European Sports Media

Template:Short description The European Sports Media (ESM), formerly European Sports Magazines, is an association of football-related publications in Europe.

Members

European Sports Media was established in 1989 as an international body for football journalism. Its nine founding members were: A Bola (Portuguese), Don Balón (Spanish), Sport/Foot Magazine (Belgium), La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italian), kicker (German), Onze Mondial (French), Sport (Switzerland), Voetbal International (Dutch), World Soccer (English). ESM membership has varied over time. Former members also include France Football.

Current members

• Template:Flagicon A Bola
• Template:Flagicon Fanatik
• Template:Flagicon Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
• Template:Flagicon La Gazzetta dello Sport
• Template:Flagicon kicker
• Template:Flagicon Marca
• Template:Flagicon nemzeti sport
• Template:Flagicon So Foot
• Template:Flagicon Sport Express
• Template:Flagicon Sport Magazine
• Template:Flagicon telesport
• Template:Flagicon Tipsbladet
• Template:Flagicon Voetbal International
• Template:Flagicon World Soccer

Awards

ESM presents the following awards:

• European Golden Shoe. Since the 1996–97 season, ESM annually rewards Europe's most prolific striker with the European Golden Shoe.
• UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award & UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award. Since 2011, in partnership with UEFA, ESM handles the voting and administration for the UEFA Best Men's Player and Women's Player in Europe Awards, which is awarded annually to the outstanding men's and women's players of the European season.
• UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award & UEFA Women's Coach of the Year Award. Since 2020, in partnership with UEFA, ESM handles the voting and administration for the UEFA Best Men's Coach and Women's Coach in Europe Awards, which is awarded annually to the outstanding men's and women's coaches of the European season.
• ESM Team of the Season. After selecting a Team of the Season for 1994–95, ESM instituted the monthly ESM 11. Each of its members selects the 11 best players in the European leagues each month from September to May. The players who most often appear in those teams are elected into the ESM Team of the Season.

ESM Team of the Season

1990s

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
1994–95	Template:Flagicon Vítor Baía	Template:Flagicon Paolo Maldini Template:Flagicon Matthias Sammer Template:Flagicon Frank Rijkaard Template:Flagicon Danny Blind	Template:Flagicon Gianfranco Zola Template:Flagicon Jari Litmanen Template:Flagicon Michael Laudrup	Template:Flagicon Iván Zamorano Template:Flagicon Alan Shearer Template:Flagicon Jürgen Klinsmann
1995–96	Template:Flagicon Edwin van der Sar	Template:Flagicon Paolo Maldini Template:Flagicon Frank de Boer Template:Flagicon Laurent Blanc Template:Flagicon Danny Blind	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Del Piero Template:Flagicon Raí Template:Flagicon Jari Litmanen Template:Flagicon Mehmet Scholl	Template:Flagicon George Weah Template:Flagicon Eric Cantona
1996–97	Template:Flagicon Angelo Peruzzi	Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos Template:Flagicon Fernando Hierro Template:Flagicon Ciro Ferrara Template:Flagicon Jocelyn Angloma	Template:Flagicon Raúl Template:Flagicon Alessandro Del Piero Template:Flagicon Clarence Seedorf Template:Flagicon Luis Enrique	Template:Flagicon Ronaldo Template:Flagicon Davor Šuker
1997–98	Template:Flagicon Angelo Peruzzi	Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos Template:Flagicon Fernando Hierro Template:Flagicon Laurent Blanc Template:Flagicon Gary Neville	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Del Piero Template:Flagicon Zinedine Zidane Template:Flagicon Fernando Redondo Template:Flagicon Luís Figo	Template:Flagicon Ronaldo Template:Flagicon Christian Vieri
1998–99	Template:Flagicon Carlos Roa	Template:Flagicon Bixente Lizarazu Template:Flagicon Jaap Stam Template:Flagicon Laurent Blanc Template:Flagicon Lilian Thuram	Template:Flagicon Rivaldo Template:Flagicon Siniša Mihajlović Template:Flagicon Stefan Effenberg Template:Flagicon David Beckham	Template:Flagicon Raúl Template:Flagicon Gabriel Batistuta
1999–2000	Template:Flagicon Oliver Kahn	Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos Template:Flagicon Paolo Maldini Template:Flagicon Siniša Mihajlović Template:Flagicon Jocelyn Angloma	Template:Flagicon Rivaldo Template:Flagicon Juan Sebastián Verón Template:Flagicon Roy Keane Template:Flagicon Luís Figo	Template:Flagicon Raúl Template:Flagicon Andriy Shevchenko

