Kicker (sports magazine)


kicker is Germany's leading sports magazine and is 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, in Nuremberg. The Monday edition sells an average of 240,000 copies, while the Thursday edition has an average circulation of about 220,000 copies.
The magazine also publishes a yearbook, the kicker Almanach. It was first published from 1937 to 1942, and then continuously from 1959 to date.

History

The magazine kicker first appeared in July 1920 in Konstanz, Germany. The magazine headquarters was originally in Stuttgart but moved to Nürnberg 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 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. 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.

Magazine

The modern version of kicker covers a number of sporting competitions and events, including:
The ranking of the German football is an assessment of football players of the German Bundesliga, the kicker - sports magazine is carried out. In January 1956, was first produced and published a ranking, since there are each year in the summer and in the winter break of the season a new edition of the traditional ranking.
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''kicker Sportmagazin'' Club of the Century

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. 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.
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.
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, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, Cannavaro		33x La Liga, 19x Copa del Rey
2 Bayern Munich5x 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