France Football European Team of the Year

The France Football European Team of the Year (fr. Challenge Européen de Football),[1] also known as European Challenge Interclubs, was an association football award conferred by French sports magazine France Football with the sponsorship of German multinational corporation Adidas, and was held in Europe for the first time in 1968 based in clubs' performance in seasonal association and UEFA competitions.[2]

The award was officially discontinued following the Adidas decision of not renewing its commercial contract with the French publication after it awarded the 1990 winner teams in a gala held in Paris, in January 1991.[3] Subsequently, the Germany's designs and manufacturers corporation became the main sponsor of the FIFA World Player of the Year Award.[3]

Roll of Honour
Year Winner (s) Refs
1968 Benfica [4]
1969 Ajax [5]
1970 Celtic [6]
1971Ex æquo Ajax & Arsenal [3]
1972 Ajax [5]
1973 Ajax
1974Ex æquo Bayern Munich & Feyenoord [3]
1975 Borussia Mönchengladbach [3]
1976 Liverpool [3]
1977 Juventus [7]
1978 Liverpool [3]
1979 Nottingham Forest [3]
1980 Real Madrid [2]
1981 Ipswich Town [8]
1982 Liverpool [3]
1983 Aberdeen [9]
1984 Liverpool [10]
1985 Everton [3]
1986 Real Madrid [11]
1987
1988 PSV Eindhoven
1989 Milan
1990Ex æquo Juventus & Milan [12]

By club
Club Total
Ajax 4
Liverpool 4
Real Madrid 2
Juventus 2
Milan 2
Benfica 1
Celtic 1
Arsenal 1
Bayern Munich 1
Feyenoord 1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1
Nottingham Forest 1
Ipswich Town 1
Aberdeen 1
Everton 1
PSV Eindhoven 1

By country
Country Teams Total
 England 5 8
 Netherlands 3 5
 Italy 2 4
 Germany 2 2
 Scotland 2 2
 Spain 1 2
 Portugal 1 1

References
  1. "France Football - European Team of the Year (1970 photo)". Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  2. José Damián González (8 November 1980). "El Madrid, proclamado mejor club europeo" (in Spanish). El País.
  3. "El inglés Gary Lineker, delantero del FC Barcelona, recibirá hoy en París la Bota de Oro" (in Spanish). El Periódico de Catalunya. 13 November 1986. p. 35.
  4. Pereira, Luís Miguel (November 2009). Bíblia do Benfica [Benfica Bible] (in Portuguese) (7th ed.). Portugal: Prime Books. p. 91. ISBN 978-989-655-005-9.
  5. "Muy breve" (in Spanish). ABC. 22 September 1972. p. 65. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  6. James Dart; Paolo Bandini; Sean Armstrong (28 February 2007). "The sulkiest football walk-offs ever". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  7. Angelo Caroli (5 October 1977). "Juve 'Europea'" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 18. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  8. "El búlgaro Slavkov, 31 goles, es la Bota de oro" (in Spanish). ABC. 30 October 1981. p. 60. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  9. Webster, Jack (2003). The First 100 Years of The Dons: the official history of Aberdeen Football Club 1903–2003. Hodder and Stoughton. p. 297. ISBN 0-340-82344-5.
  10. "Ian Rush recibió la "Bota de Oro"" (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 31 October 1984. p. 14. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  11. "El Madrid, galardonado como el mejor equipo europeo" (in Spanish). ABC. 16 November 1986. p. 83. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  12. "Schillaci premiato: Pallone e Scarpa d'oro del mondiale" (in Italian). La Stampa. 1 January 1991. p. 33. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
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