Newspapers' Best Players From Eastern European Nations

Dearman · May 16, 2020

I have been contributed a set of players' selection and ranking of eastern European nations from various newspapers. I'd like to share it as it will be great to have further discussion on eastern European player particularly in communist era that we could reach few sources of rating.

Here I would start at Overall Eastern Europe.

Best Player of Eastern Europe 1960-2016.

Source: official site of newspaper "Ukrainian Football" -- http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo [in ukrainian]. Region: Former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany (before 1991), Romania, Hungary, Albania, Bulgaria.
The vote was organized by:
1960-1991 (eastgerman information agency ADN (Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst), 1992-2007 (radiostation "Radioropa"), 2008-2012 (radiostation "Berlin-Britz"), since 2013 (newspaper "Ukrainian football").

Top 6. year by year.
1960 - 1. Yuri Voynov (USSR) - 22%, 2. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 19%, 3. Bora Costic (Yug) - 17%, 4. Ivan Kolev (Bul) - 15%, 5. Janos Gorocs (Hun) - 14%, 6. Blagoja Vidinic (Yug) - 13%.
1961 - 1. Georgi Naydenov (Bul) - 21%, 2. Gyula Grosics (Hun) - 19%, 3. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 18%, 4. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 16%, 5. Dragoslav Šekularac (Yug) - 15%, 6. Mikhail Meskhi (USSR) - 11%.
1962 - 1. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 74%, 2. Milan Galic (Yug) - 12%, 3. Viliam Schrojf (Cze) - 6%, 4. Andrej Kvašňák (Cze) - 4%, 5. Lajos Tichy (Hun) - 3%, 6. Dragoslav Šekularac (Yug) - 1%.
1963 - 1. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 75%, 2. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 10%, 3. Svatopluk Pluskal (Cze) - 6%, 4. Aleksandar Shalamanov (Bul) - 4%, 5. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 3%, 6. Manfred Kaiser (DDR) - 2%.
1964 - 1. Valeriy Voronin (USSR) - 53%, 2. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 20%, 3. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 9%, 4. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 8%, 5. Klaus Urbanczyk (DDR) - 7%, 6. Nicola Kotkov (Bul) - 3%.
1965 - 1. Ján Popluhár (Cze) - 22%, 2. Georgi Asparukhov (Bul) - 19%, 3. Valeriy Voronin (USSR) - 17%, 4. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 16%, 5. Slava Metreveli (USSR) - 14%, 6. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 12%.
1966 - 1. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 25%, 2. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 22%, 3. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 19%, 4. Nicolae Dobrin (Rom) - 15%, 5. Velibor Vasovic (Yug) - 11%, 6. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 9%.
1967 - 1. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 74%, 2. Igor Chislenko (USSR) - 8%, 3. Janos Farkas (Hun) - 7%, 4. Anatoliy Byshovets (USSR) - 6%, 5. Nicolae Dobrin (Rom) - 3%, 6. Eduard Streltsov (USSR) - 2%.
1968 - 1. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 79%, 2. Antal Dunai (Hun) - 9%, 3. Georgi Asparukhov (Bul) - 6%, 4. Jozef Adamec (Cze) - 3%, 5. Lajos Szűcs (Hun) - 2%, 6. Simeon Simeonov (Bul) - 1%.
1969 - 1. Vladimir Muntyan (USSR) - 23%, 2. Petar Zhekov (Bul) - 20%, 3. Ladislav Kuna (Cze) - 19%, 4. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 17%, 5. Jozef Adamec (Cze) - 13%, 6. Alexander Vencel (Cze) - 8%.
1970 - 1. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 24%, 2. Albert Shesternyov (USSR) - 21%, 3. Włodzimierz Lubański (Pol) - 18%, 4. Josip Skoblar (Yug) - 14%, 5. Anatoliy Byshovets (USSR) - 13%, 6. Cornel Dinu (Rom) - 10%.
1971 - 1. Eugeni Rudakov (USSR) - 38%, 2. Josip Skoblar (Yug) - 34%, 3. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 10%, 4. Mimis Domazos (GRE) - 9%, 5. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 6%, 6. Velibor Vasovic (Yug) - 3%.
1972 - 1. Victor Kolotov (USSR) - 27%, 2. Włodzimierz Lubański (Pol) - 23%, 3. Josip Skoblar (Yug) - 20%, 4. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol) - 15%, 5. Murtaz Khurtsilava (USSR) - 11%, 6. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 4%.
1973 - 1. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol) - 29%, 2. Hristo Bonev (Bul) - 21%, 3. Jan Tomaszewski (Pol) - 18%, 4. Enver Marić (Yug) - 16%, 5. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 13%, 6. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 3%.
1974 - 1. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol) - 63%, 2. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 14%, 3. Grzegorz Lato (Poland) - 12%, 4. Cornel Dinu (Rom) - 6%, 5. Victor Kolotov (USSR) - 3%, 6. Jürgen Sparwasser (DDR) - 2%.
1975 - 1. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 80%, 2. Leonid Buryak (USSR) - 7%, 3. Branko Oblak (Yug) - 6%, 4. Vladimir Onischenko (USSR) - 4%, 5. Dudu Georgescu (Rom) - 2%, 6. Hristo Bonev (Bul) - 1%.
1976 - 1. Ivo Viktor (Cze) - 72%, 2. Anton Ondruš (Cze) - 10%, 3. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 7%, 4. Antonín Panenka (Cze) - 5%, 5. Ivan Ćurković (Yug) - 4%, 6. Marián Masný (CZE) - 2%.
1977 - 1. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 34%, 2. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 28%, 3. Dudu Georgescu (Rom) - 12%, 4. András Törőcsik (Hun) - 11%, 5. David Kipiani (USSR) - 10%, 6. Dražen Mužinić (Yug) - 8%.
1978 - 1. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 34%, 2. Zdeněk Nehoda (Cze) - 22%, 3. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 19%, 4. Marián Masný (Cze) - 16%, 5. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 6%, 6. István Kocsis (Hun) - 3%.
1979 - 1. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 27%, 2. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 25%, 3. Zdeněk Nehoda (Cze) - 24%, 4. Joachim Streich (DDR) - 15%, 5. Vitaliy Starukhin (USSR) - 7%, 6. Antonín Panenka (Cze) - 2%.
1980 - 1. Antonín Panenka (Cze) - 35%, 2. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 20%, 3. Ladislav Vízek (Cze) - 18%, 4. Vladimir Petrović (Yug) - 17%, 5. Vladimir Bessonov (USSR) - 9%, 6. Marcel Răducanu (Rom) - 1%.
1981 - 1. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 47%, 2. Ramaz Shengelia (USSR) - 32%, 3. Aleksandr Chivadze (USSR) - 11%, 4. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 5%, 5. Zlatko Vujović (Yug) - 3%, 6. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 2%.
1982 - 1. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 51%, 2. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 18%, 3. Józef Młynarczyk (Pol) - 15%, 4. Jan Fiala (Cze) - 8%, 5. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 6%, 6. Imre Garaba (Hun) - 4%.
1983 - 1. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 28%, 2. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 25%, 3. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 17%, 4. Fyodor Cherenkov (USSR) - 14%, 5. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 13%, 6. Stoycho Mladenov (Bul) - 3%.
1984 - 1. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 32%, 2. Hans-Jürgen Dörner (DDR) - 26%, 3. Gennadiy Litovchenko (USSR) - 21%, 4. Vasilis Hatzipanagis (Gre) - 10%, 5. Silviu Lung (Rom) - 6%, 6. Velimir Zajec (Yug) - 5%.
1985 - 1. Oleg Protasov (USSR) - 30%, 2. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 29%, 3. Anatoliy Demiyanenko (USSR) - 28%, 4. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 6%, 5. Lajos Détári (Hun) - 4%, 6. Vahid Halilhodžić (Yug) - 3%.
1986 - 1. Igor Belanov (USSR) - 29%, 2. Aleksandr Zavarov (USSR) - 27%, 3. Helmuth Ducadam (Rom) - 25%, 4. Pavel Yakovenko (USSR) - 13%, 5. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 5%, 6. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 1%.
1987 - 1. Aleksandr Zavarov (USSR) - 42%, 2. Oleg Protasov (USSR) - 21%, 3. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 18%, 4. Józef Młynarczyk (Pol) - 9%, 5. Antal Róth (Hun) - 8%, 6. Rodion Cămătaru (Rom) - 2%.
1988 - 1. Aleksey Michaylichenko (USSR) - 49%, 2. Aleksandr Zavarov (USSR) - 15%, 3. Oleg Kuznetsov (USSR) - 12%, 4. Dragan Stojković (Yug) - 11%, 5. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 9%, 6. Anatoliy Demiyanenko (USSR) - 4%.
1989 - 1. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 37%, 2. Dragan Stojković (Yug) - 35%, 3. Vladimir Bessonov (USSR) - 10%, 4. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 8%, 5. Aleksey Mikhaylichenko (USSR) - 7%, 6. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 3%.
1990 - 1. Robert Prosinečki (Yug) - 33%, 2. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 26%, 3. Dragan Stojković (Yug) - 20%, 4. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 14%, 5. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 6%, 6. Zvonimir Boban (Yug) - 1%.
1991 - 1. Darko Pančev (Yug) - 24%, 2. Dejan Savićević (Yug) - 22%, 3. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 21%, 4. Gheorghe Popescu (Rom) - 16%, 5. Robert Prosinečki (Yug) - 15%, 6. Miodrag Belodedici (Rom) - 2%.
1992 - 1. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 55%, 2. Ľubomír Moravčík (Cze) - 19%, 3. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 12%, 4. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 7%, 5. Gheorghe Popescu (Rom) - 4%, 6. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 3%.
1993 - 1. Andrey Kanchelskis (Rus) - 36%, 2. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 31%, 3. Emil Kostadinov (Bul) - 11%, 4. Sergey Kiriyakov (Rus) - 9%, 5. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 8%, 6. Victor Onopko (Rus) - 5%.
1994 - 1. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 77%, 2. Andrey Kanchelskis (Rus) - 10%, 3. Iordan Lechkov (Bul) - 6%, 4. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 4%, 5. Dejan Savićević (Yug) - 2%, 6. Victor Leonenko (Ukr) - 1%.
1995 - 1. Dejan Savićević (Yug) - 25%, 2. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 23%, 3. Andrey Kanchelskis (Rus) - 20%, 4. Predrag Mijatović (Yug) - 16%, 5. Zvonimir Boban (Yug) - 9%, 6. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 7%.
1996 - 1. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 46%, 2. Karel Poborský (Cze) - 27%, 3. Gheorghe Popescu (Rom) - 10%, 4. Patrik Berger (Cze) - 8%, 5. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 6%, 6. Radek Bejbl (Cze) - 3%.
1997 - 1. Predrag Mijatović (Yug) - 50%, 2. Krassimir Balakov (Bul) - 22%, 3. Hasan Salihamidžić (Bsn) - 11%, 4. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 7%, 5. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 6%, 6. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 4%.
1998 - 1. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 40%, 2. Sergey Rebrov (Ukr) - 25%, 3. Predrag Mijatović (Yug) - 13%, 4. Adrian Ilie (Rom) - 9%, 5. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 8%, 6. Nikos Machlas (Gre) - 5%.
1999 - 1. Sergey Rebrov (Ukr) - 38%, 2. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 36%, 3. Siniša Mihajlović (Yug) - 12%, 4. Zvonimir Boban (Cro) - 10%, 5. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 3%, 6. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 1%.
2000 - 1. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 64%, 2. Egor Titov (Rus) - 15%, 3. Zlatko Zahovic (Svn) - 8%, 4. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 7%, 5. Jan Koller (Cze) - 4%, 6. Hakan Şükür (Tur) - 2%.
2001 - 1. Aleksandr Mostovoy (Rus) - 26%, 2. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 24%, 3. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 23%, 4. Sergey Barbarez (Bsn) - 19%, 5. Emmanuel Olisadebe (Pol) - 5%, 6. Igor Tudor (Cro) - 3%.
2002 - 1. Valentin Belkevich (Blr) - 22%, 2. Tomáš Rosický (Cze) - 20%, 3. Dmitriy Los'kov (Rus) - 18%, 4. Hasan Şaş (Tur) - 17%, 5. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 15%, 6. Kakha Kaladze (Geo) - 8%.
2003 - 1. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 48%, 2. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 38%, 3. Nihat Kahveci (Tur) - 6%, 4. Dado Pršo (Cro) - 4%, 5. Jan Koller (Cze) - 3%, 6. Adrian Mutu (Rom) - 1%.
2004 - 1. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 76%, 2. Theodoros Zagorakis (Gre) - 8%, 3. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 7%, 4. Milan Baroš (Cze) - 4%, 5. Māris Verpakovskis (Ltv) - 3%, 6. Jan Koller (Cze) - 2%.
2005 - 1. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 67%, 2. Aleksandr Gleb (Blr) - 11%, 3. Petr Čech (Cze) - 10%, 4. Tomáš Rosický (Cze) - 5%, 5. Zoltán Gera (Hun) - 4%, 6. Dimitar Berbatov (Bul) - 3%.
2006 - 1. Aleksandr Gleb (Blr) - 45%, 2. Euzebiusz Smolarek (Pol) - 15%, 3. Adrian Mutu (Rom) - 13%, 4. Tomáš Rosický (Cze) - 12%, 5. Shota Arveladze (Geo) - 8%, 6. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 7%.
2007 - 1. Dimitar Berbatov (Bul) - 23%, 2. Adrian Mutu (Rom) - 21%, 3. Aleksandr Gleb (Blr) - 18%, 4. Ivica Olic (Cro) - 16%, 5. Marek Jankulovski (Cze) - 14%, 6. Andrey Voronin (Ukr) - 8%.
2008 - 1. Andrey Arshavin (Ukr) - 39%, 2. Nemanja Vidić (Srb) - 25%, 3. Yuri Zhirkov (Rus) - 20%, 4. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 7%, 5. Anatoliy Timoshchuk (Ukr) - 5%, 6. Petr Čech (Cze) - 4%.
2009 - 1. Darijo Srna (Cro) - 21%, 2. Ivica Olic (Cro) - 19%, 3. Nemanja Vidić (Srb) - 18%, 4. Petr Čech (Cze) - 16%, 5. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 15%, 6. Andrey Arshavin (Rus) - 11%.
2010 - 1. Dejan Stanković (Srb) - 41%, 2. Dimitar Berbatov (Bul) - 32%, 3. Marko Vucinic (Mng) - 13%, 4. Balázs Dzsudzsák (Hun) - 7%, 5. Nemanja Vidić (Srb) - 5%, 6. Cristian Chivu (Rom) - 2%.
2011 - 1. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 20%, 2. Martin Škrtel (Svk) - 19%, 3. Jakub Błaszczykowski (Pol) - 18%, 4. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 16%, 5. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 15%, 6. Branislav Ivanović (Srb) - 12%.
2012 - 1. Petr Čech (Cze) - 29%, 2. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 21%, 3. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 20%, 4. Genrikh Mhitaryan (Arm) - 12%, 5. Branislav Ivanović (Srb) - 11%, 6. Mario Mandžukić (Cro) - 9%.
2013 - 1. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 145 pts, 2. Mario Mandžukić (Cro) - 109, 3. Andrey Yarmolenko (Ukr) - 86, 4. Darijo Srna (Cro) - 70, 5. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 67, 6. Vedad Ibišević (Bsn) - 48.
2014 - 1. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 129 pts, 2. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 111, 3. Marek Hamšík (Svk) - 77, 4. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 72, 5. Andrey Yarmolenko (Ukr) - 69, 6. Darijo Srna (Cro) - 67.
2015 - 1. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 121 pts, 2. Andrey Yarmolenko (Ukr) - 114, 3. Evheni Konoplyanka (Ukr) - 114, 4. Ivan Rakitic (Cro) - 101, 5. Juraj Kucka (Svk) - 50, 6. Elseid Hysaj (Alb) - 25.
2016 - 1. Jan Oblak (Svn) - 312 pts, 2. Luka Modric (Cro) - 213, 3. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 132, 4. Ivan Rakitic (Cro) - 68, 5. Marek Hamšík (Svk) - 59, 6. Ivelin Popov (Bul) - 40.

