ( FC Tirol Innsbruck )

Winter 2000/01

Published in the kicker editions of December 27, 2000 (104 + 105/2000), January 2, 2001 (1 + 2/2001), January 8, 2001 (4/2001) and January 15, 2001 (6 / 2001). The ranking evaluates the second half of 2000.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich ) Georg Koch ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Dirk Heinen ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) Rein van Duijnhoven ( VfL Bochum ) Oliver Reck ( FC Schalke 04 ) Richard Golz ( SC Freiburg ) Martin Pieckenhagen ( Hansa Rostock ) Frank Rost ( Werder Bremen ) Claus Reitmaier ( VfL Wolfsburg )
NetherlandsNetherlands




defender - - PolandPoland Tomasz Wałdoch ( FC Schalke 04 )
Andreas Schmidt ( Hertha BSC ) Boubacar Diarra ( SC Freiburg ) Tomasz Hajto ( FC Schalke 04 ) Robert Kovač ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Moses Sichone ( 1. FC Cologne ) Patrik Andersson ( FC Bayern Munich )
MaliMali
PolandPoland
CroatiaCroatia
ZambiaZambia
SwedenSweden
Libero - - Jens Nowotny ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Thomas Cichon ( 1. FC Cologne )
Sebastian Kehl ( SC Freiburg ) Zvonimir Soldo ( VfB Stuttgart ) Jörg Heinrich ( Borussia Dortmund )
CroatiaCroatia
Outside track - - Jörg Böhme ( FC Schalke 04 ) Hasan Salihamidžić ( FC Bayern Munich ) Matthias Scherz ( 1. FC Cologne ) Lewan Kobiaschwili ( SC Freiburg ) Michael Hartmann ( Hertha BSC )
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina

Georgia 1990Georgia
Midfield defensive - - CroatiaCroatia Niko Kovač ( Hamburger SV ) Miroslav Stević ( Borussia Dortmund ) Carsten Ramelow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Andreas Zeyer ( SC Freiburg ) Jiří Němec ( FC Schalke 04 ) Charles Akonnor ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Niels Oude Kamphuis ( FC Schalke 04 )
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia


Czech RepublicCzech Republic
GhanaGhana
NetherlandsNetherlands
Midfield offensive - Mehmet Scholl ( FC Bayern Munich )
Michael Ballack ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Dirk Lottner ( 1. FC Cologne ) Sergej Barbarez ( Hamburger SV ) Vasile Miriuță ( Energie Cottbus )
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
HungaryHungary
striker - DenmarkDenmark Ebbe Sand ( FC Schalke 04 )
AustraliaAustralia Paul Agostino ( TSV 1860 Munich ) Emile Mpenza ( FC Schalke 04 ) Miroslav Klose ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Heiko Herrlich ( Borussia Dortmund ) Giovane Élber ( FC Bayern Munich ) Christian Timm ( 1. FC Cologne ) Carsten Jancker ( FC Bayern Munich ) Oliver Neuville ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Michael Preetz ( Hertha BSC ) Andrzej Juskowiak ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Ulf Kirsten ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
BelgiumBelgium


BrazilBrazil




PolandPoland
Germans abroad - - Stefan Klos ( Glasgow Rangers )
Robert Enke ( Benfica Lisbon )
Markus Babbel ( Liverpool FC )
Mustafa Doğan ( Fenerbahçe Istanbul )
Markus Münch ( Beşiktaş Istanbul )
Dietmar Hamann ( Liverpool FC )
Gerhard Poschner ( Rayo Vallecano )
Markus Schupp ( SK Sturm Graz )
Jörg Albertz ( Glasgow Rangers )
Markus Anfang ( FC Tirol Innsbruck )
Oliver Bierhoff ( AC Milan )

Summer 2001

Published in the kicker editions of May 28, 2001 (44/2001), June 5, 2001 (46/2001), June 11, 2001 (48/2001) and June 18, 2001 (50/2001). The ranking evaluates the first half of 2001.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich ) Frank Rost ( Werder Bremen )
Martin Pieckenhagen ( Hansa Rostock )
Richard Golz ( SC Freiburg )
Oliver Reck ( FC Schalke 04 )
Jens Lehmann ( Borussia Dortmund ) Tomislav Piplica ( Energie Cottbus ) Timo Hildebrand ( VfB Stuttgart ) Hans Jörg Butt ( Hamburger SV ) Georg Koch ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina


defender - BrazilBrazil Lúcio ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Jürgen Kohler ( Borussia Dortmund )
Jens Nowotny ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Mladen Krstajić ( Werder Bremen ) Thomas Linke ( FC Bayern Munich ) Marcelo Bordon ( VfB Stuttgart ) Tomasz Wałdoch ( FC Schalke 04 ) Boubacar Diarra ( SC Freiburg ) Robert Kovač ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Tomáš Ujfaluši ( Hamburger SV ) Christian Wörns ( Borussia Dortmund ) Andreas Schmidt ( Hertha BSC ) Samuel Kuffour ( FC Bayern Munich )
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia

BrazilBrazil
PolandPoland
MaliMali
CroatiaCroatia
Czech RepublicCzech Republic


GhanaGhana
Libero - SwedenSweden Patrik Andersson ( FC Bayern Munich ) Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jiří Němec ( FC Schalke 04 )
Stefan Schnoor ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Zvonimir Soldo ( VfB Stuttgart ) Alexander Strehmel ( SpVgg Unterhaching )
CroatiaCroatia
Outside track - FranceFrance Bixente Lizarazu ( FC Bayern Munich ) Georgia 1990Georgia Lewan Kobiaschwili ( SC Freiburg )
Marko Rehmer ( Hertha BSC )
Jörg Böhme ( FC Schalke 04 )
Torsten Frings ( Werder Bremen )
Gerald Asamoah ( FC Schalke 04 )
Daniel Bierofka ( TSV 1860 Munich ) Dedê ( Borussia Dortmund )
BrazilBrazil
Midfield defensive - - Jens Jeremies ( FC Bayern Munich )
Sebastian Kehl ( SC Freiburg )
Midfield offensive - Mehmet Scholl ( FC Bayern Munich ) Sergej Barbarez ( Hamburger SV ) Sebastian Deisler ( Hertha BSC ) Stefan Effenberg ( FC Bayern Munich ) Tomáš Rosický ( Borussia Dortmund )
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina


Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Andreas Möller ( FC Schalke 04 ) Yıldıray Baştürk ( VfL Bochum ) Lars Ricken ( Borussia Dortmund ) Vasile Miriuță ( Energie Cottbus ) Thomas Häßler ( TSV 1860 Munich )
TurkeyTurkey

HungaryHungary
striker PeruPeru Claudio Pizarro ( Werder Bremen ) BrazilBrazil Giovane Élber ( FC Bayern Munich ) Ebbe Sand ( FC Schalke 04 ) Emile Mpenza ( FC Schalke 04 )
DenmarkDenmark
BelgiumBelgium
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Vratislav Lokvenc ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Adhemar ( VfB Stuttgart ) Paweł Kryszałowicz ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) Ulf Kirsten ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Adel Sellimi ( SC Freiburg )
BrazilBrazil
PolandPoland

TunisiaTunisia
Germans abroad - Markus Babbel ( Liverpool FC ) Stefan Klos ( Glasgow Rangers )
Robert Enke ( Benfica Lisbon )
Mustafa Doğan ( Fenerbahçe Istanbul )
Dietmar Hamann ( FC Liverpool )
Jörg Albertz ( Glasgow Rangers )
Markus Anfang ( FC Tirol Innsbruck )

Winter 2001/02

Published in the kicker editions of December 24, 2001 (104 + 105/2001), January 7, 2002 (3 + 4/2002), January 14, 2002 (6/2002) and January 21, 2002 (8 / 2002). The ranking evaluates the second half of 2001.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich ) Jens Lehmann ( Borussia Dortmund )
Frank Rost ( Werder Bremen )
Hans Jörg Butt ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Claus Reitmaier ( VfL Wolfsburg )
Georg Koch ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
Oliver Reck ( FC Schalke 04 )
Martin Pieckenhagen ( Hamburger SV )
Timo Hildebrand ( VfB Stuttgart )
Central defender BrazilBrazil Lúcio ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) BrazilBrazil Marcelo Bordon ( VfB Stuttgart ) Robert Kovač ( FC Bayern Munich ) Samuel Kuffour ( FC Bayern Munich )
CroatiaCroatia
GhanaGhana
Jens Nowotny ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Christian Wörns ( Borussia Dortmund )
Jürgen Kohler ( Borussia Dortmund )
Thomas Hengen ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Frank Verlaat ( Werder Bremen ) Frank Baumann ( Werder Bremen ) Nico-Jan Hoogma ( Hamburger SV ) Tomasz Hajto ( FC Schalke 04 )
NetherlandsNetherlands

