UEFA Cup topscorers in the 1980s

1979/80

7: Dieter Hoeneß (Bayern), Harald Nickel (2 PK, Mönchengladbach)

6: Atanas Mihaylov (1, Lokomotiv Sofia)

5: Harald Karger (Eintr. Frankfurt), Michel Platini (2), Johnny Rep (2, Saint-Étienne), 

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern)

1980/81

14: John Wark (5, Ipswich, photo)

9: Kees Kist (1, AZ '67 Alkmaar)

8: Dieter Müller (FC Köln)

7: Horst Hrubesch (Hamburger SV)

6: Bernard Genghini (Sochaux), Paul Mariner (Ipswich Town), Pier Tol (AZ '67 Alkmaar)

1981/82

9: Torbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg)

5: Horst Hrubesch, Thomas von Heesen (Hamburger SV), Stig Fredriksson (4, IFK Göteborg),

 Friedhelm Funkel (Kaiserslautern), Dinos Kouis (2, Aris Saloniki), Ronny Martens (Beveren)

1982/83

8: Zoran Filipović (Benfica)

7: Erwin Vandenbergh (2, Anderlecht)

6: Alain Giresse (1, Bordeaux)

5: Hans-Peter Briegel (1, Kaiserslautern), Lozano (1), Kenneth Brylle (Anderlecht), 

Michel Decastel (Servette), Rudi Völler, Norbert Meier (Werder Bremen), Husref Musemić 

(FK Sarajevo), Nené (2, Benfica), Miroslav Příložný (1, Bohemians Prague)

 

1983/84

9: Tibor Nyilasi (Austria Vienna)

6: Kenneth Brylle (3, Anderlecht), Mark Falco (Tottenham), 

Yuriy Gavrilov (3, Spartak Moscow)

5: Steve Archibald (Tottenham), Marián Tomčák (1), Karol Březík (Inter Bratislava), 

Herbert Prohaska (3, Austria Vienna), Hans Richter (Lok Leipzig)

  

1984/85

7: Edin Bahtić (Željezničar), József Szabó (1, Videoton)

6: Gary Bannister (QPR)

5: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Inter), Santillana (Real Madrid), Marco van Basten (Ajax)

1985/86

9: Klaus Allofs (3, Köln)

8: Zlatko Vujović (2, Hajduk Split)

7: Jorge Valdano (Real Madrid)

6: Alessandro Altobelli (Inter), Danny Veyt (Waregem), Pietro Virdis (1, Milan)

 

1986/87

5: Peter Houtman (Groningen), Wim Kieft (1, Torino), Paulinho Cascavel 

(1, Vitória Guimarães), Jari Rantanen (IFK Göteborg)

4: Rob McDonald, Raphael Meade (Sporting CP), Miloš Bursać (Hajduk Split), 

John Clark (Dundee United), Antonio Comi (1, Torino), David Fairclough (Beveren), 

Uwe Rahn (1, Mönchengladbach)

1987/88

6: Kenneth Brylle (Club Brugge), Kálmán Kovács (Budapest Honvéd), 

Dimitris Saravakos (Panathinaikos)

5: Jan Ceulemans (Club Brugge), Preben Elkjær (2, Verona)

1988/89

6: Careca (Napoli), Torsten Gütschow (2, Dynamo Dresden)

5: Olaf Thon (1), Jürgen Wegmann (Bayern), Mike Galloway (Hearts), 

Ulf Kirsten (Dynamo Dresden)

Players' market value 44 years ago

 

Values estimated by weekly magazine Guerin Sportivo April 1980, in perspective of the opening of Italian borders. Spanish players, extremely reluctant to leave their country, not taken into consideration.

In Italics, players that eventually played in the Serie A.

3000 m. lire (apprx 1,5 m€):

Maradona (Argentinos Juniors)

1.000.000€:

Zico (Flamengo)

550.000-650.000€:

T. Francis (Nottingham Forest), Woodcock (Köln), Cunningham (Real Madrid)

500.000-600.000€:

Brady (Arsenal), Sócrates (Corinthians)

450.000-550.000€:

Kh Rummenigge (Bayern Munich), H. Müller (Stuttgart)

400.000-500.000€:

Birtles (Nottingham Forest), Dalglish (Liverpool), Keegan (HSV), Schachner (Austria Vienna), 

Krankl (First Vienna)

350.000-450.000€:

Stapleton (Arsenal), Ward (Brighton), Regis (West Bromwich), Coppell (Man United), K. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Kaltz (HSV), Platini (St-Etienne), Prohaska (Austria Vienna), Simonsen (Barcelona)

300.000-400.000€:

Case (Liverpool), Mariner (Ipswich), D. Müller (Köln), Breitner (Bayern Munich), Stielike (Real Madrid), 

Gomes (FC Porto)

250.000-350.000€:

R. Kennedy & Johnson (Liverpool), Thijssen (Ipswich), Wallace (Coventry), Williams (Southampton), Neumann (Köln), Kempe (Duisburg), Dell'Haye (M'gladbach), Hartwig (HSV), Abramczik (Schalke 04), Bonhof (Valencia), Carpegiani (Flamengo), Falcão (Internacional), Ischia (Vélez)

200.000-300.000€:

