Kicker (sports magazine)

Kicker (sports magazine)

"kicker Sportmagazin" (commonly "kicker") is Germany's leading sports magazine and is focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice a week, usually Monday and Thursday, in Nuremberg. The Monday edition sells an average of 240,000 copies, while the Thursday edition has an average circulation of about 220,000 copies (2005 figures).

The magazine also publishes a yearbook, the "kicker Almanach". It was first published from 1937 to 1942, and then continuously from 1959 to date.

Trivia

* The magazine affects a lower case 'k' in its title and has done so since its establishment.

* "kicker" is a founding member of European Sports Magazines, an association of football publications.

kicker-Torjägerkanone Award

"kicker" annually awards the most prolific scorer of the Bundesliga with the "kicker Torjägerkanone" (kicker Scorer Cannon) award. It is equivalent to the Pichichi Trophy in Spanish football.

External links

* [http://kicker.de/ kicker]


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