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.
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
| Goalkeeper | Side-Back | Central Defender | ||||||
| R. | Name | Nation | R. | Name | Nation | R. | Name | Nation |
| 1 | Lev Yashin | RUS | 1 | Branko Zebec | CRT | 1 | Albert Shesternev | RUS |
| 2 | Rinat Dasaev | RUS | 2 | Fahrudin Jusufi | KSV | 2 | Nemanja Vidic | SER |
| 3 | Frantisek Planicka | CZE | 3 | Anatoliy Demyanenko | UKR | 3 | Jan Popluhar | SVK |
| 4 | Vladimir Beara | CRT | 4 | Volodymyr Bezsonov | UKR | 4 | Velibor Vasovic | SER |
| 5 | Peter Cech | CZE | 5 | Erich Juskowiak | POL | 5 | Murtaz Khurtsilava | GRG |
| 6 | Ivo Viktor | CZE | 6 | Ladislav Novak | CZE | 6 | Gheorghe Popescu | ROM |
| 7 | Gyula Grosics | HUN | 7 | Karol Dobias | SVK | 7 | Miodrag Belodedici | ROM |
| 8 | Hans Tilkowski | POL | 8 | Klaus Urbanczyk | GER | 8 | Alexander Chivadze | GRG |
| 9 | Jan Oblak | SLN | 9 | Branko Stankovic | SER | 9 | Wladislaw Zmuda | POL |
| 10 | Evhen Rudakov | UKR | 10 | Branislav Ivanovic | SER | 10 | Anton Ondrus | SLV |
| 11 | Jan Tomazewski | POL | 11 | Aleksandar Shalamanov | BUL | 11 | Kalman Meszoly | HUN |
| 12 | Jozsef Mlynarcyk | POL | 12 | Evgeny Lovchev | RUS | 12 | Josip Katalinski | BOS |
| 13 | Viliam Schrojf | CZE | 13 | Ferenc Rudas | HUN | 13 | Sinisa Mihajlovic | SER |
| 14 | Milutin Soskic | SER | 14 | Khaka Kaladze | GRG | 14 | Josef Posipal | ROM |
| 15 | Samir Handanovic | SVN | 15 | Christian Chivu | ROM | 15 | Ivan Horvat | CRT |
| 16 | Rustu Recber | TUR | 16 | Robert Jarni | CRT | 16 | Dragan Holcer | CRT |
| 17 | Georgi Naydenov | BUL | 17 | Sandor Biro | HUN | 17 | Jaroslav Burgr | CZE |
| 18 | Toni Turek | POL | 18 | Darijo Serna | CRT | 18 | Oleh Kuznetsov | UKR |
| 19 | Ivan Curkovic | SER | 19 | Dan Petrescu | ROM | 19 | Jerzy Gorgon | POL |
| 20 | Igor Akinfeev | RUS | 20 | Sandor Matrai | HUN | 20 | Anatoliy Bashashkin | RUS |
| 21 | Wojciech Szczęsny | POL | 21 | Mirsad Fazlagic | BOS | 21 | Miroslav Kadlec | CZE |
| 22 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | UKR | 22 | Karoly Fogl | HUN | 22 | Viktor Onopko | UKR |
| 23 | Jerzy Dudek | POL | 23 | Łukasz Piszczek | POL | 23 | Gyula Lorant | HUN |
| 24 | Ferenc Plattko | HUN | 24 | Aleksandar Kolarov | SER | 24 | Costica Stefanescu | ROM |
| 25 | Enver Maric | BOS | 25 | Marek Jankulovski | CZE | 25 | Dimitar Penev | BUL |
| 26 | Dragan Pantelic | SER | 26 | Grigoris Georgatos | GRE | 26 | Miroslav Djukic | SER |
| 27 | Franjo Glaser | CRT | 27 | Mikhail Ogonkov | RUS | 27 | Milan Škriniar | SVK |
| 28 | Alexei Khomich | RUS | 28 | Revaz Dzodzuashvili | GRG | 28 | Velimir Zajec | CRT |
| 29 | Anzor Kavazashvili | GRG | 29 | Vladimir Durkovic | SER | 29 | Alexandru Apolzan | ROM |