McDermott (Liverpool), McQueen (Man United), Ritchie (Morton), Schuster (Köln), Nickel (M'gladbach), Hrubesch (HSV), D. Hoeness (Bayern Munich), Sigurvinsson (Standard de Liège), Vandenbergh (Lierse), Van der Elst (Anderlecht), Ceulemans (Brugge), Pécout (FC Nantes), Tahamata (Ajax), Kist (AZ '67), Pétursson (Feyenoord), Morena (Rayo Vallecano), D. Bertoni (Sevilla), Dirceu (Atlético de Madrid), Reinaldo & Jordão (Benfica), Sulser (Grasshoppers), Júlio César (Flamengo), Jorge Mendonça (Vasco da Gama), Nílton Batata (Santos), Toninho Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro), Passarella & R. Díaz (River Plate)

150.000-250.000€:

Somner (St Mirren), McAdam (Partick Thistle), McCluskey (Celtic), Hannes (M'gladbach), Fischer (Schalke 04), Voordeckers (Standard de Liège), Van der Eycken (Brugge), Elkjær (Lokeren), Rep, Zimako & Rocheteau (St-Etienne), Alves (Paris SG), Krol, La Ling, Arnesen & Lerby (Ajax), R. van der Kerkhof, W. van der Kerkhof & Brandts (PSV), Zenon & Careca (Guarani), Pita (Santos), Edinho (Fluminense), Randazzo (Boca Juniors), Beto Alonso (River Plate), Bochini (Independiente), Gallego (Newell's Old Boys), Reinaldi (Talleres Córdoba),  J. Olsen (Næstved)

150.000-200.000€:

Deyna (Man City), Edström (Standard de Liège), Christophe (Monaco), Stopyra (Sochaux), Wildschut (PSV), Vermeulen (Roda), Ponte (Grasshoppers), Zé Sérgio (São Paulo), Fortunato (Estudiantes), 

Bravo (Talleres Córdoba)

100.000-150.000€:

H. Jensen (Ajax), Thychosen (M'gladbach)

Today nine years ago: Chelsea 1-3 Liverpool

 

1-0 4' Ramires h. (Azpilicueta), 1-1 45' Coutinho l. (Roberto Firmino), 1-2 74' Coutinho r. (Christian Benteke), 1-3 83' Christian Benteke r. (Nathaniel Clyne). Att: 41.577.

Chelsea: Asmir Begović 6,10 - Kurt Zouma 5,10, Gary Cahill 5,00, John Terry 4,70, Azpilicueta 6,00 (76' Radamel Falcao), Ramires 6,00, Oscar 5,80, Eden Hazard 4,40 (59' Kenedy 5,60), John Mikel 5,30 (70' Cesc Fàbregas 5,20), Willian 6,10, Diego Costa 5,30. - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 5,43 [feeble]

Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 6,00 - Nathaniel Clyne 6,40, Mamadou Sakho 6,90, Alberto Moreno 5,60, Martin Škrtel 6,60, James Milner 6,00 (64' Christian Benteke 6,80), Coutinho 7,50, Roberto Firmino 6,10 (76' Jordon Ibe), Adam Lallana 6,70 (90' Dejan Lovren), Lucas Leiva 6,30, Emre Can 6,30. - tr: Jürgen Klopp. = average: 6,43 [strong]

Top 30 female footballers in the 2020s

1. Aitana Bonmatí (Spain) 

2. Sam Kerr (England) 

3. Alexia Putellas (Spain) 

4. Salma Paralluelo (Spain) 

5. Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway) 

6. Alexandra Popp (Germany) 

7. Beth Mead (England) 

8. Jennifer Hermoso (Spain) 

9. Sophia Smith (USA) 

10. Fridolina Rolfö (Sweden) 

11. Lena Oberdorf (Germany) 

12. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands) 

13. Lindsey Horan (USA) 

14. Mary Earps (England) 

15. Lieke Martens (Netherlands) 

16. Mallory Swanson (USA) 

17. Olga Carmona (Spain) 

18. Christine Sinclair (Canada) 

19. Marie-Antoinette Katoto (France) 

20. Ada Hegerberg (Norway) 

21. Pernille Harder (Denmark) 

22. Mariona Caldentey (Spain) 

23. Patricia Guijarro (Spain) 

24. Wendie Renard (France) 

25. Ashley Lawrence (France) 

26. Linda Caicedo (Colombia) 

27. Catarina Macario (France) 

28. Jessie Fleming (England)

29. Trinity Rodman (USA) 

30. Rachel Daly (England) 

Juventus' worst flops in history

 

According to ledieci.net.

1. Ian Rush
2. Juan Esnaider
3. Aleksander Zavarov
4. Amauri
5. Tiago
6. Athirson
7. Diego
8. Thierry Henry
9. Marino Magrin
10. Sergei Aleinikov

Serie A ratings 1986/87

 

6,76 Zenga (Inter)
6,65 Magrin (Atalanta)
6,63 De Agostini (Verona)
6,60 Ferrara (Napoli), F. Baresi (Milan)
6,59 Bagni (Napoli), Virdis (Milan)
6,53 Tacconi (Juventus)
6,51 Romano (Napoli)
6,50 Renica (Napoli), Mancini (Sampdoria)
6,49 Maradona (Napoli)

Today 27 years ago: Russia 1-1 Italy [WC playoff qualifier]

 0-1 40' Christian Vieri, 1-1 51' og Fabio Cannavaro. Att: 15-20.000 (Dinamo Stadion).

