Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe

Eastern European player is defined as any player who has Eastern European ethnicity mainly from Eastern Bloc nations including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Czech, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Albania. Most Austrian players who born in Austria-Hungary empire are also included as they have Czech or Hungary descent. Turkey is also annexed in this list.

In term of ethnicity, the slavic people are from most of countries in this defined nations group except only Hungary, Romania, Greece and Turkey.

Historically, the regional competition that pertains ti eastern Europe are Central European International Cup and Balkan Cup for international country and Mitropa Cup for club competition.


Location : Eastern Europe
European Championship Participation :    All
World Cup Participation : All
Achievement : 
4 Times FIFA World Cup Runner-Up (1934, 1954, 1962, 2018)
3 Times European Championship Winner (1960, 1976, 2004)
6 Times European Championship Runner-Up
Most Caps :  Luka Modric (180 Games)
Top Scorer :  Robert Lewandowski (84 Goals)
The Greatest Player Ever : Ferenc Puskas


Squad


Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Lev Yashin
(Russia)
Rinat Dasaev
(Russia)
Fahrudin Jusufi
(Serbia)
Branko Stankovic
(Serbia)
Branko Zebec
(Croatia)
Velibor Vasovic
(Serbia)
Nemanja Vidic
(Serbia)
Anatoliy Demyanenko
(Ukraine)
Jan Popluhar
(Slovakia)

Jozsef Bozsik 
(Hungary) 
Gyorgi Sarosi 
(Hungary)
Luka Modric (Croatia)
Josef Masopust
(Czecg Republic)
Pavel Nedved
(Czech Republic)
Gheorghe Hagi
(Romania)
Dragan Dzajic
(Serbia)
Ferenc Puskas
(Hungary)
Hristo Stoichkov
(Bulgaria)
Matthias Sindelar (Austria)
Sandor Kocsis (Hungary)
Andriy Schevchenko 
(Ukraine)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland)


Manager :  Valery Lobanovsky (Ukraine)
Stadium : Luzhniki (Russia)


Formation XI (4-4-2)






