October 29, 2008

Cristiano Ronaldo accepts 2008 World Player of the Year Award

The player with the most votes in the World XI balloting is also named World Player of the Year

SeasonPlayerTeam
2004-2005RonaldinhoFC Barcelona
2005-2006RonaldinhoFC Barcelona
2006-2007KakáA.C. Milan
2007-2008Cristiano RonaldoManchester United

List of World XI Player Awards 2004-05 until 2007-08

The World XI are chosen by the FIFPro footballers themselves from a list of candidates for each position. The list is generated by the awards committee itself

SeasonPlayerClubNation
2004-2005

Goalkeeper

DidaAC MilanBrazil
Defenders
Paolo MaldiniAC MilanItaly
Alessandro NestaAC MilanItaly
John TerryChelsea FCEngland
CafuAC MilanBrazil
Midfielders
Claude MakeleleChelsea FCFrance
Frank LampardChelsea FCEngland
Zinedine ZidaneReal MadridFrance
RonaldinhoBarcelonaBrazil
Forwards
Samuel Eto'oBarcelonaCameroon
Andriy ShevchenkoAC MilanUkraine
2005-2006

Goalkeeper

Gianluigi BuffonJuventusItaly
Defenders
Lilian ThuramJuventusFrance
John TerryChelsea FCEngland
Fabio CannavaroJuventusItaly
Gianluca ZambrottaJuventusItaly
Midfielders
Andrea PirloAC MilanItaly
KakáAC MilanBrazil
Zinedine ZidaneReal MadridFrance
RonaldinhoBarcelonaBrazil
Forwards
Samuel Eto'oBarcelonaCameroon
Thierry HenryArsenalFrance
2006-2007

Goalkeeper

Gianluigi BuffonJuventusItaly
Defenders
Alessandro NestaJuventusItaly
John TerryChelsea FCEngland
Fabio CannavaroReal MadridItaly
Carles PuyolBarcelonaSpain
Midfielders
Cristiano RonaldoManchester UnitedPortugal
KakáAC MilanBrazil
Steven GerrardLiverpoolEngland
RonaldinhoBarcelonaBrazil
Forwards
Lionel MessiBarcelonaArgentine
Didier DrogbaChelsea FCCote d'Ivoire
2007-2008

Goalkeeper

Iker CasillasReal MadridSpain
Defenders
Sergio RamosReal MadridSpain
John TerryChelsea FCEngland
Rio FerdinandManchester UnitedEngland
Carles PuyolBarcelonaSpain
Midfielders
Cristiano RonaldoManchester UnitedPortugal
KakáAC MilanBrazil
Steven GerrardLiverpoolEngland
XaviBarcelonaSpain
Forwards
Lionel MessiBarcelonaArgentine
Fernando TorresLiverpoolSpain

October 28, 2008

Top Scorer UEFA Cup 2008-09

Last Updated on October 23, 2008

No
Name
Club
Goals
1Emiliano BonazzoliSampdoria4
2Mladen PetricHamburg SV3
Milan BarosGalatasaray3
Albert Ze MeyongBraga3
Mario GomezVfB Stuttgart3
Bafetimbi GomisSt Etienne3
Silva Vagner LoveCSKA Moscow3
Luis Bernardo Burgos AguiarBraga3
Tarik ElyounossiHeerenveen3
10Peter CrouchPortsmouth2
Gerald SibonHeerenveen2
Harry KewellGalatasaray2
Frederic KanoutéSevilla FC2
Gareth BarryAston Villa2
Wesley SonckClub Brugge2
Romano DenneboomTwente Enschede2
Antonio CassanoSampdoria2
Darko KovacevicOlympiacos2
Tamas HajnalBorussia Dortmund2
Gurkan SermeterBellinzona2
Klaas-Jan HuntelaarAjax Amsterdam2
Franz SchiemerAustria Vienna2
Marek SaparaRosenborg2
Halil AltintopSchalke 042
Per Ciljan SkjelbredRosenborg2
Dimitrie PayetSt Etienne2
Libano Batista Edinaldo GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg2
Luis SuarezAjax Amsterdam2
Joao Alves JoMan City2
Hernan RengifoLech Poznan2
Jiri KladrubskySparta Prague2
Jackson CoelhoFC Metalist Kharkiv2
Alan DzagoevCSKA Moscow2
Bruno FornaroliSampdoria2
Diego Daniel ColottoDeportivo La Coruña2
Luis DiogoOlympiacos2