2000s

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2000–01	Template:Flagicon Oliver Kahn	Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos Template:Flagicon Sami Hyypiä Template:Flagicon Alessandro Nesta Template:Flagicon Jocelyn Angloma	Template:Flagicon Pavel Nedvěd Template:Flagicon Francesco Totti Template:Flagicon Mehmet Scholl Template:Flagicon Gaizka Mendieta	Template:Flagicon Michael Owen Template:Flagicon Hernán Crespo
2001–02	Template:Flagicon Francesco Toldo	Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos Template:Flagicon Walter Samuel Template:Flagicon Lúcio Template:Flagicon Carles Puyol	Template:Flagicon Freddie Ljungberg Template:Flagicon Zinedine Zidane Template:Flagicon Michael Ballack Template:Flagicon Rubén Baraja	Template:Flagicon Ruud van Nistelrooy Template:Flagicon Christian Vieri
2002–03	Template:Flagicon Gianluigi Buffon	Template:Flagicon Paolo Maldini Template:Flagicon Daniel Van Buyten Template:Flagicon Carles Puyol Template:Flagicon Lilian Thuram	Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos Template:Flagicon Pavel Nedvěd Template:Flagicon Zinedine Zidane	Template:Flagicon Christian Vieri Template:Flagicon Mateja Kežman Template:Flagicon Roy Makaay
2003–04	Template:Flagicon Timo Hildebrand	Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos Template:Flagicon Walter Samuel Template:Flagicon Roberto Ayala Template:Flagicon Paulo Ferreira	Template:Flagicon Ronaldinho Template:Flagicon Francesco Totti Template:Flagicon Zinedine Zidane Template:Flagicon Ludovic Giuly	Template:Flagicon Andriy Shevchenko Template:Flagicon Thierry Henry
2004–05	Template:Flagicon Petr Čech	Template:Flagicon Fabio Cannavaro Template:Flagicon John Terry Template:Flagicon Carles Puyol	Template:Flagicon Frank Lampard Template:Flagicon Mark van Bommel Template:Flagicon Deco Template:Flagicon Ronaldinho	Template:Flagicon Arjen Robben Template:Flagicon Samuel Eto'o Template:Flagicon Andriy Shevchenko
2005–06	Template:Flagicon Petr Čech	Template:Flagicon Carles Puyol Template:Flagicon Lúcio Template:Flagicon Cris	Template:Flagicon Ronaldinho Template:Flagicon Frank Lampard Template:Flagicon Esteban Cambiasso Template:Flagicon Juninho	Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi Template:Flagicon Samuel Eto'o Template:Flagicon Luca Toni
2006–07	Template:Flagicon Grégory Coupet	Template:Flagicon Marco Materazzi Template:Flagicon Nemanja Vidić Template:Flagicon Dani Alves	Template:Flagicon Dejan Stanković Template:Flagicon Francesco Totti Template:Flagicon Juninho Template:Flagicon Cristiano Ronaldo	Template:Flagicon Zlatan Ibrahimović Template:Flagicon Didier Drogba Template:Flagicon Frédéric Kanouté
2007–08	Template:Flagicon Iker Casillas	Template:Flagicon Sergio Ramos Template:Flagicon Christian Panucci Template:Flagicon Rio Ferdinand Template:Flagicon William Gallas	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Ronaldo Template:Flagicon Cesc Fàbregas Template:Flagicon Franck Ribéry	Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi Template:Flagicon Zlatan Ibrahimović Template:Flagicon Fernando Torres
2008–09	Template:Flagicon Edwin van der Sar	Template:Flagicon Dani Alves Template:Flagicon John Terry Template:Flagicon Maicon Template:Flagicon Nemanja Vidić	Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi Template:Flagicon Xavi Template:Flagicon Steven Gerrard	Template:Flagicon Vedad Ibišević Template:Flagicon Samuel Eto'o Template:Flagicon Grafite
2009–10	Template:Flagicon Júlio César	Template:Flagicon John Terry Template:Flagicon Maicon Template:Flagicon Lúcio	Template:Flagicon Dani Alves Template:Flagicon Cesc Fàbregas Template:Flagicon Frank Lampard Template:Flagicon Wesley Sneijder	Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi Template:Flagicon Arjen Robben Template:Flagicon Wayne Rooney

