UEFA Team of the Year

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The UEFA Team of the Year is a football award given by UEFA through a poll on its official website. This award started in 2001 ^[1] to allow users and visitors of the organization's website to choose their own eleven players and a coach based on their overall performances in European club football. The UEFA Team of the Year poll for 2007 is the seventh edition of this poll, which has seen nearly 12 million votes cast in previous editions of this popular poll. ^[2]

In the recent poll, UEFA and its official site allowed its users an additional option of donating to the International Committee of the Red Cross to support landmine victims in Afghanistan. ^[2].

Contents 1 Selection Process 2 Appearance Records 3 Team of the Year 2001 4 Team of the Year 2002 5 Team of the Year 2003 6 Team of the Year 2004 7 Team of the Year 2005 8 Team of the Year 2006 9 Team of the Year 2007 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

[edit] Selection Process

The writers at the website construct a shortlist of sixty footballers and coaches ^[1] who have performed well in European club competition for that particular year. Users then go on the website and cast their vote of a lineup consisting of eleven players (including a goalkeeper, four defenders, four midfielders, and two strikers) and a coach based on who they believed excelled in European football.

After the votes are cast, they are tallied and the final team are announced on the website itself.

[edit] Appearance Records

The player with the most appearances in the team is Thierry Henry who has appeared 5 times. Second is Alessandro Nesta (4 times). They are followed by several players with 3 appearances: Zinedine Zidane; Ronaldinho; Steven Gerrard; Pavel Nedved; Gianluigi Buffon; Carlos Puyol.

The team with the most player appearances (not including manager appearances) is A.C. Milan, with 14 appearances. Milan are followed by FC Barcelona (11), Real Madrid C.F. (9), Arsenal F.C. and Juventus F.C. (both 8).

The manager with the most appearances is Jose Mourinho, with 3 appearances (2 with F.C. Porto, one with Chelsea F.C.). He is the only manager to have appeared more than once.

[edit] Team of the Year 2001

Santiago Cañizares	Valencia C.F.
Cosmin Contra	Deportivo Alavés
Sami Hyypiä	Liverpool F.C.
Patrik Andersson	F.C. Barcelona
Bixente Lizarazu	FC Bayern Munich
David Beckham	Manchester United
Patrick Vieira	Arsenal F.C.
Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid C.F.
Kily González	Valencia C.F.
Thierry Henry	Arsenal F.C.
David Trezeguet	Juventus F.C.

Coach: Gérard Houllier Liverpool F.C.

[edit] Team of the Year 2002

Petr Cech	Sparta Prague
Carles Puyol	F.C. Barcelona
Alessandro Nesta	A.C. Milan
Cristian Chivu	Ajax Amsterdam
Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid
Clarence Seedorf	A.C. Milan
Michael Ballack	FC Bayern Munich
Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid C.F.
Pablo Aimar	Valencia
Thierry Henry	Arsenal F.C.
Ronaldo	Real Madrid

Coach: Senol Gunes Turkish national football team

[edit] Team of the Year 2003

Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus F.C.
Paulo Ferreira	F.C. Porto
Alessandro Nesta	A.C. Milan
Paolo Maldini	A.C. Milan
Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid
Luís Figo	Real Madrid
David Beckham	Real Madrid
Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid
Pavel Nedved	Juventus F.C.
Thierry Henry	Arsenal F.C.
Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United

Coach: José Mourinho F.C. Porto

[edit] Team of the Year 2004

Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus F.C.
Cafu	A.C. Milan
Alessandro Nesta	A.C. Milan
Ricardo Carvalho	F.C. Porto
Ashley Cole	Arsenal F.C.
Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United
Maniche	F.C. Porto
Ronaldinho	F.C. Barcelona
Pavel Nedved	Juventus F.C.
Thierry Henry	Arsenal F.C.
Andriy Shevchenko	A.C. Milan

Coach: José Mourinho F.C. Porto

[edit] Team of the Year 2005

Petr Cech	Chelsea F.C.
Cafu	A.C. Milan
John Terry	Chelsea F.C.
Carles Puyol	F.C. Barcelona
Paolo Maldini	A.C. Milan
Luis García	Liverpool F.C.
Steven Gerrard	Liverpool F.C.
Ronaldinho	F.C. Barcelona
Pavel Nedved	Juventus F.C.
Samuel Eto'o	F.C. Barcelona
Andriy Shevchenko	A.C. Milan

Coach: José Mourinho Chelsea F.C.

[edit] Team of the Year 2006

Jens Lehmann	Arsenal F.C.
Gianluca Zambrotta	F.C. Barcelona
Fabio Cannavaro	Juventus F.C.
Carles Puyol	F.C. Barcelona
Philipp Lahm	Bayern Munich
Steven Gerrard	Liverpool F.C.
Cesc Fàbregas	Arsenal F.C.
Kaká	A.C. Milan
Ronaldinho	F.C. Barcelona
Thierry Henry	Arsenal F.C.
Samuel Eto'o	F.C. Barcelona

Coach: Frank Rijkaard F.C. Barcelona

[edit] Team of the Year 2007

Iker Casillas	Real Madrid CF
Daniel Alves	Sevilla FC
Alessandro Nesta	AC Milan
John Terry	Chelsea FC
Eric Abidal	FC Barcelona
Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United FC
Steven Gerrard	Liverpool FC
Kaká	AC Milan
Clarence Seedorf	AC Milan
Zlatan Ibrahimović	FC Internazionale Milano
Didier Drogba	Chelsea FC

Coach: Sir Alex Ferguson Manchester United FC

[edit] See also

• European Footballer of the Year
• European football records
• South American Footballer of the Year

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} UEFA Team of the Year - Awards History, <http://www.uefa.com/fanzone/teamoftheyear/news/newsid=486321.html>. Retrieved on 13 December 2007 
2. ^ ^{a b} UEFA Team of the Year 2007, <http://www.uefa.com/fanzone/teamoftheyear/news/newsid=634772.html>. Retrieved on 13 December 2007 

[edit] External links

• UEFA Team of the Year 2007
• List of previous articles of UEFA Team of the Year from the UEFA website