NetherlandsNetherlands
PolandPoland
Outside defensive - FranceFrance Bixente Lizarazu ( FC Bayern Munich ) Diego Placente ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
ArgentinaArgentina
Marko Rehmer ( Hertha BSC ) Willy Sagnol ( FC Bayern Munich ) Evanilson ( Borussia Dortmund )
FranceFrance
BrazilBrazil
Offensive on the outside - BrazilBrazil Zé Roberto ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Bernd Schneider ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Hasan Salihamidžić ( FC Bayern Munich ) Paulo Sérgio ( FC Bayern Munich ) Christian Rahn ( FC St. Pauli )
BrazilBrazil
Midfield defensive - Michael Ballack ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Torsten Frings ( Werder Bremen )
Carsten Ramelow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Zvonimir Soldo ( VfB Stuttgart ) Thorsten Fink ( FC Bayern Munich ) Fabian Ernst ( Werder Bremen ) Daniel Borimirow ( TSV 1860 Munich ) Sven Kmetsch ( FC Schalke 04 ) Ratinho ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
CroatiaCroatia


BulgariaBulgaria

BrazilBrazil
Midfield offensive - - BrazilBrazil Lincoln ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Yıldıray Baştürk ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Tomáš Rosický ( Borussia Dortmund ) Lars Ricken ( Borussia Dortmund ) Thomas Häßler ( TSV 1860 Munich )
TurkeyTurkey
Czech RepublicCzech Republic

striker - BrazilBrazil Giovane Élber ( FC Bayern Munich )
Oliver Neuville ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Claudio Pizarro ( FC Bayern Munich ) Ewerthon ( Borussia Dortmund ) Márcio Amoroso ( Borussia Dortmund )
PeruPeru
BrazilBrazil
BrazilBrazil
BrazilBrazil Aílton ( Werder Bremen ) Marcelinho ( Hertha BSC ) Tomislav Marić ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Ulf Kirsten ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Vratislav Lokvenc ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Miroslav Klose ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Ebbe Sand ( FC Schalke 04 )
BrazilBrazil
CroatiaCroatia

Czech RepublicCzech Republic

DenmarkDenmark
Germans abroad - Dietmar Hamann ( Liverpool FC ) Marc Ziegler ( FC Tirol Innsbruck )
Stefan Klos ( Glasgow Rangers )
Robert Enke ( Benfica Lisbon )
Mustafa Doğan ( Fenerbahçe Istanbul )
Christian Ziege ( Tottenham Hotspur )
Steffen Freund ( Tottenham Hotspur )

Summer 2002

Published in the kicker issues of July 8, 2002 (56/2002), July 15, 2002 (58/2002), July 22, 2002 (60/2002) and July 29, 2002 (62/2002). The ranking evaluates the first half of 2002.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich ) Frank Rost ( Werder Bremen ) Oliver Reck ( FC Schalke 04 ) Gábor Király ( Hertha BSC ) Jens Lehmann ( Borussia Dortmund ) Hans Jörg Butt ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Jörg Stiel ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Martin Pieckenhagen ( Hamburger SV )
HungaryHungary


SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Central defender BrazilBrazil Lúcio ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Jens Nowotny ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Christian Wörns ( Borussia Dortmund )
Christoph Metzelder ( Borussia Dortmund ) Andreas Jakobsson ( Hansa Rostock ) Thomas Linke ( FC Bayern Munich )
SwedenSweden
CroatiaCroatia Robert Kovač ( FC Bayern Munich ) Josip Šimunić ( Hertha BSC ) Samuel Kuffour ( FC Bayern Munich ) Tomasz Wałdoch ( FC Schalke 04 ) Aleksander Knavs ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Thomas Hengen ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Rigobert Song ( 1. FC Cologne )
CroatiaCroatia
GhanaGhana
PolandPoland
SloveniaSlovenia

CameroonCameroon
Outside defensive - ArgentinaArgentina Diego Placente ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Bixente Lizarazu ( FC Bayern Munich ) Dedê ( Borussia Dortmund )
FranceFrance
BrazilBrazil
-
Offensive on the outside - Bernd Schneider ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Zé Roberto ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
BrazilBrazil
Jörg Böhme ( FC Schalke 04 )
Mehmet Scholl ( FC Bayern Munich ) Jacek Krzynówek ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Jochen Seitz ( VfB Stuttgart ) Christian Rahn ( FC St. Pauli ) René Rydlewicz ( Hansa Rostock )
PolandPoland


Midfield defensive Michael Ballack ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Dietmar Hamann ( Liverpool FC )
Carsten Ramelow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Sebastian Kehl ( Borussia Dortmund )
Stefan Beinlich ( Hertha BSC )
Silvio Meißner ( VfB Stuttgart ) Miroslav Karhan ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Radosław Kałużny ( Energie Cottbus ) Thorsten Fink ( FC Bayern Munich )
SlovakiaSlovakia
PolandPoland
Midfield offensive - Torsten Frings ( Werder Bremen ) Yıldıray Baştürk ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Marcelinho ( Hertha BSC ) Marc Wilmots ( FC Schalke 04 )
TurkeyTurkey
BrazilBrazil
BelgiumBelgium
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Rosický ( Borussia Dortmund )
Andreas Möller ( FC Schalke 04 ) Sergej Barbarez ( Hamburger SV ) Krisztián Lisztes ( Werder Bremen )
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
HungaryHungary
striker - Miroslav Klose ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Jan Koller ( Borussia Dortmund ) Márcio Amoroso ( Borussia Dortmund ) Martin Max ( TSV 1860 Munich ) Diego Klimowicz ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Ebbe Sand ( FC Schalke 04 ) Giovane Élber ( FC Bayern Munich ) Oliver Neuville ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
BrazilBrazil

ArgentinaArgentina
DenmarkDenmark
BrazilBrazil
BrazilBrazil Aílton ( Werder Bremen ) Bernardo Romeo ( Hamburger SV ) Alex Alves ( Hertha BSC ) Marko Topić ( Energie Cottbus ) Michael Preetz ( Hertha BSC ) Vratislav Lokvenc ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Dimitar Berbatow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Roque Santa Cruz ( FC Bayern Munich ) Marco Bode ( Werder Bremen )
ArgentinaArgentina
BrazilBrazil
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina

Czech RepublicCzech Republic
BulgariaBulgaria
Paraguay 1990Paraguay
Germans abroad - - Stefan Klos ( Glasgow Rangers )
Robert Enke ( Benfica Lisbon )
Mustafa Doğan ( Fenerbahçe Istanbul )

Winter 2002/03

Published in the kicker editions of December 23, 2002 (104 + 105/2002), December 30, 2002 (1 + 2/2003), January 6, 2003 (4/2003) and January 13, 2003 (6 / 2003). The ranking evaluates the second half of 2002.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - Jens Lehmann ( Borussia Dortmund )
Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich )
Simon Jentzsch ( TSV 1860 Munich )
Frank Rost ( FC Schalke 04 )
Darius Kampa ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Rein van Duijnhoven ( VfL Bochum ) Jörg Stiel ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Claus Reitmaier ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Timo Hildebrand ( VfB Stuttgart ) Mathias Hain ( Arminia Bielefeld )
NetherlandsNetherlands
SwitzerlandSwitzerland


Central defender - - Thomas Linke ( FC Bayern Munich ) Frank Verlaat ( Werder Bremen ) Arne Friedrich ( Hertha BSC ) Christoph Metzelder ( Borussia Dortmund ) Marco van Hoogdalem ( FC Schalke 04 ) Christian Wörns ( Borussia Dortmund ) Marcelo Bordon ( VfB Stuttgart ) Lúcio ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
NetherlandsNetherlands


NetherlandsNetherlands

BrazilBrazil
BrazilBrazil
Outside defensive - - Markus Münch ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Dedê ( Borussia Dortmund ) Andreas Hinkel ( VfB Stuttgart ) Evanilson ( Borussia Dortmund ) Willy Sagnol ( FC Bayern Munich )
BrazilBrazil