Dearman · May 16, 2020

Soviet Union

Russian/Soviet player of the Year (1910-1963).
This unofficial retrospective list is based on newspaper reports, magazine reviews and historical football literature (in russian):

Imperial period (1910-1917):

1910 - G.Nikitin
1911 - V.Sysoev
1912 - 1. Uverskiy, 2. P.Sokolov, 3. S.Filippov
1913 - 1. Khromov, 2. V.Butusov
1914 - Zhitarev
1915 - Severov
1916 - No Information
1917 - G.Filippov.

Early Soviet Era (1918-1935):

1918 - 1. Kanunnikov, 2. Moskalyov, 3. G.Ivanov
1919 - 1. K.Blinkov, 2. Pernitskiy, 3. P.Filippov
1920 - 1. P.Filippov, 2. P.Grigoriev, 3. K.Blinkov
1921 - 1. P.Filippov, 2. Kanunnikov, 3. Kolotushkin
1922 - 1. Kanunnikov, 2. Batyrev, 3. M.Butusov
1923 - 1. Isakov, 2. Selin, 3. M.Butusov
1924 - 1. M.Butusov, 2. Privalov, 3. N.Sokolov
1925 - 1. Selin, 2. M.Butusov, 3. Isakov
1926 - 1. M.Butusov, 2. Privalov, 3. Isakov
1927 - 1. M.Butusov, 2. N.Starostin, 3. Batyrev
1928 - 1. Selin, 2. M.Butusov, 3. Isakov
1929 - 1. Selin, 2. M.Butusov, 3. V.Pavlov
1930 - 1. M.Butusov, 2. V.Pavlov, 3. An.Starostin
1931 - 1. Selin, 2. V.Pavlov, 3. M.Butusov
1932 - 1. V.Pavlov, 2. Selin, 3. S.Ilyin
1933 - 1. S.Ivanov, 2. S.Ilyin, 3.V.Smirnov
1934 - 1. S.Ilyin, 2. P.Dementiev, 3. Idzkovskiy
1935 - 1. S.Ilyin, 2. An.Starostin, 3. P.Dementiev.

Pre-war professional period (1936-1940):

1936 - 1. Yakushin, 2. An.Starostin, 3. S.Ilyin
1937 - 1. An.Starostin, 2.G.Fedotov, 3. Paichadze
1938 - 1. An.Starostin, 2. G.Fedotov, 3. Djedjelava
1939 - 1. Zhmelkov, 2. G.Fedotov, 3. An.Starostin
1940 - 1. G.Fedotov, 2. Yakushin, 3. Vas.Sokolov.

Post-war professional period (1945-1953):
1945 - 1. Bobrov, 2. Khomich, 3. Kartsev
1946 - 1. G.Fedotov, 2. Bobrov, 3. A.Ponomaryov
1947 - 1. Bobrov, 2. Trofimov, 3. A.Ponomaryov
1948 - 1.Bobrov, 2. A.Ponomaryov, 3. Trofimov
1949 - 1. Beskov, 2. Grinin, 3. Simonyan
1950 - 1. Trofimov, 2. Beskov, 3. Simonyan
1951 - 1. V.Nikolaev, 2. Gogoberidze, 3. Gulevskiy
1952 - 1. Netto, 2. Bobrov, 3. Zazroev
1953 - 1. Netto, 2. Simonyan, 3. Krizhevskiy.

NT's golden era (1954-1963):
1954 - 1. Yashin, 2. Netto, 3. Simonyan
1955 - 1. Netto, 2. Yashin, 3. Streltsov
1956 - 1. Yashin, 2. Streltsov, 3. An.Ilyin
1957 - 1. Streltsov, 2. Netto, 3. Yashin
1958 - 1. An.Ilyin, 2. Val.Ivanov, 3. Yashin
1959 - 1. Yashin, 2. Voynov, 3. Meskhi
1960 - 1. Yashin, 2. Val.Ivanov, 3. Voynov
1961 - 1. Yashin, 2. Metreveli, 3. Meskhi
1962 - 1.Val.Ivanov, 2. Netto, 3. Krutikov
1963 - 1. Yashin, 2. Voronin, 3. Val.Ivanov.

USSR player of the year is available in rsssf and wikipedia in top 3. Below list is expanded to top 10.

Soviet Footballer of the Year (award of sport magazine "Futbol"/"Futbol-Hockey", 1964-1991). Top 10:

1964 - 1.Voronin, 2.Val.Ivanov, 3.Metreveli, 4.Yashin, 5.Bannikov, 6.V.Fedotov, 7.Meskhi, 8.Shesternyov, 9.Khusainov, 10.Kanevskiy.
1965 - 1.Voronin, 2.Streltsov, 3.Yashin, 4-10. not details.
1966 - 1.Biba, 2-3.Shesternyov, Yashin, 4.Streltsov, 5.Byshovets, 6.Voronin, 7.Sabo, 8-10.Banishevskiy, Rudakov, Turianchik.
1967 - 1.Streltsov, 2.Khurtsilava, 3.Byshovets, 4.Kavazashvili, 5.Turianchik, 6.Chislenko, 7.Mustygin, 8.Maslov, 9-11. Anichkin, Pshenichnikov, Yashin.
1968 - 1.Streltsov, 2.Khurtsilava, 3.Shesternyov, 4.Muntyan, 5.Khusainov, 6.Metreveli, 7.Turianchik, 8.Abduraimov, 9.Pshenichnikov, 10-12.Byshovets, Puzach, Yashin.
1969 - 1.Muntyan, 2.Kavazashvili, 3.Shesternyov, 4.Osyanin, 5.Serebrianikov, 6.Khusainov, 7-8.Asatiani, Yashin, 9.Byshovets, 10.Lovchev.
1970 - 1.Shesternyov, 2.V.Fedotov, 3.Bannikov, 4.Evryuzhikhin, 5.Nodia, 6.Eshtrekov, 7.Sabo, 8.Byshovets, 9-10.Kavazashvili, Muntyan.
1971 - 1.Rudakov, 2.Kolotov, 3.Markarov, 4.Khurtsilava, 5.Shesternyov, 6.Pilguy, 7-8.Malofeev, V.Shevchenko, 9.Dolmatov, 10-11.Eskov, Sosnikhin.
1972 - 1.Lovchev, 2.Rudakov, 3.Khurtsilava, 4.Kolotov, 5.Blokhin, 6.Andriasyan, 7.V.Semyonov, 8-9.Zhuravlyov, Zanazanyan, 10.Eskov.
1973 - 1.Blokhin, 2.Andriasyan, 3.Pilguy, 4.Ishtoyan, 5.Markarov, 6.Muntyan, 7-8.Kozemyakin, Lovchev, 9.Abramyan, 10-11.Machaidze, Olshanskiy.
1974 - 1.Blokhin, 2.Veremeev, 3.Prokhorov, 4.Lovchev, 5.Olshanskiy, 6.Nikonov, 7.Pavlenko, 8.Onishchenko, 9.Andriasyan, 10.Starukhin.
1975 - 1.Blokhin, 2.Veremeev, 3.Lovchev, 4.Kolotov, 5.Astapovskiy, 6-7.Konkov, Onishchenko, 8-9.Markarov, Prokhorov, 10.Zviagintsev.
1976 - 1.Astapovskiy, 2.Kipiani, 3.Blokhin, 4.Markin, 5.Gontar, 6.Buryak, 7.Konkov, 8.N.Petrosyan, 9.Sakharov, 10.Tarkhanov.
1977 - 1.Kipiani, 2.Blokhin, 3.Degtyaryov, 4.Konkov, 5.Bubnov, 6.Bessonov, 7.Chesnokov, 8.Buryak, 9.Machaidze, 10.Kostava.
1978 - 1.Shengelia, 2.Blokhin, 3.Yartsev, 4.Machaidze, 5.Kipiani, 6.Bessonov, 7.Romenskiy, 8.Latysh, 9.Degtyaryov, 10.Maksimenkov.
1979 - 1.Starukhin, 2.Khidiatullin, 3.Gavrilov, 4.Kipiani, 5.Gabelia, 6.Konkov, 7.Dasaev, 8.Maksimenkov, 9-10.Machaidze, Yurchishin.
1980 - 1.Chivadze, 2.Blokhin, 3.Khidiatullin, 4.S.Andreev, 5.Bessonov, 6.Kipiani, 7.Oganesyan, 8.Dasaev, 9.Tarkhanov, 10.Buryak.
1981 - 1.Shengelia, 2.Blokhin, 3.Buryak, 4.Kipiani, 5.Gabelia, 6.Chivadze, 7.Bessonov, 8.Gutsaev, 9.Veremeev, 10.Sulakvelidze.
1982 - 1.Dasaev, 2.Demyanenko, 3.Yakubik, 4.Buryak, 5.Chivadze, 6.Prokopenko, 7.Oganesyan, 8.Kurnenin, 9.Blokhin, 10-12.Borovskiy, Sokolovskiy, Vyacheslav Chanov.
1983 - 1.Cherenkov, 2.Dasaev, 3.Chivadze, 4.Taran, 5.Grachyov, 6.Gurinovich, 7.Litovchenko, 8.Gavrilov, 9.Tarkhanov, 10.Gotsmanov.
1984 - 1.Litovchenko, 2.Biryukov, 3.Gavrilov, 4.Gazzaev, 5.Zheludkov, 6-7.S.Andreev, Dasaev, 8.Blokhin, 9.Shavlo, 10.Klementiev.
1985 - 1.Demyanenko, 2.Protasov, 3.Cherenkov, 4.Blokhin, 5.Dasaev, 6.Zavarov, 7.Chivadze, 8.Pasulko, 9.G.Morozov, 10.Gotsmanov.
1986 - 1.Zavarov, 2.Belanov, 3.Blokhin, 4.Yakovenko, 5.Borodyuk, 6.Y.Savichev, 7.Dasaev, 8.Bessonov, 9.Rats, 10.Khidiatullin.
1987 - 1.Protasov, 2.Mikhailichenko, 3.Dasaev, 4.Cherenkov, 5.Zavarov, 6.Dobrovolskiy, 7.Narbekovas, 8.Rodionov, 9.Khidiatullin, 10-11.Aleinikov, Yarovenko.
1988 - 1.Mikhailichenko, 2.Dasaev, 3.Cherenkov, 4.Zavarov, 5.Y.Savichev, 6.Dobrovolskiy, 7.Shakhov, 8.Litovchenko, 9.O.Kuznetsov, 10.Lyutyi.
1989 - 1.Cherenkov, 2.Cherchesov, 3.Bessonov, 4.Protasov, 5.Kudritskiy, 6.Litovchenko, 7.Mikhailichenko, 8.Gorodov, 9.Dobrovolskiy, 10.Rodionov.
1990 - 1.Dobrovolskiy, 2.Yuran, 3.Mostovoy, 4.Mikhailichenko, 5.Uvarov, 6.O.Kuznetsov, 7.Cherchesov, 8.Shalimov, 9.Litovchenko, 10.Tsveiba.
1991 - 1.Kolyvanov, 2.Mostovoy, 3.Korneev, 4.Shalimov, 5.D.Kuznetsov, 6.Kulkov, 7.Yuran, 8.Tsveiba, 9.Cherchesov, 10.Radchenko.

