UEFA Jubilee Awards
To celebrate the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)'s 50th anniversary in 2004, each of its member associations was asked by UEFA to choose one of its own players as the single most outstanding player of the past 50 years (1954–2003).
Award winners
The 52 players were known as the Golden Players. The list of players was released in November 2003, and were recognized at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon.
Albania – Panajot Pano
Andorra – Koldo
Armenia – Khoren Oganesian
Austria – Herbert Prohaska
Azerbaijan – Anatoliy Banishevskiy
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Belgium – Paul Van Himst
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Safet Sušić
Bulgaria – Hristo Stoichkov
Croatia – Davor Šuker
Cyprus – Sotiris Kaiafas
Czech Republic – Josef Masopust
Denmark – Michael Laudrup
England – Bobby Moore
Estonia – Mart Poom
Faroe Islands – Abraham Løkin
Finland – Jari Litmanen
France – Just Fontaine
Georgia – Murtaz Khurtsilava
Germany – Fritz Walter
Greece – Vasilis Hatzipanagis
Hungary – Ferenc Puskás
Iceland – Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
Republic of Ireland – Johnny Giles
Israel – Mordechai Spiegler
Italy – Dino Zoff
Kazakhstan – Sergey Kvochkin[1]
Latvia – Aleksandrs Starkovs
Liechtenstein – Rainer Hasler
Lithuania – Arminas Narbekovas
Luxembourg – Louis Pilot
Macedonia – Darko Pančev
Malta – Carmel Busuttil
Moldova – Pavel Cebanu
Netherlands – Johan Cruyff
Northern Ireland – George Best[1]
Norway – Rune Bratseth
Poland – Włodzimierz Lubański
Portugal – Eusébio
Romania – Gheorghe Hagi
Russia – Lev Yashin
San Marino – Massimo Bonini
Scotland – Denis Law
Serbia and Montenegro – Dragan Džajić
Slovakia – Ján Popluhár
Slovenia – Branko Oblak
Spain – Alfredo di Stéfano
Sweden – Henrik Larsson
Switzerland – Stéphane Chapuisat
Turkey – Hakan Şükür
Ukraine – Oleh Blokhin
Wales – John Charles
References
- 1 2 In the press release on 29 November 2003, Sergey Kvochkin and Pat Jennings were listed as the Golden Players of Kazakhstan and Northern Ireland respectively . However, in the player profiles posted by UEFA.com in 2004, Evgeni Jarovenko and George Best were listed instead. It is not clear what are the reasons for the discrepancies.
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