Russia: Sergey Ovchinnikov 6,00 - Viktor Onopko 6,17 (43' Akhrik Tsveiba 5,83), Igor Chugaynov 5,67, Yuri Kovtun 6,00, Dmitriy Alenichev 6,83, Andrey Kanchelskis 6,00 (46' Dmitriy Khokhlov 6,33), Igor Yanovski 6,67, Dmitri Popov 5,83 (78' Andrey Tikhonov), Vladislav Radimov 5,83, Sergey Yuran 6,17, Igor Kolyvanov 6,17. - coach: Boris Ignatyev 6,00. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]

Italy: Gianluca Pagliuca (32' Gianluigi Buffon 6,83) - Gianluca Pessotto 5,50 (54' Antonio Benarrivo 6,17), Alessandro Nesta 6,83, Alessandro Costacurta 7,33, Fabio Cannavaro 6,50, Dino Baggio 6,50, Paolo Maldini 7,67, Demetrio Albertini 6,83, Roberto Di Matteo 6,33, Fabrizio Ravanelli 5,83 (60' Alessandro Del Piero 6,17), Christian Vieri 7,50. - coach: Cesare Maldini 7,00. = average: 6,61 [very good]

Ipswich Town ratings 1980/81

 

League and UEFA Cup. 

7,29 Frans Thijssen
7,24 Russell Osman
7,20 Terry Butcher
7,13 Arnold Mühren
7,07 Alan Brazil
7,06 John Wark
7,00 Paul Cooper
6,93 Paul Mariner
6,87 Mick Mills
6,82 Eric Gates
6,80 George Burley
6,62 Steve McCall
6,00 Kevin O'Callaghan     

2018 World Cup: Gazzetta dello Sport average ratings

 

Minimum four rated appearances.

7,42 Eden Hazard (cap, Bel)
7,12 Denis Cheryshev (Rus)
7,07 Luka Modrić (cap, Cro)
7,00 Edinson Cavani (Uru)
6,93 Didier DESCHAMPS (Fra)
6,88 Kasper Schmeichel (Den)
6,83 Kylian Mbappé (Fra)
6,80 Janne ANDERSSON (Swe), Philippe Coutinho (Bra)
6,79 Roberto MARTÍNEZ (Bel), Ivan Rakitić (Cro)
6,75 N'Golo Kanté (Fra), Kevin De Bruyne (Bel)
6,67 Harry Kane (cap, Eng), Romelu Lukaku (Bel)
6,64 Antoine Griezmann (Fra), Ivan Perišić (Cro)
6,62 Igor Akinfeev (cap, Rus), Cristiano Ronaldo (cap, Por), Isco (Esp), Juan Carlos OSORIO (Mex)
6,60 Andreas Granqvist (cap, Swe), Thomas Meunier (Bel), Óscar TABÁREZ, Diego Godín (Uru), Thiago Silva (cap, Bra)
6,58 Paul Pogba (Fra), Mario Mandžukić (Cro)
6,57 Thibaut Courtois (Bel)

Today six years ago: Barcelona 5-1 Real Madrid

 1-0 11′ Coutinho, 2-0 30′ Suárez PK, 2-1 50′ Marcelo, 3-1, 4-1 75′, 83′ Suárez, 5-1 87′ Vidal. Att: 90.985.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen 6,50 - Sergi Roberto 7,30, Piqué 6,70, Lenglet 6,70, Jordi Alba 7,50 - Rakitic 6,90, Busquets 6,90, Arthur 6,60 (84′ Vidal) - Rafinha 6,40 (69′ Semedo 6,10), Suárez 8,00, Coutinho 6,90 (74′ Dembélé). - coach: Ernesto Valverde. = 6,88 [first-class]

Real Madrid: Courtois 5,40 -  Nacho 4,60, Varane 4,90 (46′ Lucas Vasquez 5,80), Sergio Ramos 4,70 Marcelo 5,80 (82′ Mariano) - Kroos 5,10, Casemiro 5,30, Modric 5,20 - Bale 5,00 (78′ Asensio), Benzema 4,90, Isco 5,40. - coach: Julen Lopetegui. = average: 5,18 [disastrous]

West Germany ratings in the 1970 World Cup

 

7,46 Wolfgang Overath
7,35 Franz Beckenbauer
6,95 Jürgen Grabowski, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
6,75 Uwe Seeler
6,70 Sigfried Held
6,67 Willi Schulz
6,58 Gerd Müller
6,46 Berti Vogts
6,44 Reinhard Libuda
6,25 Hannes Löhr
6,20 Sepp Maier
6,06 Horst-Dieter Höttges

Today 11 years ago: Chelsea 2-1 Man City

 1-0 33' André Schürrle (Fernando Torres), 1-1 49' Kun Agüero (Samir Nasri), 2-1 90' Fernando Torres. Att: 41.495.

Chelsea: Petr Čech 5,90 - Branislav Ivanović 6,40, Gary Cahill 6,10, John Terry 6,20, Ashley Cole 6,10, Ramires 6,90, Frank Lampard 5,50 (66' John Mikel 6,00), Eden Hazard 5,90 (84' Samuel Eto'o), Oscar 6,10, André Schürrle 6,50 (66' Willian 6,30), Fernando Torres 7,70. - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,28 [good]

Man City: Joe Hart 4,40 - Pablo Zabaleta 5,90, Martín Demichelis 5,30, Matija Nastasić 5,30, Gaël Clichy 4,90, Javi García 5,60 (80' Aleksandar Kolarov), Fernandinho 6,00, David Silva 6,40, Yaya Touré 5,60, Samir Nasri 5,80, Kun Agüero 7,00 (86' Álvaro Negredo). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 5,65 [disappointing]

Player ratings Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona

 0-1 54' Robert Lewandowski (Marc Casadó), 0-2 56' Lewandowski h. (Alejandro Balde), 0-3 77' Lamine Yamal (Raphinha), 0-4 84' Raphinha (Iñigo Martínez). Att: 78.192.