2010s

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2010–11	Template:Flagicon Víctor Valdés	Template:Flagicon Dani Alves Template:Flagicon Mats Hummels Template:Flagicon Nemanja Vidić Template:Flagicon Gerard Piqué	Template:Flagicon Xavi Template:Flagicon Andrés Iniesta Template:Flagicon Nuri Şahin	Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi Template:Flagicon Cristiano Ronaldo Template:Flagicon Samuel Eto'o
2011–12	Template:Flagicon Manuel Neuer	Template:Flagicon Vincent Kompany Template:Flagicon Dani Alves Template:Flagicon Sergio Ramos Template:Flagicon Mats Hummels	Template:Flagicon Xavi Template:Flagicon Shinji Kagawa Template:Flagicon Andrea Pirlo	Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi Template:Flagicon Cristiano Ronaldo Template:Flagicon Robin van Persie
2012–13	Template:Flagicon Manuel Neuer	Template:Flagicon Philipp Lahm Template:Flagicon Dante Template:Flagicon Giorgio Chiellini	Template:Flagicon Bastian Schweinsteiger Template:Flagicon Thomas Müller Template:Flagicon İlkay Gündoğan	Template:Flagicon Gareth Bale Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi Template:Flagicon Zlatan Ibrahimović Template:Flagicon Cristiano Ronaldo
2013–14	Template:Flagicon Thibaut Courtois	Template:Flagicon Gerard Piqué Template:Flagicon Pepe Template:Flagicon Medhi Benatia Template:Flagicon David Alaba	Template:Flagicon Philipp Lahm Template:Flagicon Yaya Touré Template:Flagicon Arturo Vidal	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Ronaldo Template:Flagicon Luis Suárez Template:Flagicon Zlatan Ibrahimović
2014–15	Template:Flagicon Manuel Neuer	Template:Flagicon Branislav Ivanović Template:Flagicon Sergio Ramos Template:Flagicon Giorgio Chiellini Template:Flagicon Gerard Piqué	Template:Flagicon Arjen Robben Template:Flagicon Eden Hazard Template:Flagicon Cesc Fàbregas	Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi Template:Flagicon Cristiano Ronaldo Template:Flagicon Luis Suárez
2015–16	Template:Flagicon Keylor Navas	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Template:Flagicon Diego Godín Template:Flagicon Gerard Piqué Template:Flagicon Filipe Luís	Template:Flagicon Paul Pogba Template:Flagicon Ángel Di María Template:Flagicon N'Golo Kanté	Template:Flagicon Luis Suárez Template:Flagicon Gonzalo Higuaín Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi
2016–17	Template:Flagicon Gianluigi Buffon	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Template:Flagicon Sergio Ramos Template:Flagicon David Luiz Template:Flagicon Leonardo Bonucci	Template:Flagicon N'Golo Kanté Template:Flagicon Thiago Template:Flagicon Paulo Dybala	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Ronaldo Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi Template:Flagicon Edinson Cavani
2017–18	Template:Flagicon Marc-André ter Stegen	Template:Flagicon Jordi Alba Template:Flagicon Samuel Umtiti Template:Flagicon Nicolás Otamendi Template:Flagicon Giorgio Chiellini	Template:Flagicon David Silva Template:Flagicon Andrés Iniesta Template:Flagicon Kevin De Bruyne	Template:Flagicon Neymar Template:Flagicon Mohamed Salah Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi
2018–19	Template:Flagicon Marc-André ter Stegen	Template:Flagicon Jordi Alba Template:Flagicon Gerard Piqué Template:Flagicon Virgil Van Dijk Template:Flagicon Joshua Kimmich	Template:Flagicon Marco Reus Template:Flagicon Paul Pogba Template:Flagicon Eden Hazard	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Ronaldo Template:Fbicon Sadio Mané Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi
2019–20	Template:Flagicon Marc-André ter Stegen	Template:Flagicon Andy Robertson Template:Flagicon Dayot Upamecano Template:Flagicon Virgil Van Dijk Template:Flagicon Trent Alexander-Arnold	Template:Flagicon Ángel Di María Template:Flagicon Jordan Henderson Template:Flagicon Kevin De Bruyne	Template:Flagicon Erling Haaland Template:Fbicon Robert Lewandowski Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi

