Scandinavian goalscorers in the European Cups, 1955-1999

Goals scored in Champions League, European Cup, UEFA Cup, Cupwinners' Cup, Intercontinental Cup and Super Cup.

Total goals:

43 : Allan Simonsen (Den)

33 : Torbjörn Nilsson (Swe)

26 : Stefan Pettersson (Swe)

24 : Jari Litmanen (Fin)

23 : Kenneth Brylle (Den)

21 : Michael Laudrup (Den), Kurt Hamrin (Swe)

18 : Søren Lerby (Den), Harald Brattbakk (Nor)

16 : Johnny Ekström (Swe), Bent Christensen (Den)

15 : Preben Elkjær (Den), Ralf Edström, Conny Torstensson (Swe)

14 : Ove Kindvall (Swe)

13 : Henning Jensen, Benny Nielsen (Den), Ismo Lius (Fin), Henrik Larsson (Swe)

12 : Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (Isl), Owe Ohlsson (Swe)

11 : Frank Arnesen (Den), Hallvar Thoresen, Sigurd Rushfeldt (Nor), Bo Larsson, Mats Magnusson (Swe)

9 : Michael Manniche (Den), Tore Cervin (Swe), Arnór Gudjohnsen, Lárus Gudmundsson (Isl) 

8 : Benny Wendt, Stig Fredriksson (Swe), Johnny Bjerregaard (Den), Pétur Pétursson (Isl)

 

Goals per game (min. 25 played):

0,750 T. Nilsson

0,606 Simonsen

0,583 Hamrin

0,538 Kindvall

0,516 Christensen

0,500 Litmanen

0,460 Brylle

0,455 Elkjær

0,450 Brattbakk

0,419 H. Larsson

0,366 Torstensson

0,357 Edström

0,355 B. Larsson, M. Magnusson

0,348 Ekström

0,329 S. Pettersson

0,324 Thoresen

0,286 J. Bjerregaard

0,273 M. Laudrup, Manniche, Lerby

0,267 Pétursson

0,255 H. Jensen

0,240 Arnesen

0,207 Sigurvinsson

0,205 S. Fredriksson

0,184 A. Gudjohnsen

Ove Kindvall & Torbjörn Nilsson

Verona ratings 1984/85

 

6,72 Hans-Peter Briegel

6,66 Claudio Garella

6,64 Pietro Fanna

6,58 Roberto Tricella

6,40 Antonio Di Gennaro

6,34 Preben Elkjær

6,32 Domenico Volpati, Giuseppe Galderisi

6,28 Luciano Bruni

6,26 Mauro Ferroni

6,24 Silvano Fontolan

6,18 Luciano Marangon, Luigi Sacchetti

5,80 Franco Turchetta

Preben Elkjær's ratings in Euros and World Cups 1984-88

Euro 1984 [club: Lokeren]

France 0-1 : 6,60

Yugoslavia 5-0 : 7,80 [1 goal]

Belgium 3-2  7,00 [1]

Spain 1-1 : 6,80

average : 7,05

1986 World Cup [Verona]

Scotland 1-0 : 6,80 [1]

Uruguay 6-1 : 8,40 [3]

West Germany 2-0 : 5,50

Spain 1-5 : 6,00

average : 6,68

Euro 1988 [Verona]

Spain 2-3 : 5,50

West Germany 0-2 : 4,80

average : 5,15

Overall average: 6,52

Denmark ratings in the 1986 World Cup

 

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - La Stampa - El Mundo Deportivo.

6,77 Frank Arnesen
6,75 Michael Laudrup, Preben Elkjær
6,58 Morten Olsen, Søren Lerby
6,46 Lars Høgh
6,33 Ivan Nielsen
6,27 Jens Jørn Bertelsen
6,20 Klaus Berggreen
6,17 Jan Mølby
6,10 Søren Busk
6,07 Henrik Andersen
6,01 Jesper Olsen
5,95 John Eriksen
5,85 Troels Rasmussen

Le pagelle Guerin Sportivo: gli stranieri della Serie A 1986/87 e 1987/88

 

Market value of foreign Serie A players, summer 1984

 

Source: Corriere della Sera.