Positional Ranking

GoalkeeperSide-BackCentral Defender
R.NameNationR.NameNationR.NameNation
1Lev YashinRUS1Branko ZebecCRT1Albert Shesternev RUS
2Rinat DasaevRUS2Fahrudin JusufiKSV2Nemanja VidicSER
3Frantisek PlanickaCZE3​Anatoliy DemyanenkoUKR3Jan PopluharSVK
4Vladimir BearaCRT4Volodymyr Bezsonov UKR4Velibor VasovicSER
5Peter CechCZE5Erich JuskowiakPOL5Murtaz KhurtsilavaGRG
6Ivo ViktorCZE6Ladislav NovakCZE6Gheorghe PopescuROM
7Gyula GrosicsHUN7Karol DobiasSVK7Miodrag BelodediciROM
8Hans TilkowskiPOL8Klaus UrbanczykGER8Alexander ChivadzeGRG
9Jan OblakSLN9Branko StankovicSER9Wladislaw ZmudaPOL
10Evhen RudakovUKR10Branislav IvanovicSER10Anton OndrusSLV
11Jan TomazewskiPOL11Aleksandar Shalamanov BUL11Kalman MeszolyHUN
12Jozsef MlynarcykPOL12Evgeny LovchevRUS12Josip KatalinskiBOS
13Viliam SchrojfCZE13Ferenc RudasHUN13Sinisa MihajlovicSER
14Milutin SoskicSER14Khaka KaladzeGRG14Josef PosipalROM
15Samir HandanovicSVN15Christian ChivuROM15Ivan HorvatCRT
16Rustu RecberTUR16Robert JarniCRT16Dragan HolcerCRT
17Georgi NaydenovBUL17Sandor BiroHUN17Jaroslav BurgrCZE
18Toni TurekPOL18Darijo SernaCRT18Oleh KuznetsovUKR
19Ivan CurkovicSER19Dan PetrescuROM19Jerzy GorgonPOL
20Igor AkinfeevRUS20Sandor MatraiHUN20Anatoliy BashashkinRUS
21Wojciech SzczęsnyPOL21Mirsad FazlagicBOS21Miroslav KadlecCZE
22Oleksandr ShovkovskyiUKR22Karoly FoglHUN22Viktor OnopkoUKR
23Jerzy DudekPOL23Łukasz PiszczekPOL23Gyula LorantHUN
24Ferenc PlattkoHUN24Aleksandar KolarovSER24Costica StefanescuROM
25Enver MaricBOS25Marek JankulovskiCZE25Dimitar PenevBUL
26Dragan PantelicSER26Grigoris GeorgatosGRE26Miroslav DjukicSER
27Franjo GlaserCRT27Mikhail OgonkovRUS27Milan ŠkriniarSVK
28Alexei KhomichRUS28Revaz DzodzuashviliGRG28Velimir ZajecCRT
29Anzor KavazashviliGRG29Vladimir DurkovicSER29Alexandru ApolzanROM
30Péter GulácsiHUN30Mihaky LantosHUN30Sandor SzucHUN
31Karoly ZsakHUN31Jan PivarnikSVK31Ivan BuljanCRT
32Mark BosnichCRT32Tomislav CrnkovićCRT32Robert KovacCRT
33Antonios NikopolidisGRE33Antoni Szymanowski POL33Vagiz KhidiyatullinRUS
34Petar Radenkovic SER34Yuri ZhirkovRUS34Thomas UfalusiCZE
35Edward SzymkowiakPOL35Jeno Buzanszky HUN35Igot TudorCRT
36Dimitri KharineRUS36Dragoslav StepanovicSER36Manol ManolovBUL
37Silviu LungROM37Stephan MajewskiPOL37SokratisGRE
38Stanislav CherchesovRUS38Zygmunt AnczokPOL38Stefan SavicMTN
39Viktor BannikovUKR39Bruno BelinCRT39Stelios ManolasGRE
40Blagoje Vidinic MCD40Cosmin ContraROM40Georgi DimitrovBUL
41Ozcan ArkocTUR41Levan KobiashviliGRG41Martin SkertelSVK
42Ion VoinescuROM42Dezso Novák HUN42Trifon IvanovBUL
43Antal SzaboHUN43Koloman GoghCZE43Josip SimunicCRT
44Dieter BurdenskiPOL44Boris GaganelovBUL44Giannis KalitzakisGRE
45Zoran SimovicMTN45Ljubomir MihajlovićSER45Alpay OzalanTUR
46Apostal SokolovBUL46Nikos DabizasGRE
47Sergo KotrikadzeGRG47Nenad StojkovicSER
48Vladislav ZhmelkovRUS48Dan CoeROM
49Turgay SerenTUR49Fatih TerimTUR
50Helmut DucademROM50Jan FialaCZE
51Alexander VencelSVK51Thomasz WaldochPOL
52Gábor KirályHUN52Shkodran MustafiABN
52Borislav MihaylovBUL53Faruk HadzibejicBOS
54Ivan JazbinšekCRT
55Ivan DimitrovBUL
56Luka Peruzovic CRT
57Mladen RamljakCRT
58Ladislav JukemicSVK
59Tomas RepkaCZE
60Blagoje PaunovicSER


