UEFA Team of the Year

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The members of the official UEFA Team of the Year have been chosen annually since 2001 through an internet vote on the UEFA website . For this purpose, the operators of the website put together a pre-selection of outstanding players and coaches, from which the visitors to the site can form their personal team from the previous year. Until 2010 a trainer was also chosen by the users. The votes are added up and the result is announced on the website. However, the UEFA Team of the Year is not an official UEFA award. Nevertheless, the election is extremely popular, which shows the increasing number of votes every year.

Records

The player Cristiano Ronaldo has been nominated for the UEFA Team of the Year the most frequently (14 times). With four nominations, José Mourinho is the most successful coach. The most successful team (49 nominations) is FC Barcelona .

In 2009, over four million votes were cast by over 320,000 UEFA.com users. In 2010, over five million votes were cast by over 400,000 UEFA.com users. In 2014 there were more than eight million votes from over 750,000 users.

The individual years

2001

position Surname society
goal SpainSpain Santiago Cañizares SpainSpain Valencia CF
Defense RomaniaRomania Cosmin Contra SpainSpain Deportivo Alavés / AC MilanItalyItaly 
FinlandFinland Sami Hyypia EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
SwedenSweden Patrik Andersson GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich / FC BarcelonaSpainSpain 
FranceFrance Bixente Lizarazu GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
midfield EnglandEngland David Beckham EnglandEngland Manchester United
FranceFrance Patrick Vieira EnglandEngland Arsenal FC
FranceFrance Zinedine Zidane ItalyItaly Juventus Turin / Real MadridSpainSpain 
ArgentinaArgentina Kily González SpainSpain Valencia CF
Storm FranceFrance Thierry Henry EnglandEngland Arsenal FC
FranceFrance David Trezeguet ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
Trainer FranceFrance Gerard Houllier EnglandEngland Liverpool FC

2002

position Surname society
goal TurkeyTurkey Rüştü Reçber TurkeyTurkey Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Defense SpainSpain Carles Puyol SpainSpain FC Barcelona
ItalyItaly Alessandro Nesta ItalyItaly Lazio Rome / AC MilanItalyItaly 
RomaniaRomania Cristian Chivu NetherlandsNetherlands Ajax Amsterdam
BrazilBrazil Roberto Carlos SpainSpain real Madrid
midfield NetherlandsNetherlands Clarence Seedorf ItalyItaly Inter Milan / AC MilanItalyItaly 
GermanyGermany Michael Ballack GermanyGermany Bayer 04 Leverkusen / FC Bayern MunichGermanyGermany 
FranceFrance Zinedine Zidane SpainSpain real Madrid
IrelandIreland Damien Duff EnglandEngland Blackburn Rovers
Storm FranceFrance Thierry Henry EnglandEngland Arsenal FC
BrazilBrazil Ronaldo ItalyItaly Inter Milan / Real MadridSpainSpain 
Trainer TurkeyTurkey Senol Güneş TurkeyTurkey Turkish national soccer team

2003

position Surname society
goal ItalyItaly Gianluigi Buffon ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
Defense PortugalPortugal Paulo Ferreira PortugalPortugal FC Porto
ItalyItaly Alessandro Nesta ItalyItaly AC Milan
ItalyItaly Paolo Maldini ItalyItaly AC Milan
BrazilBrazil Roberto Carlos SpainSpain real Madrid
midfield PortugalPortugal Luís Figo SpainSpain real Madrid
EnglandEngland David Beckham EnglandEngland Manchester United
FranceFrance Zinedine Zidane SpainSpain real Madrid
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Pavel Nedvěd ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
Storm FranceFrance Thierry Henry EnglandEngland Arsenal FC
NetherlandsNetherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy EnglandEngland Manchester United
Trainer PortugalPortugal José Mourinho PortugalPortugal FC Porto

2004

position Surname society
goal ItalyItaly Gianluigi Buffon ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
Defense BrazilBrazil Cafu ItalyItaly AC Milan
PortugalPortugal Ricardo Carvalho PortugalPortugal FC Porto / FC ChelseaEnglandEngland 
ItalyItaly Alessandro Nesta ItalyItaly AC Milan
EnglandEngland Ashley Cole EnglandEngland Arsenal FC
midfield PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo EnglandEngland Manchester United
PortugalPortugal Maniche PortugalPortugal FC Porto
BrazilBrazil Ronaldinho SpainSpain FC Barcelona
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Pavel Nedvěd ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
Storm FranceFrance Thierry Henry EnglandEngland Arsenal FC
UkraineUkraine Andrij Shevchenko ItalyItaly AC Milan
Trainer PortugalPortugal José Mourinho PortugalPortugal FC Porto