Real Madrid: Andriy Lunin 5,30 - Lucas Vázquez 5,30, Eder Militão 4,90, Antonio Rüdiger 4,90, Ferland Mendy 4,60 (86' Fran García), Aurélien Tchouaméni 4,90 (63' Luka Modrić 5,80), Federico Valverde 5,20, Eduardo Camavinga 5,70 (77' Brahim Díaz), Jude Bellingham 5,30, Vinícius Junior 5,60, Kylian Mbappé 4,70. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 5,18 [lame]

Barcelona: Iñaki Peña 7,20 - Jules Koundé 6,70, Pau Cubarsí 6,70, Iñigo Martínez 7,20, Alejandro Balde 6,90, Marc Casadó 7,10 (65' Dani Olmo 6,60), Pedri 7,50 (87' Gavi), Lamine Yamal 7,20, Fermín 5,80 (46' Frenkie de Jong 7,00), Raphinha 7,70, Robert Lewandowski 7,90. - coach: Hansi Flick. = average: 7,04 [fantabulous]

Top rated players Clausura 1996

 

6,81 Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Gimnasia)
6,70 José Luis Chilavert (Vélez)
6,45 Enzo Francescoli (River)
6,43 Claudio Caniggia (Boca)
6,36 César Orlando Labarre (Belgrano)
6,35 Carlos Bossio (Estudiantes)
6,31 José Fabián Albornoz (Gimnasia), Martín Posse (Vélez)
6,28 Alberto Márcico (Gimnasia)
6,23 Danilo Tosello (Belgrano)

Best /worst of the 1997/98 season polls

MATCH OF THE SEASON

Man Utd 3 Juventus 2 31% 

Arsenal 3 Man Utd 2 30% 

Man Utd 0 Arsenal 1 26%

GOAL OF THE SEASON

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) v Leicester 53% 

Steve McManaman (Liverpool) v Celtic 26% 

Kevin Davies (Southampton) v Everton 11%

BEST PLAYER

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) 59% 

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 24% 

David Ginola (Tottenham) 9%

BEST BUY

Emmanuel Petit (Monaco-Arsenal) 39% 

Alex Manninger (Grazer AK-Arsenal) 38% 

Kevin Davies (Chesterfield-Southampton) 16%

WORST BUY

Stan Collymore (Liverpool-Aston Villa) 77% 

Itzak Zohar (Royal Antwerp-Crystal Palace) 9% 

Teddy Sheringham (Tottenham-Man Utd) 7%

BEST NEWCOMER

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 61% 

Alex Manninger (Arsenal) 30% 

Rio Ferdinand (West Ham) 3%

BEST STRIKER

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) 54% 

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 28% 

John Hartson (West Ham) 9%

BEST MANAGER

Arsène Wenger (Arsenal) 79% 

Danny Wilson (Barnsley) 9% 

Alex Ferguson (Man Utd) 8%

WORST MANAGER

Frank Clark (ex-Man City) 43% 

Howard Kendall (Everton) 39% 

Kenny Dalglish (Newcastle) 12%

BIGGEST MOANER

Kenny Dalglish (Newcastle) 38% 

Alex Ferguson (Man Utd) 35% 

Alan Shearer (Newcastle) 19%

UNSUNG HERO

Neil Redfearn (Barnsley) 43% 

Sammy McIlroy (Macclesfield) 37% 

Giuliano Grazioli (Stevenage) 11%

The Sun.

Allsvenskan 1976

 

Players having received the mark 4 ("national team class") or higher at least twice during the season. Ratings: Idrottsbladet.

  8 times: Anders Linderoth (Öster, photo, left)
  4: Yngve Källqvist (ÖIS), Bo Larsson (MFF, photo, right)
  3: Kenneth Ohlsson (Hammarby), Odd Lindberg (Örebro), Tommy Evesson (Öster), Lennart "Lie" Larsson (Halmstad)
  2: Jan Svensson, Bo Matsson (Hammarby), Göran Hagberg (Öster), Jan-Olof Wallgren (AIK Stockholm), Claes Cronqvist, Bo Augustsson, Sonny Johansson (Landskrona), Olle Nordin (IFK Sundsvall), Björn Alkeby (Djurgården), Thomas Sjöberg (MFF)

Today 44 years ago: Inter-Roma 2-4

 0-1 2' og Graziano Bini, 0-2 12' Roberto Pruzzo, 0-3 32' Pruzzo, 1-3 57' Alessandro Altobelli PK, 1-4 80' Pruzzo, 2-4 89'  Altobelli. Att: 56.357.