BrazilBrazil
FranceFrance
Offensive on the outside - - Paul Freier ( VfL Bochum )
Bernd Schneider ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
René Rydlewicz ( Hansa Rostock )
Midfield defensive - Michael Ballack ( FC Bayern Munich )
Torsten Frings ( Werder Bremen )
Fabian Ernst ( Werder Bremen )
Stefan Reuter ( Borussia Dortmund )
Jens Jeremies ( FC Bayern Munich ) Zvonimir Soldo ( VfB Stuttgart ) Peer Kluge ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Sebastian Schindzielorz ( VfL Bochum ) Godfried Aduobe ( Hansa Rostock ) Christian Poulsen ( FC Schalke 04 ) Jaime ( Hanover 96 )
CroatiaCroatia


GhanaGhana
DenmarkDenmark
SpainSpain
Midfield offensive - Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Rosický ( Borussia Dortmund ) Johan Micoud ( Werder Bremen )
FranceFrance
BrazilBrazil Marcelinho ( Hertha BSC )
Stefan Effenberg ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Aljaksandr Hleb ( VfB Stuttgart ) Dariusz Wosz ( VfL Bochum ) David Jarolím ( 1. FC Nürnberg )
Belarus 1995Belarus

Czech RepublicCzech Republic
striker - BrazilBrazil Aílton ( Werder Bremen ) Jan Koller ( Borussia Dortmund )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Benjamin Lauth ( TSV 1860 Munich )
Kevin Kurányi ( VfB Stuttgart ) Thomas Christiansen ( VfL Bochum ) Fredi Bobic ( Hannover 96 ) Giovane Élber ( FC Bayern Munich ) Markus Schroth ( TSV 1860 Munich ) Ewerthon ( Borussia Dortmund ) Saša Ćirić ( 1. FC Nuremberg ) Bernardo Romeo ( Hamburger SV ) Claudio Pizarro ( FC Bayern Munich ) Artur Wichniarek ( Arminia Bielefeld ) Diego Klimowicz ( VfL Wolfsburg )
SpainSpain

BrazilBrazil

BrazilBrazil
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia
ArgentinaArgentina
PeruPeru
PolandPoland
ArgentinaArgentina
Germans abroad - - Stefan Klos ( Glasgow Rangers )
Dietmar Hamann ( Liverpool FC )

Summer 2003

Published in the kicker editions of June 16, 2003 (50/2003), June 23, 2003 (52/2003), June 30, 2003 (54/2003), July 7, 2003 (56/2003) and of July 14, 2003 (58/2003). The ranking evaluates the first half of 2003.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - Jens Lehmann ( Borussia Dortmund )
Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich ) Rein van Duijnhoven ( VfL Bochum ) Tim Wiese ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Frank Rost ( FC Schalke 04 )
NetherlandsNetherlands

Timo Hildebrand ( VfB Stuttgart )
Claus Reitmaier ( VfL Wolfsburg )
André Lenz ( Energie Cottbus )
Simon Jentzsch ( TSV 1860 Munich )
Darius Kampa ( 1. FC Nürnberg )
Roman Weidenfeller ( Borussia Dortmund )
Central defender - - Thomas Linke ( FC Bayern Munich ) Nico-Jan Hoogma ( Hamburger SV ) Robert Kovač ( FC Bayern Munich ) Mladen Krstajić ( Werder Bremen ) Christoph Metzelder ( Borussia Dortmund ) Samuel Kuffour ( FC Bayern Munich ) Vinicius ( Hannover 96 ) Bastian Reinhardt ( Arminia Bielefeld ) Tomáš Ujfaluši ( Hamburger SV ) Ahmed Madouni ( Borussia Dortmund ) Marcelo Bordon ( VfB Stuttgart ) Christian Wörns ( Borussia Dortmund )
NetherlandsNetherlands
CroatiaCroatia
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro

GhanaGhana
BrazilBrazil

Czech RepublicCzech Republic
AlgeriaAlgeria
BrazilBrazil
Outside defensive - FranceFrance Willy Sagnol ( FC Bayern Munich ) Arne Friedrich ( Hertha BSC )
Andreas Hinkel ( VfB Stuttgart ) Bill Tchato ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Niels Oude Kamphuis ( FC Schalke 04 ) Dedê ( Borussia Dortmund ) Bixente Lizarazu ( FC Bayern Munich ) Bernd Hollerbach ( Hamburger SV )
CameroonCameroon
NetherlandsNetherlands
BrazilBrazil
FranceFrance
Offensive on the outside - IranIran Mehdi Mahdavikia ( Hamburger SV ) Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jiří Štajner ( Hannover 96 ) Zé Roberto ( FC Bayern Munich ) José Dominguez ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Jörg Böhme ( FC Schalke 04 ) Owen Hargreaves ( FC Bayern Munich )
BrazilBrazil
PortugalPortugal

EnglandEngland
Midfield defensive - Michael Ballack ( FC Bayern Munich ) Zvonimir Soldo ( VfB Stuttgart )
CroatiaCroatia
AlbaniaAlbania Altin Lala ( Hannover 96 )
Jens Jeremies ( FC Bayern Munich ) Godfried Aduobe ( Hansa Rostock ) Fabian Ernst ( Werder Bremen ) Ciriaco Sforza ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Marcel Maltritz ( Hamburger SV ) Collin Benjamin ( Hamburger SV )
GhanaGhana

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

NamibiaNamibia
Midfield offensive - BrazilBrazil Marcelinho ( Hertha BSC ) BulgariaBulgaria Krassimir Balakow ( VfB Stuttgart ) Tomáš Rosický ( Borussia Dortmund ) Aljaksandr Hleb ( VfB Stuttgart )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Belarus 1995Belarus
striker - BrazilBrazil Giovane Élber ( FC Bayern Munich ) Jan Koller ( Borussia Dortmund )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
SpainSpain Thomas Christiansen ( VfL Bochum ) Claudio Pizarro ( FC Bayern Munich ) Mikael Forssell ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Tomislav Marić ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Kevin Kurányi ( VfB Stuttgart ) Miroslav Klose ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Fredi Bobic ( Hannover 96 ) Michael Preetz ( Hertha BSC )
PeruPeru
FinlandFinland
CroatiaCroatia



Germans abroad - Stefan Klos ( Glasgow Rangers ) Dietmar Hamann ( FC Liverpool )
Simon Cziommer ( FC Twente Enschede )

Winter 2003/04

Published in the kicker editions of December 22, 2003 (104/2003), December 29, 2003 (2/2004), January 5, 2004 (4/2004) and January 12, 2004 (6/2004). The ranking evaluates the second half of 2003.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - Timo Hildebrand ( VfB Stuttgart ) Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich )
Mathias Schober ( Hansa Rostock )
Hans Jörg Butt ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Frank Rost ( FC Schalke 04 ) Rein van Duijnhoven ( VfL Bochum )
NetherlandsNetherlands
Central defender - BrazilBrazil Marcelo Bordon ( VfB Stuttgart ) Juan ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Lúcio ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
BrazilBrazil
BrazilBrazil
PortugalPortugal Fernando Meira ( VfB Stuttgart )
Christian Wörns ( Borussia Dortmund ) Mladen Krstajić ( Werder Bremen ) Valérien Ismaël ( Werder Bremen ) Robert Kovač ( FC Bayern Munich ) Jens Nowotny ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro
FranceFrance
CroatiaCroatia
Outside defensive - FranceFrance Bixente Lizarazu ( FC Bayern Munich )
Philipp Lahm ( VfB Stuttgart )
Andreas Hinkel ( VfB Stuttgart )
Patrick Weiser ( 1. FC Cologne )
Offensive on the outside - - CroatiaCroatia Marko Babić ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Martin Petrow ( VfL Wolfsburg )
BulgariaBulgaria
Midfield defensive - CroatiaCroatia Zvonimir Soldo ( VfB Stuttgart )
Fabian Ernst ( Werder Bremen )
Michael Ballack ( FC Bayern Munich )
Frank Baumann ( Werder Bremen ) Dedê ( Borussia Dortmund ) Sunday Oliseh ( VfL Bochum ) Jurica Vranješ ( VfB Stuttgart ) Carsten Ramelow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
BrazilBrazil
NigeriaNigeria
CroatiaCroatia
Midfield offensive - FranceFrance Johan Micoud ( Werder Bremen ) Belarus 1995Belarus Aljaksandr Hleb ( VfB Stuttgart ) Andrés D'Alessandro ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Robson Ponte ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Miroslav Karhan ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Sergej Barbarez ( Hamburger SV ) Krisztián Lisztes ( Werder Bremen )
ArgentinaArgentina
BrazilBrazil
SlovakiaSlovakia
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
HungaryHungary
striker - BrazilBrazil Aílton ( Werder Bremen ) Roy Makaay ( FC Bayern Munich ) Martin Max ( Hansa Rostock )
NetherlandsNetherlands
IranIran Vahid Haschemian ( VfL Bochum ) Claudio Pizarro ( FC Bayern Munich ) Miroslav Klose ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Diego Klimowicz ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Kevin Kurányi ( VfB Stuttgart ) Ivan Klasnić ( Werder Bremen ) Imre Szabics ( VfB Stuttgart ) Peter Madsen ( VfL Bochum ) Jan Koller ( Borussia Dortmund ) Fernando Baiano ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Aleksandre Iaschwili ( SC Freiburg ) Thomas Christiansen ( Hannover 96 ) Dimitar Berbatow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
PeruPeru