6,5 million €: Maradona (Napoli)
4,0 million €: Rummenigge (Inter)
2,7 million €: Sócrates (Fiorentina)
2,5 million €: Zico (Udinese)
2,0 million €: Toninho Cerezo (Roma)
1,8 million €: Falcão (Roma)
1,7 million €: Schachner (Torino)
1,5 million €: Júnior (Torino), Wilkins (Milan)
1,3 million €: Passarella (Fiorentina)
1,2 million €: Boniek (Juventus), Briegel & Elkjær (Verona), Hateley (Milan)
1,1 million €: R. Díaz (Avellino), Souness (Sampdoria)
1 million €: Platini (Juventus), Strömberg (Atalanta); T. Francis (Sampdoria)
900.000 €: Bertoni (Napoli), Brady (Inter)
750.000 €: Batista (Lazio)
700.000 €: Corneliusson (Como)
650.000 €; Coeck (Ascoli)
600.000 €: Edinho (Udinese), H. Müller (Como)
500.000 €: Lars Larsson (Atalanta), P. Hernández (Ascoli), Barbadillo (Avellino)
250.000 €: M. Laudrup (Lazio)

Mondiale 1986: le pagelle del 'Guerin'

 

Fonte: Guerin Sportivo.

8,00 : Maradona (Arg)
7,33 : Yaremchuk (URS)
7,25 : Elkjær (Dan)
7,00 : Careca (Bra), Lerby & Arnesen (Dan)
6,88 : M. Laudrup (Dan), Belanov (URS), Bouderbala (Mar)
6,86 : Pfaff (Bel)
6,83 : Yakovenko (URS)
6,80 : Júlio César (Bra), Lineker (Eng)
6,75 : Calderé (Esp), Kuznetsov (URS), De Napoli (Ita), Zaki (Mar)
6,71 : Ruggeri & Burruchaga (Arg)
6,70 : Alemão (Bra), Michel & Butragueño (Esp), Hoddle (Eng)
6,67 : Josimar (Bra), Dasaev & Bessonov (URS), Luis Flores (Mex)
6,62 : Zavarov (URS), Timoumi (Mar), Roberto Fernández & Jorge Amado Nunes (Par)
6,60 : Carlos & Edinho (Bra), Shilton (Eng), Negrete (Mex)
6,58 : Fernandez (Fra), Briegel (BRD), Gerets (Bel)
6,57 : Matthäus (BRD), Ceulemans & Claesen (Bel)
6,50 : Muller (Bra), M. Olsen & Bertelsen (Dan), Amoros & Battiston (Fra), Zubizarreta (Esp), Sansom & Beardsley (Eng), Demianenko & Aleinikov & Rats (URS), Altobelli (Ita), Scifo (Bel), Quirarte (Mex), Khairi (Mar)
6,42 : Platini & Stopyra (Fra)
6,40 : Sócrates (Bra), Butcher (Eng), Larios (Mex)
6,38 : Enrique (Arg), Bagni (Ita), Dolmy & Bouyahiaoui (Mar), Julio César Romero, Cabañas (Par)
6,36 : Valdano (Arg), Schumacher (BRD)
6,33 : Berggreen (Dan), Bats (Fra), Waddle (Eng), Rodionov (URS), Vercauteren (Bel), Diogo (Uru)
6,30 : Elzo (Bra), Vervoort (Bel)
6,25 : Zico (Bra), Cuciuffo (Arg), Ayache & Rocheteau (Fra), Völler & Littbarski (BRD), Hodge (Eng), Vierchowod (Ita), Grun (Bel), Khalifa (Mar), Alvez & Francescoli (Uru), Zabala (Par)
6,21 : Giusti (Arg), KH Förster (BRD),
6,20 : Júnior (Bra), Veyt (Bel), Servín & Aguirre (Mex)
6,17 : H. Andersen (Dan), Eloy (Esp), Berthold & Magath (BRD), Steven & Reid (Eng), Barrios, Ramos & Da Silva (Uru)
6,14 : Brown (Arg), Bossis (Fra), Demol (Bel)
6,12 : Busk (Dan), Gallego (Esp), Lamris (Mar), Boniek (Pol)
6,10 : Branco (Bra), Olarticoechea (Arg), Camacho (Esp), Jakobs (BRD), Renquin (Bel)
6,07 : Pumpido (Arg), Tigana (Fra),
6,00 : J. Olsen (Dan), Tomás, Francisco, Goicoechea, Víctor & Julio Alberto (Esp), Eder, Rummenigge & K. Allofs (BRD), G.M. Stevens (Eng), Scirea & Vialli (Ita), Muñoz , Boy, H. Sánchez & España (Mex), El Biyaz (Mar), Bossio, Gutiérrez & Santín (Uru), Młynarczyk, Ostrowski, Urban (Pol), Guasch (Par)
5,92 : Giresse (Fra)
5,88 : Garré (Arg), Cabrini (Ita), Krimau (Mar), Acevedo (Uru), Smolarek (Pol), Torales, Alfredo Mendoza (Par)
5,83 : I. Nielsen (Dan), Bergomi (Ita), Desmet (Bel), Karaś (Pol), Schettina (Par)
5,80 : Brehme (BRD)
5,75 : Papin (Fra), Fenwick (Eng), Conti & Galderisi (Ita), Buenaventura Ferreira (Par)
5,70 : J. Salinas (Esp)
5,67 : Amador (Mex)
5,64 : Batista (Arg).
5,62 : G. Galli & Di Gennaro (Ita)
5,50 : Majewski (Pol), Rogelio Delgado (Par)
5,33 : Matysik, Komornicki (Pol)
5,25 : Wójcicki, Dziekanowski (Pol)