Inter: Ivano Bordon 5,5 - Roberto Mozzini 4,5 (66' Claudio Ambu), Nazzareno Canuti 5, Graziano Bini 5,5, Giancarlo Pasinato 5,5, Evaristo Beccalossi 4, Domenico Caso 5,5, Giampiero Marini 6 (46' Franco Pancheri 6), Herbert Prohaska 5,5, Carlo Muraro 5, Alessandro Altobelli 6,5. - coach: Eugenio Bersellini 5. = average: 5,38 [lame]

Roma: Franco Tancredi 6 - Vincenzo Romano 7, Maurizio Turone 6, Agostino di Bartolomei 7, Luciano Spinosi 6,5, Roberto Scarnecchia 6,5, Domenico Maggiora 6,5, Bruno Conti 6 (66' Michele De Nadai 6), Carlo Ancelotti 7, Falcão 7, Roberto Pruzzo 7,5. - coach: Nils Liedholm 7,5. = average: 6,58 [very good]

China ratings in the 2002 World Cup

5,98 Li Tie

5,88 Yang Chen

5,60 Li Weifeng, Zhao Junzhe

5,50 Jiang Jin, Ma Mingyu 

5,47 Hao Haidong

5,38 Xu Yunlong

5,37 Wu Chengying

5,35 Li Xiaopeng

5,20 Du Wei

Today 26 years ago: Milan 3-2 Roma

 0-1 9' Delvecchio, 1-1 45'+ Leonardo, 2-1 59' Ziege, 2-2 70' Delvecchio, 3-2 72' Weah. Utvisade: 80' Boban, 92' D. Conti. Publik: 57.331.

Milan: S. Rossi 7,67 — N'Gotty 5,33, Cruz 5,00, Maldini 5,67 — Helveg 5,33, Albertini 6,00 (46' Ambrosini 6,17), Boban 5,33, Ziege 6,33 — Leonardo 6,50 (79' Morfeo), Bierhoff 6,50, Weah 6,50 (82' Ayala). — coach: Zaccheroni. = average: 6,02 [satisfactory]

Roma: Chimenti 5,00 — Aldair 6,00, Petruzzi 5,33, Zago 6,00 (80' D. Conti), Wome 5,67 — Tomic 4,50 (80' Bartelt), Tommasi 6,83, Di Francesco 7,00 — Paulo Sérgio 6,50, Delvecchio 7,50, Totti 6,50. — coach: Zeman. = average: 6,07 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Barcelona 4-1 Bayern

 

1-0 1' Raphinha (Fermín), 1-1 18' Harry Kane (Serge Gnabry), 2-1 36' Robert Lewandowski (Fermín), 3-1 45' Raphinha (Marc Casadó), 4-1 56' Raphinha (Lamine Yamal). Att: 50.312 (Olímpic Lluís Companys). 

Barcelona: Iñaki Peña 6,00 - Iñigo Martínez 6,50, Pau Cubarsí 6,67, Jules Koundé 6,67, Alejandro Balde 6,33, Fermín 7,67 (61' Frenkie de Jong 6,17), Lamine Yamal 7,50 (85' Gavi), Raphinha 7,67 (75' Dani Olmo), Pedri 7,33 (85' Pau Víctor), Marc Casadó 7,17, Robert Lewandowski 7,00 (85' Ansu Fati). - coach: Hansi Flick. = average; 6,88 [top-class]

Bayern: Manuel Neuer 5,17 - Dayot Upamecano 5,00, Min-jae Kim 4,17, Alphonso Davies 5,00, Raphaël Guerreiro 5,00 (85' Konrad Laimer), Joshua Kimmich 5,00, João Palhinha 5,33 (60' Leon Goretzka 5,67), Serge Gnabry 5,33 (60' Kingsley Coman 5,50), Thomas Müller 4,50 (60' Leroy Sané 5,67), Michael Olise 4,83 (60' Jamal Musiala 5,67), Harry Kane 6,50. - coach: Vincent Kompany. = average: 5,22 [lame]

Most sensational wins in World Cups 2002-2022

Average odds:

27,03 Saudi Arabia 2-1 Argentina (2022)

18,77 South Korea 2-0 Germany (2018)

13,73 Switzerland 1-0 Spain (2010)

8,91 Costa Rica 3-1 Uruguay (2014)

8,82 Senegal 1-0 France (2002)

8,73 Cameroon 1-0 Brazil (2022)

7,52 Australia 1-0 Denmark (2022)

7,46 USA 3-2 Portugal (2002)

7,33 Mexico 1-0 Germany (2018)

7,21 Japan 2-1 Germany (2022)

7,09 Japan 2-1 Spain (2022)

6,89 Slovakia 3-2 Italy (2010)

Serie A topscorer tables 1980s

1979/80
16: Bettega (Juventus)
15: Altobelli (Inter)
13: P. Rossi (Perugia)
12: Graziani (Torino), Pruzzo (Roma), Selvaggi (Cagliari)
11: Savoldi (Bologna)
 9: Giordano (Lazio), Palanca (Catanzaro)

1980/81
18: Pruzzo (Roma)
13: Palanca (Catanzaro)
12: Altobelli (Inter)
11: Graziani (Torino), C. Pellegrini (Napoli)
 9: Antognoni (Fiorentina), Chimenti (Pisa), Pulici (Torino)
 8: Brady (Juventus), Selvaggi (Cagliari), Zanone (Udinese)

1981/82
15: Pruzzo (Roma)
12: Bivi (Catanzaro)
11: C. Pellegrini (Napoli)
 9: Altobelli &  Beccalossi (Inter), Bertoni & Graziani (Fiorentina), Garlini (Cesena), Mancini (Bologna), Piras (Cagliari), Schachner (Cesena), Virdis (Juventus)

1982/83
16: Platini (Juventus)
15: Altobelli (Inter), Penzo (Verona)
12: Pruzzo (Roma)
 9: Antognoni (Fiorentina), Briaschi (Genoa), Piras (Cagliari)
 8: Berggreen (Pisa), Scanziani (Sampdoria), Schachner (Cesena), Selvaggi (Torino)