ArgentinaArgentina

CroatiaCroatia
HungaryHungary
DenmarkDenmark
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
BrazilBrazil
Georgia 1990Georgia
SpainSpain
BulgariaBulgaria
Germans abroad - Stefan Klos ( Glasgow Rangers ) Jens Lehmann ( Arsenal FC )
Markus Babbel ( Blackburn Rovers )
Michael Tarnat ( Manchester City )
Moritz Volz ( Fulham FC )
Steffen Hofmann ( SK Rapid Wien )

Summer 2004

Published in the kicker editions of July 5, 2004 (56/2004), July 8, 2004 (57/2004), July 12, 2004 (58/2004) and July 15, 2004 (59/2004). The ranking evaluates the first half of 2004.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - Timo Hildebrand ( VfB Stuttgart ) Rein van Duijnhoven ( VfL Bochum )
NetherlandsNetherlands
Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich )
Jens Lehmann ( FC Arsenal )
Tim Wiese ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
Frank Rost ( FC Schalke 04 )
Christian Fiedler ( Hertha BSC )
Central defender - BrazilBrazil Lúcio ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Valérien Ismaël ( Werder Bremen ) Marcelo Bordon ( VfB Stuttgart ) Mladen Krstajić ( Werder Bremen )
FranceFrance
BrazilBrazil
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro
BrazilBrazil Juan ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Christian Wörns ( Borussia Dortmund ) Tomáš Ujfaluši ( Hamburger SV ) Frank Fahrenhorst ( VfL Bochum ) Fernando Meira ( VfB Stuttgart )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic

PortugalPortugal
Outside defensive - Philipp Lahm ( VfB Stuttgart ) GeorgiaGeorgia Lewan Kobiaschwili ( FC Schalke 04 )
Clemens Fritz ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Offensive on the outside - - BrazilBrazil Zé Roberto ( FC Bayern Munich )
Bastian Schweinsteiger ( FC Bayern Munich )
Bernd Schneider ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Midfield defensive - Frank Baumann ( Werder Bremen ) Zvonimir Soldo ( VfB Stuttgart )
CroatiaCroatia
Fabian Ernst ( Werder Bremen ) Dedê ( Borussia Dortmund ) Thomas Zdebel ( VfL Bochum ) Silvio Meißner ( VfB Stuttgart )
BrazilBrazil
PolandPoland
Midfield offensive - Michael Ballack ( FC Bayern Munich ) Torsten Frings ( Borussia Dortmund ) Marcelinho ( Hertha BSC ) Johan Micoud ( Werder Bremen ) Aljaksandr Hleb ( VfB Stuttgart ) Thomas Broich ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Salvatore Gambino ( Borussia Dortmund ) Dariusz Wosz ( VfL Bochum )
BrazilBrazil
FranceFrance
Belarus 1995Belarus


striker - NetherlandsNetherlands Roy Makaay ( FC Bayern Munich ) Aílton ( Werder Bremen ) Dimitar Berbatow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) França ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Martin Max ( Hansa Rostock )
BrazilBrazil
BulgariaBulgaria
BrazilBrazil
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Koller ( Borussia Dortmund )
Kevin Kurányi ( VfB Stuttgart ) Ivan Klasnić ( Werder Bremen ) Ewerthon ( Borussia Dortmund ) Ebbe Sand ( FC Schalke 04 ) Lukas Podolski ( 1. FC Köln ) Thomas Brdarić ( Hannover 96 ) Diego Klimowicz ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Vahid Haschemian ( VfL Bochum ) Peter Madsen ( VfL Bochum )
CroatiaCroatia
BrazilBrazil
DenmarkDenmark


ArgentinaArgentina
IranIran
DenmarkDenmark
Germans abroad - Stefan Klos ( Glasgow Rangers ) Moritz Volz ( FC Fulham )
Michael Tarnat ( Manchester City )
Markus Münch ( Panathinaikos Athens )
Thomas Hitzlsperger ( Aston Villa )
Steffen Hofmann ( SK Rapid Vienna )

Winter 2004/05

Published in the kicker editions of December 20, 2004 (104/2004), December 27, 2004 (? / 2004), January 3, 2005 (2/2005) and January 10, 2005 (4/2005). The ranking evaluates the second half of 2004.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - Frank Rost ( FC Schalke 04 )
Robert Enke ( Hannover 96 )
Andreas Reinke ( Werder Bremen )
Simon Jentzsch ( VfL Wolfsburg )
Timo Hildebrand ( VfB Stuttgart )
Tim Wiese ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
Roman Weidenfeller ( Borussia Dortmund )
Dimo Wache ( 1. FSV Mainz 05 ) Rein van Duijnhoven ( VfL Bochum ) Martin Pieckenhagen ( Hamburger SV ) Hans Jörg Butt ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Christian Fiedler ( Hertha BSC )
NetherlandsNetherlands


Central defender - BrazilBrazil Marcelo Bordon ( FC Schalke 04 ) Juan ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
BrazilBrazil
FranceFrance Valérien Ismaël ( Werder Bremen )
Per Mertesacker ( Hannover 96 ) Josip Šimunić ( Hertha BSC ) Lúcio ( FC Bayern Munich ) Daniel Van Buyten ( Hamburger SV ) Martin Stranzl ( VfB Stuttgart ) Mladen Krstajić ( FC Schalke 04 ) Khalid Boulahrouz ( Hamburger SV ) Markus Babbel ( VfB Stuttgart ) Petr Gabriel ( Arminia Bielefeld ) Alexander Madlung ( Hertha BSC ) Frank Baumann ( Werder Bremen ) Kevin Hofland ( VfL Wolfsburg )
CroatiaCroatia
BrazilBrazil
BelgiumBelgium
AustriaAustria
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro
NetherlandsNetherlands

Czech RepublicCzech Republic


NetherlandsNetherlands
Outside defensive - - Bernd Schneider ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Philipp Lahm ( VfB Stuttgart )
Andreas Hinkel ( VfB Stuttgart )
Arne Friedrich ( Hertha BSC )
Offensive on the outside - South AfricaSouth Africa Delron Buckley ( Arminia Bielefeld ) Jacek Krzynówek ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
PolandPoland
Patrick Owomoyela ( Arminia Bielefeld )
Silvio Schröter ( Hannover 96 )
Midfield defensive - Michael Ballack ( FC Bayern Munich ) Lewan Kobiaschwili ( FC Schalke 04 ) Zvonimir Soldo ( VfB Stuttgart )
GeorgiaGeorgia
CroatiaCroatia
Silvio Meißner ( VfB Stuttgart )
Fabian Ernst ( Werder Bremen ) Pablo Thiam ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Altin Lala ( Hannover 96 ) Julian de Guzmán ( Hannover 96 ) Niko Kovač ( Hertha BSC ) Carsten Ramelow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Guinea-aGuinea
AlbaniaAlbania
CanadaCanada
CroatiaCroatia
Midfield offensive - BrazilBrazil Marcelinho ( Hertha BSC ) Marek Mintál ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Lincoln ( FC Schalke 04 ) Johan Micoud ( Werder Bremen )
SlovakiaSlovakia
BrazilBrazil
FranceFrance
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Barbarez ( Hamburger SV ) Nebojša Krupniković ( Hannover 96 ) Aljaksandr Hleb ( VfB Stuttgart ) Torsten Frings ( FC Bayern Munich ) Ervin Skela ( Arminia Bielefeld ) Bastian Schweinsteiger ( FC Bayern Munich )
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro
Belarus 1995Belarus