2005

position Surname society
goal Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Čech EnglandEngland Chelsea FC
Defense BrazilBrazil Cafu ItalyItaly AC Milan
EnglandEngland John Terry EnglandEngland Chelsea FC
SpainSpain Carles Puyol SpainSpain FC Barcelona
ItalyItaly Paolo Maldini ItalyItaly AC Milan
midfield SpainSpain Luis García EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
EnglandEngland Steven Gerrard EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
BrazilBrazil Ronaldinho SpainSpain FC Barcelona
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Pavel Nedvěd ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
Storm CameroonCameroon Samuel Eto'o SpainSpain FC Barcelona
UkraineUkraine Andrij Shevchenko ItalyItaly AC Milan
Trainer PortugalPortugal José Mourinho EnglandEngland Chelsea FC

2006

position Surname society
goal ItalyItaly Gianluigi Buffon ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
Defense ItalyItaly Gianluca Zambrotta ItalyItaly Juventus Turin / FC BarcelonaSpainSpain 
ItalyItaly Fabio Cannavaro ItalyItaly Juventus Turin / Real MadridSpainSpain 
SpainSpain Carles Puyol SpainSpain FC Barcelona
GermanyGermany Philipp Lahm GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
midfield EnglandEngland Steven Gerrard EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
SpainSpain Cesc Fàbregas EnglandEngland Arsenal FC
BrazilBrazil Kaká ItalyItaly AC Milan
BrazilBrazil Ronaldinho SpainSpain FC Barcelona
Storm FranceFrance Thierry Henry EnglandEngland Arsenal FC
CameroonCameroon Samuel Eto'o SpainSpain FC Barcelona
Trainer NetherlandsNetherlands Frank Rijkaard SpainSpain FC Barcelona

2007

position Surname society
goal SpainSpain Iker Casillas SpainSpain real Madrid
Defense BrazilBrazil Dani Alves SpainSpain Sevilla FC
ItalyItaly Alessandro Nesta ItalyItaly AC Milan
EnglandEngland John Terry EnglandEngland Chelsea FC
FranceFrance Eric Abidal FranceFrance Olympique Lyon / FC BarcelonaSpainSpain 
midfield PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo EnglandEngland Manchester United
EnglandEngland Steven Gerrard EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
BrazilBrazil Kaká ItalyItaly AC Milan
NetherlandsNetherlands Clarence Seedorf ItalyItaly AC Milan
Storm SwedenSweden Zlatan Ibrahimović ItalyItaly Inter Milan
Ivory CoastIvory Coast Didier Drogba EnglandEngland Chelsea FC
Trainer ScotlandScotland Alex Ferguson EnglandEngland Manchester United

2008

position Surname society
goal SpainSpain Iker Casillas SpainSpain real Madrid
Defense SpainSpain Sergio Ramos SpainSpain real Madrid
EnglandEngland John Terry EnglandEngland Chelsea FC
SpainSpain Carles Puyol SpainSpain FC Barcelona
GermanyGermany Philipp Lahm GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
midfield PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo EnglandEngland Manchester United
SpainSpain Xavi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
SpainSpain Cesc Fàbregas EnglandEngland Arsenal FC
FranceFrance Franck Ribery GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
Storm ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
SpainSpain Fernando Torres EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
Trainer ScotlandScotland Alex Ferguson EnglandEngland Manchester United

2009

position Surname society
goal SpainSpain Iker Casillas SpainSpain real Madrid
Defense BrazilBrazil Dani Alves SpainSpain FC Barcelona
EnglandEngland John Terry EnglandEngland Chelsea FC
SpainSpain Carles Puyol SpainSpain FC Barcelona
FranceFrance Patrice Evra EnglandEngland Manchester United
midfield PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo EnglandEngland Manchester United / Real MadridSpainSpain 
SpainSpain Xavi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
BrazilBrazil Kaká ItalyItaly AC Milan / Real MadridSpainSpain 
SpainSpain Andrés Iniesta SpainSpain FC Barcelona
Storm ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
SwedenSweden Zlatan Ibrahimović ItalyItaly Inter Milan / FC BarcelonaSpainSpain 
Trainer SpainSpain pep Guardiola SpainSpain FC Barcelona

