Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Teams of the year, Part Six

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 1985:
Europe: USSR

The rankings and matches of the year
(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 2073 , December 31, 1985 / French) 
(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 2074, January 7, 1986 / French) 

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer
(USSR squad, Top, left to right: Rinat Fayzrahmanovich Dassayev, Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov, Aleksandr Gavrilovich Chivadze , Aleksandr Viktorovich Bubnov, Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin  , Oleg Valeriyevich Protasov, Alexander Anatolyevich Zavarov,  Gennadi Vladimirovich Morozov , Sergei Anatoliyevich Gotsmanov, Anatoli Vassilievich Demianenko , Fyodor Fedorovich Cherenkov      , October 16, 1985, World Cup Qualifier, USSR 2-Republic of Ireland 0)




ESM’s Team of the Year

Season 1999/00:
Oliver Kahn (Germany and Bayern Munich)
Jocelyn Angloma (France and Valencia)
Sinisa Mihajlovic (Yugoslavia and Lazio)
Paolo Maldini (Italy and AC Milan)
Roberto Carlos (Brazil and Real Madrid)
Luis Figo (Portugal and Barcelona)
Roy Keane (Re[ublic of Ireland and Manchester United)
Juan Sebastian Veron (Argentina and Lazio)
Rivaldo (Brazil and Barcelona)
Andrei Shevchenko (Ukraine and AC Milan)
Raul (Spain and Real Madrid)



Photo From: World Soccer, July 2000
(ESM team of the season 1999/00)


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