Elected by the magazine France-Football. The award is for the calendar year and not for the season. Apparently since some year in the 90s any French player is eligible no matter where he plays.
Year Player Club 1963 Yvon DOUIS Monaco1964 Marcel ARTELESA Monaco1965 Philippe GONDET Nantes1966 Philippe GONDET Nantes1967 Bernard BOSQUIER Saint-Etienne1968 Bernard BOSQUIER Saint-Etienne1969 Hervé REVELLI Saint-Etienne1970 Georges CARNUS Saint-Etienne1971 Georges CARNUS Saint-Etienne/Olympique de Marseille1972 Marius TRÉSOR Ajaccio/Olympique de Marseille1973 Georges BERETA Saint-Etienne1974 Georges BERETA Saint-Etienne1975 Jean-Marc GUILLOU Angers/Nice1976 Michel PLATINI Nancy1977 Michel PLATINI Nancy1978 Jean PETIT Monaco1979 Maxime BOSSIS Nantes1980 Jean-François LARIOS Saint-Etienne1981 Maxime BOSSIS Nantes1982 Alain GIRESSE Girondins de Bordeaux1983 Alain GIRESSE Girondins de Bordeaux1984 Jean TIGANA Girondins de Bordeaux1985 Luis FERNANDEZ Paris Saint-Germain1986 Manuel AMOROS Monaco1987 Alain GIRESSE Olympique de Marseille1988 Stéphane PAILLE Sochaux1989 Jean-Pierre PAPIN Olympique de Marseille1990 Laurent BLANC Montpellier1991 Jean-Pierre PAPIN Olympique de Marseille1992 Alain ROCHE Paris Saint-Germain1993 David GINOLA Paris Saint-Germain1994 Bernard LAMA Paris Saint-Germain1995 Vincent GUÉRIN Paris Saint-Germain1996 Didier DESCHAMPS Juventus [ITA]1997 Lilian THURAM Parma [ITA] 1998 Zinedine ZIDANE Juventus [Ita]1999 Sylvain WILTORD Girondins de Bordeaux2000 Thierry HENRY Arsenal [ENG]2001 Patrick VIEIRA Arsenal [ENG]2002 Zinedine ZIDANE Real Madrid [SPA]2003 Thierry HENRY Arsenal [ENG]2004 Thierry HENRY Arsenal [ENG]2005 Thierry HENRY Arsenal [ENG]2006 Thierry HENRY Arsenal [ENG]2007 Franck RIBERY Bayern München [GER] 2008 Franck RIBERY Bayern München [GER] 2009 Yoann GOURCUFF Bordeaux2010 Samir NASRI Arsenal [ENG] 2011 Karim BENZEMA Real Madrid [SPA]2012 Karim BENZEMA Real Madrid [SPA]2013 Franck RIBERY Bayern München [GER]2014 Karim BENZEMA Real Madrid [SPA]2015 Blaise MATUIDI Paris Saint-Germain2016 Antoine GRIEZMANN Atlético Madrid [SPA]2017 N'Golo KANTÉ Chelsea [ENG]2018 Kylian MBAPPÉ Paris Saint-Germain2019 Kylian MBAPPÉ Paris Saint-Germain´2020 not awarded 2021 Karim BENZEMA Real Madrid [SPA]22/23 Kylian MBAPPÉ Paris Saint-Germain23/24 Kylian MBAPPÉ Paris Saint-GermainNote: unless otherwise stated all clubs are French.
Year Trainer Club 1970 Albert Batteux Saint-Etienne Mario Zatelli Marseille1971 Abdelkader Firoud Nîmes Jean Prouff Rennes1972 Jean Snella Nice1973 Robert Herbin Saint-Etienne1974 Pierre Cahuzac Bastia1975 Georges Huart Metz 1976 Robert Herbin Saint-Etienne1977 Pierre Cahuzac Bastia1978 Gilbert Gress Strasbourg1979 Michel Le Milinaire Laval1980 René Hauss Sochaux Jean Vincent Nantes1981 Aimée Jacquet Bordeaux1982 Michel Hidalgo French national team1983 Michel Le Milinaire Laval1984 Aimée Jacquet Bordeaux1985 Jean-Claude Suaudeau Nantes1986 Guy Roux Auxerre1987 Jean Fernandez Cannes1988 Guy Roux Auxerre1989 Gérard Gili Marseille1990 Henry Kasperczak Montpellier1991 Daniel Jeandupeux Caen1992 Jean-Claude Suaudeau Nantes1993 Luis Fernandez Cannes1994 Jean-Claude Suaudeau Nantes1995 Francis Smerecki Guingamp1996 Guy Roux Auxerre1997 Jean Tigana Monaco1998 Aimée Jacquet French national team1999 Elie Baup Bordeaux2000 Alex Dupont Sedan2001 Vahid Halilhodzic Lille2002 Jacques Santini Lyon2003 Didier Deschamps Monaco2004 Paul Le Guen Lyon2005 Claude Puel Lille2006 Pablo Correa Nancy2007 Pablo Correa Nancy2008 Arsène Wenger Arsenal [ENG]2009 Laurent Blanc Bordeaux2010 Didier Deschamps Marseille2011 Rudi Garcia Lille 2012 René Girard Montpellier 2013 Rudi Garcia Roma [ITA]2014 Rudi Garcia Roma [ITA]2015 Laurent Blanc PSG2016 Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid [SPA]2017 Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid [SPA]2018 Didier Deschamps French national team 2019 Christophe Galtier Lille2020 not awarded 2021 Christophe Galtier Lille/Nice