| 30 | Péter Gulácsi | HUN | 30 | Mihaky Lantos | HUN | 30 | Sandor Szuc | HUN |
| 31 | Karoly Zsak | HUN | 31 | Jan Pivarnik | SVK | 31 | Ivan Buljan | CRT |
| 32 | Mark Bosnich | CRT | 32 | Tomislav Crnković | CRT | 32 | Robert Kovac | CRT |
| 33 | Antonios Nikopolidis | GRE | 33 | Antoni Szymanowski | POL | 33 | Vagiz Khidiyatullin | RUS |
| 34 | Petar Radenkovic | SER | 34 | Yuri Zhirkov | RUS | 34 | Thomas Ufalusi | CZE |
| 35 | Edward Szymkowiak | POL | 35 | Jeno Buzanszky | HUN | 35 | Igot Tudor | CRT |
| 36 | Dimitri Kharine | RUS | 36 | Dragoslav Stepanovic | SER | 36 | Manol Manolov | BUL |
| 37 | Silviu Lung | ROM | 37 | Stephan Majewski | POL | 37 | Sokratis | GRE |
| 38 | Stanislav Cherchesov | RUS | 38 | Zygmunt Anczok | POL | 38 | Stefan Savic | MTN |
| 39 | Viktor Bannikov | UKR | 39 | Bruno Belin | CRT | 39 | Stelios Manolas | GRE |
| 40 | Blagoje Vidinic | MCD | 40 | Cosmin Contra | ROM | 40 | Georgi Dimitrov | BUL |
| 41 | Ozcan Arkoc | TUR | 41 | Levan Kobiashvili | GRG | 41 | Martin Skertel | SVK |
| 42 | Ion Voinescu | ROM | 42 | Dezso Novák | HUN | 42 | Trifon Ivanov | BUL |
| 43 | Antal Szabo | HUN | 43 | Koloman Gogh | CZE | 43 | Josip Simunic | CRT |
| 44 | Dieter Burdenski | POL | 44 | Boris Gaganelov | BUL | 44 | Giannis Kalitzakis | GRE |
| 45 | Zoran Simovic | MTN | 45 | Ljubomir Mihajlović | SER | 45 | Alpay Ozalan | TUR |
| 46 | Apostal Sokolov | BUL | 46 | Nikos Dabizas | GRE | |||
| 47 | Sergo Kotrikadze | GRG | 47 | Nenad Stojkovic | SER | |||
| 48 | Vladislav Zhmelkov | RUS | 48 | Dan Coe | ROM | |||
| 49 | Turgay Seren | TUR | 49 | Fatih Terim | TUR | |||
| 50 | Helmut Ducadem | ROM | 50 | Jan Fiala | CZE | |||
| 51 | Alexander Vencel | SVK | 51 | Thomasz Waldoch | POL | |||
| 52 | Gábor Király | HUN | 52 | Shkodran Mustafi | ABN | |||
| 52 | Borislav Mihaylov | BUL | 53 | Faruk Hadzibejic | BOS | |||
| 54 | Ivan Jazbinšek | CRT | ||||||
| 55 | Ivan Dimitrov | BUL | ||||||
| 56 | Luka Peruzovic | CRT | ||||||
| 57 | Mladen Ramljak | CRT | ||||||
| 58 | Ladislav Jukemic | SVK | ||||||
| 59 | Tomas Repka | CZE | ||||||
| 60 | Blagoje Paunovic | SER | ||||||
| Defensive Midfielder | Playmaker | Winger | ||||||
| R. | Name | Nation | R. | Name | Nation | R. | Name | Nation |
| 1 | Jozsef Bozsik | HUN | 1 | Luca Modric | CRT | 1 | Dragan Dzajic | SER |
| 2 | Ernst Ocwirk | SLV | 2 | Josef Masopust | CZE | 2 | Pavel Nedved | CZE |
| 3 | Igor Netto | RUS | 3 | Kazimerz Deyna | POL | 3 | Zoltan Czibor | HUN |
| 4 | Karel Pesek Kada | CZE | 4 | Herbert Prohaska | CZE | 4 | Grzegorz Lato | POL |
| 5 | Horst Szymaniak | POL | 5 | Dragoslav Sekularac | SER | 5 | Pierre Littbarski | POL |
| 6 | Valery Voronin | RUS | 6 | Mezut Ozil | TUR | 6 | Jurgen Grabowski | POL |