Russian Footballer of the Year (award of sport magazine "Futbol", 1992-2000). Top 10:

1992 - 1. Onopko, 2. Ledyakhov, 3. Radchenko, 4. Shalimov, 5. Cherchesov, 6. Kasumov (AZE), 7. Kharin, 8. Piatnitskiy, 9-10. Karpin, Kiriyakov.
1993 - 1. Onopko, 2-3. Piatnitskiy, Pisarev, 4. Veretennikov, 5. Karpin, 6. Kiriyakov, 7. Panchenko, 8-9. Beschastnykh, Cherchesov, 10. Ledyakhov.
1994 - 1. Simutenkov, 2. Beschstnykh, 3. Kanchelskis, 4. Salenko, 5. Onopko, 6. Radimov, 7. Cherchesov, 8. Tsymbalar, 9. Garin, 10-11. Karpin, Piatnitskiy.
1995 - 1. Tsymbalar, 2. Onopko, 3. Veretennikov, 4. Radimov, 5. Tetradze, 6. Shmarov, 7. Nikiforov, 8. Yuran, 9. Kharlachyov, 10. Tedeev.
1996 - 1. Tikhonov, 2. Tsymbalar, 3. Veretennikov, 4. Tetradze, 5. Khokhlov, 6. Dm. Cheryshev, 7. A. Maslov, 8. Ovchinnikov, 9. Kolyvanov, 10. Kobelev.
1997 - 1. Alenichev, 2. Veretennikov, 3. Kobelev, 4. Ovchinnikov, 5. Khokhlov, 6. Yanovskiy, 7. Tikhonov, 8. Kobiashvili (GEO), 9-10. Berezovskiy, Filimonov.
1998 - 1. Titov, 2. Mostovoy, 3. Tsymbalar, 4. Veretennikov, 5. Semak, 6. Yanovskiy, 7. Filimonov, 8. Borodyuk, 9-10. Varlamov, Esipov.
1999 - 1. Smertin, 2. Karpin, 3. Tikhonov, 4. Mostovoy, 5. Demetradze (GEO), 6. Titov, 7. Semak, 8. Panov, 9. Khokhlov, 10. Loskov.
2000 - 1. Titov, 2. Karpin, 3. Loskov, 4. Nigmatullin, 5. R. Gusev, 6. Mostovoy, 7. Sirkhaev, 8. Mandrykin, 9. Parfyonov, 10. Smertin.

Top 5 Ukraine by Decade (newspaper "Ukrainian football", 2010):

1920s: 1.Ivan Privalov, 2.Vladimir Fomin, 3.Oleksandr Shpakovskiy, 4.Konstantin Fomin, 5.Roman Norov.
1930s: 1.Konstantin Shchegodskiy, 2.Oleksa Bokshay, 3.Anton Idzkovskiy, 4.Vladimir Kobziar', 5.Viktor Shilovskiy.
1940s: 1.Oleksandr Skotsen', 2.Aleksandr Ponomaryov, 3.Pavel Vinkovatov, 4.Fyodor Dashkov, 5.Abram Lerman.
1950s: 1.Mikhail Koman, 2.Vitaly Golubev, 3.Oleg Makarov, 4.Yuri Voynov, 5.Viktor Fomin.
1960s: 1.Viktor Serebryanikov, 2.Vassily Turyanchik, 3.Andrey Biba, 4.Anotoly Byshovets, 5.Viktor Kanevskiy.
1970s: 1.Oleg Blokhin, 2.Viktor Kolotov, 3.Vladimir Muntyan, 4.Anatoly Konkov, 5.Evgeny Rudakov.
1980s: 1.Oleg Blokhin, 2.Anatoly Dem'yanenko, 3.Aleksandr Zavarov, 4.Oleg Protasov, 5.Vladimir Bessonov.
1990s: 1.Sergiy Rebrov, 2.Viktor Leonenko, 3.Andrey Shevchenko, 4.Yuri Kalitvintsev, 5.Oleksandr Shovkovskiy.
2000s: 1.Andrey Shevchenko, 2.Anatoly Timoshchuk, 3.Oleksandr Shovkovskiy, 4.Sergiy Rebrov, 5.Andrey Voronin.

Georgian footballer of All-Time.

In 2010 georgian newspaper "Kviris palitra" made the election of best player of Georgia ever. Short-list (9 best players) was offered readers. They estimated players 9-point scale from 1 to 9.
Amount of points below

1.Boris Paichadze - 7.88 pts
2.Mikhail Meskhi - 7.77
3.David Kipiani - 7.04
4.Slava Metreveli - 5.86
5.Aleksandr Chivadze - 4.46
6.Vitaly Daraselia - 3.64
7.Shota Yamanidze - 3.61
8.Kakha Kaladze - 2.53
9.Shota Arveladze - 2.20

In december 2000 georgian newspaper "Sakhalkho Gazeti" ("People's newspaper") voted all-time team of georgian football. list below:

GK - Sergo Kotrikadze.
DF - Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava, Aleksandr Chivadze, Givi Chokheli.
MF - Shota Yamanidze, David Kipiani, Vitaly Daraselia.
FW - Boris Paichadze, Slava Metreveli, Mikhail Meskhi.

Dearman · May 16, 2020

Yugoslavia

Top 10 (UEFA Jubilee Awards, 1954-2003):

SERBIA - 1.Dragan Džajić – 54 pts, 2. Dragan Stojković – 26, 3. Dejan Savićević – 23, 4.Dragoslav Šekularac - 19, 5.Stjepan Bobek - 17, 6.Rajko Mitić - 8, 7.Predrag Mijatović - 7, 8.Vladimir Jugović - 3, 9.Milan Galić - 2, 10-12.Vujadin Boškov, Miloš Milutinović, Vladimir Petrović – 1.

CROATIA - 1.Davor Šuker - 70 pts, 2.Zvonimir Boban - 64, 3.Bernard Vukas - 57, 4.Robert Prosinečki - 33, 5.Dražan Jerković - 20, 6.Vladimir Beara - 10, 7-8.Stjepan Bobek, Alen Bokšić - 9, 9.Josip Skoblar - 7, 10-12.Rudolf Belin, Dražen Ladić, Branko Zebec - 6.

BOSNIA - 1.Safet Sušić - 218 pts, 2.Asim Ferhatović Hase - 114, 3.Ivica Osim - 104, 4.Duško Bajević - 74, 5.Muhamed Mujić - 59, 6.Josip Katalinski - 58, 7.Blaž Slišković - 39, 8.Enver Marić - 27, 9.Vahidin Musemić - 17, 10. Mišo Smajlović - 11.

SLOVENIA - 1.Brane Oblak, 2.Srećko Katanec, 3.Zlatko Zahovič.

Dearman · May 16, 2020

Hungary

In 2013 a book was published in Hungarian, entitled "VÁLOGATOTT GYÜJTEMÉNY" i.e. "The best team". There is an interesting list compiled by Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ).
List below:

HUNGARY XI All-time (2-1-2-5):

(GK): 1.GROSICS Gyula, 2.PLATKÓ Ferenc, 3.ZSÁK Károly, 4.SZABÓ Antal, 5.KIRÁLY Gábor, 6.HENNI Géza, 7.SZENTMIHÁLY Antal, 8.DOMONKOS László, 9.GÉCZI István, 10.GELEI József, 11.MÉSZÁROS Ferenc.

(DF R): 1.RUDAS Ferenc, 2.MÁTRAI Sándor, 3.FOGL II Károly, 4.MÁNDI Gyula, 5.BUZÁNSZKY Jenő, 6.NOVÁK Dezső, 7.KORÁNYI Lajos, 8.RUMBOLD Gyula, 9.POLGÁR Gyula, 10.KÁRPÁTI Béla, 11.TÖRÖK Péter.

(DF L): 1.BIRÓ Sándor, 2.SÁROSI László, 3.LANTOS Mihály, 4.BALOGH II Sándor, 5.IHÁSZ Kálmán, 6.FOGL III József, 7.DALNOKI Jenő, 8.TÓTH József, 9.JUHÁSZ Péter, 10.PAYER Imre, 11.STERNBERG László.

(MF R): 1.BOSZIK József, 2.NAGYMAROSI Mihály, 3.KOVÁCS Imre, 4.BUNDZSÁK Dezső, 5.SZALAY Antal, 6.SZOJKA Ferenc, 7.MATHESZ Imre, 8.NAGY István, 9.SOLYMOSI Ernő, 10.DUNAI III Ede, 11.DARDAI Pál.

(DF/MF C): 1.MÉSZÖLY Kálmán, 2.LÓRÁNT Gyula, 3.BÖRZSEY János, 4.PÁNCSICS Miklós, 5.SZÜCS Sándor, 6.KISPÉTER Mihály, 7.BÁLINT László, 8.KOVÁCS József, 9.VÁRHIDI Pál, 10.JUHÁSZ Roland, 11.DISZTL László.

(MF L): 1.ORTH György, 2.LÁZÁR Gyula, 3.SIPOS Ferenc, 4.KOTÁSZ Ferenc, 5.SZÜCS Lajos, 6.BERENDY Pál, 7.ZAKARIÁS József, 8.LAKAT Károly, 9.GARABA Imre, 10.BLUM Zoltán, 11.LIPCSEI Péter.

(RW): 1.SÁNDOR Károly, 2.FAZEKAS László, 3.BRAUN József, 4.KIPRICH József, 5.SAS Ferenc, 6.BUDAI II László, 7.MARKOS Imre, 8.TÁNCOS Mihaly, 9.EGRESI Béla, 10.SZÕKE István, 11.MOLNÁR Dezső.

(RI): 1.KOCSIS Sándor, 2.KUBALA László, 3.GÖRÖCS János, 4.VARGA Zoltán, 5.CSEH II László, 6.TAKÁCS II József, 7.SZUSZA Ferenc, 8.MACHOS Ferenc, 9.NYILASI Tibor, 10.KONRÁD II Kálmán, 11.KOCSIS Lajos.

(CFW): 1.ALBERT Flórián, 2.HIDEGKUTI Nándor, 3.SÁROSI György dr., 4.BENE Ferenc, 5.SCHAFFER Alfred, 6.TURAY József, 7.KALMÁR Jenő, 8.DÉAK Ferenc, 9.TÖRÕCSIK András, 10.PALOTÁS Péter, 11.SZILÁGYI Gyula.

(LI): 1.PUSKÁS Ferenc, 2.SCHLOSSER Imre, 3.ZSENGELLÉR Gyula, 4.TICHY Lajos, 5.FARKAS János, 6.TOLDI Géza, 7.OPATA Zoltán, 8.BODOLA Gyula, 9.DÉTÁRI Lajos, 10.DUNAI II Antal, 11.RÁKOSI Gyula.