AlbaniaAlbania
striker - Miroslav Klose ( Werder Bremen )
Kevin Kurányi ( VfB Stuttgart ) Dimitar Berbatow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Roy Makaay ( FC Bayern Munich ) Oliver Neuville ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Martin Petrow ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Ivan Klasnić ( Werder Bremen )
BulgariaBulgaria
NetherlandsNetherlands

BulgariaBulgaria
CroatiaCroatia
UkraineUkraine Andrij Woronin ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Claudio Pizarro ( FC Bayern Munich ) Cacau ( VfB Stuttgart ) Gerald Asamoah ( FC Schalke 04 ) Fatmir Vata ( Arminia Bielefeld ) Ebbe Sand ( FC Schalke 04 ) Jan Koller ( Borussia Dortmund ) Thomas Brdarić ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Róbert Vittek ( 1. FC Nürnberg )
PeruPeru
BrazilBrazil

AlbaniaAlbania
DenmarkDenmark
Czech RepublicCzech Republic

SlovakiaSlovakia
Germans abroad - Stefan Klos ( Glasgow Rangers ) Markus Münch ( Panathinaikos Athens )
Steffen Hofmann ( SK Rapid Vienna )

Summer 2005

Published in the kicker editions of July 4, 2005 (54/2005), July 7, 2005 (55/2005), July 11, 2005 (56/2005) and July 14, 2005 (57/2005). The ranking evaluates the first half of 2005.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - Roman Weidenfeller ( Borussia Dortmund )
Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich )
Frank Rost ( FC Schalke 04 )
Robert Enke ( Hannover 96 )
Andreas Reinke ( Werder Bremen )
Timo Hildebrand ( VfB Stuttgart )
Christian Fiedler ( Hertha BSC )
Hans Jörg Butt ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Simon Jentzsch ( VfL Wolfsburg )
Thomas Ernst ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
Central defender - BrazilBrazil Lúcio ( FC Bayern Munich ) Marcelo Bordon ( FC Schalke 04 ) Valérien Ismaël ( Werder Bremen )
BrazilBrazil
FranceFrance
Per Mertesacker ( Hannover 96 ) Robert Kovač ( FC Bayern Munich ) Josip Šimunić ( Hertha BSC ) Daniel Van Buyten ( Hamburger SV ) Christian Wörns ( Borussia Dortmund )
CroatiaCroatia
CroatiaCroatia
BelgiumBelgium
Outside defensive - - Arne Friedrich ( Hertha BSC ) Willy Sagnol ( FC Bayern Munich ) Bixente Lizarazu ( FC Bayern Munich ) Dedê ( Borussia Dortmund ) Bernd Schneider ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
BrazilBrazil
Offensive on the outside - - Bastian Schweinsteiger ( FC Bayern Munich ) Jacek Krzynówek ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Gerald Asamoah ( FC Schalke 04 ) Zé Roberto ( FC Bayern Munich ) Gilberto ( Hertha BSC ) Sebastian Deisler ( FC Bayern Munich ) Edu ( VfL Bochum )
PolandPoland

BrazilBrazil
BrazilBrazil

BrazilBrazil
Midfield defensive - - Fabian Ernst ( Werder Bremen )
Sebastian Kehl ( Borussia Dortmund ) Martín Demichelis ( FC Bayern Munich ) Florian Kringe ( Borussia Dortmund ) Torsten Frings ( FC Bayern Munich ) Gonzalo Castro ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Niko Kovač ( Hertha BSC ) Zvonimir Soldo ( VfB Stuttgart ) Lewan Kobiaschwili ( FC Schalke 04 ) Silvio Meißner ( VfB Stuttgart ) Zlatan Bajramović ( SC Freiburg )
ArgentinaArgentina



CroatiaCroatia
CroatiaCroatia
GeorgiaGeorgia

Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
Midfield offensive - Michael Ballack ( FC Bayern Munich ) Marek Mintál ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Marcelinho ( Hertha BSC ) Lincoln ( FC Schalke 04 ) Yıldıray Baştürk ( Hertha BSC )
SlovakiaSlovakia
BrazilBrazil
BrazilBrazil
TurkeyTurkey
Belarus 1995Belarus Aljaksandr Hleb ( VfB Stuttgart )
Tim Borowski ( Werder Bremen ) Tomáš Rosický ( Borussia Dortmund ) Massimilian Porcello ( Arminia Bielefeld )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
striker - NetherlandsNetherlands Roy Makaay ( FC Bayern Munich ) Jan Koller ( Borussia Dortmund ) Dimitar Berbatow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
BulgariaBulgaria
Lukas Podolski ( 1. FC Cologne ) Claudio Pizarro ( FC Bayern Munich ) Andrij Woronin ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Miroslav Klose ( Werder Bremen ) Kevin Kurányi ( VfB Stuttgart ) Ivan Klasnić ( Werder Bremen ) Aílton ( FC Schalke 04 ) Ebbe Sand ( FC Schalke 04 )
PeruPeru
UkraineUkraine


CroatiaCroatia
BrazilBrazil
DenmarkDenmark
Germans abroad - Jens Lehmann ( Arsenal FC ) Markus Münch ( Panathinaikos Athens )
Steffen Hofmann ( SK Rapid Vienna )

Winter 2005/06

Published in the kicker editions of December 27, 2005 (104/2005), January 2, 2006 (2/2006), January 9, 2006 (4/2006) and January 16, 2006 (6/2006). The ranking evaluates the second half of 2005.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich )
Frank Rost ( FC Schalke 04 )
Robert Enke ( Hannover 96 ) Kasey Keller ( Borussia Mönchengladbach )
United StatesUnited States
Christian Fiedler ( Hertha BSC )
Roman Weidenfeller ( Borussia Dortmund )
Georg Koch ( MSV Duisburg )
Timo Hildebrand ( VfB Stuttgart )
Mathias Hain ( Arminia Bielefeld )
Central defender BrazilBrazil Lúcio ( FC Bayern Munich ) BelgiumBelgium Daniel Van Buyten ( Hamburger SV ) FranceFrance Valérien Ismaël ( Werder Bremen ) Marcelo Bordon ( FC Schalke 04 )
BrazilBrazil
Outside defensive - FranceFrance Willy Sagnol ( FC Bayern Munich ) IranIran Mehdi Mahdavikia ( Hamburger SV ) Mladen Krstajić ( FC Schalke 04 ) Rafinha ( FC Schalke 04 ) Marcell Jansen ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Timothée Atouba ( Hamburger SV ) Malik Fathi ( Hertha BSC )
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro
BrazilBrazil

CameroonCameroon
Offensive on the outside - - BrazilBrazil Zé Roberto ( FC Bayern Munich )
Bastian Schweinsteiger ( FC Bayern Munich ) Tranquillo Barnetta ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) David Odonkor ( Borussia Dortmund )
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Midfield defensive - Torsten Frings ( Werder Bremen ) Martín Demichelis ( FC Bayern Munich )
ArgentinaArgentina
Stefan Beinlich ( Hamburger SV ) Christian Poulsen ( FC Schalke 04 ) Chris ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) Peer Kluge ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Sebastian Kehl ( Borussia Dortmund ) Jermaine Jones ( Eintracht Frankfurt )
DenmarkDenmark
BrazilBrazil


Midfield offensive - Tim Borowski ( Werder Bremen ) Rafael van der Vaart ( Hamburger SV ) Michael Ballack ( FC Bayern Munich )
NetherlandsNetherlands
FranceFrance Johan Micoud ( Werder Bremen ) Lincoln ( FC Schalke 04 ) David Jarolím ( Hamburger SV ) Marcelinho ( Hertha BSC ) Tomáš Rosický ( Borussia Dortmund ) Antônio da Silva ( 1. FSV Mainz 05 ) Alexander Meier ( Eintracht Frankfurt )
BrazilBrazil
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
BrazilBrazil
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
BrazilBrazil
striker - Miroslav Klose ( Werder Bremen ) TurkeyTurkey Halil Altıntop ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Euzebiusz Smolarek ( Borussia Dortmund ) Sergej Barbarez ( Hamburger SV ) Claudio Pizarro ( FC Bayern Munich ) Ivan Klasnić ( Werder Bremen ) Oliver Neuville ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Stefan Kießling ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Sibusiso Zuma ( Arminia Bielefeld )
PolandPoland
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
PeruPeru
CroatiaCroatia