Denmark ratings in the 1986 World Cup

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - La Stampa - El Mundo Deportivo.

6,77 Frank Arnesen
6,75 Michael Laudrup, Preben Elkjær
6,58 Morten Olsen, Søren Lerby
6,46 Lars Høgh
6,33 Ivan Nielsen
6,27 Jens Jørn Bertelsen
6,20 Klaus Berggreen
6,17 Jan Mølby
6,10 Søren Busk
6,07 Henrik Andersen
6,01 Jesper Olsen
5,95 John Eriksen
5,85 Troels Rasmussen

20 greatest Danish footballers of all time

1. Michael Laudrup [1964]
 KB - Brøndby - Lazio - Juventus - Barcelona - Real Madrid - Vissel Kobe - Ajax

2. Allan Simonsen [1952]
Vejle - Borussia Mönchengladbach - Barcelona - Charlton - Athletic - Vejle
 

3. Peter Schmeichel [1963]
 Gladsaxe-Hero - Hvidovre - Brøndby - Manchester United - Sporting CP - Aston Villa - Manchester City

4. Preben Elkjær [1957]
 Vanløse - 1. FC Köln - Lokeren - Verona - Vejle

5. Harald Nielsen [1941-2015]
Frederikshavn - Bologna - Inter - Napoli - Sampdoria

6. Brian Laudrup [1969]
Brøndby - Bayer Uerdingen - Bayern München - Fiorentina - Milan - Rangers - Chelsea - FC Copenhagen - Ajax

7. Morten Olsen [1949]
B. 1901 - Cercle Brugge - Racing White - Anderlecht - 1. FC Köln

8. John Hansen [1924]
Frem - Juventus - Lazio - Frem

9. Karl Aage Præst [1922-2011]
Østerbro - Juventus - Lazio

10. Søren Lerby [1958]
Fremad Amager - Ajax - Bayern München - Monaco - PSV Eindhoven

11. Pauli Jørgensen [1905-1993]
Frem

12. Henning Jensen [1949-2017]
Nørresundby - Borussia Mönchengladbach - Real Madrid - Ajax - AGF Aarhus - Nørresundby

13. Frank Arnesen [1956]
Fremad Amager - Ajax - Valencia - Anderlecht - PSV Eindhoven

14. Jon Dahl Tomasson [1976]
 Køge - Heerenveen - Newcastle United - Feyenoord - Milan - VfB Stuttgart - Villarreal - Feyenoord

15. Karl Aage Hansen [1921-1990]
KFUM Boldklub - Akademisk Boldklub - Huddersfield Town - Atalanta - Juventus - Sampdoria - Catania

16. Flemming Povlsen [1966]
AGF Aarhus - Castilla - 1. FC Köln - PSV Eindhoven - Borussia Dortmund - Brabrand

17. Daniel Agger [1984]
Brøndby - Liverpool - Brøndby
 

18. Poul "Tist" Nielsen [1891-1962]
KB - Montréal Canadian National Railways

19. Ivan Nielsen [1956]
Fremad Amager - Feyenoord - PSV Eindhoven - Fremad Amager - B. 1903 - FC Copenhagen - Næstved

20. Per Røntved [1949]
Brønshøj - Werder Bremen - Randers Freja - Hvidovre


Danmarks bedste fodboldspillere gennem tiderne

Memory Lane: European topscorers in the 1986 World Cup.