(LW): 1.CZIBOR Zoltán, 2.KOHUT Vilmos, 3.TITKOS Pál, 4.ZÁMBÓ Sándor, 5.FENYVESI Máté dr., 6.VÁRADY Béla, 7.BORBÁS Gáspár dr., 8.NYERS István, 9.KOVÁCS Kálmán, 10.ESTERHÁZY Márton, 11.DZSUDZSÁK Balázs.

in 2010 hungarian football magazine "FourFourTwo" voted among experts about the best players ever.
List below:

1. Puskás Ferenc 950
2. Bozsik József 904
3. Hidegkuti Nándor 859
4. Albert Flórián 848
5. Orth György 800
6. Kocsis Sándor 790
7. Kubala László 742
8. Sárosi György 736
9. Schlosser Imre 702
10. Zsengellér Gyula 642
11. Szusza Ferenc 633
12. Bene Ferenc 610
13. Nyilasi Tibor 593
14. Grosics Gyula 533
15. Czibor Zoltán 521
16. Lázár Gyula 520
17. Göröcs János 515
18. Détári Lajos 500
19. Deák Ferenc 483
20. Sándor Károly 467
21. Törőcsik András 453
22. Mészöly Kálmán 447
23. Farkas János 446
24. Tichy Lajos 433
25. Fazekas László 414
26. Varga Zoltán 378
27. Schaffer Alfréd 377
27. Toldi Géza 377
29. Sipos Ferenc 364
30. Mátrai Sándor 291
31. Bölöni László 284
32. Buzánszky Jenő 278
33. Titkos Pál 256
34. Nagymarosi Mihály 254
35. Zsák Károly 224
36. Kocsis Lajos 218
37. Lóránt Gyula 176
38. Cseh László 170
39. Takács József 166
40. Novák Dezső 156
41. Rudas Ferenc 153
42. Machos Ferenc 152
43. Fenyvesi Máté dr. 150
44. Bodola Gyula 140
45. Kovács Imre 137
46. Nyers István 133
47. Fogl Károly 125
48. Lantos Mihály 124
49. Budai László 121
50. Dunai Antal 119

Dearman · May 16, 2020

Czechoslovakia

Best czech player ever (Newspaper "Mladá fronta Dnes", voting among specialists and journalists, 2009):

1.Josef Bican - 106 pts, 2.Josef Masopust - 96, 3.Pavel Nedvěd - 92, 4.Ivo Viktor - 52, 5.Antonín Panenka - 48, 6.Andrej Kvašňák - 38, 7.František Plánička - 29, 8.Karel Pešek-Káďa - 28, 9.Tomáš Rosický - 19, 10.Karel Poborský - 17, 11.Petr Čech - 16, 12-13.Jan Koler, Svatopluk Pluskal - 14, 14.Jan Berger - 13, 15.Antonín Puč - 8, 16.Karol Dobiaš - 7, 17.Oldřich Nejedlý - 5, 18.Zdeněk Nehoda - 3.

Best player of Czechia, XX century (czech sport weekly "Gol", december 2000):

1.Josef Masopust - 591 pts
2.Josef Bican - 524
3.Ivo Viktor - 370
4.František Plánička - 361
5.Pavel Nedvěd - 251
6.Antonín Panenka - 231
7.Ladislav Novák - 145
8.Karol Dobiaš - 127
9.Andrej Kvašňák - 112
10.Zdeněk Nehoda - 101

Slovakian best player XX century (voting among specialists, trainers, journalists and fans):

1.Ján Popluhár - 56,149 pts
2.Jozef Adamec - 48,966
3.Karol Dobiaš - 12,987
4.Peter Dubovský - 11,863
5.Karol Jokl - 11,021
6.Anton Ondruš - 9,058
7.Andrej Kvašňák - 8,902
8.Marián Masný - 7,894
9.Ladislav Kuna - 7,806
10.Ladislav Petráš - 7,312

Dearman · May 16, 2020

Poland

UEFA Jubilee Award (1954-2004). POLAND (polish federation & newspaper "Gazeta Wyborcza", sep 2003):

1.Włodzimierz Lubański - 2694 pts, 2.Kazimierz Deyna - 2592, 3.Grzegorz Lato - 966, 4.Jerzy Gorgoń - 936, 5.Zbigniew Boniek - 822, 6.Zygfryd Szołtysik - 702, 7.Henryk Kasperczak - 672, 8.Gerard Cieślik - 348, 9.Ernest Pol - 180, 10.Hubert Kostka - 150, 11.Jan Domarski - 132, 12.Dariusz Dziekanowski - 126, 13.Jan Tomaszewski - 125, 14.Zygmunt Anczok - 118, 15.Ernest Wilmowski - 110, 16.Kazimierz Kmiecik - 100, 17.Józef Młynarczyk - 70, 18.Krzysztof Warzycha - 69, 19.Lesław Ćmikiewicz - 66, 20.Lucjan Brychczy - 64, 21.Mirosław Okoński - 63, 22.Robert Gadocha - 60, 23.Roman Korynt - 55, 24.Jan Banaś - 50, 25.Tomasz Wałdoch - 49, 26.Jerzy Dudek - 48, 27.Jacek Zieliński - 40, 28.Mieczysław Gracz - 38, 29-30.Jan Furtok, Emmanuel Olisadebe - 37, 31.Teodor Anioła - 36, 32.Włodzimierz Smolarek - 30, 33.Andrzej Szarmach - 29, 34.Edward Szymkowiak - 26, 35.Jacek Kazimierski - 20, 36.Władysław Żmuda - 19, 37-40.Andrzej Buncol, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Roman Kosecki, Wojciech Szymczak - 15, 41-42.Andrzej Juskowiak, Zdzisław Kapka - 14, 43-44.Stefan Majewski, Stanisław Terlecki - 13 45.Janusz Kupcewicz - 10, 46.Wojciech Kowalczyk - 9.

Best polish footballer 1956-2016 (Ranking of football magazine "Piłka Nożna", feb 2016):
GK - 1. Józef Młynarczyk, 2. Jan Tomaszewski, 3. Jerzy Dudek 4. Edward Szymkowiak, 5. Artur Boruc, 6. Hubert Kostka.
FB - 1. Antoni Szymanowski, 2. Zygmunt Anczok, 3. Adam Musiał, 4. Marek Dziuba, 5. Stefan Majewski, 6. Łukasz Piszczek, 7. Henryk Szczepański, 8. Dariusz Wdowczyk, 9. Michał Żewłakow.
CB - 1. Władysław Żmuda, 2. Jerzy Gorgoń, 3. Stanisław Oślizło, 4. Paweł Janas, 5. Roman Wójcik, 6. Tomasz Wałdoch, 7. Jacek Bąk, 8. Roman Korynt, 9. Jacek Zieliński.
CMF - 1. Kazimierz Deyna, 2. Henryk Kasperczak, 3. Zygmunt Maszczyk, 4. Janusz Kupcewicz, 5. Lesław Ćmikiewicz, 6. Waldemar Matysik, 7. Grzegorz Krychowiak, 8. Adam Nawałka, 9. Erwin Wilczek.
AMF - 1. Zbigniew Boniek, 2. Lucjan Brychczy, 3. Dariusz Dziekanowski, 4. Ryszard Tarasiewicz, 5. Andrzej Buncol, 6. Piotr Nowak, 7. Zygfryd Szołtysik, 8. Andrzej Iwan, 9. Leszek Pisz.
R/L FW - 1. Grzegorz Lato, 2. Robert Gadocha, 3. Włodzimierz Smolarek, 4. Jan Urban, 5. Jakub Błaszczykowski, 6. Jacek Krzynówek, 7. Roman Kosecki, 8. Mirosław Okoński, 9. Euzebiusz Smolarek.
CF - 1. Robert Lewandowski, 2. Włodzimierz Lubański, 3. Andrzej Szarmach, 4. Ernest Pohl, 5. Andrzej Juskowiak, 6. Krzysztof Warzycha, 7. Kazimierz Kmiecik, 8. Gerard Cieślik, 9. Jan Furtok.

POLAND XI (1956-2016) - 4-2-4: Młynarczyk - Szymanowski, Żmuda, Gorgoń, Anczok - Deyna, Boniek - Lato, Lewandowski, Lubański, Gadocha.

Dearman · May 16, 2020

Romania

Greatest Romanian Footballers' according to Romanian daily newspaper, 'Libertatea'. voted by football fans.

1. Nicolae Dobrin (8358 votes)
2. Gheorghe Hagi (7559 votes)
3. Ilie Balaci (1179 votes)
4. Iosif Petschovschi (571 votes)
5. Iuliu Baratki (403 votes)
6. Laszlo Boloni (352 votes)
7. Helmuth Duckadam (325 votes)
8. Gheorghe Popescu (295 votes)
9. Miodrag Belodedici (270 votes)
10. Adrian Mutu (214 votes)
11. Cristian Chivu (170 votes)

Dearman · May 16, 2020

Bulgaria

Bulgarian footballer of XX century.
400 footbaall specialists and journalists voted best bulgarian players 1900-1999. Results were published and awards were presented on 25/03/1999.

1.G.Asparukhov - 3398 pts
2.H.Stoitchkov - 3325
3.H.Bonev - 1664
4.D.Yakimov - 1578
5.K.Balakov - 1408
6.N.Kotkov - 818
7.I.Kolev - 764
8.D.Penev - 730
9.E.Kostadinov - 643
10.N.Sirakov - 575

Dearman · May 16, 2020

Greece

GREECE all-time XI (vote "Contra.gr" (Live Sport Magazine), 2013): 4-3-3

GK - 1.Antonios Nikopolidis, 2.Nikos Sarganis, 3.Takis Ikonomopoulos.
RB - 1.Vasilis Torosidis, 2.Ioannis Kyrastas, 3.Giourkas Seitaridis.
CB - 1.Sokratis Papastathopoulos, 2.Traianos Dellas, 3.Anthimos Kapsis.
CB - 1.Stelios Manolas, 2.Kyriakos Papadopoulos, 3.Aristidis Kamaras.
LB - 1.Grigoris Georgatos, 2.Michalis Kasapis, 3.Takis Fyssas.
DMF - 1.Theodoros Zagorakis, 2.Takis Loukanidis, 3.Kostas Katsouranis.
CMF - 1.Jorgos Karagunis, 2.Konstantinos Kouis, 3.Stavros Sarafis.
AMF - 1.Mimis Domazos, 2.Vassilios Tsiartas, 3.Giorgos Koudas.
RFW/W - 1.Dimitris Saravakos, 2.Maik Galakos, 3.Georgios Georgiadis.
CFW/STR - 1.Thomas Mavros, 2.Konstantinos Mitroglou, 3.Nikos Anastopoulos.
LFW/W - 1.Stelios Giannakopoulos, 2.Georgios Samaras, 3.Kostas Davourlis.

Top 10 Greece (1954-2003, Vote for "UEFA Jubilee Awards"):

1.Vasilis Hatzipanagis - 4104 pts
2.Mimis Domazos - 1982
3.Mimis Papaioannou - 817
4.Georgios Delikaris - 526
5.Giorgos Koudas - 486
6.Dimitris Saravakos - 318
7.Nikos Anastopoulos - 156
8.Thomas Mavros - 102
9.Giorgos Sideris - 101
10.Takis Loukanidis - 74

Greatest Greek footballers of all time by 'gazzetta.gr', 2016.

10. Ilias Rosidis
9. Theodoros Zagorakis
8. Mimis Papaioannou
7. Dimitris Saravakos
6. Giorgos Sideris
5. Kostas Nestoridis
4. Thomas Mavros
3. Giorgos Koudas
2. Mimis Domazos
1. Vasilis Hatzipanagis

PDG1978 · May 22, 2020

Dearman said: ↑

I have been contributed a set of players' selection and ranking of eastern European nations from various newspapers. I'd like to share it as it will be great to have further discussion on eastern European player particularly in communist era that we could reach few sources of rating.

Here I would start at Overall Eastern Europe.

Best Player of Eastern Europe 1960-2016.

Source: official site of newspaper "Ukrainian Football" -- http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo [in ukrainian]. Region: Former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany (before 1991), Romania, Hungary, Albania, Bulgaria.
The vote was organized by:
1960-1991 (eastgerman information agency ADN (Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst), 1992-2007 (radiostation "Radioropa"), 2008-2012 (radiostation "Berlin-Britz"), since 2013 (newspaper "Ukrainian football").