Defensive MidfielderPlaymakerWinger
R.NameNationR.NameNationR.NameNation
1Jozsef BozsikHUN1Luca ModricCRT1Dragan DzajicSER
2Ernst OcwirkSLV2Josef MasopustCZE2Pavel NedvedCZE
3Igor Netto RUS3Kazimerz DeynaPOL3Zoltan CziborHUN
4Karel Pesek KadaCZE4Herbert ProhaskaCZE4Grzegorz LatoPOL
5Horst SzymaniakPOL5Dragoslav SekularacSER5Pierre LittbarskiPOL
6Valery VoroninRUS6Mezut OzilTUR6Jurgen GrabowskiPOL
7Zlatko Cajkovski SER7Dragan Stojkovic SER7Antonin PucCZE
8Ilkay GundoganTUR8Zvonimir BobanCRT8Bora KosticSER
9Svatopluk PluskalCZE9Krassimir BalakovBUL9Robert GadochaPOL
10Josef SmistikCZE10Antonin PanenkaCZE10Milos MilutinovicSER
11Viktor KolotovUKR11Fyodor CherenkovRUS11Khvicha KvaratskheliaGRG
12Gyula LazarHUN12David KipianiGRG12Laszlo FazekasHUN
13Yuri VoynovRUS13Robert ProsineckiCRT13Karoly SandorHUN
14Zeljko PerusicCRT14Vladimir JugovicSER14Slava MetreveliGRG
15Laszlo BoloniROM15Vladimir MuntyanCRT15Mikheil MeskhiGRG
16Stefan BozhkovBUL16Oleksander ZavarovUKR16Andrei KanchelskisRUS
17Mateo KovacicCRT17Branko OblakSLN17Ivan KolevBUL
18Ferenc SiposHUN18Alexei MikhailchenkoUKR18Jozef BraunHUN
19Anatoliy KonkovUKR19Dimitar YakimovBUL19Igor ChislenkoRUS
20Rudolf BelinCRT20Lajos DetariHUN20Stanislas KobierskiPOL
21Cornel DinuROM21Leonid BuryakUKR21Ivica SurjakCRT
22Theodoros ZagorakisGRE22Ivan RakiticCRT22Vassilis HatzipanakisGRE
23Sergei AleinikovBLR23Janos GorocsHUN23Ivan PerisicSER
24Ivan GudeljCRO24Vladimir PetrovicSER24Zdenek NehodaCZE
25Srecko KatanecSVN25Jurica JerkovicCRT25Marian MasnySVK
26Marcelo BrozovicCRT26Illie BalaciROM26Wlodzimierz Smolarek POL
27Jaroslav PollakSVK27Hakan CalhanogluTUR27Ilija PetkovicSER
28Anatoliy TymoshchukUKR28Iosif PetschovschiROM28Karel PoborskiCZE
29Josef Kostalek CZE29Andreas Kvasnak CZE29Valeri KarpinRUS
30Henryk KasperczakPOL30Yuri GavrilovRUS30Dejan StankovicSER
31Andrey StarostinRUS31Mimis DomazosGRE31Christian PulisicCRT