Including qualifiers.

  12: Preben Elkjær (Denmark)
  9: Gary Lineker (England)
  6: Michel Platini (France), Emilio Butragueño (Spain), Rainer Ernst (East Germany)
  5: Karlheinz Rummenigge, Rudi Völler & Klaus Allofs (West Germany), Michael Laudrup (Denmark), Yannick Stopyra (France), Bryan Robson (England), Oleh Protasov (USSR), Fernando Gomes (Portugal)
  4: Dominique Rocheteau (France), Franky Vercauteren, Nico Claesen & Vincenzo Scifo (Belgium), Mark Hateley (England), Igor Belanov (USSR), Włodzimierz Smolarek (Poland), Carlos Manuel (Portugal), Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland), Wim Kieft (Holland), Robert Prytz (Sweden), Gheorghe Hagi (Romania), Ralf Minge (East Germany)
  3: Uwe Rahn & Pierre Littbarski (West Germany), Márton Esterhazy & Lajos Détári (Hungary), Jan Ceulemans (Belgium), Søren Lerby & Jesper Olsen (Denmark), Nasko Sirakov, Georgi Dimitrev & Plamen Getov (Bulgaria), Mark Hughes & Ian Rush (Wales), Tony Woodcock (England), Georgi Kondratiev (USSR), Dariusz Dziekanowski (Poland), Diamantino Miranda (Portugal), Dan Corneliusson (Sweden), Walter Schachner (Austria), Rodion Cămătaru (Romania), Petr Janečka (Czechoslovakia), Bedri Omuri (Albania), Mika Lipponen (Finland)
  2: Lothar Matthäus, Mattias Herget & Andreas Brehme (West Germany), Hipólito Rincón, Ramón Calderé & Andoni Goicoechea (Spain), Luis Fernandez & Jean-Pierre Papin (France), Paul McStay & Mo Johnston (Scotland), Tibor Nyilasi & József Kiprich (Hungary), Peter Houtman, Dick Schoenaker & Rob de Wit (Holland), Erwin Vandenbergh (Belgium), John Barnes (England), Klaus Berggreen (Denmark), Ivan Yaremchuk (USSR), Zbigniew Boniek (Poland), Stoycho Mladenov (Bulgaria), Thomas Sunesson (Sweden), Fadil Vokrri (Yugoslavia), Andreas Thom (East Germany), Tom Sundby (Norway), Frank Stapleton (Ireland), André Egli (Switzerland), Jari Rantanen (Finland), Nardu Farrugia (Malta), Robby Langers (Luxembourg)

Memory Lane: EC goalscorers 1980-88.

Including all three Cups plus the European Super Cup.

33 goals: Torbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg, Kaiserslautern)
31: Carlos Santillana (Real Madrid)
29: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern München, Inter)
28: Michel Platini (St-Étienne, Juventus)
26: Alessandro Altobelli (Inter)
25: Klaus Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf, Köln, Marseille)
25: Dieter Hoeness (Bayern München)
22: Horst Hrubesch (Hamburger SV)
22: Zlatko Vujovic (Hajduk Split, Bordeaux)
21: Kenneth Brylle (Vejle, Anderlecht, PSV Eindhoven, Club Brugge)
21: John Wark (Ipswich, Liverpool)
19: Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak)
17: Mark McGhee (Aberdeen, Hamburger SV, Celtic)
17: Hans Krankl (Rapid Wien, Barcelona)
16: Toni Polster (Austria Wien)
15: Preben Elkjær (Lokeren, Verona)
15: Mark Falco (Tottenham, Rangers)
15: Manuel Fernandes (Sporting Lisbon)
15: Juanito (Real Madrid)
15: Sören Lerby (Ajax, Bayern München, Monaco, PSV Eindhoven)
15: Dieter Müller (Köln, Bordeaux)
15: Paolo Rossi (Juventus)
15: Ian Rush (Liverpool)
15: Ramas Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)
15: Erwin Vandenbergh (Anderlecht)
14: Fernando Gomes (FC Porto)
14: Ralph Milne (Dundee United)
14: Nené (Benfica)
13: Nikos Anastopoulos (Olympiakos)
13: Paul Breitner (Bayern München)
13: Jean-Paul Brigger (Servette, Sion)
13: Emilio Butragueño (Real Madrid)
13: Kees Kist (AZ 67, Paris-SG)
13: Uwe Rahn (M'gladbach)
13: Aldo Serena (Inter, Juventus)