Top 6. year by year.
1960 - 1. Yuri Voynov (USSR) - 22%, 2. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 19%, 3. Bora Costic (Yug) - 17%, 4. Ivan Kolev (Bul) - 15%, 5. Janos Gorocs (Hun) - 14%, 6. Blagoja Vidinic (Yug) - 13%.
1961 - 1. Georgi Naydenov (Bul) - 21%, 2. Gyula Grosics (Hun) - 19%, 3. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 18%, 4. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 16%, 5. Dragoslav Šekularac (Yug) - 15%, 6. Mikhail Meskhi (USSR) - 11%.
1962 - 1. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 74%, 2. Milan Galic (Yug) - 12%, 3. Viliam Schrojf (Cze) - 6%, 4. Andrej Kvašňák (Cze) - 4%, 5. Lajos Tichy (Hun) - 3%, 6. Dragoslav Šekularac (Yug) - 1%.
1963 - 1. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 75%, 2. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 10%, 3. Svatopluk Pluskal (Cze) - 6%, 4. Aleksandar Shalamanov (Bul) - 4%, 5. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 3%, 6. Manfred Kaiser (DDR) - 2%.
1964 - 1. Valeriy Voronin (USSR) - 53%, 2. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 20%, 3. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 9%, 4. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 8%, 5. Klaus Urbanczyk (DDR) - 7%, 6. Nicola Kotkov (Bul) - 3%.
1965 - 1. Ján Popluhár (Cze) - 22%, 2. Georgi Asparukhov (Bul) - 19%, 3. Valeriy Voronin (USSR) - 17%, 4. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 16%, 5. Slava Metreveli (USSR) - 14%, 6. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 12%.
1966 - 1. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 25%, 2. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 22%, 3. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 19%, 4. Nicolae Dobrin (Rom) - 15%, 5. Velibor Vasovic (Yug) - 11%, 6. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 9%.
1967 - 1. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 74%, 2. Igor Chislenko (USSR) - 8%, 3. Janos Farkas (Hun) - 7%, 4. Anatoliy Byshovets (USSR) - 6%, 5. Nicolae Dobrin (Rom) - 3%, 6. Eduard Streltsov (USSR) - 2%.
1968 - 1. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 79%, 2. Antal Dunai (Hun) - 9%, 3. Georgi Asparukhov (Bul) - 6%, 4. Jozef Adamec (Cze) - 3%, 5. Lajos Szűcs (Hun) - 2%, 6. Simeon Simeonov (Bul) - 1%.
1969 - 1. Vladimir Muntyan (USSR) - 23%, 2. Petar Zhekov (Bul) - 20%, 3. Ladislav Kuna (Cze) - 19%, 4. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 17%, 5. Jozef Adamec (Cze) - 13%, 6. Alexander Vencel (Cze) - 8%.
1970 - 1. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 24%, 2. Albert Shesternyov (USSR) - 21%, 3. Włodzimierz Lubański (Pol) - 18%, 4. Josip Skoblar (Yug) - 14%, 5. Anatoliy Byshovets (USSR) - 13%, 6. Cornel Dinu (Rom) - 10%.
1971 - 1. Eugeni Rudakov (USSR) - 38%, 2. Josip Skoblar (Yug) - 34%, 3. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 10%, 4. Mimis Domazos (GRE) - 9%, 5. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 6%, 6. Velibor Vasovic (Yug) - 3%.
1972 - 1. Victor Kolotov (USSR) - 27%, 2. Włodzimierz Lubański (Pol) - 23%, 3. Josip Skoblar (Yug) - 20%, 4. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol) - 15%, 5. Murtaz Khurtsilava (USSR) - 11%, 6. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 4%.
1973 - 1. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol) - 29%, 2. Hristo Bonev (Bul) - 21%, 3. Jan Tomaszewski (Pol) - 18%, 4. Enver Marić (Yug) - 16%, 5. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 13%, 6. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 3%.
1974 - 1. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol) - 63%, 2. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 14%, 3. Grzegorz Lato (Poland) - 12%, 4. Cornel Dinu (Rom) - 6%, 5. Victor Kolotov (USSR) - 3%, 6. Jürgen Sparwasser (DDR) - 2%.
1975 - 1. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 80%, 2. Leonid Buryak (USSR) - 7%, 3. Branko Oblak (Yug) - 6%, 4. Vladimir Onischenko (USSR) - 4%, 5. Dudu Georgescu (Rom) - 2%, 6. Hristo Bonev (Bul) - 1%.
1976 - 1. Ivo Viktor (Cze) - 72%, 2. Anton Ondruš (Cze) - 10%, 3. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 7%, 4. Antonín Panenka (Cze) - 5%, 5. Ivan Ćurković (Yug) - 4%, 6. Marián Masný (CZE) - 2%.
1977 - 1. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 34%, 2. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 28%, 3. Dudu Georgescu (Rom) - 12%, 4. András Törőcsik (Hun) - 11%, 5. David Kipiani (USSR) - 10%, 6. Dražen Mužinić (Yug) - 8%.
1978 - 1. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 34%, 2. Zdeněk Nehoda (Cze) - 22%, 3. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 19%, 4. Marián Masný (Cze) - 16%, 5. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 6%, 6. István Kocsis (Hun) - 3%.
1979 - 1. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 27%, 2. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 25%, 3. Zdeněk Nehoda (Cze) - 24%, 4. Joachim Streich (DDR) - 15%, 5. Vitaliy Starukhin (USSR) - 7%, 6. Antonín Panenka (Cze) - 2%.
1980 - 1. Antonín Panenka (Cze) - 35%, 2. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 20%, 3. Ladislav Vízek (Cze) - 18%, 4. Vladimir Petrović (Yug) - 17%, 5. Vladimir Bessonov (USSR) - 9%, 6. Marcel Răducanu (Rom) - 1%.
1981 - 1. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 47%, 2. Ramaz Shengelia (USSR) - 32%, 3. Aleksandr Chivadze (USSR) - 11%, 4. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 5%, 5. Zlatko Vujović (Yug) - 3%, 6. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 2%.
1982 - 1. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 51%, 2. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 18%, 3. Józef Młynarczyk (Pol) - 15%, 4. Jan Fiala (Cze) - 8%, 5. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 6%, 6. Imre Garaba (Hun) - 4%.
1983 - 1. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 28%, 2. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 25%, 3. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 17%, 4. Fyodor Cherenkov (USSR) - 14%, 5. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 13%, 6. Stoycho Mladenov (Bul) - 3%.
1984 - 1. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 32%, 2. Hans-Jürgen Dörner (DDR) - 26%, 3. Gennadiy Litovchenko (USSR) - 21%, 4. Vasilis Hatzipanagis (Gre) - 10%, 5. Silviu Lung (Rom) - 6%, 6. Velimir Zajec (Yug) - 5%.
1985 - 1. Oleg Protasov (USSR) - 30%, 2. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 29%, 3. Anatoliy Demiyanenko (USSR) - 28%, 4. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 6%, 5. Lajos Détári (Hun) - 4%, 6. Vahid Halilhodžić (Yug) - 3%.
1986 - 1. Igor Belanov (USSR) - 29%, 2. Aleksandr Zavarov (USSR) - 27%, 3. Helmuth Ducadam (Rom) - 25%, 4. Pavel Yakovenko (USSR) - 13%, 5. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 5%, 6. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 1%.
1987 - 1. Aleksandr Zavarov (USSR) - 42%, 2. Oleg Protasov (USSR) - 21%, 3. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 18%, 4. Józef Młynarczyk (Pol) - 9%, 5. Antal Róth (Hun) - 8%, 6. Rodion Cămătaru (Rom) - 2%.
1988 - 1. Aleksey Michaylichenko (USSR) - 49%, 2. Aleksandr Zavarov (USSR) - 15%, 3. Oleg Kuznetsov (USSR) - 12%, 4. Dragan Stojković (Yug) - 11%, 5. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 9%, 6. Anatoliy Demiyanenko (USSR) - 4%.
1989 - 1. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 37%, 2. Dragan Stojković (Yug) - 35%, 3. Vladimir Bessonov (USSR) - 10%, 4. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 8%, 5. Aleksey Mikhaylichenko (USSR) - 7%, 6. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 3%.
1990 - 1. Robert Prosinečki (Yug) - 33%, 2. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 26%, 3. Dragan Stojković (Yug) - 20%, 4. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 14%, 5. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 6%, 6. Zvonimir Boban (Yug) - 1%.
1991 - 1. Darko Pančev (Yug) - 24%, 2. Dejan Savićević (Yug) - 22%, 3. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 21%, 4. Gheorghe Popescu (Rom) - 16%, 5. Robert Prosinečki (Yug) - 15%, 6. Miodrag Belodedici (Rom) - 2%.
1992 - 1. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 55%, 2. Ľubomír Moravčík (Cze) - 19%, 3. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 12%, 4. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 7%, 5. Gheorghe Popescu (Rom) - 4%, 6. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 3%.
1993 - 1. Andrey Kanchelskis (Rus) - 36%, 2. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 31%, 3. Emil Kostadinov (Bul) - 11%, 4. Sergey Kiriyakov (Rus) - 9%, 5. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 8%, 6. Victor Onopko (Rus) - 5%.
1994 - 1. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 77%, 2. Andrey Kanchelskis (Rus) - 10%, 3. Iordan Lechkov (Bul) - 6%, 4. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 4%, 5. Dejan Savićević (Yug) - 2%, 6. Victor Leonenko (Ukr) - 1%.
1995 - 1. Dejan Savićević (Yug) - 25%, 2. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 23%, 3. Andrey Kanchelskis (Rus) - 20%, 4. Predrag Mijatović (Yug) - 16%, 5. Zvonimir Boban (Yug) - 9%, 6. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 7%.
1996 - 1. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 46%, 2. Karel Poborský (Cze) - 27%, 3. Gheorghe Popescu (Rom) - 10%, 4. Patrik Berger (Cze) - 8%, 5. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 6%, 6. Radek Bejbl (Cze) - 3%.
1997 - 1. Predrag Mijatović (Yug) - 50%, 2. Krassimir Balakov (Bul) - 22%, 3. Hasan Salihamidžić (Bsn) - 11%, 4. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 7%, 5. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 6%, 6. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 4%.
1998 - 1. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 40%, 2. Sergey Rebrov (Ukr) - 25%, 3. Predrag Mijatović (Yug) - 13%, 4. Adrian Ilie (Rom) - 9%, 5. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 8%, 6. Nikos Machlas (Gre) - 5%.
1999 - 1. Sergey Rebrov (Ukr) - 38%, 2. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 36%, 3. Siniša Mihajlović (Yug) - 12%, 4. Zvonimir Boban (Cro) - 10%, 5. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 3%, 6. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 1%.
2000 - 1. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 64%, 2. Egor Titov (Rus) - 15%, 3. Zlatko Zahovic (Svn) - 8%, 4. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 7%, 5. Jan Koller (Cze) - 4%, 6. Hakan Şükür (Tur) - 2%.
2001 - 1. Aleksandr Mostovoy (Rus) - 26%, 2. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 24%, 3. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 23%, 4. Sergey Barbarez (Bsn) - 19%, 5. Emmanuel Olisadebe (Pol) - 5%, 6. Igor Tudor (Cro) - 3%.
2002 - 1. Valentin Belkevich (Blr) - 22%, 2. Tomáš Rosický (Cze) - 20%, 3. Dmitriy Los'kov (Rus) - 18%, 4. Hasan Şaş (Tur) - 17%, 5. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 15%, 6. Kakha Kaladze (Geo) - 8%.
2003 - 1. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 48%, 2. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 38%, 3. Nihat Kahveci (Tur) - 6%, 4. Dado Pršo (Cro) - 4%, 5. Jan Koller (Cze) - 3%, 6. Adrian Mutu (Rom) - 1%.
2004 - 1. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 76%, 2. Theodoros Zagorakis (Gre) - 8%, 3. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 7%, 4. Milan Baroš (Cze) - 4%, 5. Māris Verpakovskis (Ltv) - 3%, 6. Jan Koller (Cze) - 2%.
2005 - 1. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 67%, 2. Aleksandr Gleb (Blr) - 11%, 3. Petr Čech (Cze) - 10%, 4. Tomáš Rosický (Cze) - 5%, 5. Zoltán Gera (Hun) - 4%, 6. Dimitar Berbatov (Bul) - 3%.
2006 - 1. Aleksandr Gleb (Blr) - 45%, 2. Euzebiusz Smolarek (Pol) - 15%, 3. Adrian Mutu (Rom) - 13%, 4. Tomáš Rosický (Cze) - 12%, 5. Shota Arveladze (Geo) - 8%, 6. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 7%.
2007 - 1. Dimitar Berbatov (Bul) - 23%, 2. Adrian Mutu (Rom) - 21%, 3. Aleksandr Gleb (Blr) - 18%, 4. Ivica Olic (Cro) - 16%, 5. Marek Jankulovski (Cze) - 14%, 6. Andrey Voronin (Ukr) - 8%.
2008 - 1. Andrey Arshavin (Ukr) - 39%, 2. Nemanja Vidić (Srb) - 25%, 3. Yuri Zhirkov (Rus) - 20%, 4. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 7%, 5. Anatoliy Timoshchuk (Ukr) - 5%, 6. Petr Čech (Cze) - 4%.
2009 - 1. Darijo Srna (Cro) - 21%, 2. Ivica Olic (Cro) - 19%, 3. Nemanja Vidić (Srb) - 18%, 4. Petr Čech (Cze) - 16%, 5. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 15%, 6. Andrey Arshavin (Rus) - 11%.
2010 - 1. Dejan Stanković (Srb) - 41%, 2. Dimitar Berbatov (Bul) - 32%, 3. Marko Vucinic (Mng) - 13%, 4. Balázs Dzsudzsák (Hun) - 7%, 5. Nemanja Vidić (Srb) - 5%, 6. Cristian Chivu (Rom) - 2%.
2011 - 1. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 20%, 2. Martin Škrtel (Svk) - 19%, 3. Jakub Błaszczykowski (Pol) - 18%, 4. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 16%, 5. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 15%, 6. Branislav Ivanović (Srb) - 12%.
2012 - 1. Petr Čech (Cze) - 29%, 2. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 21%, 3. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 20%, 4. Genrikh Mhitaryan (Arm) - 12%, 5. Branislav Ivanović (Srb) - 11%, 6. Mario Mandžukić (Cro) - 9%.
2013 - 1. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 145 pts, 2. Mario Mandžukić (Cro) - 109, 3. Andrey Yarmolenko (Ukr) - 86, 4. Darijo Srna (Cro) - 70, 5. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 67, 6. Vedad Ibišević (Bsn) - 48.
2014 - 1. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 129 pts, 2. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 111, 3. Marek Hamšík (Svk) - 77, 4. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 72, 5. Andrey Yarmolenko (Ukr) - 69, 6. Darijo Srna (Cro) - 67.
2015 - 1. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 121 pts, 2. Andrey Yarmolenko (Ukr) - 114, 3. Evheni Konoplyanka (Ukr) - 114, 4. Ivan Rakitic (Cro) - 101, 5. Juraj Kucka (Svk) - 50, 6. Elseid Hysaj (Alb) - 25.
2016 - 1. Jan Oblak (Svn) - 312 pts, 2. Luka Modric (Cro) - 213, 3. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 132, 4. Ivan Rakitic (Cro) - 68, 5. Marek Hamšík (Svk) - 59, 6. Ivelin Popov (Bul) - 40.
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This is really interesting to see. I know @peterhrt has posted some of the results before.