1983/84
20 Platini (Juventus)
19: Zico (Udinese)
14: Iorio (Verona)
13: P. Rossi (Juventus)
12: Briaschi (Genoa), Monelli (Fiorentina)
11: P. Hernández (Torino)
10: Altobelli (Inter), D. Bertoni (Fiorentina), Virdis (Udinese)

1984/85
18: Platini (Juventus)
17: Altobelli (Inter)
14: Maradona (Napoli)
12: Briaschi (Juventus)
11: D. Bertoni (Napoli), Galderisi (Verona)
 9: Briegel (Verona), Serena (Torino), Virdis (Milan)
 8: Elkjær (Verona), Pruzzo (Roma), Rummenigge (Inter)

1985/86
19: Pruzzo (Roma)
13: Rummenigge (Inter)
12: Platini (Juventus)
11: Maradona (Napoli), Passarella (Fiorentina), Serena (Juventus)
10: Borgonovo (Como), R. Díaz (Avellino), Giordano (Napoli)
 9: Altobelli (Inter), Cantarutti (Atalanta), Carnevale (Udinese), Elkjær (Verona)
 8: Hateley (Milan)

1986/87
17: Virdis (Milan)
12: Vialli (Sampdoria)
11: Altobelli (Inter)
10: R. Díaz (Fiorentina), Serena (Juventus), Maradona (Napoli)
 8: Carnevale (Napoli), Kieft (Torino), Elkjær (Verona)
 7: Magrin (Atalanta), Gritti (Brescia), Manfredonia (Juventus), Graziani (Udinese)

1987/88
15: Maradona (Napoli)
13: Careca (Napoli)
11: Virdis (Milan), Giannini (Roma)
10: Vialli (Sampdoria)
 9: Schachner (Avellino), Altobelli (Inter), Gullit (Milan), Polster (Torino)
 8: Cucchi (Empoli), Giordano (Napoli), Slišković (Pescara)

1988/89
22: Serena (Inter),
19: van Basten (Milan), Careca (Napoli),
15: R. Baggio (Fiorentina),
14: Borgonovo (Fiorentina), Vialli (Sampdoria),
13: Carnevale (Napoli),
12: R. Díaz (Inter), Rui Barros (Juventus),
11: M. Agostini (Cesena), Müller (Torino)

Top three
5 times: Altobelli
4: Platini
3: Pruzzo
2: Maradona, Virdis, Careca. 

Double digits per club
11 times: Napoli
10: Juventus
9: Inter
7: Roma
6: Fiorentina
4: Torino, Milan
3: Verona, Sampdoria
2: Udinese, Catanzaro
1: Perugia, Cagliari, Bologna, Genoa, Cesena, Ascoli, Atalanta.

Today 13 years ago: Man United 1-6 Man City

 0-1 22' Balotelli 22, 0-2 70' Balotelli, 0-3 69' Agüero, 1-3' 81' Fletcher, 1-4 89' Džeko, 1-5 91' Silva, 1-6 93' Džeko.  Sent off: 47' Evans. Att: 75.487.

Man Utd: De Gea 5,50 — Smalling 5,30, Ferdinand 4,70, Evans 3,70, Evra 4,50 — Nani 4,80 (66' Hernandez 5,50), Fletcher 5,60, Anderson 4,70 (66' P. Jones 5,20), A. Young 5,30 — Rooney 5,40, Welbeck 5,10. - coach: Ferguson. = average: 5,02 [disastrous]

Man City: Hart 6,50 — Richards 8,30, Kompany 7,40, Lescott 7,20, Clichy 7,10 — Y. Touré 7,30, Barry 7,30, Milner 8,10 (89' Kolarov), Silva 8,90 — Balotelli 8,50 (70' Džeko 7,20), Agüero 7,40 (75' Nasri 6,30). - coach: Mancini. = average: 7,50 [fantabulous]

Inter ratings 1990/91

6,63 Walter Zenga
6,52 Lothar Matthäus
6,39 Riccardo Ferri
6,27 Alessandro Bianchi
6,25 Giuseppe Bergomi
6,18 Andreas Brehme
6,07 Antonio Paganin
6,06 Sergio Battistini
6,05 Giuseppe Baresi
6,01 Jürgen Klinsmann
6,00 Fausto Pizzi
5,99 Nicola Berti
5,94 Andrea Mandorlini
5,88 Aldo Serena
5,75 Paolo Stringara

Today 18 years ago: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

 1-0 4' Raúl, 2-0 52' Van Nistelrooy. Ref: Pérez Burrull. Att: 78.000.

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 7,00 — Sergio Ramos 6,50, F. Cannavaro 6,75, Helguera 6,50, Roberto Carlos 6,00 — Emerson 6,00, Diarra 6,25 — Guti 6,50 (82' Beckham), Robinho 7,00, Raúl 6,75 — Van Nistelrooy 6,25 (80' Reyes). = average: 6,50 [very good]

Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,25 — Zambrotta 5,50, Puyol 6,00, Thuram 5,50, Sylvinho 5,50 — Xavi 5,75, Iniesta 6,75, Deco 5,25 (56' Giuly 5,50), Ronaldinho 6,00 — Messi 7,25, Gudjohnsen 4,75 (67' Saviola 6,00). = average: 5,85 [mediocre]

Today 37 years ago: Milan 0-2 Espanyol

 0-1 40' Zubillaga, 0-2 50' Pichi Alonso. Att: 29.102 (Lecce; San Siro disqualified).