Per nationality
7: West Germany
3: Spain, Italy, Denmark, Scotland, Portugal
2: Soviet Union, Austria

Per club
4: Bayern München
3: Real Madrid, Inter, Juventus
2: Köln, HSV, Bordeaux, Anderlecht, PSV, Liverpool

National team goalscorers in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.

Players having had the major part of their carreers in the 1960s or 2000s are not included in the list. In bold text, topscorers in World Cups.

56 Batistuta
55 Streich, Romário
52 Zico
48 Lineker
47 Bonev, Völler, Klinsmann
46 Šuker [for Yugoslavia & Croatia]
45 Kh. Rummenigge, Lato
44 Polster
42 Blokhin
41 Platini, Deyna
39 Bebeto
38 Elkjær
37 M. Laudrup, Stoichkov, Bergkamp
35 Hagi, Kirsten
34 Krankl, Maradona, Zamorano, Türkyilmaz
33 Cruyff
32 Nyilasi, Szarmach, Fischer
31 K. Andersson, Nehoda
30 Dalglish, Papin, Shearer
29 Anastopoulos, Bajevic, Careca, Dahlin, Caszely, Protasov [URSS & Ukraine]
28 Rush, Djorkaeff, Kiprich
27 R. Baggio, Platt
26 Butragueño, Cubillas, Roberto Dinamite, Brolin, Kostadinov, Robson, Herzog, Iordănescu, Knup
25 Altobelli, Zl. Vujovic, Iguarán, Bölöni
24 Boniek, Fazekas, Van Basten
23 Graziani, Sirakov, Schachner, Ceulemans, Degryse, Matthäus, J. Salinas, Aguilera, Busuttil
22 Nené, Saravakos, Luque, Sócrates, Morena, Cămătaru, Saunders
21 B. Laudrup, Povlsen, Sušić, Michel, Quinn, Răducioiu, Michel, Georgescu
20 Kempes, Vandenbergh, Rossi, Dziekanowski, Simonsen, Asprilla, Hjelm, Stapleton, Fjørtoft
19 Cascarino, D. Bertoni, Bettega, Aldridge,McCoist, Rubén Sosa, Savićević

Goals per appearance:
0,784 Bajevic 
0,764 Romário
0,722 Zico
0,718 Batistuta
0,711 Fischer
0,688 Cruyff
0,648 Šuker
0,600 Lineker
0,592 Caszely
0,569 Platini
0,567 J. Bosman
0,556 Papin
0,553 Roberto Dinamite, Brolin
0,551 Elkjær
0,548 Türkyilmaz
0,539 Streich
0,531 Knup
0,525 Szarmach, Răducioiu
0,522 Völler
0,520 Bebeto
0,493 Krankl, Zamorano
0,490 Bonev
0,489 Luque
0,483 Careca, Dahlin
0,482 R. Baggio
0,477 Georgescu
0,476 Shearer
0,474 Kh. Rummenigge
0,468 Bergkamp
0,465 Kempes
0,463 Polster
0,457 Nyilasi
0,455 R. Díaz, Victorino
0,452 Bettega
0,450 Lato
0,446 Stoichkov
0,435 Klinsmann, Platt
0,423 Deyna
0,420 Protasov
0,417 Vandenbergh, Rossi
0,414 Van Basten
0,413 Rubén Sosa
0,412 G. Balint
0,410 Altobelli
0,407 Morena
0,406 Romero, Iordănescu
0,405 Sandberg
0,400 Kiprich
0,393 J. Salinas
0,392 Anastopoulos
0,389 Sušić 
0,387 D. Bertoni
0,385 Shengelija
0,384 Rush
0,382 Elstrup
0,381 Woodcock, Riedle
0,378 Reinaldo
0,377 Butragueño
0,375 Blokhin, Edström
0,374 Maradona
0,373 K. Andersson
0,371 Mariner, Kostadinov
0,368 M. Johnston, Iguarán
0,367 Sócrates, Fonseca
0,365 Degryse
0,364 Simonsen
0,359 Graziani, Schachner
0,357 Zl. Vujovic
0,356 M. Laudrup
0,354 Aguilera
0,351 Asprilla
0,350 Kirsten
0,349 Jordão
0,347 Neeskens, Skuhravý
0,344 Michel, Nehoda
0,341 Djorkaeff
0,339 Povlsen, Savićević
0,333 Nené, Kiss, Stopyra, Claesen
0,323 Dziekanowski, Kushta
0,321 Cubillas
0,320 Caniggia
0,318 F. Vanderelst
0,316 Lacombe, Letelier
0,311 Sjöberg, McCoist
0,306 Mavros
0,304 Rensenbrink, Valdano
0,300 Boniek, M. Magnusson
0,297 Balbo
0,295 Thom
0,294 Dalglish
0,293 Cămătaru, Saunders