32Ante ZaneticCRT32Henrikh MkhitaryanAMN32Arda TuranTUR
33Milorad ArsenijevicSER33Lubomir MoravcikSVK33Alexander HlebBLR
34Nemanja MaticSER34Jovan AcimovicSER34Alexandar TirnanicSER
35Alexey SmertinRUS35Aleksandr MostovoiRUS35Ferenc SasHUN
36Frantisek KolenatyCZE36Khoren OganesianAMN36Ladislav PetrášSVK
37Zvomimir ZoldoCRT37Emre BelozogluTUR37Filip KostićSER
38Ion DumitruROM38Jordan Letchkov BUL38Emil KostadinovBUL
39Vladislav BogisevicSER39Ivica OsimBOS39Milan RapaicCRT
40Stiliyan PetrovBUL40Zoltan VargaHUN40Dejan KulusevskiMCD
41Stanislav LobotkaSVK41Milinko PanticSER41Xherdan ShaqiriABN
42Imre Kovács HUN42Yegor TitovRUS42Pal TitkosHUN
43Fydor SelinRUS43Yildiray BasturkTUR43Georges BeretaPOL
44Tugay KelimogluTUR44Ladislav KunaSVK44Hasan SalihamidzicBOS
45Tim BorowskiPOL45Sergej Milinković-SavićSER45Giorgios DelikarisGRE
46Tomas SoucekCZE46Piotr ZielinskiPOL46Vasily TrofimovRUS
47Jozef ChovanecSVK47Dimitry AlenichevRUS47Vasili RatsUKR
48Niko KovacCRT48Shota YamanidzeGRG48Ljubinko DrulovicSER
49Leon GoretzkaPOL49Georgi KinkladzeGRG49Ladislav VizekCZE
50Dorinel MunteanuROM50Granit XhakaABN50Zvezdan CebinacSER
51Ioan LupescuROM51Dominique SzoboszlaiHUN51Giorgos KoudasGRE
52Vujadin BoskovSER52Miralem PjanićBOS52Sergei IlyinRUS
53Grzegorz KrychowiakPOL53Nuri SahinTUR53Todor DievBUL
54Vitaly DaraseliaGRG54Volodymyr VeremeyevUKR54Gerad Wodarz POL
55Slavisa JokanovicSER55Darius WoszPOL55Martin PetrovBUL
56Drazen MuzinicCRT56Jan KozakSVK56Danilo PopivodaSER
57Dobromir ZhechevBUL57Zygfryd SzołtysikPOL57Máté FenyvesiHUN
58Tomas GalasekCZE58Vilmos KerteszHUN58Patrik BergerCZE
59Emre CanTUR59Avtandil GogoberidzeGRG59Can BartuTUR
60Miroslav PavlovicSER60Théodore SzkudlapskiPOL60Laszlo BudaiHUN
61Takis LoukanidisGRE61Stjepan Lamza CRT
62Vojislav MelicSER62Mario StanicCRT
63Murat YakinTUR63Dimitris SaravakosGRE
64Branko BrnovicSER64Tuncay SanliTUR
65Milos SesticSER
66Naim KryeziuABN

