kicker (sports magazine)

kicker is Germany's leading sports magazine, focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice weekly, usually Monday and Thursday. The Monday edition sells an average of 240,000 copies, while the Thursday edition has an average circulation of about 220,000 copies (2005 figures). kicker is a founding member of European Sports Magazines, an association of football publications.

kicker
EditorRainer Holzschuh[1]
CategoriesSports magazine
FrequencyTwice weekly
PublisherOlympia-Verlag GmbH
First issue14 July 1920 (1920-07-14)
Based inNuremberg, Germany
LanguageGerman
Websitekicker.de

kicker annually awards the most prolific scorer of the Bundesliga with the kicker Torjägerkanone (kicker Scorer Cannon) award. It is equivalent to the Pichichi Trophy in Spanish football.

The magazine also publishes an almanac, the kicker Fuẞball-Almanach. It was first published from 1937 to 1942, and then continuously from 1959 to date. They also publish a yearbook (kicker Fuẞball-Jahrbuch).

History

The head office of kicker in Nuremberg with the kicker statue in front of the main entrance

kicker was first issued in July 1920 in Konstanz, Germany. The magazine's headquarters were originally in Stuttgart before relocating to Nuremberg[2] in 1926. During World War II, the magazine merged with the publication Fußball, and was eventually discontinued in fall 1944. After the war, the magazine was again published (under the name Sport) by the newly incorporated Olympia-Verlag publishing company. Former chief editor Friedebert Becker again began publishing kicker in 1951, and for a number of years, both kicker and Sport appeared at the same time. In 1966, kicker was sold to Axel Springer AG. In 1968, Olympia-Verlag in Nuremberg acquired kicker and merged it with Sportmagazin, which had been published twice weekly since 1952. The first issue of the newly founded kicker-sportmagazin was released on 7 October 1968. Beside the two weekly publications, kicker provides a digital edition since 2012. The online version of kicker.de offers a broad live ticker for over 80 different international leagues.[3] A mobile version of kicker.de can be found among others in the mobile portal of T-Mobile, Vodafone, O2 and E-Plus. In addition, the online magazine has three apps in the iTunes store.[4]

Magazine

The modern version of kicker covers a number of sporting competitions and events, including:

kicker Sportmagazin Club of the Century

Real Madrid was picked as the greatest club of the 20th century by kicker Sportmagazin

In 1998, kicker published a list of the best football clubs of the 20th century. The list was based on the opinions of former players and managers (Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff, Udo Lattek, Just Fontaine etc.). Each of them could name their choice for the five greatest teams and provide arguments in support thereof. Not all them stuck to the allotted number of picks. For example, Johan Cruyff picked three teams instead - Ajax, Milan and Dynamo Kyiv.[5]

Each club's trophies and Ballon d'Or winners are shown up until 1999
Pos.ClubContinental trophiesBallon d'Or winnersDomestic trophies
1 Real Madrid7x UEFA Champions League,
2x UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup
2x Di Stefano, Kopa27x La Liga, 17x Copa del Rey
2 Ajax4x UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners Cup,
UEFA Cup, 2x UEFA Super Cup
Johan Cruyff27x Eredivisie, 14x KNVB Cup
3 Milan5x UEFA Champions League,
2x UEFA Cup, 3x UEFA Super Cup
3x van Basten, Rivera, Gullit, Weah16x Serie A, 4x Coppa Italia
4 Bayern Munich3x UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners Cup,
UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup
2x Beckenbauer, 2x Rummenigge, Muller15x German champion, 9x DFB Pokal
5 BarcelonaUEFA Champions League,
4x UEFA Cup Winners Cup, 2x UEFA Super Cup
2x Johan Cruyff, Stoichkov, Rivaldo16x La Liga, 24x Copa del Rey
6 Manchester United2x UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Super CupLaw, Charlton, Best12x English champion, 10x FA Cup,
League Cup
7 Benfica2x UEFA Champions LeagueEusébio30x Primeira Liga,
26x Taça de Portugal
8 Dynamo Kyiv2x UEFA Cup Winners Cup, European Super CupBlokhin, Belanov13x USSR Top League, 7x UPL
9x USSR Cup, 4x Ukrainian Cup
9 Juventus2x UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners Cup,
3x UEFA Cup, 2x UEFA Super Cup
3x Platini, Sivori, Rossi,
Baggio, Zidane
26x Serie A, 9x Coppa Italia
10 Inter Milan2x UEFA Champions League, 3x UEFA CupMatthäus, Ronaldo13x Serie A, 3x Coppa Italia

Greatest Clubs (1863–2014)

In 2014, the magazine created a new list of the best clubs in history. This time it was formed based on the opinions of the magazine's editors. The list was based on criteria as the clubs' history, achievements at international stage, titles won and the career of its own players. In the Top 10, three teams represented Germany.[6][7]

Pos.ClubContinental trophiesBallon d'Or winnersDomestic trophies
1 Real Madrid13x UEFA Champions League,
2x UEFA Cup, 4x UEFA Super Cup
4x Cristiano Ronaldo, 2x Di Stefano,
Kopa, Luís Figo, Ronaldo, Cannavaro
33x La Liga, 19x Copa del Rey
2 Bayern Munich6x UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners Cup,
UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup
2x Beckenbauer, 2x Rummenigge, Muller28x German champion, 18x DFB Pokal
3 Manchester United3x UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners Cup,
UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup
Law, Charlton, Best,
Cristiano Ronaldo
20x English champion, 12x FA Cup,
5x League Cup
4 Liverpool6x UEFA Champions League,
3x UEFA Cup, 3x UEFA Super Cup
Owen19x English champion, 7x FA Cup,
8x League Cup
5 Barcelona5x UEFA Champions League,
4x UEFA Cup Winners Cup, 5x UEFA Super Cup
5x Lionel Messi, 2x Johan Cruyff,
Stoichkov, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho
25x La Liga, 30x Copa del Rey
6 Milan7x UEFA Champions League,
2x UEFA Cup, 5x UEFA Super Cup
3x van Basten, Rivera, Gullit, Weah,
Shevchenko, Kaká
18x Serie A, 5x Coppa Italia
7 Juventus2x UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners Cup,
3x UEFA Cup, 2x UEFA Super Cup
3x Platini, Sivori, Rossi,
Baggio, Zidane, Nedvěd
34x Serie A, 13x Coppa Italia
8 Boca Juniors6x Copa Libertadores, 2x Copa Sudamericana,
4x Recopa Sudamericana
-33x Argentine PL,
12x Argentine Cup
9 Hamburger SVUEFA Champions League,
European Cup Winners Cup
2x Keegan6x German champion, 3x DFB Pokal
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach2x UEFA CupSimonsen5x Bundesliga, 3x DFB Pokal

References

  1. "Impressum kicker sportmagazin". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. Western Europe 2003. Psychology Press. 2002. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  3. "kicker – a long standing magazine". Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  4. "kicker-online – always the latest informations". Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. Valeriy Lobanovsky and Dynamo Kiev.
  6. Kicker-Sportmagazin, ed. (March 2014). "Die Wappen der Vereine und ihre Geschichte". Die legendären Weltklubs. Kicker Edition (in German). OCLC 3796265. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014.
  7. Guilherme Feijó (20 March 2014). "Revista alemã faz ranking dos maiores clubes do planeta, mas 'esquece' sul-americanos" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 22 March 2014.
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