One thing I notice now is that for the years up to 2012 (maybe not afterwards), it could be that a shortlist of 6 was given to voters, because looking at the first 10 years and then some random examples from later I noticed that the percentages seem to add up to 100%. So maybe it is not a top 6 from a free vote, but a presentation of 6 candidates for each voter to pick one from.

PDG1978 · May 22, 2020

I could be wrong, but between 2013 and 2015 the system looks like it could be to pick 5 of the 6 players in order, still from a shortlist of 6 maybe (each voter giving 5 for 1st place down to 1 for 5th place would mean 35 voters would hand out 525 points between them which is what the total is for all those years). If that was the case the maximum possible for a player to get would be 175 points in those years (35 first place votes).

Something is different for 2016 though anyway, which seems to be the last year the vote took place of course.

PDG1978 · May 22, 2020

PDG1978 said: ↑

I could be wrong, but between 2013 and 2015 the system looks like it could be to pick 5 of the 6 players in order, still from a shortlist of 6 maybe (each voter giving 5 for 1st place down to 1 for 5th place would mean 35 voters would hand out 525 points between them which is what the total is for all those years). If that was the case the maximum possible for a player to get would be 175 points in those years (35 first place votes).

Something is different for 2016 though anyway, which seems to be the last year the vote took place of course.
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No, sorry, I see now after going to the translated version of the page that Dearman linked that from 2013 all 6 players received points so it was 25 voters allocating points from 6 to 1. The maximum a player could get would be 150 points, and as shown on the page in 2013 Lewandowski actually received 84% of the votes for first place which would be higher than anyone in any of the previous surveys I think wouldn't it.

I guess the same system did stay in place for the next 2 years, but I'm not sure about 2016 or what percentage of first place votes Oblak got.

PDG1978 · Aug 15, 2020

Dearman said: ↑

I have been contributed a set of players' selection and ranking of eastern European nations from various newspapers. I'd like to share it as it will be great to have further discussion on eastern European player particularly in communist era that we could reach few sources of rating.

Here I would start at Overall Eastern Europe.

Best Player of Eastern Europe 1960-2016.

Source: official site of newspaper "Ukrainian Football" -- http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo [in ukrainian]. Region: Former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany (before 1991), Romania, Hungary, Albania, Bulgaria.
The vote was organized by:
1960-1991 (eastgerman information agency ADN (Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst), 1992-2007 (radiostation "Radioropa"), 2008-2012 (radiostation "Berlin-Britz"), since 2013 (newspaper "Ukrainian football").

Top 6. year by year.
1960 - 1. Yuri Voynov (USSR) - 22%, 2. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 19%, 3. Bora Costic (Yug) - 17%, 4. Ivan Kolev (Bul) - 15%, 5. Janos Gorocs (Hun) - 14%, 6. Blagoja Vidinic (Yug) - 13%.
1961 - 1. Georgi Naydenov (Bul) - 21%, 2. Gyula Grosics (Hun) - 19%, 3. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 18%, 4. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 16%, 5. Dragoslav Šekularac (Yug) - 15%, 6. Mikhail Meskhi (USSR) - 11%.
1962 - 1. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 74%, 2. Milan Galic (Yug) - 12%, 3. Viliam Schrojf (Cze) - 6%, 4. Andrej Kvašňák (Cze) - 4%, 5. Lajos Tichy (Hun) - 3%, 6. Dragoslav Šekularac (Yug) - 1%.
1963 - 1. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 75%, 2. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 10%, 3. Svatopluk Pluskal (Cze) - 6%, 4. Aleksandar Shalamanov (Bul) - 4%, 5. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 3%, 6. Manfred Kaiser (DDR) - 2%.
1964 - 1. Valeriy Voronin (USSR) - 53%, 2. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 20%, 3. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 9%, 4. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 8%, 5. Klaus Urbanczyk (DDR) - 7%, 6. Nicola Kotkov (Bul) - 3%.
1965 - 1. Ján Popluhár (Cze) - 22%, 2. Georgi Asparukhov (Bul) - 19%, 3. Valeriy Voronin (USSR) - 17%, 4. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 16%, 5. Slava Metreveli (USSR) - 14%, 6. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 12%.
1966 - 1. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 25%, 2. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 22%, 3. Josef Masopust (Cze) - 19%, 4. Nicolae Dobrin (Rom) - 15%, 5. Velibor Vasovic (Yug) - 11%, 6. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 9%.
1967 - 1. Flórián Albert (Hun) - 74%, 2. Igor Chislenko (USSR) - 8%, 3. Janos Farkas (Hun) - 7%, 4. Anatoliy Byshovets (USSR) - 6%, 5. Nicolae Dobrin (Rom) - 3%, 6. Eduard Streltsov (USSR) - 2%.
1968 - 1. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 79%, 2. Antal Dunai (Hun) - 9%, 3. Georgi Asparukhov (Bul) - 6%, 4. Jozef Adamec (Cze) - 3%, 5. Lajos Szűcs (Hun) - 2%, 6. Simeon Simeonov (Bul) - 1%.
1969 - 1. Vladimir Muntyan (USSR) - 23%, 2. Petar Zhekov (Bul) - 20%, 3. Ladislav Kuna (Cze) - 19%, 4. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 17%, 5. Jozef Adamec (Cze) - 13%, 6. Alexander Vencel (Cze) - 8%.
1970 - 1. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 24%, 2. Albert Shesternyov (USSR) - 21%, 3. Włodzimierz Lubański (Pol) - 18%, 4. Josip Skoblar (Yug) - 14%, 5. Anatoliy Byshovets (USSR) - 13%, 6. Cornel Dinu (Rom) - 10%.
1971 - 1. Eugeni Rudakov (USSR) - 38%, 2. Josip Skoblar (Yug) - 34%, 3. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 10%, 4. Mimis Domazos (GRE) - 9%, 5. Dragan Dzajic (Yug) - 6%, 6. Velibor Vasovic (Yug) - 3%.
1972 - 1. Victor Kolotov (USSR) - 27%, 2. Włodzimierz Lubański (Pol) - 23%, 3. Josip Skoblar (Yug) - 20%, 4. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol) - 15%, 5. Murtaz Khurtsilava (USSR) - 11%, 6. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 4%.
1973 - 1. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol) - 29%, 2. Hristo Bonev (Bul) - 21%, 3. Jan Tomaszewski (Pol) - 18%, 4. Enver Marić (Yug) - 16%, 5. Ferenc Bene (Hun) - 13%, 6. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 3%.
1974 - 1. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol) - 63%, 2. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 14%, 3. Grzegorz Lato (Poland) - 12%, 4. Cornel Dinu (Rom) - 6%, 5. Victor Kolotov (USSR) - 3%, 6. Jürgen Sparwasser (DDR) - 2%.
1975 - 1. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 80%, 2. Leonid Buryak (USSR) - 7%, 3. Branko Oblak (Yug) - 6%, 4. Vladimir Onischenko (USSR) - 4%, 5. Dudu Georgescu (Rom) - 2%, 6. Hristo Bonev (Bul) - 1%.
1976 - 1. Ivo Viktor (Cze) - 72%, 2. Anton Ondruš (Cze) - 10%, 3. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 7%, 4. Antonín Panenka (Cze) - 5%, 5. Ivan Ćurković (Yug) - 4%, 6. Marián Masný (CZE) - 2%.
1977 - 1. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 34%, 2. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 28%, 3. Dudu Georgescu (Rom) - 12%, 4. András Törőcsik (Hun) - 11%, 5. David Kipiani (USSR) - 10%, 6. Dražen Mužinić (Yug) - 8%.
1978 - 1. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 34%, 2. Zdeněk Nehoda (Cze) - 22%, 3. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 19%, 4. Marián Masný (Cze) - 16%, 5. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 6%, 6. István Kocsis (Hun) - 3%.
1979 - 1. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 27%, 2. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 25%, 3. Zdeněk Nehoda (Cze) - 24%, 4. Joachim Streich (DDR) - 15%, 5. Vitaliy Starukhin (USSR) - 7%, 6. Antonín Panenka (Cze) - 2%.
1980 - 1. Antonín Panenka (Cze) - 35%, 2. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 20%, 3. Ladislav Vízek (Cze) - 18%, 4. Vladimir Petrović (Yug) - 17%, 5. Vladimir Bessonov (USSR) - 9%, 6. Marcel Răducanu (Rom) - 1%.
1981 - 1. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 47%, 2. Ramaz Shengelia (USSR) - 32%, 3. Aleksandr Chivadze (USSR) - 11%, 4. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 5%, 5. Zlatko Vujović (Yug) - 3%, 6. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 2%.
1982 - 1. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 51%, 2. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 18%, 3. Józef Młynarczyk (Pol) - 15%, 4. Jan Fiala (Cze) - 8%, 5. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 6%, 6. Imre Garaba (Hun) - 4%.
1983 - 1. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 28%, 2. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 25%, 3. Tibor Nyilasi (Hun) - 17%, 4. Fyodor Cherenkov (USSR) - 14%, 5. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 13%, 6. Stoycho Mladenov (Bul) - 3%.
1984 - 1. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 32%, 2. Hans-Jürgen Dörner (DDR) - 26%, 3. Gennadiy Litovchenko (USSR) - 21%, 4. Vasilis Hatzipanagis (Gre) - 10%, 5. Silviu Lung (Rom) - 6%, 6. Velimir Zajec (Yug) - 5%.
1985 - 1. Oleg Protasov (USSR) - 30%, 2. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol) - 29%, 3. Anatoliy Demiyanenko (USSR) - 28%, 4. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 6%, 5. Lajos Détári (Hun) - 4%, 6. Vahid Halilhodžić (Yug) - 3%.
1986 - 1. Igor Belanov (USSR) - 29%, 2. Aleksandr Zavarov (USSR) - 27%, 3. Helmuth Ducadam (Rom) - 25%, 4. Pavel Yakovenko (USSR) - 13%, 5. Oleg Blokhin (USSR) - 5%, 6. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 1%.
1987 - 1. Aleksandr Zavarov (USSR) - 42%, 2. Oleg Protasov (USSR) - 21%, 3. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 18%, 4. Józef Młynarczyk (Pol) - 9%, 5. Antal Róth (Hun) - 8%, 6. Rodion Cămătaru (Rom) - 2%.
1988 - 1. Aleksey Michaylichenko (USSR) - 49%, 2. Aleksandr Zavarov (USSR) - 15%, 3. Oleg Kuznetsov (USSR) - 12%, 4. Dragan Stojković (Yug) - 11%, 5. Rinat Dasaev (USSR) - 9%, 6. Anatoliy Demiyanenko (USSR) - 4%.
1989 - 1. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 37%, 2. Dragan Stojković (Yug) - 35%, 3. Vladimir Bessonov (USSR) - 10%, 4. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 8%, 5. Aleksey Mikhaylichenko (USSR) - 7%, 6. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 3%.
1990 - 1. Robert Prosinečki (Yug) - 33%, 2. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 26%, 3. Dragan Stojković (Yug) - 20%, 4. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 14%, 5. Safet Sušić (Yug) - 6%, 6. Zvonimir Boban (Yug) - 1%.
1991 - 1. Darko Pančev (Yug) - 24%, 2. Dejan Savićević (Yug) - 22%, 3. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 21%, 4. Gheorghe Popescu (Rom) - 16%, 5. Robert Prosinečki (Yug) - 15%, 6. Miodrag Belodedici (Rom) - 2%.
1992 - 1. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 55%, 2. Ľubomír Moravčík (Cze) - 19%, 3. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 12%, 4. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 7%, 5. Gheorghe Popescu (Rom) - 4%, 6. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 3%.
1993 - 1. Andrey Kanchelskis (Rus) - 36%, 2. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 31%, 3. Emil Kostadinov (Bul) - 11%, 4. Sergey Kiriyakov (Rus) - 9%, 5. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 8%, 6. Victor Onopko (Rus) - 5%.
1994 - 1. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 77%, 2. Andrey Kanchelskis (Rus) - 10%, 3. Iordan Lechkov (Bul) - 6%, 4. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 4%, 5. Dejan Savićević (Yug) - 2%, 6. Victor Leonenko (Ukr) - 1%.
1995 - 1. Dejan Savićević (Yug) - 25%, 2. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 23%, 3. Andrey Kanchelskis (Rus) - 20%, 4. Predrag Mijatović (Yug) - 16%, 5. Zvonimir Boban (Yug) - 9%, 6. Hristo Stoichkov (Bul) - 7%.
1996 - 1. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 46%, 2. Karel Poborský (Cze) - 27%, 3. Gheorghe Popescu (Rom) - 10%, 4. Patrik Berger (Cze) - 8%, 5. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 6%, 6. Radek Bejbl (Cze) - 3%.
1997 - 1. Predrag Mijatović (Yug) - 50%, 2. Krassimir Balakov (Bul) - 22%, 3. Hasan Salihamidžić (Bsn) - 11%, 4. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 7%, 5. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 6%, 6. Alen Bokšić (Cro) - 4%.
1998 - 1. Davor Šuker (Cro) - 40%, 2. Sergey Rebrov (Ukr) - 25%, 3. Predrag Mijatović (Yug) - 13%, 4. Adrian Ilie (Rom) - 9%, 5. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 8%, 6. Nikos Machlas (Gre) - 5%.
1999 - 1. Sergey Rebrov (Ukr) - 38%, 2. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 36%, 3. Siniša Mihajlović (Yug) - 12%, 4. Zvonimir Boban (Cro) - 10%, 5. Gheorghe Hagi (Rom) - 3%, 6. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 1%.
2000 - 1. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 64%, 2. Egor Titov (Rus) - 15%, 3. Zlatko Zahovic (Svn) - 8%, 4. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 7%, 5. Jan Koller (Cze) - 4%, 6. Hakan Şükür (Tur) - 2%.
2001 - 1. Aleksandr Mostovoy (Rus) - 26%, 2. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 24%, 3. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 23%, 4. Sergey Barbarez (Bsn) - 19%, 5. Emmanuel Olisadebe (Pol) - 5%, 6. Igor Tudor (Cro) - 3%.
2002 - 1. Valentin Belkevich (Blr) - 22%, 2. Tomáš Rosický (Cze) - 20%, 3. Dmitriy Los'kov (Rus) - 18%, 4. Hasan Şaş (Tur) - 17%, 5. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 15%, 6. Kakha Kaladze (Geo) - 8%.
2003 - 1. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 48%, 2. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 38%, 3. Nihat Kahveci (Tur) - 6%, 4. Dado Pršo (Cro) - 4%, 5. Jan Koller (Cze) - 3%, 6. Adrian Mutu (Rom) - 1%.
2004 - 1. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 76%, 2. Theodoros Zagorakis (Gre) - 8%, 3. Pavel Nedvěd (Cze) - 7%, 4. Milan Baroš (Cze) - 4%, 5. Māris Verpakovskis (Ltv) - 3%, 6. Jan Koller (Cze) - 2%.
2005 - 1. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukr) - 67%, 2. Aleksandr Gleb (Blr) - 11%, 3. Petr Čech (Cze) - 10%, 4. Tomáš Rosický (Cze) - 5%, 5. Zoltán Gera (Hun) - 4%, 6. Dimitar Berbatov (Bul) - 3%.
2006 - 1. Aleksandr Gleb (Blr) - 45%, 2. Euzebiusz Smolarek (Pol) - 15%, 3. Adrian Mutu (Rom) - 13%, 4. Tomáš Rosický (Cze) - 12%, 5. Shota Arveladze (Geo) - 8%, 6. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 7%.
2007 - 1. Dimitar Berbatov (Bul) - 23%, 2. Adrian Mutu (Rom) - 21%, 3. Aleksandr Gleb (Blr) - 18%, 4. Ivica Olic (Cro) - 16%, 5. Marek Jankulovski (Cze) - 14%, 6. Andrey Voronin (Ukr) - 8%.
2008 - 1. Andrey Arshavin (Ukr) - 39%, 2. Nemanja Vidić (Srb) - 25%, 3. Yuri Zhirkov (Rus) - 20%, 4. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 7%, 5. Anatoliy Timoshchuk (Ukr) - 5%, 6. Petr Čech (Cze) - 4%.
2009 - 1. Darijo Srna (Cro) - 21%, 2. Ivica Olic (Cro) - 19%, 3. Nemanja Vidić (Srb) - 18%, 4. Petr Čech (Cze) - 16%, 5. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 15%, 6. Andrey Arshavin (Rus) - 11%.
2010 - 1. Dejan Stanković (Srb) - 41%, 2. Dimitar Berbatov (Bul) - 32%, 3. Marko Vucinic (Mng) - 13%, 4. Balázs Dzsudzsák (Hun) - 7%, 5. Nemanja Vidić (Srb) - 5%, 6. Cristian Chivu (Rom) - 2%.
2011 - 1. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 20%, 2. Martin Škrtel (Svk) - 19%, 3. Jakub Błaszczykowski (Pol) - 18%, 4. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 16%, 5. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 15%, 6. Branislav Ivanović (Srb) - 12%.
2012 - 1. Petr Čech (Cze) - 29%, 2. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 21%, 3. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 20%, 4. Genrikh Mhitaryan (Arm) - 12%, 5. Branislav Ivanović (Srb) - 11%, 6. Mario Mandžukić (Cro) - 9%.
2013 - 1. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 145 pts, 2. Mario Mandžukić (Cro) - 109, 3. Andrey Yarmolenko (Ukr) - 86, 4. Darijo Srna (Cro) - 70, 5. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 67, 6. Vedad Ibišević (Bsn) - 48.
2014 - 1. Luka Modrić (Cro) - 129 pts, 2. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 111, 3. Marek Hamšík (Svk) - 77, 4. Edin Džeko (Bsn) - 72, 5. Andrey Yarmolenko (Ukr) - 69, 6. Darijo Srna (Cro) - 67.
2015 - 1. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 121 pts, 2. Andrey Yarmolenko (Ukr) - 114, 3. Evheni Konoplyanka (Ukr) - 114, 4. Ivan Rakitic (Cro) - 101, 5. Juraj Kucka (Svk) - 50, 6. Elseid Hysaj (Alb) - 25.
2016 - 1. Jan Oblak (Svn) - 312 pts, 2. Luka Modric (Cro) - 213, 3. Robert Lewandowski (Pol) - 132, 4. Ivan Rakitic (Cro) - 68, 5. Marek Hamšík (Svk) - 59, 6. Ivelin Popov (Bul) - 40.
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I had a look now into making an XI (and 3 more) based on the results of the voting over this whole period. I scored each first place 11 points by default, or 12 if the player received over 60% of the votes (or between 2013 and 2015 more than 125 points...and I scored Oblak 12 points too for 2016 even being uncertain about the exact points system for that year, but I went with Viktor for team 4 below as I didn't feel Oblak's win was definitely more clear-cut anyway than Viktor's from 1976). For each second place it was 9 points, or 10 if the player received over 20% of the vote (between 2013-2015 more than 110 points, and Modric got the benefit of the doubt for 2016 too). For third places 7 by default, or 8 if the player got over 16% of the vote (or between 2013-2015 more than 95 points, with Lewandowski getting the benefit of the doubt for 2016 too). For fourth place 5 points, or 6 if the player got over 12% of the vote (or between 2013-2015 more than 80 points, while it seems like Rakitic, plus Hamsik and Popov would most likely not have enough points for the bonus judging by the gap to the other 3 in 2016). For fifth places 3 points, or 4 if the player got over 8% of the vote (or between 2013-2015 more than 65 points). For sixth places 1 point, or 2 if the player got over 4% of the vote (or between 2013-2015 more than 50 points - which is 25 more than the minimum just as 125 is 25 less than the maximum).