2010

position Surname society
goal SpainSpain Iker Casillas SpainSpain real Madrid
Defense BrazilBrazil Maicon ItalyItaly Inter Milan
SpainSpain Gerard Piqué SpainSpain FC Barcelona
SpainSpain Carles Puyol SpainSpain FC Barcelona
EnglandEngland Ashley Cole EnglandEngland Chelsea FC
midfield PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo SpainSpain real Madrid
SpainSpain Xavi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
NetherlandsNetherlands Wesley Sneijder ItalyItaly Inter Milan
SpainSpain Andrés Iniesta SpainSpain FC Barcelona
Storm ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
SpainSpain David Villa SpainSpain FC Valencia / FC BarcelonaSpainSpain 
Trainer PortugalPortugal José Mourinho ItalyItaly Inter Milan / Real MadridSpainSpain 

2011

position Surname society
goal SpainSpain Iker Casillas SpainSpain real Madrid
Defense BrazilBrazil Marcelo SpainSpain real Madrid
SpainSpain Gerard Piqué SpainSpain FC Barcelona
BrazilBrazil Thiago Silva ItalyItaly AC Milan
BrazilBrazil Dani Alves SpainSpain FC Barcelona
midfield NetherlandsNetherlands Arjen Robben GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
SpainSpain Xavi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
SpainSpain Andrés Iniesta SpainSpain FC Barcelona
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gareth Bale EnglandEngland Tottenham Hotspur
Storm ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo SpainSpain real Madrid

2012

position Surname society
goal SpainSpain Iker Casillas SpainSpain real Madrid
Defense SpainSpain Sergio Ramos SpainSpain real Madrid
SpainSpain Gerard Piqué SpainSpain FC Barcelona
BrazilBrazil Thiago Silva ItalyItaly AC Milan / Paris Saint-GermainFranceFrance 
GermanyGermany Philipp Lahm GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
midfield ItalyItaly Andrea Pirlo ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
SpainSpain Xavi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
SpainSpain Andrés Iniesta SpainSpain FC Barcelona
GermanyGermany Mesut Özil SpainSpain real Madrid
Storm ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo SpainSpain real Madrid

2013

position Surname society
goal GermanyGermany Manuel Neuer GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
Defense GermanyGermany Philipp Lahm GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
BrazilBrazil Thiago Silva FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain
SpainSpain Sergio Ramos SpainSpain real Madrid
AustriaAustria David Alaba GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
midfield WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gareth Bale EnglandEngland Tottenham Hotspur / Real MadridSpainSpain 
GermanyGermany Marco Reus GermanyGermany Borussia Dortmund
GermanyGermany Mesut Özil SpainSpain Real Madrid / Arsenal FCEnglandEngland 
FranceFrance Franck Ribery GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
Storm SwedenSweden Zlatan Ibrahimović FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain
PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo SpainSpain real Madrid

2014

position Surname society
goal GermanyGermany Manuel Neuer GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
Defense GermanyGermany Philipp Lahm GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
UruguayUruguay Diego Godin SpainSpain Atlético Madrid
SpainSpain Sergio Ramos SpainSpain real Madrid
AustriaAustria David Alaba GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
midfield NetherlandsNetherlands Arjen Robben GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
GermanyGermany Toni Kroos GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich / Real MadridSpainSpain 
ArgentinaArgentina Ángel Di María SpainSpain Real Madrid / Manchester UnitedEnglandEngland 
Storm ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
SwedenSweden Zlatan Ibrahimović FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain
PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo SpainSpain real Madrid

2015

The nominees for 2015 were announced on November 24, 2015. It was possible to vote online until January 5, 2016. The team of the year was announced on January 8, 2016.

position Surname society
goal GermanyGermany Manuel Neuer GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
Defense BrazilBrazil Dani Alves SpainSpain FC Barcelona
SpainSpain Gerard Piqué SpainSpain FC Barcelona
SpainSpain Sergio Ramos SpainSpain real Madrid
AustriaAustria David Alaba GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
midfield SpainSpain Andrés Iniesta SpainSpain FC Barcelona
FranceFrance Paul Pogba ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
ColombiaColombia James Rodríguez SpainSpain real Madrid
Storm ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo SpainSpain real Madrid
BrazilBrazil Neymar SpainSpain FC Barcelona

2016

The team of the year was announced on January 5th, 2017.