Advanced MidfielderForwardStriker
R.NameNationR.NameNationR.NameNation
1Raymond KopaPOL1Ference PuskasHUN1Sandor KocsisHUN
2Laszlo KubalaHUN2Gyorgi SarosiHUN2Robert LewandowskiPOL
3Gheorghe Hagi ROM3Matthias SindelarCZE3Josef BicanCZE
4Nandor HidegkutiHUN4Florian Albert HUN4Andriy ShevchenkoUKR
5Zbigniew BoniekPOL5Hristo Stoichkov BUL5Imre SchlosserHUN
6Bernard VukasCRT6Zlatan IbrahimovicBOS/CRT6Jozsef TakacsHUN
7Gyorgi OrthHUN7Oleg BlokhinUKR7Ferenc DeakHUN
8Dejan SavicevicMTG8Gyula ZsengellerHUN8Alfred SchafferHUN
9Safet SusicBOS9Ference BeneHUN9Davor Suker CRT
10Tibor NyilasiHUN10Wlodzimerz LubanskiPOL10Miroslav KlosePOL
11Valentin IvanovRUS11Istvan NyersHUN11Edin DzekoBOS
12Ihor BelanovRUS12Ernest WillimowskiPOL12Istavn AvarHUN
13Mehmet SchollTUR13Lajos TichyHUN13Darko PancevMCD
14Hristo BonevBUL14Stjepan Bobek14Ferenc SzuszaHUN
15Rajko MiticSER15Josip SkoblarCZE15Thadee Cisowski POL
16Vlastimil KopeckyCZE16Oldrich NejedlyCZE16Slobodan SantracSER
17Andrey ArshavinRUS17Predrag MijatovicSER17Todor VeselinovicSER
18Joseph Ujlaki HUN18Georgi Asparuhov BUL18Mario MandzukicCRT
19Kalman KonradHUN19Eduard StreltsovRUS19Oleg Protasov UKR
20Luliu BaratkyROM20Geza ToldiHUN20Dusan BajevicBOS
21Andras TorocsikHUN21Blagoje Marjanovic SER21Petar ZhekovBUL
22Marek HamsicSVK22Geza ToldiHUN22Andreij SzarmachPOL
23Josip IlicicSVN23Dimitar BerbatovBUL23Dudu GeorgescuROM
24Lucjan Brychczy POL24Alen BoksicCRT24Vsevolod BobrovRUS
25Zlatko ZahovicSVN25Janos FarkasHUN25Frane MatosicCRT
26Dusan TadicSER26Laszlo CsehHUN26Drazan JerkovicCRT
27Thomas RosickyCZE27Gyula BodolaHUN27Jan KollerCZE
28Miroslaw OkonskiPOL28Gerard CieslikPOL28Hakan SukurTUR
29Nikola KotkovBUL29Boris PaichadzeGRG29Savo MilosevicSER
30Vaclav PilatCZE30Jozef AdamecCZE30Gyula Szilagyi HUN
31Dejan PetkovicSER31Grogory FedotovRUS31Mark VidukaCRT
32Goran PandevMCD32Florea DumitracheROM32Darko KovacevicSER
33Blaz SliskovicCRT33Antal DunaiHUN33Horst NemecCZE
34Johann HorvathROM34Nikita SimonyanRUS34Josef SilnyCZE
35Sergei SalnikovRUS35Lucas PodolskiPOL35Rodion CamataruROM
36Sergen YalcinTUR36Ramaz SchengeliaGRG36Tanju ColakTUR
37Marcel RaducanuROM37Ivan HitrecCRT37Vahid HalilhodzicBOS
38Peter DubovskiSVK38Jan StudnickaCZE38Slaven ZambataCRT
39Karol Jokl SVK39Frantisek SvobodaCZE39Metin OktayTUR
40Igor Dobrovolskiy UKR40Mimis PapaioannouGRE40Anotodis AnotonaidisGRE
41Jozef Ludl CZE41Adrian MutuROM41Aleksandr PonomarevUKR
42Jozsef TurayHUN42Peter PalotasHUN42Dusan VlaovicSER
43Vladimir KovačevićSER43Zlatko VujovićBOS43Vedad IbiševićBOS
44Titus OzonROM44Stefan DobayROM44Mateja KežmanSER
45Lefter KucukandonyadisTUR45Asim FerhatovicBOS45Fredi BobicSVN
46Antonio VojakCRT46Luboslav PenevBUL46Aleksandr KerzhakovRUS
47Iva BekSER47Marius LacatusROM47Zeki Riza SporelTUR
48Zvjezdan Misimović BOS48Andrej KramarićCRT48Reflik Resmja ABN
49Muhammed MujicBOS49Shota ArveladzeGRG49Josef Uridil CZE
50Franjo Wofl CRT50Giorgos Sideris GRE50Vahidin Musemić BOS
51Hakan YakinTUR51Sergej BarbarezBOS
52Momčilo VukotićSER52Anatoliy ByshovetsRUS
53Cestmir VycpalekCZE53Thomas MavrosGRE
54Franz WeselikCZE
55Mikail ButusovRUS
56Nasko SirakovBUL
57Nihat KahveciTUR
58Marko ArnautovićSER
59Mirko VučinićMTN
60Kubilay TürkyılmazTUR
61Ivica VasticCRT
62Pavel KukaCZE
63Ivan KlasnicCRT
64Ferenc MachosHUN
65Kazimierz KmiecikPOL
66Vladimir BeschastnykhRUS
67Andrzej JuskowiakPOL


