Voetbal International
| Voetbal International
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| description | Football magazine |
| publishing company | WP Sports Media (Netherlands) |
| First edition | 1965 |
| Frequency of publication | once a week |
| Web link | www.vi.nl |
Voetbal International (VI) is a Dutch football magazine published by WP Sports Media. It was founded in 1965 and is the oldest Dutch football magazine still in existence. The magazine had a circulation of around 57,000 copies in 2018. VI is a founding member of ESM ( European Sports Media ), an association of football publications that also owns the German kicker sports magazine . However, it has not been part of the group since 2007.
In addition to the regular magazine that appears every Wednesday, VI publishes a season preview every summer before the start of the Dutch league season. It contains a guide for the upcoming season that includes the fixtures, information and statistics for all Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie teams and their players. There are also season previews for the English, German, French, Belgian and Spanish leagues as well as for the Dutch Hoofdklasse, the country's highest amateur league. From 1978 onwards, VI published a yearbook every year after the end of the season with an overview of the Dutch professional leagues and the results of the national soccer team as well as international tournaments. VI has published the Brinvest Voetbaljaarboek since 2006 .
From 2008 to 2015 the TV station RTL 7 ran a program that was also called Voetbal International. It was previously called Voetbal Insite and was funded by the magazine. Voetbal International was awarded the "Golden TV Ring 2011" on October 21, 2011 as the best television program of the year. From 2015 the program had its old name again and was finally discontinued in 2018.
On June 7, 2017, the magazine voted Argentine Lionel Messi the best footballer in history after a vote to determine the 100 best footballers of all time. Messi took first place ahead of fellow countryman Diego Maradona and Dutch legend Johan Cruyff , who finished second and third respectively.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Privacyinstellingen op VI.nl. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
- ^ Voetbal International. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Sports: Lionel Messi, voted the best player in the history of football. June 10, 2017, accessed July 20, 2019 .