| 7 | Zlatko Cajkovski | SER | 7 | Dragan Stojkovic | SER | 7 | Antonin Puc | CZE |
| 8 | Ilkay Gundogan | TUR | 8 | Zvonimir Boban | CRT | 8 | Bora Kostic | SER |
| 9 | Svatopluk Pluskal | CZE | 9 | Krassimir Balakov | BUL | 9 | Robert Gadocha | POL |
| 10 | Josef Smistik | CZE | 10 | Antonin Panenka | CZE | 10 | Milos Milutinovic | SER |
| 11 | Viktor Kolotov | UKR | 11 | Fyodor Cherenkov | RUS | 11 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | GRG |
| 12 | Gyula Lazar | HUN | 12 | David Kipiani | GRG | 12 | Laszlo Fazekas | HUN |
| 13 | Yuri Voynov | RUS | 13 | Robert Prosinecki | CRT | 13 | Karoly Sandor | HUN |
| 14 | Zeljko Perusic | CRT | 14 | Vladimir Jugovic | SER | 14 | Slava Metreveli | GRG |
| 15 | Laszlo Boloni | ROM | 15 | Vladimir Muntyan | CRT | 15 | Mikheil Meskhi | GRG |
| 16 | Stefan Bozhkov | BUL | 16 | Oleksander Zavarov | UKR | 16 | Andrei Kanchelskis | RUS |
| 17 | Mateo Kovacic | CRT | 17 | Branko Oblak | SLN | 17 | Ivan Kolev | BUL |
| 18 | Ferenc Sipos | HUN | 18 | Alexei Mikhailchenko | UKR | 18 | Jozef Braun | HUN |
| 19 | Anatoliy Konkov | UKR | 19 | Dimitar Yakimov | BUL | 19 | Igor Chislenko | RUS |
| 20 | Rudolf Belin | CRT | 20 | Lajos Detari | HUN | 20 | Stanislas Kobierski | POL |
| 21 | Cornel Dinu | ROM | 21 | Leonid Buryak | UKR | 21 | Ivica Surjak | CRT |
| 22 | Theodoros Zagorakis | GRE | 22 | Ivan Rakitic | CRT | 22 | Vassilis Hatzipanakis | GRE |
| 23 | Sergei Aleinikov | BLR | 23 | Janos Gorocs | HUN | 23 | Ivan Perisic | SER |
| 24 | Ivan Gudelj | CRO | 24 | Vladimir Petrovic | SER | 24 | Zdenek Nehoda | CZE |
| 25 | Srecko Katanec | SVN | 25 | Jurica Jerkovic | CRT | 25 | Marian Masny | SVK |
| 26 | Marcelo Brozovic | CRT | 26 | Illie Balaci | ROM | 26 | Wlodzimierz Smolarek | POL |
| 27 | Jaroslav Pollak | SVK | 27 | Hakan Calhanoglu | TUR | 27 | Ilija Petkovic | SER |
| 28 | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | UKR | 28 | Iosif Petschovschi | ROM | 28 | Karel Poborski | CZE |
| 29 | Josef Kostalek | CZE | 29 | Andreas Kvasnak | CZE | 29 | Valeri Karpin | RUS |
| 30 | Henryk Kasperczak | POL | 30 | Yuri Gavrilov | RUS | 30 | Dejan Stankovic | SER |
| 31 | Andrey Starostin | RUS | 31 | Mimis Domazos | GRE | 31 | Christian Pulisic | CRT |
| 32 | Ante Zanetic | CRT | 32 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | AMN | 32 | Arda Turan | TUR |
| 33 | Milorad Arsenijevic | SER | 33 | Lubomir Moravcik | SVK | 33 | Alexander Hleb | BLR |
| 34 | Nemanja Matic | SER | 34 | Jovan Acimovic | SER | 34 | Alexandar Tirnanic | SER |
| 35 | Alexey Smertin | RUS | 35 | Aleksandr Mostovoi | RUS | 35 | Ferenc Sas | HUN |
| 36 | Frantisek Kolenaty | CZE | 36 | Khoren Oganesian | AMN | 36 | Ladislav Petráš | SVK |
| 37 | Zvomimir Zoldo | CRT | 37 | Emre Belozoglu | TUR | 37 | Filip Kostić | SER |