Today 26 years ago: Denmark 6, Uruguay 1 [World Cup 1st stage, 2nd round]

1-0 11' Elkjær, 2-0 41' Lerby, 2-1 45' Francescoli penalty, 3-1 52' M. Laudrup, 4-1 69' Elkjær, 5-1 79' Elkjær, 6-1 88' J.Olsen. Sent-off: 20' Bossio. Att: 18.000 (Neza).
Denmark: T. Rasmussen 6,10 — Busk 6,50, M. Olsen 6,80, I. Nielsen 6,60, H. Andersen 6,80 — Berggreen 6,50, Lerby 7,10, Bertelsen 6,90 (57' Mølby 6,50), Arnesen 8,00 — M. Laudrup 8,70 (81' J. Olsen 6,50), Elkjær 8,70. — coach: Piontek. = average: 7,08.
Uruguay: Alvez 5,25 — Diogo 5,50, Acevedo 5,25, Nelson Gutiérrez 5,25, Batista 6,50 — Bossio 5,00, Saralegui 4,75, Santín 5,00 (57' Salazar 5,25), Francescoli 5,50 — Alzamendi 4,75 (57' Ramos 5,25), Jorge da Silva 6,25. —  coach: Borrás. = average: 5,35. 

European footballer of the year, 1980s.

1980 
1. Rummenigge (Bayern) 
2. Schuster (Barcelona) 
3. Platini (St-Etienne) 
4. Van Moer (Beveren) 
5. Ceulemans (Club Brugge) 
6. Hrubesch (HSV) 
7. Prohaska (Inter) 
8. H. Müller (Stuttgart) & Brady (Juventus) 
10. Kaltz (HSV). 


1981 
1. Rummenigge (Bayern) 
2. Breitner (Bayern) 
3. Schuster (Barcelona) 
4. Platini (St-Etienne) 
5. Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev) 
6. Zoff (Juventus) 
7. Shengeliya (Dinamo Tbilisi) 
8. Chivadze (Dinamo Tbilisi) 
9. Brady (Juventus) & Wark (Ipswich). 


1982 
1. Rossi (Juventus) 
2. Giresse (Bordeaux) 
3. Boniek (Widzew Lodz/Juventus) 
4. Rummenigge (Bayern) 
5. Conti (Roma) 
6. Dasajev (Spartak Moskva) 
7. Littbarski (Köln) 
8. Zoff (Juventus) 
9. Platini (St-Etienne/Juventus) 
10. Schuster (Barcelona). 


1983 
1. Platini (Juventus) 
2. Dalglish (Liverpool) 
3. Simonsen (Vejle) 
4. Strachan (Aberdeen) 
5. Magath (HSV) 
6. Dasajev (Spartak Moskva) & Pfaff (Bayern) 
8. J. Olsen (Ajax), Rummenigge (Bayern) 
10. Robson (Man Utd). 