South AfricaSouth Africa
Germans abroad - Jens Lehmann ( Arsenal FC ) -

Summer 2006

Published in the kicker editions of July 17, 2006 (58/2006), July 20, 2006 (59/2006), July 24, 2006 (60/2006) and July 27, 2006 (61/2006). The ranking evaluates the first half of 2006.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper Jens Lehmann ( Arsenal FC ) Frank Rost ( FC Schalke 04 ) Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich )
Raphael Schäfer ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Kasey Keller ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Dennis Gentenaar ( Borussia Dortmund ) Robert Enke ( Hannover 96 ) Florian Fromlowitz ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Georg Koch ( MSV Duisburg )
United StatesUnited States
NetherlandsNetherlands


Central defender - BrazilBrazil Lúcio ( FC Bayern Munich )
Per Mertesacker ( Hannover 96 )
BrazilBrazil Marcelo Bordon ( FC Schalke 04 )
Christian Wörns ( Borussia Dortmund ) Fernando Meira ( VfB Stuttgart ) Jens Nowotny ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Juan ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Mario Cantaluppi ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Heiko Westermann ( Arminia Bielefeld )
PortugalPortugal

BrazilBrazil
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Outside defensive - Philipp Lahm ( FC Bayern Munich ) Willy Sagnol ( FC Bayern Munich )
FranceFrance
BrazilBrazil Dedê ( Borussia Dortmund ) Rafinha ( FC Schalke 04 ) Michael Tarnat ( Hannover 96 )
BrazilBrazil
Offensive on the outside - - BrazilBrazil Zé Roberto ( FC Bayern Munich )
Bastian Schweinsteiger ( FC Bayern Munich ) Tranquillo Barnetta ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Paul Freier ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Midfield defensive Torsten Frings ( Werder Bremen ) - Sebastian Kehl ( Borussia Dortmund ) Guy Demel ( Hamburger SV ) Simon Rolfes ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Ivory CoastIvory Coast
Midfield offensive - Michael Ballack ( FC Bayern Munich ) Johan Micoud ( Werder Bremen )
FranceFrance
Bernd Schneider ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Tim Borowski ( Werder Bremen ) Tomáš Rosický ( Borussia Dortmund ) Michael Thurk ( 1. FSV Mainz 05 ) Yıldıray Baştürk ( Hertha BSC )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic

TurkeyTurkey
striker Miroslav Klose ( Werder Bremen ) SlovakiaSlovakia Róbert Vittek ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Dimitar Berbatow ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
BulgariaBulgaria
Lukas Podolski ( 1. FC Cologne ) Roy Makaay ( FC Bayern Munich ) Iwan Sajenko ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Mohamed Zidan ( 1. FSV Mainz 05 ) Ioannis Amanatidis ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) Marko Pantelić ( Hertha BSC ) Halil Altıntop ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern ) Oliver Neuville ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Ivan Klasnić ( Werder Bremen )
NetherlandsNetherlands
RussiaRussia
EgyptEgypt
GreeceGreece
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro
TurkeyTurkey

CroatiaCroatia
Germans abroad - - Thomas Linke ( FC Red Bull Salzburg )
Simon Cziommer ( Roda JC Kerkrade )

Winter 2006/07

Published in the kicker editions of December 27, 2006 (104/2006), January 2, 2007 (2/2007), January 4, 2007 (3/2007) and January 8, 2007 (4/2007). The ranking evaluates the second half of 2006.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - Markus Pröll ( Eintracht Frankfurt )
Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich )
Roman Weidenfeller ( Borussia Dortmund )
Tim Wiese ( Werder Bremen )
Manuel Neuer ( FC Schalke 04 )
Raphael Schäfer ( 1. FC Nürnberg )
Mathias Hain ( Arminia Bielefeld )
Simon Jentzsch ( VfL Wolfsburg )
Central defender - BrazilBrazil Naldo ( Werder Bremen )
Per Mertesacker ( Werder Bremen )
BrazilBrazil Marcelo Bordon ( FC Schalke 04 ) Matthieu Delpierre ( VfB Stuttgart ) Daniel Van Buyten ( FC Bayern Munich ) Serdar Tasci ( VfB Stuttgart )
FranceFrance
BelgiumBelgium
Outside defensive - - Clemens Fritz ( Werder Bremen )
Philipp Lahm ( FC Bayern Munich )
Arne Friedrich ( Hertha BSC ) Arthur Boka ( VfB Stuttgart ) Rafinha ( FC Schalke 04 )
Ivory CoastIvory Coast
BrazilBrazil
Offensive on the outside - - Albert Streit ( Eintracht Frankfurt )
Midfield defensive - Torsten Frings ( Werder Bremen ) TunisiaTunisia Jawhar Mnari ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Pável Pardo ( VfB Stuttgart ) Zlatan Bajramović ( FC Schalke 04 ) Rüdiger Kauf ( Arminia Bielefeld ) Tomáš Galásek ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Frank Baumann ( Werder Bremen ) Mark van Bommel ( FC Bayern Munich )
MexicoMexico
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina

Czech RepublicCzech Republic

NetherlandsNetherlands
Midfield offensive - BrazilBrazil Diego ( Werder Bremen ) Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Zvjezdan Misimović ( VfL Bochum )
Bernd Schneider ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
striker - Miroslav Klose ( Werder Bremen ) SerbiaSerbia Marko Pantelić ( Hertha BSC ) Roy Makaay ( FC Bayern Munich ) Mario Gómez ( VfB Stuttgart ) Claudio Pizarro ( FC Bayern Munich ) Jan Schlaudraff ( Alemannia Aachen ) Theofanis Gekas ( VfL Bochum )
NetherlandsNetherlands

PeruPeru

GreeceGreece
Germans abroad - - Jens Lehmann ( FC Arsenal )
Thomas Linke ( FC Red Bull Salzburg )
Michael Ballack ( FC Chelsea )
Alexander Zickler ( FC Red Bull Salzburg )

Summer 2007

Published in the kicker editions of June 11, 2007 (48/2007), June 14, 2007 (49/2007), June 18, 2007 (50/2007) and June 21, 2007 (51/2007). The ranking evaluates the first half of 2007.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - Manuel Neuer ( FC Schalke 04 )
Timo Hildebrand ( VfB Stuttgart )
Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich )
René Adler ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Robert Enke ( Hannover 96 )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jaroslav Drobný ( VfL Bochum )
Tim Wiese ( Werder Bremen )
Raphael Schäfer ( 1. FC Nürnberg )
Frank Rost ( Hamburger SV )
Stephan Straub ( Alemannia Aachen )
Dimo Wache ( 1. FSV Mainz 05 ) Kasey Keller ( Borussia Mönchengladbach )
United StatesUnited States
Central defender - BrazilBrazil Marcelo Bordon ( FC Schalke 04 )
Per Mertesacker ( Werder Bremen ) Matthieu Delpierre ( VfB Stuttgart ) Fernando Meira ( VfB Stuttgart )
FranceFrance
PortugalPortugal
Andreas Wolf ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Naldo ( Werder Bremen )
BrazilBrazil
Outside defensive - - ArgentinaArgentina Javier Pinola ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Ludovic Magnin ( VfB Stuttgart ) Marcell Jansen ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Dedê ( Borussia Dortmund )
SwitzerlandSwitzerland

BrazilBrazil
Offensive on the outside - - Roberto Hilbert ( VfB Stuttgart ) Szabolcs Huszti ( Hannover 96 )
HungaryHungary
Midfield defensive - MexicoMexico Pável Pardo ( VfB Stuttgart )
Torsten Frings ( Werder Bremen ) Tomáš Galásek ( 1. FC Nürnberg )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
NetherlandsNetherlands Mark van Bommel ( FC Bayern Munich )
Hanno Balitsch ( Hannover 96 )
Peer Kluge ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) David Jarolím ( Hamburger SV ) Thomas Zdebel ( VfL Bochum )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
PolandPoland
Midfield offensive - Bernd Schneider ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Diego ( Werder Bremen ) Rafael van der Vaart ( Hamburger SV )
BrazilBrazil
NetherlandsNetherlands
BrazilBrazil Marcelinho ( VfL Wolfsburg )
Thomas Hitzlsperger ( VfB Stuttgart )
striker - GreeceGreece Theofanis Gekas ( VfL Bochum ) Mohamed Zidan ( 1. FSV Mainz 05 ) Kevin Kurányi ( FC Schalke 04 ) Sergiu Radu ( Energie Cottbus ) Mario Gómez ( VfB Stuttgart ) Alexander Frei ( Borussia Dortmund )
EgyptEgypt