| 38 | Ion Dumitru | ROM | 38 | Jordan Letchkov | BUL | 38 | Emil Kostadinov | BUL |
| 39 | Vladislav Bogisevic | SER | 39 | Ivica Osim | BOS | 39 | Milan Rapaic | CRT |
| 40 | Stiliyan Petrov | BUL | 40 | Zoltan Varga | HUN | 40 | Dejan Kulusevski | MCD |
| 41 | Stanislav Lobotka | SVK | 41 | Milinko Pantic | SER | 41 | Xherdan Shaqiri | ABN |
| 42 | Imre Kovács | HUN | 42 | Yegor Titov | RUS | 42 | Pal Titkos | HUN |
| 43 | Fydor Selin | RUS | 43 | Yildiray Basturk | TUR | 43 | Georges Bereta | POL |
| 44 | Tugay Kelimoglu | TUR | 44 | Ladislav Kuna | SVK | 44 | Hasan Salihamidzic | BOS |
| 45 | Tim Borowski | POL | 45 | Sergej Milinković-Savić | SER | 45 | Giorgios Delikaris | GRE |
| 46 | Tomas Soucek | CZE | 46 | Piotr Zielinski | POL | 46 | Vasily Trofimov | RUS |
| 47 | Jozef Chovanec | SVK | 47 | Dimitry Alenichev | RUS | 47 | Vasili Rats | UKR |
| 48 | Niko Kovac | CRT | 48 | Shota Yamanidze | GRG | 48 | Ljubinko Drulovic | SER |
| 49 | Leon Goretzka | POL | 49 | Georgi Kinkladze | GRG | 49 | Ladislav Vizek | CZE |
| 50 | Dorinel Munteanu | ROM | 50 | Granit Xhaka | ABN | 50 | Zvezdan Cebinac | SER |
| 51 | Ioan Lupescu | ROM | 51 | Dominique Szoboszlai | HUN | 51 | Giorgos Koudas | GRE |
| 52 | Vujadin Boskov | SER | 52 | Miralem Pjanić | BOS | 52 | Sergei Ilyin | RUS |
| 53 | Grzegorz Krychowiak | POL | 53 | Nuri Sahin | TUR | 53 | Todor Diev | BUL |
| 54 | Vitaly Daraselia | GRG | 54 | Volodymyr Veremeyev | UKR | 54 | Gerad Wodarz | POL |
| 55 | Slavisa Jokanovic | SER | 55 | Darius Wosz | POL | 55 | Martin Petrov | BUL |
| 56 | Drazen Muzinic | CRT | 56 | Jan Kozak | SVK | 56 | Danilo Popivoda | SER |
| 57 | Dobromir Zhechev | BUL | 57 | Zygfryd Szołtysik | POL | 57 | Máté Fenyvesi | HUN |
| 58 | Tomas Galasek | CZE | 58 | Vilmos Kertesz | HUN | 58 | Patrik Berger | CZE |
| 59 | Emre Can | TUR | 59 | Avtandil Gogoberidze | GRG | 59 | Can Bartu | TUR |
| 60 | Miroslav Pavlovic | SER | 60 | Théodore Szkudlapski | POL | 60 | Laszlo Budai | HUN |
| 61 | Takis Loukanidis | GRE | 61 | Stjepan Lamza | CRT | |||
| 62 | Vojislav Melic | SER | 62 | Mario Stanic | CRT | |||
| 63 | Murat Yakin | TUR | 63 | Dimitris Saravakos | GRE | |||
| 64 | Branko Brnovic | SER | 64 | Tuncay Sanli | TUR | |||
| 65 | Milos Sestic | SER | ||||||
| 66 | Naim Kryeziu | ABN | ||||||
| Advanced Midfielder | Forward | Striker | ||||||
| R. | Name | Nation | R. | Name | Nation | R. | Name | Nation |
| 1 | Raymond Kopa | POL | 1 | Ference Puskas | HUN | 1 | Sandor Kocsis | HUN |
| 2 | Laszlo Kubala | HUN | 2 | Gyorgi Sarosi | HUN | 2 | Robert Lewandowski | POL |
| 3 | Gheorghe Hagi | ROM | 3 | Matthias Sindelar | CZE | 3 | Josef Bican | CZE |
| 4 | Nandor Hidegkuti | HUN | 4 | Florian Albert | HUN | 4 | Andriy Shevchenko | UKR |