Top 100 FIFA Rangking update October 2008

Last Updated on October 8th, 2008

Ranking
Team
Pts
Oct 08
+/- Ranking
Sep 08
+/- Pts
Sep 08
1Spain Spain1643078
2Italy Italy1365026
3Germany Germany133607
4Brazil Brazil1280228
5Netherlands Netherlands1258-1-37
6Croatia Croatia1223-1-43
7Argentina Argentina12000-30
8Czech Republic Czech Republic11110-23
9Russia Russia1076363
10Portugal Portugal1075-1-45
11France France1035016
12Cameroon Cameroon1027228
13Turkey Turkey1021-3-12
14England England9821-9
15Bulgaria Bulgaria9691-7
16Israel Israel961387
17Greece Greece945124
18Romania Romania927-5-80
19Ukraine Ukraine893794
20Uruguay Uruguay887270
21USA USA861773
22Egypt Egypt860-119
22Paraguay Paraguay860359
24Mexico Mexico841034
25Ghana Ghana839-5-25
26Scotland Scotland820-10-156
27Nigeria Nigeria818027
28Sweden Sweden794321
29Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire779-6-35
30Poland Poland7630-16
31Denmark Denmark760564
32Japan Japan747340
33Colombia Colombia739-4-46
34Australia Australia737582
35Northern Ireland Northern Ireland721-3-40
36Chile Chile714460
37Lithuania Lithuania70617161
38Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland701039
39Norway Norway680-5-53
40Serbia Serbia673-7-73
41Guinea Guinea670020
42Ecuador Ecuador66110105
43Morocco Morocco642-6-29
43Finland Finland642-1-7
45Switzerland Switzerland641-2-3
46FYR Macedonia FYR Macedonia63710118
47Tunisia Tunisia624-3-19
48Iran Iran619-25
49Senegal Senegal615-4-8
50Honduras Honduras6011099
51Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia589-316
51Belgium Belgium589459
53Mali Mali587-6-17
54New Zealand New Zealand58457268
55Korea Republic Korea Republic552-4-6
56Algeria Algeria54220119
57Congo Congo53643181
58Peru Peru5331595
59Belarus Belarus522-24
60Slovakia Slovakia521747
61Wales Wales518-8-31
62Hungary Hungary507-12-54
63Burkina Faso Burkina Faso502124
64Latvia Latvia501-122
65Moldova Moldova500-17-73
66Venezuela Venezuela484-5-12
67Gabon Gabon481-5-4
68Angola Angola479-10-34
69Costa Rica Costa Rica476438
70Uzbekistan Uzbekistan468-11-37
70Zambia Zambia468-112
72Bahrain Bahrain465-6-10
73Slovenia Slovenia457642
74Bolivia Bolivia456-313
75Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina446011
76Libya Libya4441458
77Iraq Iraq443-54
78Qatar Qatar436324
79Kenya Kenya433738
80Cyprus Cyprus430-15-46
81Benin Benin4292380
82Austria Austria4221968
83Albania Albania4161964
84Canada Canada415-33
85South Africa South Africa411-15-36
85Congo DR Congo DR411-17-50
87Rwanda Rwanda410-210
88Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago404-8-10
89Guatemala Guatemala3941038
90Gambia Gambia38903
91Zimbabwe Zimbabwe385-8-21
91Panama Panama385520
91Togo Togo385-13-35
94Oman Oman380-2-3
95Uganda Uganda376-8-16
96China PR China PR374-2-1
97Georgia Georgia368-20-53
98Cuba Cuba366-6-17
99Syria Syria361-2-3
100Mozambique Mozambique35534