Managers

1. Valeri Lobanovski (Ukraine)
2. Bala Guttmann (Hungary)
3. Stefan Kovacs (Romania)
4. Micea Lucescu (Romania)
5. Tomislav Ivic (Croatia)
6. Emerich Jenei (Romania)
7. Viktor Maslov (Russia)
8. Vujadin Boskov (Serbia)
9. Gusztav Zebes (Hungary)
10. Kazimierz Korski (Poland)



     Eastern European Footballers of The Year






      


      Stats By Player


      5  : Shevchenko, Ibrahimovic, Lewandowski, Sarosi, Puskas

      4 : Modric

C   3 : Boniek, Deyna, Sindelar

     

Era's Eastern European Footballers 





The Greatest Eastern European Footballers of All-Time

    








39 comments:

  1. Anonymous17/6/15

    Vojtech Bradach is not from Yugoslavia. Where is Mitic?

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  2. Anonymous18/6/15

    Bodola? Baratky?

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  3. Anonymous12/1/16

    In 1930 main event - World Cup. In Uruguay-1930 best balkanian player was defender Milutin Ivkovic, no Marjanovic.

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  4. Anonymous12/1/16

    in 1940 best player was Vilim Šipoš (Vilmos Sipos, hungarian origin). Right winger from Rapid Bucarest and Yugoslavia NT. Star of last pre-war Mitropa Cup.

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    1. Thanks. I already revised that of 1930 but I need to know about Vilim Sipos in 1940. Why do you think he is deserved ?

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  5. Anonymous13/1/16

    In QF Mitropa-1940 Rapid Bucarest beat Hungaria (MTK).
    MTK along with Ferencvaros and Ujpest was strongest club central and east europe on seasons 1938-39-1940. On World Cup-1938 7 players were from MTK. GK - A.Szabo, DF - S.Biro, MF - J.Dudas, J.Turay, FW - L.Cseh, F.Sas, P.Titkos. Also in MTK played G.Sebes (in future trainer).
    17.06.1940 MTK-Rapid 1-2. Both rapidian goals Sipos.
    23.06.1940 Rapid-MTK 3-0. Sipos scored goal and became the hero of match.
    For Rapid and Romanian football this plays were historic. Rapid reached final, but due WWII matches was canceled.
    Also Sipos was main star of romanian championchips 1940-41. Better than Avar, Baratky, I.Bogdan.

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  6. In balkan footballer of the year should be Darko Pancev and Goran Pandev

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    1. Which year do you think these players related to win ?

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  7. Anonymous20/10/16

    Manager

    1. Vujadin Boskov (Yugoslavia)
    2. Stefan Kovacs (Romania)
    3. Miljan Miljanic (Yugoslavia)
    4. Bora Milutinovic (Yugoslavia)

    You dont know for Tomislav Ivić? Best manager in Yugoslavia

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    1. I know that he is the best Yugoslav manager ever in club career but most of them are performed in a smaller league. Anyway, it is acceptable to name him at 5th place.

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  8. Anonymous22/10/16

    You wrote to me that the Yugoslav league was fifth in Europe at that time. Ivic was the champion of Yugoslavia 3 times, 4 times winner of the Cup. He was a champion and Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece, Belgium and France. He won the European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup. Milutinovic ?????? Miljanić- two years Champion of Spain with Real Madrid, and the championship with Red Star !!!

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    1. OK, You have a reasonable point. Let Revise.

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  9. Anonymous8/12/16

    Best Player of Eastern Europe 1960-2015.
    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%.

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  10. Anonymous8/12/16

    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%.

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    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%.

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    1. In 1981 and 1982, Balaci did not receive any vote despite his peak and won Romanian footballer of the year. That is strange.

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    2. Anonymous25/5/17

      In 1981 strongest NTs of Eastern Europe were Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland. In 1982 Poland, Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. Romania showed a very low level of football (See: France Football's European National Team of the Year 1981 and 1982). In 1980/81 strongest clubs of EE were Dinamo Kiev, Dinamo Tbilisi, Dynamo Berlin, Carl Zeiss, Banik Ostrava, CSCA Sofia, Spartak Moscow, Crvena Zvezda, Dynamo Dresden and Ferencvaros. Best romanian club 1980/81 Balaci's Universitatea was below Top 100. In 1981/82 Universitatea was only 14th among eastern european clubs. In 1980/81 and 1981/82 level of romanian league was below than Soviet, Czechoslovak, Yugoslavian, Hungarian and E.German. I think Balaci was good for Romania, not for Europe.

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    3. OK, I think it has been clear for me. This poll give the main importance to international football.