| 5 | Zbigniew Boniek | POL | 5 | Hristo Stoichkov | BUL | 5 | Imre Schlosser | HUN |
| 6 | Bernard Vukas | CRT | 6 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | BOS/CRT | 6 | Jozsef Takacs | HUN |
| 7 | Gyorgi Orth | HUN | 7 | Oleg Blokhin | UKR | 7 | Ferenc Deak | HUN |
| 8 | Dejan Savicevic | MTG | 8 | Gyula Zsengeller | HUN | 8 | Alfred Schaffer | HUN |
| 9 | Safet Susic | BOS | 9 | Ference Bene | HUN | 9 | Davor Suker | CRT |
| 10 | Tibor Nyilasi | HUN | 10 | Wlodzimerz Lubanski | POL | 10 | Miroslav Klose | POL |
| 11 | Valentin Ivanov | RUS | 11 | Istvan Nyers | HUN | 11 | Edin Dzeko | BOS |
| 12 | Ihor Belanov | RUS | 12 | Ernest Willimowski | POL | 12 | Istavn Avar | HUN |
| 13 | Mehmet Scholl | TUR | 13 | Lajos Tichy | HUN | 13 | Darko Pancev | MCD |
| 14 | Hristo Bonev | BUL | 14 | Stjepan Bobek | 14 | Ferenc Szusza | HUN | |
| 15 | Rajko Mitic | SER | 15 | Josip Skoblar | CZE | 15 | Thadee Cisowski | POL |
| 16 | Vlastimil Kopecky | CZE | 16 | Oldrich Nejedly | CZE | 16 | Slobodan Santrac | SER |
| 17 | Andrey Arshavin | RUS | 17 | Predrag Mijatovic | SER | 17 | Todor Veselinovic | SER |
| 18 | Joseph Ujlaki | HUN | 18 | Georgi Asparuhov | BUL | 18 | Mario Mandzukic | CRT |
| 19 | Kalman Konrad | HUN | 19 | Eduard Streltsov | RUS | 19 | Oleg Protasov | UKR |
| 20 | Luliu Baratky | ROM | 20 | Geza Toldi | HUN | 20 | Dusan Bajevic | BOS |
| 21 | Andras Torocsik | HUN | 21 | Blagoje Marjanovic | SER | 21 | Petar Zhekov | BUL |
| 22 | Marek Hamsic | SVK | 22 | Geza Toldi | HUN | 22 | Andreij Szarmach | POL |
| 23 | Josip Ilicic | SVN | 23 | Dimitar Berbatov | BUL | 23 | Dudu Georgescu | ROM |
| 24 | Lucjan Brychczy | POL | 24 | Alen Boksic | CRT | 24 | Vsevolod Bobrov | RUS |
| 25 | Zlatko Zahovic | SVN | 25 | Janos Farkas | HUN | 25 | Frane Matosic | CRT |
| 26 | Dusan Tadic | SER | 26 | Laszlo Cseh | HUN | 26 | Drazan Jerkovic | CRT |
| 27 | Thomas Rosicky | CZE | 27 | Gyula Bodola | HUN | 27 | Jan Koller | CZE |
| 28 | Miroslaw Okonski | POL | 28 | Gerard Cieslik | POL | 28 | Hakan Sukur | TUR |
| 29 | Nikola Kotkov | BUL | 29 | Boris Paichadze | GRG | 29 | Savo Milosevic | SER |
| 30 | Vaclav Pilat | CZE | 30 | Jozef Adamec | CZE | 30 | Gyula Szilagyi | HUN |
| 31 | Dejan Petkovic | SER | 31 | Grogory Fedotov | RUS | 31 | Mark Viduka | CRT |
| 32 | Goran Pandev | MCD | 32 | Florea Dumitrache | ROM | 32 | Darko Kovacevic | SER |
| 33 | Blaz Sliskovic | CRT | 33 | Antal Dunai | HUN | 33 | Horst Nemec | CZE |
| 34 | Johann Horvath | ROM | 34 | Nikita Simonyan | RUS | 34 | Josef Silny | CZE |
| 35 | Sergei Salnikov | RUS | 35 | Lucas Podolski | POL | 35 | Rodion Camataru | ROM |
| 36 | Sergen Yalcin | TUR | 36 | Ramaz Schengelia | GRG | 36 | Tanju Colak | TUR |