1984 
1. Platini (Juventus) 
2. Tigana (Bordeaux) 
3. Elkjær-Larsen (Lokeren-Verona) 
4. Rush (Liverpool) 
5. Chalana (Bordeaux) 
6. Souness (Sampdoria) 
7. Schumacher (Köln) 
8. Rummenigge (Inter) 
9. Giresse (Bordeaux) 
10. Robson (Man United). 


1985 
1. Platini (Juventus) 
2. Elkjær-Larsen (Verona) 
3. Schuster (Barcelona) 
4. M. Laudrup (Lazio/Juventus) 
5. Rummenigge (Inter) 
6. Boniek (Juventus-Roma) 
7. Protasov (Dniepr) 
8. Briegel (Verona) 
9. Dasajev (Spartak Moskva) & Robson (Man United). 


1986 
1. Belanov (Dinamo Kiev) 
2. Lineker (Everton-Barcelona) 
3. Butragueño (Real Madrid) 
4. Amoros (Monaco) & Elkjær-Larsen (Verona) 
6. Zavarov (Dinamo Kiev) & Rush (Liverpool) 
8. Van Basten (Ajax) & Duckadam (Steaua) 
10. Altobelli (Inter). 


1987 
1. Gullit (Milan) 
2. Futre (Atlético) 
3. Butragueño (Real Madrid) 
4. Michel (Real Madrid) 
5. Lineker (Barcelona) 
6. Barnes (Liverpool) & Van Basten (Milan) 
8. Vialli (Sampdoria) 
9. Robson (Man Utd) 
10. K. Allofs (Marseille) & Hysén (Fiorentina). 


1988 
1. Van Basten (Milan) 
2. Gullit (Milan) 
3. Rijkaard (Milan) 
4. Mikhailichenko (Dinamo Kiev) 
5. R. Koeman (PSV Eindhoven) 
6. Matthäus (Inter) 
7. Vialli (Sampdoria) 
8. F. Baresi (Milan), Klinsmann (Stuttgart) & Zavarov (Juventus). 


1989 
1. Van Basten (Milan) 
2. F. Baresi (Milan) 
3. Rijkaard (Milan) 
4. Matthäus (Inter) 
5. Shilton (Derby) 
6. D. Stojkovic (Crvena zvezda) 
7. Gullit (Milan) 
8. Hagi (Steaua) & Klinsmann (Stuttgart/Inter) 
10. Papin (Marseille) & Preud'homme (Mechelen). 


1980-89:
1. Platini : 47
2. Rummenigge : 39
3. Van Basten : 28
4. Schuster : 26
5. Elkjær-Larsen : 24
6. Gullit : 23
7. Butragueño, Rijkaard : 16
9. Lineker : 15
10. Boniek : 13
11. Dasajev, Rush, Matthäus, F. Baresi : 12
15. Giresse : 11
16. Rossi, Belanov : 10
18. Breitner, Dalglish, Tigana, Futre : 9
22. Zoff, Simonsen, Zavarov : 8
25. Van Moer, Strachan, M. Laudrup, Amoros, Michel, Vialli, Mikhailichenko : 7
32. Ceulemans, Blokhin, Conti, Magath, Robson, Chalana, R. Koeman, Klinsmann, Shilton : 6
41. Hrubesch, Brady, Souness, Barnes, D. Stojkovic : 5
46. Prohaska, Shengeliya, Littbarski, Pfaff, Schumacher, Protasov : 4
52. H. Müller, Chivadze, J. Olsen, Briegel, Duckadam, Hagi : 3
58. Wark : 2
59. Altobelli, K. Allofs, Hysén, Papin, Preud'homme : 1

Memory Lane: Denmark in the 1986 World Cup.

6,96 Arnesen (rated 3 times)
6,78 Elkjær (4)
6,72 Lerby (4)
6,69 M. Laudrup (4)
6,41 M. Olsen (4)
6,31 Mølby (2)
6,25 Berggreen (3)
6,17 Bertelsen (3)
6,16 J. Olsen (4)
6,00 Busk (4), I. Nielsen (3), H. Andersen (2)
5,88 T. Rasmussen (2)
5,81 Høgh & J. Eriksen (2).

Average ratings World Cup 1986

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo. Only includes teams that passed the group stage.