So it resulted in this (with Cech and Dorner receiving a higher percentage of the vote than Dasaev and Shesternyov in the year of their highest or only placing respectively - Cech and Dasaev both winning the poll one year each in 2012 and 1983, and Dorner and Shesternyov both coming second in their only inclusions in 1984 and 1970). A player was slotted into any position he could/did play pretty much, if close enough to his best/main role in the years concerned also. I did settle on Popescu as midfielder though whereas he'd be in team 1 if placed in defence as libero for example (but certainly his overall tally that would be required to be in that team 1 leant on votes/inclusions from playing in midfield such as in 1996 for sure). Likewise if I allowed Kanchelskis as right back rather than right winger he'd also make team 1 (but even though doing very well for the NT like in Euro 92 as a right back, his main position at club level was winger and I assume his points tally is due primarily to that, especially as he wasn't included in 1992 anyway either)....

(Based on a 1-3-1-3-1-1 formation or 4-4-1-1 with libero, three AMs, and a number 10 behind a number 9, which seemed the most suitable system based on the results and in general the various formations that would be used by the teams of the players: libero is number 4, anchor mid number 6 and the others should be obvious enough)
1st XI: 1: Yashin (USSR), 2: Srna (Croatia), 3: Demienenko (USSR), 4: Dorner (East Germany), 5: Vidic (Serbia), 6: Masopust (Czechoslovakia), 7: Bene (Hungary), 8: Modric (Croatia), 9: Shevchenko (Ukraine), 10: Boniek (Poland), 11: Blokhin (USSR)
2nd XI: 1: Cech (Czech Republic), 2: Bessonov (USSR), 3: Zhirkov (Russia), 4: Shesternyov (USSR), 5: Popluhar (Czechoslovakia), 6: Valery Voronin (USSR), 7: Kanchelskis (Russia), 8: Hagi (Romania), 9: Lewandowski (Poland), 10: Susic (Yugoslavia), 11: Nedved (Czech Republic)
3rd XI: 1: Dasaev (USSR), 2: Ivanovic (Serbia), 3: Mihajlovic (Yugoslavia), 4: Ondrus (Czechoslovakia), 5: Skrtl (Slovakia), 6: Panenka (Czechoslovakia), 7: Savicevic (Yugoslavia), 8: Zavarov (USSR), 9: Stoichkov (Bulgaria), 10: Albert (Hungary), 11: Dzajic (Yugoslavia)
4th XI: 1: Viktor (Czechoslovakia), 2: Shalamanov (Bulgaria), 3: Jankulowski (Czech Republic), 4: Chivadze (USSR), 5: Kuznetsov (USSR), 6: Popescu (Romania), 7: Stojkovic (Yugoslavia), 8: Deyna (Poland), 9: Suker (Croatia), 10: Nyilasi (Hungary), 11: Hleb (Belarus)

I haven't thought about teams 2-4 yet, but for comparison I guess this is the team I'd have come up with if trying for an Eastern European XI from the players of that period myself (not to say I'd be certain about it even in my own view and obviously some of these players in the 4 teams above were not that well known to me, so it's always interesting to find out about them and perhaps see some footage too; the libero position would already be a toss-up without considering the lesser known/watched names I think, and of course I knew there are many good options in the attacking positions):
1: Yashin, 2: Petrescu (Romania), 3: Jarni (Yugoslavia/Croatia), 4: Ondrus, 5: Zmuda (Poland) (I don't know whether I might be considering Shesternyov as number 5 though potentially if I didn't pick him at number 4), 6: Masopust, 7: Bene or maybe Lato (Poland), 8: Hagi, 9: Shevchenko, 10: Savicevic, 11: Dzajic

PDG1978 · Aug 15, 2020

For a straight top scoring (using the system I outlined above) 40 players regardless of position (rather than four XIs) this is what the outcome was......

1: Blokhin 77pts, 2: Shevchenko 72pts, 3: Lewandowski 55pts, 4: Modric 54pts, 5: Boniek & Stoichkov 43pts, 7: Suker 42pts, 8: Susic 40pts, 9: Albert, Hagi & Nedved 38pts, 12: Bene 37pts, 13: Masopust 35pts, 14: Dzajic & Yashin 34pts, 16: Nyilasi 33pts, 17: Zavarov 30pts, 18: Deyna 29pts, 19: Hleb & Kanchelskis 28pts, 21: Cech & Dasaev 25pts, 23: Mijatovic, Savicevic & Skoblar 24pts, 26: Stojkovic 23pts, 27: Berbatov 22pts, 28: Protosov, Rebrov & Vidic 21pts, 31: Yarmolenko 20pts, 32: Boksic, Dzeko, Rosicky & V.Voronin 19pts, 36: Lubanski, Mutu, Nehoda & Srna 18pts, 40: Panenka 17pts

Ariaga II · Nov 13, 2021

This seems like the best thread for this. There was discussion of the lists for the Soviet 33 best players of the season, which were compiled by the Soviet football federation, and completed by the historian Lukashin. I have them collected on an Excel sheet going back to 1931. Since these are a pain to find online, I'm sharing the file here. There are probably a bunch of transliteration errors involved, since I had to do some of it manually. @peterhrt

PDG1978 · Jun 26, 2023

Dearman said: ↑

Hungary

In 2013 a book was published in Hungarian, entitled "VÁLOGATOTT GYÜJTEMÉNY" i.e. "The best team". There is an interesting list compiled by Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ).
List below:

HUNGARY XI All-time (2-1-2-5):

(GK): 1.GROSICS Gyula, 2.PLATKÓ Ferenc, 3.ZSÁK Károly, 4.SZABÓ Antal, 5.KIRÁLY Gábor, 6.HENNI Géza, 7.SZENTMIHÁLY Antal, 8.DOMONKOS László, 9.GÉCZI István, 10.GELEI József, 11.MÉSZÁROS Ferenc.

(DF R): 1.RUDAS Ferenc, 2.MÁTRAI Sándor, 3.FOGL II Károly, 4.MÁNDI Gyula, 5.BUZÁNSZKY Jenő, 6.NOVÁK Dezső, 7.KORÁNYI Lajos, 8.RUMBOLD Gyula, 9.POLGÁR Gyula, 10.KÁRPÁTI Béla, 11.TÖRÖK Péter.

(DF L): 1.BIRÓ Sándor, 2.SÁROSI László, 3.LANTOS Mihály, 4.BALOGH II Sándor, 5.IHÁSZ Kálmán, 6.FOGL III József, 7.DALNOKI Jenő, 8.TÓTH József, 9.JUHÁSZ Péter, 10.PAYER Imre, 11.STERNBERG László.