| 37 | Marcel Raducanu | ROM | 37 | Ivan Hitrec | CRT | 37 | Vahid Halilhodzic | BOS |
| 38 | Peter Dubovski | SVK | 38 | Jan Studnicka | CZE | 38 | Slaven Zambata | CRT |
| 39 | Karol Jokl | SVK | 39 | Frantisek Svoboda | CZE | 39 | Metin Oktay | TUR |
| 40 | Igor Dobrovolskiy | UKR | 40 | Mimis Papaioannou | GRE | 40 | Anotodis Anotonaidis | GRE |
| 41 | Jozef Ludl | CZE | 41 | Adrian Mutu | ROM | 41 | Aleksandr Ponomarev | UKR |
| 42 | Jozsef Turay | HUN | 42 | Peter Palotas | HUN | 42 | Dusan Vlaovic | SER |
| 43 | Vladimir Kovačević | SER | 43 | Zlatko Vujović | BOS | 43 | Vedad Ibišević | BOS |
| 44 | Titus Ozon | ROM | 44 | Stefan Dobay | ROM | 44 | Mateja Kežman | SER |
| 45 | Lefter Kucukandonyadis | TUR | 45 | Asim Ferhatovic | BOS | 45 | Fredi Bobic | SVN |
| 46 | Antonio Vojak | CRT | 46 | Luboslav Penev | BUL | 46 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | RUS |
| 47 | Iva Bek | SER | 47 | Marius Lacatus | ROM | 47 | Zeki Riza Sporel | TUR |
| 48 | Zvjezdan Misimović | BOS | 48 | Andrej Kramarić | CRT | 48 | Reflik Resmja | ABN |
| 49 | Muhammed Mujic | BOS | 49 | Shota Arveladze | GRG | 49 | Josef Uridil | CZE |
| 50 | Franjo Wofl | CRT | 50 | Giorgos Sideris | GRE | 50 | Vahidin Musemić | BOS |
| 51 | Hakan Yakin | TUR | 51 | Sergej Barbarez | BOS | |||
| 52 | Momčilo Vukotić | SER | 52 | Anatoliy Byshovets | RUS | |||
| 53 | Cestmir Vycpalek | CZE | 53 | Thomas Mavros | GRE | |||
| 54 | Franz Weselik | CZE | ||||||
| 55 | Mikail Butusov | RUS | ||||||
| 56 | Nasko Sirakov | BUL | ||||||
| 57 | Nihat Kahveci | TUR | ||||||
| 58 | Marko Arnautović | SER | ||||||
| 59 | Mirko Vučinić | MTN | ||||||
| 60 | Kubilay Türkyılmaz | TUR | ||||||
| 61 | Ivica Vastic | CRT | ||||||
| 62 | Pavel Kuka | CZE | ||||||
| 63 | Ivan Klasnic | CRT | ||||||
| 64 | Ferenc Machos | HUN | ||||||
| 65 | Kazimierz Kmiecik | POL | ||||||
| 66 | Vladimir Beschastnykh | RUS | ||||||
| 67 | Andrzej Juskowiak | POL | ||||||
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




Vojtech Bradach is not from Yugoslavia. Where is Mitic?
ReplyDeleteOK, revised.
DeleteBodola? Baratky?
ReplyDeleteIn 1930 main event - World Cup. In Uruguay-1930 best balkanian player was defender Milutin Ivkovic, no Marjanovic.
ReplyDeletein 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.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I already revised that of 1930 but I need to know about Vilim Sipos in 1940. Why do you think he is deserved ?
DeleteIn QF Mitropa-1940 Rapid Bucarest beat Hungaria (MTK).
ReplyDeleteMTK 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.
In balkan footballer of the year should be Darko Pancev and Goran Pandev
ReplyDeleteWhich year do you think these players related to win ?
DeleteManager
ReplyDelete1. 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