RomaniaRomania

SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
BrazilBrazil Cacau ( VfB Stuttgart )
Germans abroad - - Jens Lehmann ( FC Arsenal )
Thomas Linke ( FC Red Bull Salzburg )
Michael Ballack ( FC Chelsea )
Alexander Zickler ( FC Red Bull Salzburg )

Winter 2007/08

Published in the kicker editions of December 24, 2007 (104/2007), December 31, 2007 (2/2008), January 3, 2008 (3/2008) and January 7, 2008 (4/2008). The ranking evaluates the second half of 2007.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - René Adler ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Robert Enke ( Hannover 96 )
Markus Miller ( Karlsruher SC )
Frank Rost ( Hamburger SV )
Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich )
Markus Pröll ( Eintracht Frankfurt )
Central defender - BrazilBrazil Marcelo Bordon ( FC Schalke 04 ) Martín Demichelis ( FC Bayern Munich ) Lúcio ( FC Bayern Munich ) Per Mertesacker ( Werder Bremen )
ArgentinaArgentina
BrazilBrazil
Andreas Wolf ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Mario Eggimann ( Karlsruher SC ) Bastian Reinhardt ( Hamburger SV ) Manuel Friedrich ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Karim Haggui ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
SwitzerlandSwitzerland


TunisiaTunisia
Outside defensive - - Gonzalo Castro ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Heiko Westermann ( FC Schalke 04 ) Petri Pasanen ( Werder Bremen )
FinlandFinland
Offensive on the outside FranceFrance Franck Ribéry ( FC Bayern Munich ) SlovakiaSlovakia Stanislav Šesták ( VfL Bochum ) CroatiaCroatia Ivica Olić ( Hamburger SV ) Tranquillo Barnetta ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Albert Streit ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) Hamit Altıntop ( FC Bayern Munich )
SwitzerlandSwitzerland

TurkeyTurkey
Midfield defensive - Simon Rolfes ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Zé Roberto ( FC Bayern Munich ) Tomáš Galásek ( 1. FC Nürnberg )
BrazilBrazil
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Jermaine Jones ( FC Schalke 04 ) David Jarolím ( Hamburger SV ) Daniel Jensen ( Werder Bremen ) Peer Kluge ( 1. FC Nürnberg ) Nigel de Jong ( Hamburger SV ) Arturo Vidal ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
DenmarkDenmark

NetherlandsNetherlands
ChileChile
Midfield offensive - BrazilBrazil Diego ( Werder Bremen ) Rafael van der Vaart ( Hamburger SV )
NetherlandsNetherlands
Thomas Hitzlsperger ( VfB Stuttgart ) Sergej Barbarez ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Tamás Hajnal ( Karlsruher SC ) Florian Kringe ( Borussia Dortmund )
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
HungaryHungary
striker - ItalyItaly Luca Toni ( FC Bayern Munich )
Miroslav Klose ( FC Bayern Munich ) Boubacar Sanogo ( Werder Bremen )
Ivory CoastIvory Coast
SerbiaSerbia Marko Pantelić ( Hertha BSC )
Mario Gómez ( VfB Stuttgart )
Kevin Kurányi ( FC Schalke 04 ) Mladen Petrić ( Borussia Dortmund ) Stefan Kießling ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Mike Hanke ( Hannover 96 ) Hugo Almeida ( Werder Bremen ) Theofanis Gekas ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Ioannis Amanatidis ( Eintracht Frankfurt )
CroatiaCroatia


PortugalPortugal
GreeceGreece
GreeceGreece
Germans abroad - - Dietmar Hamann ( Manchester City )

Summer 2008

Published in the kicker editions of June 30, 2008 (54/2008), July 3, 2008 (55/2008), July 7, 2008 (56/2008) and July 10, 2008 (57/2008). The ranking evaluates the first half of 2008.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - René Adler ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Diego Benaglio ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Oliver Kahn ( FC Bayern Munich ) Robert Enke ( Hannover 96 )
SwitzerlandSwitzerland

Manuel Neuer ( FC Schalke 04 )
Stefan Wächter ( Hansa Rostock )
Frank Rost ( Hamburger SV )
Tom Starke ( MSV Duisburg )
Central defender - ArgentinaArgentina Martín Demichelis ( FC Bayern Munich ) Marcelo Bordon ( FC Schalke 04 )
BrazilBrazil
Per Mertesacker ( Werder Bremen )
Arne Friedrich ( Hertha BSC ) Daniel Van Buyten ( FC Bayern Munich ) Lúcio ( FC Bayern Munich ) Joris Mathijsen ( Hamburger SV )
BelgiumBelgium
BrazilBrazil
NetherlandsNetherlands
Outside defensive - - Philipp Lahm ( FC Bayern Munich )
Heiko Westermann ( FC Schalke 04 )
Marcel Schäfer ( VfL Wolfsburg )
Christian Eichner ( Karlsruher SC )
Offensive on the outside FranceFrance Franck Ribéry ( FC Bayern Munich ) - TurkeyTurkey Hamit Altıntop ( FC Bayern Munich )
Bastian Schweinsteiger ( FC Bayern Munich ) Tranquillo Barnetta ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Ivica Olić ( Hamburger SV ) Stefan Kießling ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
CroatiaCroatia
Midfield defensive - NetherlandsNetherlands Mark van Bommel ( FC Bayern Munich )
Fabian Ernst ( FC Schalke 04 )
Jermaine Jones ( FC Schalke 04 ) Zé Roberto ( FC Bayern Munich )
BrazilBrazil
NetherlandsNetherlands Nigel de Jong ( Hamburger SV )
Simon Rolfes ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Christian Gentner ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Mineiro ( Hertha BSC ) Christoph Dabrowski ( VfL Bochum )
BrazilBrazil
Midfield offensive - - BrazilBrazil Diego ( Werder Bremen ) Rafael van der Vaart ( Hamburger SV ) Ivan Rakitić ( FC Schalke 04 ) Tim Borowski ( Werder Bremen ) Arnold Bruggink ( Hannover 96 ) Ervin Skela ( Energie Cottbus ) Raffael ( Hertha BSC )
NetherlandsNetherlands
CroatiaCroatia

NetherlandsNetherlands
AlbaniaAlbania
BrazilBrazil
striker - ItalyItaly Luca Toni ( FC Bayern Munich ) Mario Gómez ( VfB Stuttgart )
Lukas Podolski ( FC Bayern Munich ) Marko Pantelić ( Hertha BSC ) Markus Rosenberg ( Werder Bremen ) Grafite ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Kevin Kurányi ( FC Schalke 04 ) Cacau ( VfB Stuttgart ) Ioannis Amanatidis ( Eintracht Frankfurt )
SerbiaSerbia
SwedenSweden
BrazilBrazil

BrazilBrazil
GreeceGreece
Germans abroad - Michael Ballack ( Chelsea FC ) Timo Hildebrand ( FC Valencia )
Steffen Hofmann ( SK Rapid Vienna )

Winter 2008/09

Published in the kicker editions of December 22, 2008 (104 + 105/2008), December 29, 2008 (106/2008 + 3/2009), January 5, 2009 (4/2009) and January 8, 2009 (5/2009). The ranking evaluates the second half of 2008.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - - René Adler ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Jaroslav Drobný ( Hertha BSC ) Dennis Eilhoff ( Arminia Bielefeld )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Central defender - CroatiaCroatia Josip Šimunić ( Hertha BSC ) Pedro Geromel ( 1. FC Cologne )
BrazilBrazil
BrazilBrazil Lúcio ( FC Bayern Munich )
Heiko Westermann ( FC Schalke 04 ) Neven Subotić ( Borussia Dortmund ) Marvin Compper ( TSG 1899 Hoffenheim ) Arne Friedrich ( Hertha BSC ) Benedikt Höwedes ( FC Schalke 04 ) Youssef Mohamad ( 1.FC Cologne ) Mats Hummels ( Borussia Dortmund ) Per Mertesacker ( Werder Bremen ) Marcelo Bordon ( FC Schalke 04 )
SerbiaSerbia