Milan: G. Galli 5,40 — Tassotti 4,80, Bianchi 5,00, Maldini 5,10, F. Baresi 5,10 — Colombo 5,80, Donadoni 5,40, Ancelotti 5,00 — van Basten 4,30, Gullit 5,00, Virdis 5,10. — coach: Sacchi. =  average: 5,08 [decrepit]

Espanyol: N'Kono 7,20 — Urkiaga 6,40, Soler 6,20, Miguel Ángel 6,60, Francis 6,60, Zúñiga 6,40 — Valverde 6,70, Zubillaga 6,90, Gallart 7,10 — Orejuela 6,20 (69' Golobart), Pichi Alonso 6,90 (86' Lauridsen). — coach: Clemente. = average: 6,66 [top-class]

Germany ratings in the Euro 2000

6,19 Jens Jeremies

6,02 Oliver Kahn, Mehmet Scholl

5,97 Jens Nowotny

5,95 Sebastian Deisler

5,85 Thomas Häßler

5,82 Christian Ziege

5,80 Dietmar Hamann

5,75 Carsten Jancker

5,67 Lothar Matthäus

5,66 Markus Babbel

5,49 Marko Rehmer

5,48 Paulo Rink

4,96 Thomas Linke

Scotland ratings in the 1998 World Cup

6,03 Jim Leighton

6,02 John Collins

6,01 Paul Lambert

5,94 Christian Dailly

5,90 Gordon Durie

5,81 Jackie McNamara

5,79 Colin Hendry 

5,67 Kevin Gallacher

5,62 Colin Calderwood, Tom Boyd

5,52 Darren Jackson

5,48 David Weir

Cameroon ratings in the 1990 World Cup

6,94 Roger Milla

6,25 Cyrille Makanaky

6,24 Thomas N'Kono

6,21 François Omam-Biyik

6,14 Stephen Tataw 

6,11 Émile Mbouh

6,06 Louis-Paul M'Fédé

6,04 Benjamin Massing

5,98 Bertin Ebwellé

5,96 Victor N'Dip

5,93 Thomas Libiih

5,92 Emmanuel Kundé, Emmanuel Maboang

5,88 Jules Onana

5,85 André Kana-Biyik

5,81 Jean-Claude Pagal

Premio Bravo 1997

Guerin Sportivo's award to the best U21 player in Europe.

1. Ronaldo (Barcelona)

2. Raúl (Real Madrid)

3. Thierry Henry (Monaco)

4. Gianluigi Buffon (Parma)

5. Iván de la Peña (Barcelona)

6. Lars Ricken (Dortmund)

7. Jon Dahl Tomasson (Heerenveen)

8. Phil Neville (Man United)

9. Boudewijn Zenden (PSV)

10. Robert Ibertsberger (Austria Salzburg)

Spain ratings in the 1998 World Cup

6,69 Hierro

6,53 Luis Enrique

6,50 Morientes

6,48 Aguilera

6,29 Sergi

6,12 Raúl, Nadal, Alfonso

6,10 Alkorta

6,04 Etxeberria

6,03 Zubizarreta 

5,98 Amor

Today 14 years ago: Inter 4-3 Tottenham

 1-0 2' J. Zanetti, 2-0 11' Eto'o PK, 3-0 14' Stankovic, 4-0 35' Eto'o, 4-1 53' Bale, 4-2 90' Bale, 4-3 91' Bale. Sent off: 11' Gomes. Att: 49.551.

Inter: Júlio César 6,00 — Maicon 5,75, Lúcio 6,25, Samuel 6,25, Chivu 6,00 (Pandev 5,50) — J. Zanetti 6,25, Stankovic 7,25 (Santon 5,75) — Biabiany 6,50 (Córdoba), Sneijder 6,50, Coutinho 7,00 — Eto'o 7,50. - coach: Benítez. = average: 6,35 [strong]

Tottenham: Gomes 4,90 — Hutton 5,50, Gallas 4,90, Bassong 5,00, Assou-Ekotto 5,40 — Lennon 5,80, Jenas 5,50, Huddlestone 5,30 (Palacios), Bale 8,30 — Modric (Cudicini 6,20) — Crouch 5,40 (Keane 5,50). - coach: Redknapp. = average: 5,64 [disappointing]

 Michel Platini's freekick goals in 1984/85

Italy ratings in the 1994 World Cup

6,60 Roberto Baggio

6,49 Luca Marchegiani

6,41 Alessandro Costacurta, Luigi Apolloni

6,35 Dino Baggio

6,29 Paolo Maldini, Giuseppe Signori

6,27 Franco Baresi 

6,22 Antonio Benarrivo

6,17 Roberto Mussi

6,12 Antonio Conte

6,04 Demetrio Albertini

5,93 Daniele Massaro

5,89 Gianluca Pagliuca

5,87 Roberto Donadoni

5,54 Nicola Berti

5,48 Mauro Tassotti

5,35 Pierluigi Casiraghi

Premio Bravo 1993/94

 Guerin Sportivo's award to the best young (under 24) player in Europe.

