International Federation of Football History & Statistics

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics ( IFFHS ) is an international association of football statisticians. The IFFHS was founded on March 27, 1984 in Leipzig, at the initiative of their later years of the first president Alfredo Pöge († March 26, 2013 ) and had its headquarters in Bonn for a long time. Currently the seat is in Lausanne, Switzerland. The organization was led by an Executive Committee consisting of the President and two deputies. New president is, after an interlude from December 2011 to early 2013 by HH Sheikh Mohammad Bin Saqer Al- Quassmi from the United Arab Emirates, the Frenchman Robert Ley. The IFFHS include claims to present " 70 members from countries from all continents " to. A new concept has been announced, members have been appointed on the proposal of other members from a pool of candidates.

2.2.1 Men - Previous Winners
2.2.2 Women - Previous Winners

2.3.1 Previous Winners

2.4.1 club coach - Previous Winners
2.4.2 National Coach - Previous Winners

2.5.1 Men - Previous Winners
2.5.2 Women - Previous Winners

2.6.1 Men - Previous Winners
2.6.2 Women - Previous Winners

Objectives and activities

The aim of the IFFHS is a comprehensive documentation of the sport of football. To this end, the Association keeps statistics on matches, Olympic football tournaments, Continental competitions, national championships and cup competitions, Club World Ranking and bizarre facts, these are published on the internet and controls statistical information on the World Football Gala at. Furthermore, the IFFHS conducts an annual elections, inter alia, to the World's Best Goalkeeper, World scorer, the world's best Erstligatorschützen, World coach, a World Club coach and referee for the World by.

From 1987 to 2002, the IFFHS the football World magazine and another magazine, the libero issued, of which there were at times the special variants of German and international. Furthermore, published books on A- international matches, the Olympic football tournaments, the Football European Cup competitions as well as to their own choices and events. These planned as a series Buchausagaben have been set in the early 2000s. From then on, the focus was exclusively on the publication on the Internet.

Awards (selection)

World - keeper

The title of " world - keeper " is awarded annually since 1987 in football goalkeeper. According to IFFHS At the choice of the winner take part in selected trade journals and experts from 70 countries of all continents football. Since 2012 is also the "world - keeper " excellent.

Beginning of the 21st century was also a vote for the " world goalkeeper of the 20th Century" organized by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, which won the 78 -time Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin.

Furthermore, there exists a run by the IFFHS list for "World Goalkeeper of the quarter-century " (1987-2011), led by Italian Gianluigi Buffon. In the ranking of the "World Goalkeeper of the 21st century" ( 2001-2012 ) is currently also leads the Italian Gianluigi Buffon.

Men - Previous Winners

Women - Previous Winners

World referee

The title of " world - referee " is awarded annually since 1987 also in soccer referees. According to IFFHS At the choice of the winner take part in selected trade journals and experts from 70 countries of all continents football. Since 2012 is also the "world - arbitrator " awarded

Guided by the IFFHS list for " World Referee of the quarter-century " (1987-2011) is led by Italian Pierluigi Collina. In the ranking of " World Referee of the 21st century " currently leads the German Markus Merk.

Men - Previous Winners

Women - Previous Winners

World's top scorer

The title of " world's top scorer " is awarded every year since 1991 in football players. In determining the winner of all those goals are taken into account by the IFFHS, which were achieved in a calendar year for the following games:

A internationals ( For separation between Olympic and A- internationals see FIFA rules about international matches )
Matches within the Olympic football tournament
Games at the FIFA Club World Cup,
Games in the ( inter) continental club competitions of the six continental confederations, including Super Cup (AFC - Asia, CAF - Africa, CONMEBOL - South America, CONCACAF - North America, OFC - " Oceania " and UEFA - Europe ) and
Official matches between the current continental club masters that take place under the direction of the respective confederations.

In the event that two or more players score the same number of goals, decide the number of goals scored in A- internationals on the ranking. This regulation was previously five times to bear.

Previous Winners

In a list of " world's top scorer in the 21st Century" (1 January 2001 - 31 December 2012) is currently conducting the Ivorian Didier Drogba with a total of 104 (59/ 45) gates.

World Trainer

Club Coach - Previous Winners

The title of " world - club coach " is awarded annually since 1996 to coach club teams. According to IFFHS At the choice of the winner take selected sports editors and experts from all football continents.

National Trainer - Previous Winners

Also since 1996 the title of "World - coach " awarded annually to coaches of national teams. According to IFFHS At the choice of the winner take part in selected trade journals and experts from all football continents.

In the ranking of the " World - Trainers" (since 1996; club and national teams ) leads with stand 2012, the Scot Alex Ferguson ahead of Frenchman Arsène Wenger. Although Wenger never won one years title, but could during his time as coach regularly place on the front ranks.

In the ranking of the " World Coach of the 21st century " (since 2001; club and national teams ) also leads the Scot Alex Ferguson before the Portuguese José Mourinho.

World Playmaker

The title of " world - Playmaker " is awarded annually since 2006 to playmaker. According to IFFHS At the choice of the winner take part in selected trade journals and experts from all football continents. Since 2012 is also the "world game maker " award.

Men - Previous Winners

Women - Previous Winners

Club World Ranking

Since 1991, the IFFHS every year chooses the best club of the abgelaufenden calendar year. In the score go a the results of all official national and international competitions. Since 2012 also the best club is awarded in women's football.

Men - Previous Winners

Women - Previous Winners

Criticism

The renowned Cologne football historian Karl Lennartz described the IFFHS as " obscure " and suspected behind largely a " one-man event" of former President Dr. Alfredo Pöge. This compares to that of articles from journals published by the IFFHS known journalists and statisticians are named as authors, including Karl -Heinz Jens, Gerhard Raschke, Colin Jose and Kaare M. Torgrimsen. In addition, numerous IFFHS members were introduced on your own internet site, including also a number of authors of the previously developed contributions for the period 1872 until 1910. According Poeges death in March 2013 was temporarily not updated the official website of the IFFHS.

It is striking that there are no well-known journalists and other experts were known at least from the leading football nations such as England, Italy, Brazil, Argentina and Germany as members of the IFFHS. Of the 13 listed members of the so-called Executive Committee only Mexican author Carlos F. Ramirez and the Canadian author and statistician Colin Jose Association were considered authorities on the football field. The other members were barely or not at all known outside the immediate environment of the IFFHS. Spent participating in elections to the IFFHS honors were not clearly specified. Instead, a flat rate were "chosen trade journals " as the jurors, and the choice made " in individual cases under the direction of the IFFHS members by professionals ".

Extensive recognition had the experts paid to the print publications of the IFFHS from the 1980s and 1990s, there was thus opened in relation to the presentation of historical, particularly statistical details of the German and international football history uncharted territory. Throughout all the texts were provided with real names of the authors. After financial problems to set these publications led the IFFHS shifted its priorities to the data released by their rankings and elections held. About their importance exist in parts of the German media landscape substantial doubt. While the IFFHS information after setting their own print products appear mainly in publications that were distributed with the help of the sports information service ( " sid " ), renounced the German Press Agency ( " DPA " ) in full to the Vermeldungen.

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