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.
DeleteYou 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 !!!
ReplyDeleteOK, You have a reasonable point. Let Revise.
DeleteBest Player of Eastern Europe 1960-2015.
ReplyDeleteSource: 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%.
ReplyDelete1971 - 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%.
ReplyDelete1981 - 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%.
In 1981 and 1982, Balaci did not receive any vote despite his peak and won Romanian footballer of the year. That is strange.
DeleteIn 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.
DeleteOK, I think it has been clear for me. This poll give the main importance to international football.
Delete1990 - 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%.
ReplyDelete1991 - 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%.
ReplyDelete2001 - 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%.
ReplyDelete2011 - 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.
Thanks for a highly appreciated list. Could you tell me about its source ?
DeleteEastern european player of the year. 1960-2016.
DeleteThe 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%
Twice I sent you the top of the list, as well as explanations and sources.
DeleteI need to send you this list third time?
OK I'm sorry since I have been very busy with the club implementation project.
DeleteI think I would have a time to review the lists you provide within this week. Thanks anyway.
Eastern european player of the year. 1960-2016.
DeleteIn 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
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.
ReplyDelete1961 - 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%.
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 !
DeleteSorry for very late reply, for the list, I really surprise how come Yakimov are rarely appeared.
DeleteHi Narathorn. Could you please explain why do you consider Borislav Mikhailov ahead of Silviu Lung?
ReplyDeleteHonesty 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.
DeleteDon'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.
ReplyDeleteNow 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.
DeleteLast year he dropped his form in the last part of the season but he still was nominated in Serie A team of the year.
DeleteThis season, unfortunately, he is not playing well.
where is baratky?
ReplyDeleteOK I missed including him when he is named in Romania all-time XI. Thanks.
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteIn 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.
You could add Aleksandr Kolarov to the full backs list
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