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  12. Anonymous8/12/16

    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%.

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    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%.

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    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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    1. Thanks for a highly appreciated list. Could you tell me about its source ?

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    2. Anonymous9/12/16

      Eastern european player of the year. 1960-2016.
      The vote was organisated by east german information agency ADN (Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst) in 1960. Voting was conducted in 1960-1991 ADN, 1992-2007 radiostation "Radioropa", 2008 -2012 radiostation "Berlin-Britz, since 2013 newspaper "Ukrainian football". Only eastern european players is in contention (former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, former Czechoslovakia, East Germany (only before 1991), Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Turkey). Source: official site of newspaper "Ukrainian football" (in ukrainian). http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo

      1960 - 1. Yuri Voynov (USSR) - 22%, 2. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 19%, 3. Bora Costic (Yug) - 17%, 4. Ivan Kolev (Bul) - 14%, 5. János Göröcs (Hun) - 14%, 6. Blagoje Vidinić (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. Nikola 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) - 18%, 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. János 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%

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    3. Anonymous11/12/16

      Twice I sent you the top of the list, as well as explanations and sources.
      I need to send you this list third time?

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    4. OK I'm sorry since I have been very busy with the club implementation project.
      I think I would have a time to review the lists you provide within this week. Thanks anyway.

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    5. Anonymous12/12/16

      Eastern european player of the year. 1960-2016.
      In 1960 eastern german information agency ADN (Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst) organised the vote "Eastern european player of the year". Only players of former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, former Czechoslovakia, Eastern Germany (before 1991), Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Albania were in contention for the award.
      The voting was conducted: 1960-1991 ADN, 1992-2007 radiostation "Radioropa", 2008-2012 radiostation "Berlin-Britz", since 2013 newspaper "Ukrainian football".
      Source: http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo

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    1960 - 1. Yuri Voynov (USSR) - 22%, 2. Lev Yashin (USSR) - 19%, 3. Bora Kostic (Yug) - 17%, 4. Ivan Kolev (Bul) - 15%, 5. János Göröcs (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) - 17%, 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. Nikola Kotkov (Bul) - 4%.
    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) - 18%, 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. János 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%.

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    1. Your contribution is more than appreciated for me. I'm sorry that I really have not enough time to respond you not so late until now but I never forget that your lists to be considered. Let me check all your contributed lists around the late of January 2016 when my schedule should be free. Thanks again, man !

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    2. Sorry for very late reply, for the list, I really surprise how come Yakimov are rarely appeared.

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  16. Hi Narathorn. Could you please explain why do you consider Borislav Mikhailov ahead of Silviu Lung?

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    1. Honesty I've not gotten into deep details of both. Lung was ranked in Romanian player of the year five times but no evidence to evaluate Mikahilov season by season.

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  17. Don't you think Miralem Pjanic could already have a spot in positional ranking at the end of the season? He's been impressive but inconsistent at Roma, but now at Juventus he's really stepped up as a holding midfielder in front of the defensive line. Last season he performed consistently both domestic and in the Champions League, and this season he's simply been the best midfielder in the league, so precise and always orchestrating the game.

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    1. Now he has achieved at least 2.5 international-class. I think he should appear in the list at the end of season if nothing mistake.

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    2. Last year he dropped his form in the last part of the season but he still was nominated in Serie A team of the year.
      This season, unfortunately, he is not playing well.

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  18. Anonymous13/4/20

    where is baratky?

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    1. OK I missed including him when he is named in Romania all-time XI. Thanks.

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  19. I believe 2019 Balkan player of the year should be Jan Oblak instead of Luka Modric. Oblak achieved a way better rating in Dbs calcio than Modric, only slightly inferior in whoscored, which doesn't usually give really high ratings to goalkeeper.

    In addiction to that, Oblak was the best goalkeeper in La Liga and came fourth in the Yashin Award, whereas Modric was nowhere near his best form last year.

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  20. You could add Aleksandr Kolarov to the full backs list

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