2020s

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2020–21	Template:Flagicon Jan Oblak	Template:Flagicon Achraf Hakimi Template:Flagicon Rúben Dias Template:Flagicon John Stones Template:Flagicon João Cancelo	Template:Flagicon Kevin De Bruyne Template:Flagicon İlkay Gündoğan Template:Flagicon Bruno Fernandes	Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi Template:Fbicon Robert Lewandowski Template:Flagicon Karim Benzema
2021–22	Template:Flagicon Thibaut Courtois	Template:Flagicon João Cancelo Template:Flagicon Antonio Rüdiger Template:Flagicon Virgil van Dijk Template:Flagicon Trent Alexander-Arnold	Template:Flagicon Bernardo Silva Template:Flagicon Luka Modrić Template:Flagicon Kevin De Bruyne	Template:Flagicon Karim Benzema Template:Flagicon Robert Lewandowski Template:Flagicon Mohamed Salah
2022–23	Template:Flagicon Marc-André ter Stegen	Template:Flagicon Théo Hernandez Template:Flagicon Kim Min-jae Template:Flagicon Éder Militão Template:Flagicon Giovanni Di Lorenzo	Template:Flagicon Kevin De Bruyne Template:Flagicon Martin Ødegaard	Template:Flagicon Kylian Mbappé Template:Flagicon Erling Haaland Template:Flagicon Victor Osimhen Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi
2023–24	Template:Flagicon Yann Sommer	Template:Flagicon Álex Grimaldo Template:Flagicon Virgil van Dijk Template:Flagicon Antonio Rüdiger Template:Flagicon Dani Carvajal	Template:Flagicon Vinícius Júnior Template:Flagicon Jude Bellingham Template:Flagicon Florian Wirtz	Template:Flagicon Harry Kane Template:Flagicon Kylian Mbappé Template:Flagicon Lautaro Martínez

By player

File:Lionel Messi.png

Lionel Messi (left) with 15 selections is the all-time record appearance maker of ESM's Team of the Season.

Wins	Player	First	Last
15	Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi	2005–06	2022–23
9	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Ronaldo	2006–07	2018–19
7	Template:Flagicon Roberto Carlos	1996–97	2003–04
5	Template:Flagicon Dani Alves	2006–07	2011–12
	Template:Flagicon Gerard Piqué	2010–11	2018–19
	Template:Flagicon Kevin De Bruyne	2017–18	2022–23
4	Template:Flagicon Paolo Maldini	1994–95	2002–03
	Template:Flagicon Zinedine Zidane	1997–98	2003–04
	Template:Flagicon Carles Puyol	2001–02	2005–06
	Template:Flagicon Samuel Eto'o	2004–05	2010–11
	Template:Flagicon Zlatan Ibrahimović	2006–07	2013–14
	Template:Flagicon Sergio Ramos	2007–08	2016–17
	Template:Flagicon Marc-André ter Stegen	2017–18	2022–23
	Template:Flagicon Virgil van Dijk	2018–19	2023–24
3	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Del Piero	1995–96	1997–98
	Template:Flagicon Laurent Blanc	1995–96	1998–99
	Template:Flagicon Raúl	1996–97	1999–00
	Template:Flagicon Jocelyn Angloma	1996–97	2000–01
	Template:Flagicon Christian Vieri	1997–98	2002–03
	Template:Flagicon Andriy Shevchenko	1999–00	2004–05
	Template:Flagicon Francesco Totti	2000–01	2006–07
	Template:Flagicon Lúcio	2001–02	2009–10
	Template:Flagicon Ronaldinho	2003–04	2005–06
	Template:Flagicon Frank Lampard	2004–05	2009–10
	Template:Flagicon John Terry	2004–05	2009–10
	Template:Flagicon Arjen Robben	2004–05	2014–15
	Template:Flagicon Nemanja Vidić	2006–07	2010–11
	Template:Flagicon Cesc Fàbregas	2007–08	2014–15
	Template:Flagicon Xavi	2008–09	2011–12
	Template:Flagicon Manuel Neuer	2011–12	2014–15
	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Chiellini	2012–13	2017–18
	Template:Flagicon Luis Suárez	2013–14	2015–16
	Template:Flagicon Robert Lewandowski	2019–20	2021–22