(MF R): 1.BOSZIK József, 2.NAGYMAROSI Mihály, 3.KOVÁCS Imre, 4.BUNDZSÁK Dezső, 5.SZALAY Antal, 6.SZOJKA Ferenc, 7.MATHESZ Imre, 8.NAGY István, 9.SOLYMOSI Ernő, 10.DUNAI III Ede, 11.DARDAI Pál.

(DF/MF C): 1.MÉSZÖLY Kálmán, 2.LÓRÁNT Gyula, 3.BÖRZSEY János, 4.PÁNCSICS Miklós, 5.SZÜCS Sándor, 6.KISPÉTER Mihály, 7.BÁLINT László, 8.KOVÁCS József, 9.VÁRHIDI Pál, 10.JUHÁSZ Roland, 11.DISZTL László.

(MF L): 1.ORTH György, 2.LÁZÁR Gyula, 3.SIPOS Ferenc, 4.KOTÁSZ Ferenc, 5.SZÜCS Lajos, 6.BERENDY Pál, 7.ZAKARIÁS József, 8.LAKAT Károly, 9.GARABA Imre, 10.BLUM Zoltán, 11.LIPCSEI Péter.

(RW): 1.SÁNDOR Károly, 2.FAZEKAS László, 3.BRAUN József, 4.KIPRICH József, 5.SAS Ferenc, 6.BUDAI II László, 7.MARKOS Imre, 8.TÁNCOS Mihaly, 9.EGRESI Béla, 10.SZÕKE István, 11.MOLNÁR Dezső.

(RI): 1.KOCSIS Sándor, 2.KUBALA László, 3.GÖRÖCS János, 4.VARGA Zoltán, 5.CSEH II László, 6.TAKÁCS II József, 7.SZUSZA Ferenc, 8.MACHOS Ferenc, 9.NYILASI Tibor, 10.KONRÁD II Kálmán, 11.KOCSIS Lajos.

(CFW): 1.ALBERT Flórián, 2.HIDEGKUTI Nándor, 3.SÁROSI György dr., 4.BENE Ferenc, 5.SCHAFFER Alfred, 6.TURAY József, 7.KALMÁR Jenő, 8.DÉAK Ferenc, 9.TÖRÕCSIK András, 10.PALOTÁS Péter, 11.SZILÁGYI Gyula.

(LI): 1.PUSKÁS Ferenc, 2.SCHLOSSER Imre, 3.ZSENGELLÉR Gyula, 4.TICHY Lajos, 5.FARKAS János, 6.TOLDI Géza, 7.OPATA Zoltán, 8.BODOLA Gyula, 9.DÉTÁRI Lajos, 10.DUNAI II Antal, 11.RÁKOSI Gyula.

(LW): 1.CZIBOR Zoltán, 2.KOHUT Vilmos, 3.TITKOS Pál, 4.ZÁMBÓ Sándor, 5.FENYVESI Máté dr., 6.VÁRADY Béla, 7.BORBÁS Gáspár dr., 8.NYERS István, 9.KOVÁCS Kálmán, 10.ESTERHÁZY Márton, 11.DZSUDZSÁK Balázs.

in 2010 hungarian football magazine "FourFourTwo" voted among experts about the best players ever.
List below:

1. Puskás Ferenc 950
2. Bozsik József 904
3. Hidegkuti Nándor 859
4. Albert Flórián 848
5. Orth György 800
6. Kocsis Sándor 790
7. Kubala László 742
8. Sárosi György 736
9. Schlosser Imre 702
10. Zsengellér Gyula 642
11. Szusza Ferenc 633
12. Bene Ferenc 610
13. Nyilasi Tibor 593
14. Grosics Gyula 533
15. Czibor Zoltán 521
16. Lázár Gyula 520
17. Göröcs János 515
18. Détári Lajos 500
19. Deák Ferenc 483
20. Sándor Károly 467
21. Törőcsik András 453
22. Mészöly Kálmán 447
23. Farkas János 446
24. Tichy Lajos 433
25. Fazekas László 414
26. Varga Zoltán 378
27. Schaffer Alfréd 377
27. Toldi Géza 377
29. Sipos Ferenc 364
30. Mátrai Sándor 291
31. Bölöni László 284
32. Buzánszky Jenő 278
33. Titkos Pál 256
34. Nagymarosi Mihály 254
35. Zsák Károly 224
36. Kocsis Lajos 218
37. Lóránt Gyula 176
38. Cseh László 170
39. Takács József 166
40. Novák Dezső 156
41. Rudas Ferenc 153
42. Machos Ferenc 152
43. Fenyvesi Máté dr. 150
44. Bodola Gyula 140
45. Kovács Imre 137
46. Nyers István 133
47. Fogl Károly 125
48. Lantos Mihály 124
49. Budai László 121
50. Dunai Antal 119
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I saw an interesting quick report about the selection of an All-Time Hungary XI in 1957, published in the newspaper Magyar Nemzet (I think anyway? - that's what is says, Nemzet rather than Memzet, in a version of the report in a Welsh newspaper and in that one Bozsik is called a centre-half, maybe just because that's where he is selected in this XI that uses a more traditional WM with a playmaking centre half I suppose, not the 'current' WW or 3-2-3-2 system Hungary tended to use in the 1950s itself).

Here is the report as shown in the Lancashire Evening Post

I would imagine a different view in Hungary could well have been that the team could have had quite a few more 1950s players in (the report kind of hints at surprise more were not in perhaps?) but as it is there are just the two, although with doubts about whether Puskas has been omitted for non-footballing reasons (I'm not saying he'd be getting in such a selection but I suppose a player like Kalman Konrad might also have a harder task to get recognition to some extent because of having left the country during his career). I guess potentially if Sarosi had been put as the 'centre half', with Bozsik in a right half position perhaps, a Hidegkuti might have made it in as the 'centre forward' although I don't know.

Maybe @CristianoPuskas would be able to find more details about whether it was just a choice by the editorial team of the newspaper, or a public vote or something....

Anyway, the team is Platko (2nd placed goalkeeper in the 2013 selection); Fogl (3rd placed right back in the 2013 selection, 47th placed player in the 2010 vote), Bukovi (not featured in the 2010 and 2013 votes but presumably the famous coach of MTK Budapest who had played for Hungary between 1926 and 1930); Rumbold (8th placed as right back in the 2013 selection), Bozsik (1st placed right half in the 2013 selection, 2nd placed player in the 2010 vote), Orth (1st placed left half in the 2013 selection, 5th placed player in the 2010 vote); Braun (3rd placed right winger in the 2013 selection), Kocsis (1st placed inside right in the 2013 selection, 6th placed player in the 2010 vote), Sarosi (3rd placed centre forward in the 2013 selection, 8th placed player in the 2010 vote), Schaffer (5th placed as centre forward in the 2013 selection, joint 27th in the 2010 vote), Titkos (3rd placed left winger in the 2013 selection, 33rd placed player in the 2010 vote).

PDG1978 · Jun 26, 2023

With it saying re: Puskas "lost him his place" and "latest team" I wonder whether there were other previous votes being alluded to, but I'm not sure (at first I would have guessed lost him his place would just mean it's assumed he would have been in otherwise).

PDG1978 · Jun 26, 2023

PDG1978 said: ↑

I saw an interesting quick report about the selection of an All-Time Hungary XI in 1957, published in the newspaper Magyar Nemzet (I think anyway? - that's what is says, Nemzet rather than Memzet, in a version of the report in a Welsh newspaper and in that one Bozsik is called a centre-half, maybe just because that's where he is selected in this XI that uses a more traditional WM with a playmaking centre half I suppose, not the 'current' WW or 3-2-3-2 system Hungary tended to use in the 1950s itself).
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I meant traditional 2-3-5, not traditional WM!

Titanlux · Jun 26, 2023

PDG1978 said: ↑

I saw an interesting quick report about the selection of an All-Time Hungary XI in 1957, published in the newspaper Magyar Nemzet (I think anyway? - that's what is says, Nemzet rather than Memzet, in a version of the report in a Welsh newspaper and in that one Bozsik is called a centre-half, maybe just because that's where he is selected in this XI that uses a more traditional WM with a playmaking centre half I suppose, not the 'current' WW or 3-2-3-2 system Hungary tended to use in the 1950s itself).

Here is the report as shown in the Lancashire Evening Post
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I would imagine a different view in Hungary could well have been that the team could have had quite a few more 1950s players in (the report kind of hints at surprise more were not in perhaps?) but as it is there are just the two, although with doubts about whether Puskas has been omitted for non-footballing reasons (I'm not saying he'd be getting in such a selection but I suppose a player like Kalman Konrad might also have a harder task to get recognition to some extent because of having left the country during his career). I guess potentially if Sarosi had been put as the 'centre half', with Bozsik in a right half position perhaps, a Hidegkuti might have made it in as the 'centre forward' although I don't know.

Maybe @CristianoPuskas would be able to find more details about whether it was just a choice by the editorial team of the newspaper, or a public vote or something....

Anyway, the team is Platko (2nd placed goalkeeper in the 2013 selection); Fogl (3rd placed right back in the 2013 selection, 47th placed player in the 2010 vote), Bukovi (not featured in the 2010 and 2013 votes but presumably the famous coach of MTK Budapest who had played for Hungary between 1926 and 1930); Rumbold (8th placed as right back in the 2013 selection), Bozsik (1st placed right half in the 2013 selection, 2nd placed player in the 2010 vote), Orth (1st placed left half in the 2013 selection, 5th placed player in the 2010 vote); Braun (3rd placed right winger in the 2013 selection), Kocsis (1st placed inside right in the 2013 selection, 6th placed player in the 2010 vote), Sarosi (3rd placed centre forward in the 2013 selection, 8th placed player in the 2010 vote), Schaffer (5th placed as centre forward in the 2013 selection, joint 27th in the 2010 vote), Titkos (3rd placed left winger in the 2013 selection, 33rd placed player in the 2010 vote).
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Surely it is something extra-sports. It doesn't make sense for another reason.
By the way, who was Rumbold? Is it a transcription error like Kicsis (=Kocsis)?

PDG1978 · Jun 26, 2023

Titanlux said: ↑

Surely it is something extra-sports. It doesn't make sense for another reason.
By the way, who was Rumbold? Is it a transcription error like Kicsis (=Kocsis)?
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I think it will be Gyula Rumbold, so with the correct spelling (like I indicated, 8th right back in the lists Dearman referred to from the book of 2013 by the Hungarian Football Federation - right back because the old-fashioned right halves played like a modern right back maybe? - or maybe he did play as a right back but in 1957 it was considered that he didn't play the role so defensively as Fogl?). I think the early Hungarian Player of the Year awards might have been allocated retrospectively in some book (?) - it seems astonishing Gyorgy Sarosi hasn't been awarded one before 1941 btw!, but he has been the 'winner' for 1909 apparently anyway
Gyula Rumbold - Wikipedia
Notice Bukovi as the 1928 'Hungarian Player of the Year' too....

Titanlux · Jun 27, 2023

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I think it will be Gyula Rumbold, so with the correct spelling (like I indicated, 8th right back in the lists Dearman referred to from the book of 2013 by the Hungarian Football Federation - right back because the old-fashioned right halves played like a modern right back maybe? - or maybe he did play as a right back but in 1957 it was considered that he didn't play the role so defensively as Fogl?). I think the early Hungarian Player of the Year awards might have been allocated retrospectively in some book (?) - it seems astonishing Gyorgy Sarosi hasn't been awarded one before 1941 btw!, but he has been the 'winner' for 1909 apparently anyway
Gyula Rumbold - Wikipedia
Notice Bukovi as the 1928 'Hungarian Player of the Year' too....
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In fact, he existed, although I never came across his name, probably because he began to delve into the history of football from 1920. Yes, I did know Bukovi.
It would be great to have the detailed list of the best Hungarian players of each year. Sometimes I have come across biased information from some year, but it is confusing, I don't really know if it was an official award or if it was given by a newspaper or magazine or several of them... If anyone has clear information in this regard, it would be interesting to know

peterhrt · Jun 27, 2023

Titanlux said: ↑

In fact, he existed, although I never came across his name, probably because he began to delve into the history of football from 1920. Yes, I did know Bukovi.
It would be great to have the detailed list of the best Hungarian players of each year. Sometimes I have come across biased information from some year, but it is confusing, I don't really know if it was an official award or if it was given by a newspaper or magazine or several of them... If anyone has clear information in this regard, it would be interesting to know
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Link below has something on this. It seems that there was never an official annual award, just authors listing names retrospectively and not picking the same player more than once.

https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/bigsoccers-players-of-the-season-1910-1911.2106582/#post-38201999

Titanlux · Jun 27, 2023

peterhrt said: ↑

Link below has something on this. It seems that there was never an official annual award, just authors listing names retrospectively and not picking the same player more than once.

https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/bigsoccers-players-of-the-season-1910-1911.2106582/#post-38201999
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Thank you very much mate. In these posts you point out, my doubt clears. Everything seems to indicate that official awards for the best Hungarian player began to give much later, although this type of lists can always be an interesting reference.