UEFA Jubilee Awards

To celebrate the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)'s 50th anniversary in 2004, each of its member associations was asked by UEFA to choose one of its own players as the single most outstanding player of the past 50 years (1954-2003). The 52 players were known as the Golden Players. The list of players was released in November 2003, and were recognized at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon.

*flagicon|Albania Albania - Panajot Pano
*flagicon|Andorra Andorra - Koldo
*flagicon|Armenia Armenia - Khoren Hovhannisyan
*flagicon|Austria Austria - Herbert Prohaska
*flagicon|Azerbaijan Azerbaijan - Anatoliy Banishevskiy
*flagicon|Belarus Belarus - Sergei Aleinikov
*flagicon|Belgium Belgium - Paul Van Himst
*flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina - Safet Sušić
*flagicon|Bulgaria Bulgaria - Hristo Stoichkov
*flagicon|Croatia Croatia - Davor Šuker
*flagicon|Cyprus Cyprus - Sotiris Kaiafas
*flagicon|Czech Republic Czech Republic - Josef Masopust
*flagicon|Denmark Denmark - Michael Laudrup
*flagicon|England England - Bobby Moore
*flagicon|Estonia Estonia - Mart Poom
*flagicon|Faroe Islands Faroe Islands - Abraham Løkin
*flagicon|Finland Finland - Jari Litmanen
*flagicon|France France - Just Fontaine
*flagicon|Georgia Georgia - Murtaz Khurtsilava
*flagicon|Germany Germany - Fritz Walter
*flagicon|Greece Greece - Vassilis Hatzipanagis
*flagicon|Hungary Hungary - Ferenc Puskás
*flagicon|Iceland Iceland - Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
*flagicon|Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland - Johnny Giles
*flagicon|Israel Israel - Mordechai Spiegler
*flagicon|Italy Italy - Dino Zoff
*flagicon|Kazakhstan Kazakhstan - Sergey KvochkinIn the press release on 29 November 2003, Sergey Kvochkin and Pat Jennings were listed as the Golden Players of Kazakhstan and Northern Ireland respectively [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html] . However, in the player profiles posted by UEFA.com in 2004, Evgeni Jarovenko [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=65146/newsId=183337.html] and George Best [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=63/newsId=221686.html] were listed instead. It is not clear what are the reasons for the discrepancies.]
*flagicon|Latvia Latvia - Aleksandrs Starkovs
*flagicon|Liechtenstein Liechtenstein - Rainer Hasler
*flagicon|Lithuania Lithuania - Arminas Narbekovas
*flagicon|Luxembourg Luxembourg - Louis Pilot
*flagicon|Macedonia Macedonia - Darko Pančev
*flagicon|Malta Malta - Carmel Busuttil
*flagicon|Moldova Moldova - Pavel Cebanu
*flagicon|Netherlands Netherlands - Johan Cruijff
*flagicon|Northern Ireland Northern Ireland - George Best
*flagicon|Norway Norway - Rune Bratseth
*flagicon|Poland Poland - Włodzimierz Lubański
*flagicon|Portugal Portugal - Eusébio
*flagicon|Romania Romania - Gheorghe Hagi
*flagicon|Russia Russia - Lev Yashin
*flagicon|San Marino San Marino - Massimo Bonini
*flagicon|Scotland Scotland - Denis Law
*flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro - Dragan Džajić
*flagicon|Slovakia Slovakia - Ján Popluhár
*flagicon|Slovenia Slovenia - Branko Oblak
*flagicon|Spain Spain - Alfredo Di Stéfano
*flagicon|Sweden Sweden - Henrik Larsson
*flagicon|Switzerland Switzerland - Stéphane Chapuisat
*flagicon|Turkey Turkey - Hakan Şükür
*flagicon|Ukraine Ukraine - Oleg Blokhin
*flagicon|Wales Wales - John Charles

ee also

*UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll
*UEFA Club Football Awards

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html UEFA.com - Golden Players take centre stage]