LebanonLebanon


BrazilBrazil
Outside defensive - Philipp Lahm ( FC Bayern Munich ) Andreas Beck ( TSG 1899 Hoffenheim ) Michal Kadlec ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Offensive on the outside FranceFrance Franck Ribéry ( FC Bayern Munich ) BrazilBrazil Renato Augusto ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Piotr Trochowski ( Hamburger SV ) Jakub Błaszczykowski ( Borussia Dortmund ) Marko Marin ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Cícero ( Hertha BSC )
PolandPoland

BrazilBrazil
Midfield defensive - BrazilBrazil Zé Roberto ( FC Bayern Munich ) Simon Rolfes ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Tobias Weis ( TSG 1899 Hoffenheim )
Sami Khedira ( VfB Stuttgart ) David Jarolím ( Hamburger SV ) Luiz Gustavo ( TSG 1899 Hoffenheim ) Torsten Frings ( Werder Bremen ) Sebastian Kehl ( Borussia Dortmund )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
BrazilBrazil

Midfield offensive - - Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Zvjezdan Misimović ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Diego ( Werder Bremen ) Sejad Salihović ( TSG 1899 Hoffenheim ) Carlos Eduardo ( TSG 1899 Hoffenheim ) Mesut Özil ( Werder Bremen ) Tamás Hajnal ( Borussia Dortmund )
BrazilBrazil
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
BrazilBrazil

HungaryHungary
striker Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Ibišević ( TSG 1899 Hoffenheim ) Patrick Helmes ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Grafite ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Milivoje Novakovič ( 1. FC Köln ) Chinedu Obasi ( TSG 1899 Hoffenheim ) Mladen Petrić ( Hamburger SV ) Luca Toni ( FC Bayern Munich )
BrazilBrazil
SloveniaSlovenia
NigeriaNigeria
CroatiaCroatia
ItalyItaly
PolandPoland Artur Wichniarek ( Arminia Bielefeld )
Miroslav Klose ( FC Bayern Munich )
Stefan Kießling ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Claudio Pizarro ( Werder Bremen ) Demba Ba ( TSG 1899 Hoffenheim ) Mario Gómez ( VfB Stuttgart ) Edin Džeko ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Nikos Liberopoulos ( Eintracht Frankfurt )
PeruPeru
SenegalSenegal

Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
GreeceGreece
Germans abroad - - Michael Ballack ( Chelsea FC )

Summer 2009

Published in the kicker editions of June 8, 2009 (48/2009), June 11, 2009 (49/2009), June 15, 2009 (50/2009) and June 18, 2009 (51/2009). The ranking evaluates the first half of 2009.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - Tim Wiese ( Werder Bremen )
Robert Enke ( Hannover 96 )
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Diego Benaglio ( VfL Wolfsburg )
Roman Weidenfeller ( Borussia Dortmund ) Jaroslav Drobný ( Hertha BSC ) Frank Rost ( Hamburger SV ) Manuel Neuer ( FC Schalke 04 ) Gerhard Tremmel ( Energie Cottbus )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic


Central defender - CroatiaCroatia Josip Šimunić ( Hertha BSC ) Per Mertesacker ( Werder Bremen ) Lúcio ( FC Bayern Munich ) Naldo ( Werder Bremen )
BrazilBrazil
BrazilBrazil
Outside defensive - Philipp Lahm ( FC Bayern Munich ) Marcel Schäfer ( VfL Wolfsburg )
Patrick Owomoyela ( Borussia Dortmund )
Offensive on the outside - FranceFrance Franck Ribéry ( FC Bayern Munich ) Marko Marin ( Borussia Mönchengladbach )
Marcell Jansen ( Hamburger SV ) Renato Augusto ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
BrazilBrazil
Midfield defensive - - Jermaine Jones ( FC Schalke 04 )
Thomas Hitzlsperger ( VfB Stuttgart ) Josué ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Sebastian Kehl ( Borussia Dortmund ) Zé Roberto ( FC Bayern Munich ) Torsten Frings ( Werder Bremen ) Sami Khedira ( VfB Stuttgart )
BrazilBrazil

BrazilBrazil

Midfield offensive - BrazilBrazil Diego ( Werder Bremen ) Zvjezdan Misimović ( VfL Wolfsburg )
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
Christian Gentner ( VfL Wolfsburg )
Mesut Özil ( Werder Bremen ) Arnold Bruggink ( Hannover 96 ) Tamás Hajnal ( Borussia Dortmund )
NetherlandsNetherlands
HungaryHungary
striker Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Grafite ( VfL Wolfsburg )
BrazilBrazil
Mario Gómez ( VfB Stuttgart ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Alexander Frei ( Borussia Dortmund ) Andrij Woronin ( Hertha BSC ) Claudio Pizarro ( Werder Bremen ) Cacau ( VfB Stuttgart ) Paolo Guerrero ( Hamburger SV ) Luca Toni ( FC Bayern Munich ) Nelson Valdez ( Borussia Dortmund ) Patrick Helmes ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
UkraineUkraine
PeruPeru

PeruPeru
ItalyItaly
Paraguay 1990Paraguay
Germans abroad - - Fabian Ernst ( Beşiktaş Istanbul )
Michael Ballack ( FC Chelsea )

Winter 2009/10

Published in the kicker editions of December 28, 2009 (106/2009), January 4, 2010 (2/2010), January 7, 2010 (3/2010) and January 11, 2010 (4/2010). The ranking evaluates the second half of 2009.

position World class International class In the wider circle
goalkeeper - René Adler ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Tim Wiese ( Werder Bremen )
Hans Jörg Butt ( FC Bayern Munich )
Manuel Neuer ( FC Schalke 04 )
Heinz Müller ( 1. FSV Mainz 05 ) Diego Benaglio ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Faryd Mondragón ( 1. FC Cologne )
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
ColombiaColombia
Central defender - FinlandFinland Sami Hyypiä ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Daniel Van Buyten ( FC Bayern Munich ) Marcelo Bordon ( FC Schalke 04 )
BelgiumBelgium
BrazilBrazil
Manuel Friedrich ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Josip Šimunić ( Hertha BSC ) Naldo ( Werder Bremen ) Per Mertesacker ( Werder Bremen ) Dante ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ) Mats Hummels ( Borussia Dortmund ) Chris ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) Pedro Geromel ( 1. FC Cologne )
CroatiaCroatia
BrazilBrazil

BrazilBrazil

BrazilBrazil
BrazilBrazil
Outside defensive - - Philipp Lahm ( FC Bayern Munich )
Gonzalo Castro ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Maik Franz ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) Rafinha ( FC Schalke 04 )
BrazilBrazil
Offensive on the outside - - Toni Kroos ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) Eljero Elia ( Hamburger SV ) Arjen Robben ( FC Bayern Munich ) Thomas Müller ( FC Bayern Munich ) Tim Hoogland ( 1. FSV Mainz 05 ) Bastian Schweinsteiger ( FC Bayern Munich )
NetherlandsNetherlands
NetherlandsNetherlands


Midfield defensive - BrazilBrazil Zé Roberto ( Hamburger SV ) TurkeyTurkey Nuri Şahin ( Borussia Dortmund ) David Jarolím ( Hamburger SV ) Ivica Banović ( SC Freiburg ) Torsten Frings ( Werder Bremen ) Sven Bender ( Borussia Dortmund ) Pirmin Schwegler ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) Sami Khedira ( VfB Stuttgart ) Mark van Bommel ( FC Bayern Munich )
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
CroatiaCroatia


SwitzerlandSwitzerland

NetherlandsNetherlands
Midfield offensive - Mesut Özil ( Werder Bremen ) Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Zvjezdan Misimović ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Carlos Eduardo ( TSG 1899 Hoffenheim ) Aaron Hunt ( Werder Bremen ) Andreas Ivanschitz ( 1. FSV Mainz 05 )
BrazilBrazil

AustriaAustria
striker - Stefan Kießling ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
Kevin Kurányi ( FC Schalke 04 ) Claudio Pizarro ( Werder Bremen ) Edin Džeko ( VfL Wolfsburg ) Ivica Olić ( FC Bayern Munich ) Lucas Barrios ( Borussia Dortmund )
PeruPeru
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
CroatiaCroatia
Paraguay 1990Paraguay
Mario Gómez ( FC Bayern Munich ) Jefferson Farfán ( FC Schalke 04 ) Eren Derdiyok ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
PeruPeru
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Germans abroad - Michael Ballack ( Chelsea FC ) Andreas Hinkel ( Celtic Glasgow )
Fabian Ernst ( Beşiktaş Istanbul )
Kevin-Prince Boateng ( FC Portsmouth )
Steffen Hofmann ( SK Rapid Vienna )

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