position Surname society
goal ItalyItaly Gianluigi Buffon ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
Defense ItalyItaly Leonardo Bonucci ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
SpainSpain Gerard Piqué SpainSpain FC Barcelona
SpainSpain Sergio Ramos SpainSpain real Madrid
GermanyGermany Jerome Boateng GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
midfield SpainSpain Andrés Iniesta SpainSpain FC Barcelona
GermanyGermany Toni Kroos SpainSpain real Madrid
CroatiaCroatia Luka Modrić SpainSpain real Madrid
Storm ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo SpainSpain real Madrid
FranceFrance Antoine Griezmann SpainSpain Atlético Madrid

2017

The team of the year was announced on January 11, 2018.

position Surname society
goal ItalyItaly Gianluigi Buffon ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
Defense BrazilBrazil Marcelo SpainSpain real Madrid
SpainSpain Sergio Ramos SpainSpain real Madrid
ItalyItaly Giorgio Chiellini ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
BrazilBrazil Dani Alves ItalyItaly Juventus Turin / Paris Saint-GermainFranceFrance 
midfield BelgiumBelgium Kevin De Bruyne EnglandEngland Manchester City
GermanyGermany Toni Kroos SpainSpain real Madrid
CroatiaCroatia Luka Modrić SpainSpain real Madrid
BelgiumBelgium Eden Hazard EnglandEngland Chelsea FC
Storm ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo SpainSpain real Madrid

2018

The team of the year was announced on January 11, 2019.

position Surname society
goal GermanyGermany Marc-André ter Stegen SpainSpain FC Barcelona
Defense BrazilBrazil Marcelo SpainSpain real Madrid
SpainSpain Sergio Ramos SpainSpain real Madrid
FranceFrance Raphael Varane SpainSpain real Madrid
NetherlandsNetherlands Virgil van Dijk EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
midfield FranceFrance N'Golo Kanté EnglandEngland Chelsea FC
CroatiaCroatia Luka Modrić SpainSpain real Madrid
BelgiumBelgium Eden Hazard EnglandEngland Chelsea FC
Storm FranceFrance Kylian Mbappé FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain
ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi SpainSpain FC Barcelona
PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo SpainSpain Real Madrid / Juventus TurinItalyItaly 

2019

The team of the year was announced on January 15, 2020.

position Surname society
goal BrazilBrazil Alisson Becker EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
Defense ScotlandScotland Andrew Robertson EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
NetherlandsNetherlands Virgil van Dijk EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
NetherlandsNetherlands Matthijs de Ligt NetherlandsNetherlands Ajax Amsterdam / Juventus TurinItalyItaly 
EnglandEngland Trent Alexander-Arnold EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
midfield NetherlandsNetherlands Frenkie de Jong NetherlandsNetherlands Ajax Amsterdam / FC BarcelonaSpainSpain 
BelgiumBelgium Kevin De Bruyne EnglandEngland Manchester City
Storm SenegalSenegal Sadio Mané EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
PolandPoland Robert Lewandowski GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi SpainSpain FC Barcelona

statistics

Most of the nominations

player

player
14th PortugalPortugal Cristiano Ronaldo
11 ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi
8th SpainSpain Sergio Ramos
6th SpainSpain Iker Casillas
SpainSpain Andrés Iniesta
SpainSpain Carles Puyol
5 BrazilBrazil Dani Alves
ItalyItaly Gianluigi Buffon
FranceFrance Thierry Henry
GermanyGermany Philipp Lahm
SpainSpain Gerard Piqué
SpainSpain Xavi
4th SwedenSweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
ItalyItaly Alessandro Nesta
EnglandEngland John Terry
3 AustriaAustria David Alaba
EnglandEngland Steven Gerrard
BrazilBrazil Kaká
GermanyGermany Toni Kroos
BrazilBrazil Marcelo
CroatiaCroatia Luka Modrić
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Pavel Nedvěd
GermanyGermany Manuel Neuer
BrazilBrazil Ronaldinho
BrazilBrazil Thiago Silva
FranceFrance Zinedine Zidane

societies

society
49 SpainSpain FC Barcelona
48 SpainSpain real Madrid
21st GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
20th ItalyItaly Juventus Turin
18th ItalyItaly AC Milan
13 EnglandEngland Liverpool FC
11 EnglandEngland Chelsea FC
10 EnglandEngland Arsenal FC
9 EnglandEngland Manchester United

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barça dominates Team of the Year , January 20, 2010
  2. ↑ Barça dominate UEFA.com Users' Team of the Year , January 19, 2011
  3. ↑ Team of the Year 2014 infographic from UEFA.com , January 9, 2015