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The '''UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll''' is the popular name for an [[Opinion poll|online poll]] conducted in 2004 by [[UEFA]] as part of their [[Golden Jubilee]] celebrations, celebrating the best European [[Association football|footballers]] from the fifty previous years. The poll, available on UEFA's [[website]], asked respondents to pick their ten favorite players from each of the five previous decades, from a shortlist of 250 players. Over 150,000 people responded, producing over seven million votes. [[Zinedine Zidane]] topped the poll narrowly from [[Franz Beckenbauer]]. Italian players featured most frequently with ten nominations, edging out German players with eight nominations.

==Full results==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Player
!Nation
!Votes 
|-
|'''1'''||'''[[Zinedine Zidane]]'''||'''{{FRA}}'''||'''123,582'''
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|2||[[Franz Beckenbauer]]||{{GER}}||122,569
|-
|3||[[Johan Cruyff]]||{{NED}}||119,332
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|4||[[Marco Van Basten]]||{{NED}}||117,987
|-
|5||[[Dino Zoff]]||{{ITA}}||114,529
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|6||[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]||{{ARG}}<br />{{ESP|1939}}||107,435
|-
|7||[[Eusébio]]|| {{POR}}<br />{{MOZ}}||103,937
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|8||[[Lev Yashin]]||{{RUS}}||101,862
|-
|9||[[Michel Platini]]||{{FRA}}||99,380
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" 
|10||[[Paolo Maldini]]||{{ITA}}||95,497
|-
|11||[[Ferenc Puskás]]||{{HUN|1949}}<br />{{ESP|1939}}||94,361
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|12||[[Paolo Rossi]]||{{ITA}}||91,194
|-
|13||[[Ruud Gullit]]||{{NED}}||91,001
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|14||[[Bobby Charlton]]||{{ENG}}||89,921
|-
|15||[[Lothar Matthäus]]||{{FRG}}<br />{{GER}}||86,798
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|16||[[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]||{{FRG}}||86,649
|-
|17||[[Franco Baresi]]||{{ITA}}||83,800
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|18||[[Gerd Müller]]||{{FRG}}||82,668
|-
|19||[[George Best]]||{{NIR}}||79,036
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|20||[[Kevin Keegan]]||{{ENG}}||78,840
|-
|21||[[Frank Rijkaard]]||{{NED}}||71,333
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|22||[[David Beckham]]||{{ENG}}||71,299
|-
|23||[[Bobby Moore]]||{{ENG}}||70,884
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|24||[[Roberto Baggio]]||{{ITA}}||68,239
|-
|25||[[Michael Laudrup]]||{{DEN}}||67,484
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|26||[[Ronald Koeman]]||{{NED}}||66,661
|-
|27||[[Peter Schmeichel]]||{{DEN}}||66,463
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|28||[[Gheorghe Hagi]]||{{ROU}}||62,383
|-
|29||[[Sepp Maier]]||{{FRG}}||62,375
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|30||[[Oliver Kahn]]||{{GER}}||58,151
|-
|31||[[Luís Figo]]||{{POR}}||58,078
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|32||[[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]]||{{ESP}}||56,880
|-
|33||[[Berti Vogts]]||{{FRG}}||55,398
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|34||[[Johan Neeskens]]||{{NED}}||54,796
|-
|35||[[Gianni Rivera]]||{{ITA}}||53,874
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|36||[[José Antonio Camacho]]||{{ESP}}||53,873
|-
|37||[[Marco Tardelli]]||{{ITA}}||53,732
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|38||[[Just Fontaine]]||{{FRA}}||53,612
|-
|39||[[Peter Shilton]]||{{ENG}}||50,841
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|40||[[Bernd Schuster]]||{{FRG}}||50,247
|-    
|41||[[Raymond Kopa]]||{{FRA}}||49,504
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|42||[[Eric Cantona]]||{{FRA}}||48,436
|-
|43||[[Stanley Matthews]]||{{ENG}}||47,915
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|44||[[Ruud van Nistelrooy]]||{{NED}}||47,398
|-
|45||[[Valentin Ivanov (footballer, born 1934)|Valentin Ivanov]]||{{URS}}||46,022
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|46||[[Gary Lineker]]||{{ENG}}||44,787
|-
|47||[[Alessandro Nesta]]||{{ITA}}||44,667
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|48||[[José Santamaría]]||{{URY}}<br />{{flag|Spain|1939}}||43,690
|-
|49||[[Alessandro Del Piero]]||{{ITA}}||43,227
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|50||[[Alessandro Costacurta]]||{{ITA}}||42,511
|}

==See also==
*[[FIFA 100]]
*[[UEFA Jubilee Awards]]
*[[UEFA Club Football Awards]]

==External links==
*[https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/171606.pdf UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll Media Release]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uefa-awards.html UEFA Awards]

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[[Category:UEFA trophies and awards|Golden Jubilee Poll]]
[[Category:European men's football trophies and awards]]
[[Category:2003–04 in European football]]
[[Category:2004–05 in European football]]