UEFA Team of the Year

UEFA Team of the Year

The UEFA Team of the Year is a football award given by UEFA through a poll on its [http://www.uefa.com official website] . This award started in 2001 Citation
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url=http://www.uefa.com/fanzone/teamoftheyear/news/newsid=486321.html
accessdate = 2007-12-13] 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. Citation
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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. Citation
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Selection Process

The writers at the website construct a shortlist of sixty footballers and coaches Citation
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title = UEFA Team of the Year - Awards History
url=http://www.uefa.com/fanzone/teamoftheyear/news/newsid=486321.html
accessdate = 2007-12-13] 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.

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. (10), 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.

Team of the Year 2001

"Coach": flagicon|Portugal José Mourinho flagicon|Portugal "F.C. Porto "

Team of the Year 2004

"Coach": flagicon|Italy Marcello Lippi flagicon|Italy "Italy national football team "

Team of the Year 2007

"Coach": flagicon|Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson flagicon|England "Manchester United FC"

See also

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

References

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/fanzone/teamoftheyear/news/newsid=647292.html UEFA Team of the Year 2007]
* [http://www.uefa.com/fanzone/teamoftheyear/news/index.html List of previous articles of UEFA Team of the Year from the UEFA website]

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