1. Christian Panucci (Milan)

2. Ryan Giggs (Man United)

3. Julen Guerrero (Athletic Bilbao)

4. Chris Sutton (Norwich)

5. Marc Overmars (Ajax)

6. Christian Nerlinger (Bayern Munich)

7. Abel Xavier (Benfica)

8. Jesper Blomqvist (IFK Göteborg)

9. Karsten Bäron (Hamburger SV)

10. Horia Radu Niculescu (Inter Sibiu)

Brazil ratings in the 1990 World Cup

6,47 Taffarel 

6,40 Alemão 

6,20 Branco

6,11 Valdo II

6,06 Careca

6,02 Mozer

6,00 Dunga, Jorginho

5,99 Mauro Galvão

5,93 Müller

5,92 Ricardo Rocha 

5,86 Ricardo Gomes 

The world's top 60 young players ten years ago

According to Gazzetta dello Sport. Players born 1994 and later.

1. Adnan Januzaj (born in 1995, Man United)
2. Lucas Piazón (1994, Vitesse)
3. Marquinhos (1994, Paris SG)
4. Gerard Deulofeu (1994, Everton)
5. Raheem Sterling (1994, Liverpool)
6. Zakaria Bekkali (1996, PSV)
7. Leon Goretzka (1995, Schalke)
8. Luke Shaw (1995, Southampton)
9. Domenico Berardi (1994, Sassuolo)
10. Lucas Ocampos (1994, Monaco)
11. Viktor Fischer (1994, Ajax)
12. Hakan Çalhanoğlu (1994, HSV)
13. Aleksandar Mitrovic (1994, Anderlecht)
14. Jean Paul Boëthius (1994, Feyenoord)
15. Anthony Martial (1995, Monaco)
16. Kurt Zouma (1994, Saint-Étienne)
17. Memphis Depay (1994, PSV)
18. Adrien Rabiot (1995, Paris SG)
19. Simone Scuffet (1996, Udinese)
20. Nabil Bentaleb (1994, Tottenham)
21. Ayméric Laporte (1994, Athletic Bilbao)
22. Ryan Gauld (1995, Dundee United)
23. Emre Can (1994, Leverkusen)
24. Héctor Villalba (1994, San Lorenzo)
25. Lazar Markovic (1994, Benfica)
26. Alen Halilovic (1996, Dinamo Zagreb)
27. Max Meyer (1995, Schalke)
28. Niklas Sule (1995, Hoffenheim)
29. Dennis Praet (1994, Anderlecht)
30. Keita Balde (1995, Lazio)
31. Danilo (1996, Vasco da Gama)
32. Ebecilio (1994, Twente)
33. T. Werner (1996, Stuttgart)
34. Mina (1995, Celta)
35. Arnold (1994, Wolfsburg)
36. Kapino (1994, Panathinaikos)
37. Kovačić (1994, Inter)
38. Živković (1996, Groningen)
39. Vilhena (1995, Feyenoord)
40. Willems (1994, PSV)
41. Henriquez (1994, Zaragoza)
42. Gabriel (1996, Santos)
43. Ñíguez (1994, Rayo Vallecano)
44. De Arrascaeta (1994, Defensor)
45. Correa (1995, San Lorenzo)
46. Mané (1994, Sporting C. P.)
47. B. Fernandes (1994, Udinese)
48. Ginter (1994, Freiburg)
49. Pašalić (1995, Hajduk Split)
50. Benzia (1994, Lyon)
51. Iheanacho (1996, Man City)
52. Driussi (1996, River Plate)
53. Bruma (1994, Gaziantepspor)
54. Oliver Torres (1994, Villarreal)
55. Tielemans (1997, Anderlecht)
56. Ward-Prowse (1994, Southampton)
57. Adama Traoré (1996, Barcelona)
58. Boga (1997, Chelsea)
59. Gnabry (1995, Arsenal)
60. Doria (1994, Botafogo)

Per nationality
8 : Germany
6 : Holland, Spain, France
5 : Brazil
4 : Argentina, Belgium
3 : Croatia, Portugal, England
2 : Italy, Serbia

England ratings in the 1990 World Cup

6,54 Paul Gascoigne

6,35 David Platt

6,19 Mark Wright

6,17 Gary Lineker

6,13 Peter Shilton, Des Walker

6,10 Paul Parker

6,02 Stuart Pearce

5,93 Trevor Steven

5,87 Chris Waddle

5,80 John Barnes

5,79 Gary Stevens

5,77 Steve Bull

5,75 Terry Butcher

5,58 Bryan Robson 

5,52 Steve McMahon

5,45 Peter Beardsley

Greece ratings in the Euro 2004

 

6,61 Traianos Dellas
6,48 Theodoros Zagorakis, Angelos Charisteas
6,43 Angelos Basinas
6,34 Antonios Nikopolidis, Giourkas Seitaridis
6,30 Giorgos Karagounis
6,28 Vassilis Tsiartas
6,15 Kostas Katsouranis
6,14 Michalis Kapsis
6,08 Takis Fyssas
6,02 Zisis Vryzas
6,01 Stelios Giannakopoulos
5,56 Demis Nikolaidis

Sweden ratings 2024

6,50 Viktor Gyökeres 

6,48 Viktor Johansson

6,43 Alexander Isak 

6,35 Dejan Kulusevski, Yasin Ayari

5,98 Ken Sema

5,85 Robin Olsen 

5,80 Anton Salétros, Niclas Eliasson 

5,60 Emil Krafth 

5,48 Alex Douglas

5,43 Ludwig Augustinsson, Jens Cajuste 

5,35 Victor Lindelöf 

5,18 Isak Hien

5,10 Anthony Elanga