8,00 : Maradona (Arg)
7,33 : Yaremchuk (URS)
7,25 : Elkjær (Dan)
7,00 : Careca (Bra), Lerby & Arnesen (Dan)
6,88 : M. Laudrup (Dan), Belanov (URS), Bouderbala (Mar)
6,86 : Pfaff (Bel)
6,83 : Yakovenko (URS)
6,80 : Júlio César (Bra), Lineker (Eng)
6,75 : Calderé (Esp), Kuznetsov (URS), De Napoli (Ita), Zaki (Mar)
6,71 : Ruggeri & Burruchaga (Arg)
6,70 : Alemão (Bra), Michel & Butragueño (Esp), Hoddle (Eng)
6,67 : Josimar (Bra), Dasaev & Bessonov (URS), Luis Flores (Mex)
6,62 : Zavarov (URS), Timoumi (Mar), Roberto Fernández & Jorge Amado Nunes (Par)
6,60 : Carlos & Edinho (Bra), Shilton (Eng), Negrete (Mex)
6,58 : Fernandez (Fra), Briegel (BRD), Gerets (Bel)
6,57 : Matthäus (BRD), Ceulemans & Claesen (Bel)
6,50 : Muller (Bra), M. Olsen & Bertelsen (Dan), Amoros & Battiston (Fra), Zubizarreta (Esp), Sansom & Beardsley (Eng), Demianenko & Aleinikov & Rats (URS), Altobelli (Ita), Scifo (Bel), Quirarte (Mex), Khairi (Mar)
6,42 : Platini & Stopyra (Fra)
6,40 : Sócrates (Bra), Butcher (Eng), Larios (Mex)
6,38 : Enrique (Arg), Bagni (Ita), Dolmy & Bouyahiaoui (Mar), Julio César Romero, Cabañas (Par)
6,36 : Valdano (Arg), Schumacher (BRD)
6,33 : Berggreen (Dan), Bats (Fra), Waddle (Eng), Rodionov (URS), Vercauteren (Bel), Diogo (Uru)
6,30 : Elzo (Bra), Vervoort (Bel)
6,25 : Zico (Bra), Cuciuffo (Arg), Ayache & Rocheteau (Fra), Völler & Littbarski (BRD), Hodge (Eng), Vierchowod (Ita), Grun (Bel), Khalifa (Mar), Alvez & Francescoli (Uru), Zabala (Par)
6,21 : Giusti (Arg), KH Förster (BRD),
6,20 : Júnior (Bra), Veyt (Bel), Servín & Aguirre (Mex)
6,17 : H. Andersen (Dan), Eloy (Esp), Berthold & Magath (BRD), Steven & Reid (Eng), Barrios, Ramos & Da Silva (Uru)
6,14 : Brown (Arg), Bossis (Fra), Demol (Bel)
6,12 : Busk (Dan), Gallego (Esp), Lamris (Mar), Boniek (Pol)
6,10 : Branco (Bra), Olarticoechea (Arg), Camacho (Esp), Jakobs (BRD), Renquin (Bel)
6,07 : Pumpido (Arg), Tigana (Fra),
6,00 : J. Olsen (Dan), Tomás, Francisco, Goicoechea, Víctor & Julio Alberto (Esp), Eder, Rummenigge & K. Allofs (BRD), G.M. Stevens (Eng), Scirea & Vialli (Ita), Muñoz , Boy, H. Sánchez & España (Mex), El Biyaz (Mar), Bossio, Gutiérrez & Santín (Uru), Młynarczyk, Ostrowski, Urban (Pol), Guasch (Par)
5,92 : Giresse (Fra)
5,88 : Garré (Arg), Cabrini (Ita), Krimau (Mar), Acevedo (Uru), Smolarek (Pol), Torales, Alfredo Mendoza (Par)
5,83 : I. Nielsen (Dan), Bergomi (Ita), Desmet (Bel), Karaś (Pol), Schettina (Par)
5,80 : Brehme (BRD)
5,75 : Papin (Fra), Fenwick (Eng), Conti & Galderisi (Ita), Buenaventura Ferreira (Par)
5,70 : J. Salinas (Esp)
5,67 : Amador (Mex)
5,64 : Batista (Arg).
5,62 : G. Galli & Di Gennaro (Ita)
5,50 : Majewski (Pol), Rogelio Delgado (Par)
5,33 : Matysik, Komornicki (Pol)
5,25 : Wójcicki, Dziekanowski (Pol)