Teams of the year, Part Eight

France Football annually ranks National Teams per calendar year, and ESM (European Sports Magazines) select the ‘Team of the season’ by position

France Football’s Team of the Year

Year 1986:

Europe: Spain

South America: Argentina

Africa: Morocco

The rankings and matches of the year

(Magazine / Language :  France Football, Issue 2126, January 6, 1987 / French) 

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 2127, January 13, 1987 / French) 

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2126, January 6, 1987

(Spain squad, Top, left to right: Andoni ‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta,Julio ‘Salinas’ Fernandez  , José Miguel ‘Michel’ Martín del Campo, Andoni ‘Goikoetxea’ Olaskoaga, ‘Julio Alberto’ Moreno Casas,  Jose Antonio ‘Camacho’ Alfaro ,  Bottom, left to right:  ‘Emilio Butragueňo’ Santos, ‘Victor’ Munoz Manriquem,  ‘Tomas Renones’ Grego, Ramon Maria Caldere,  Ricardo ‘Gallego’ Redondo , June 18, 1986, World Cup, Spain 5-Denmark 1)

FF National Team of the Year

ESM’s Team of the Year

Season 2001/002

Francesco Toldo (Italy and Internazionale Milano)

Carles Puyol (Spain and Barcelona)

Lucio (Brazil and Bayer Leverkusen)

Walter Samuel (Argentina and AS Roma)

Roberto Carlos (Brazil and Real Madrid)

Ruben Baraja (Spain and Valencia)

Michael Ballack (Germany and Bayer Leverkusen)

Zinedine Zidane (France and Real Madrid)

Frederik Ljungberg (Sweden and Arsenal)

Christian Vieri (Italy and Internazionale Milano)

Ruud van Nistlerooy (Holland and Manchester United)

ESM team of the season