NB: for players in French first division.Year Player Country Club1968 Salif KeitaMaliSaint-Etienne1969 Roger MagnussonSwedenMarseille1970 Josip SkoblarYugoslaviaMarseille1971 Josip SkoblarYugoslaviaMarseille1972 Leif ErikssonSwedenNice1973 Hugo BargasArgentinaNantes1974 Carlos BianchiArgentinaReims1975 Osvaldo PiazzaArgentinaSaint-Etienne1976 Ivan CurkovicYugoslaviaSaint-Etienne1977 Mustapha DahlebAlgeriaPSG1978 Johny RepNetherlandsBastia1979 Nenad BjekovicYugoslaviaNice1980 Delio OnnisArgentinaTours1981 Umberto BarberisSwitzerlandMonaco Andrzej SzarmachPolandAuxerre1982 Umberto BarberisSwitzerlandMonaco Andrzej SzarmachPolandAuxerre1983 Safet SusicYugoslaviaPSG1984 Vahid HalilhodzicYugoslaviaNantes1985 Vahid HalilhodzicYugoslaviaNantes1986 Jorge BurruchagaArgentinaNantes1987 Enzo FrancescoliUruguayMatra Racing Paris1988 Glenn HoddleEnglandMonaco1989 Klaus AllofsGermanyBordeaux1990 Enzo ScifoBelgiumAuxerre1991 George WeahLiberiaMonaco1992 Lubomir MoravcikSlovakiaSaint-Etienne1993 Alen BoksicCroatiaMarseille1994 Japhet N'DoramChadNantes1995 RaiBrazilPSG1996 Sonny AndersonBrazilMonaco1997 RaiBrazilPSG1998 Marco SimoneItalyPSG1999 Shabani NondaBurundiRennes2000 Marco SimoneItalyMonaco2001 Pedro Miguel PauletaPortugalBordeaux2002 Pedro Miguel PauletaPortugalBordeaux2003 Didier Drogba Ivory Coast Marseille2004 JuninhoBrazilLyon2005 JuninhoBrazilLyon2006 JuninhoBrazilLyon2007 Johan ElmanderSwedenToulouse2008 Fernando CavenaghiArgentinaBordeaux
NB: for players in French first division.Year Player Club1973 Marc BerdollAngers1974 Dominique BathenaySaint-Etienne1975 Dominique RocheteauSaint-Etienne1976 Didier SixValenciennes1977 Bernard LacombeLyon1978 Léonard SpechtStrasbourg1979 Didier ChristopheMonaco1980 Jean CastanedaSaint-Etienne Jean TiganaLyon1981 Bruno BelloneMonaco1982 Jean-Marc FerreriAuxerre1983 Pascal OlmetaBastia1984 Basile BoliAuxerre1985 Fabien DebotteNantes1986 Gérald PassiMarseille1987 Eric CantonaAuxerre1988 Christian PérezPSG1989 Didier DeschampsMarseille1990 Emmanuel PetitMonaco1991 François CalderaroMetz1992 Gérald BaticleAuxerre1993 Zinédine ZidaneBordeaux1994 Florian MauriceLyon1995 Patrick VieiraCannes1996 Thierry HenryMonaco1997 David TrezeguetMonaco1998 Nicolas AnelkaArsenal1999 William GallasMarseille2000 Philippe MexèsAuxerre2001 Djibril CisséAuxerre2002 Olivier KapoAuxerre2003 Sébastien Squillaci Monaco2004 Franck RibéryMetz2005 Yohann Pelé Le Mans + Julien FaubertBordeaux2006 Karim BenzemaLyon2007 Steve MandandaMarseille2008 Yoann GourcuffBordeaux
NB: for players in French second division.Year Player Club1969 Daniel HorlavilleQuevilly1970 Bernard GuignedouxParis Saint-Germain1971 René RiéfaAvignon1972 Gérard TonnelTroyes1973 Paul ImielaAmiens1974 Yvon DelestreChâteauroux1975 Jean-Paul PottierCaen1976 Jean-Paul BouffandeauCaen1977 Jacky ManicTours1978 Jean-Paul DelahayeEpinal1979 Antoine TrivinoGueugnon1980 Michel AlbaladejoOrléans1981 Frédéric DobrajeThonon1982 Jean-MGodartNoeux-les-Mines1983 Philippe TibeufGuingamp1984 Pascal ThéaultCaen1985 François LemassonRed Star1986 Abedi PeléNiort[Ghana]1987 Philippe PrieurCaen1988 Eugène N'Goy KabongoLyon[Zaïre]1989 Youri DjorkaeffGrenoble1990 Didier MonczukStrasbourg1991 Jean-Pierre OrtsRouen1992 Frédéric JohansenMulhouse1993 Jocelyn GourvennecRennes1994 Stéphane Guivarc'hGuingamp1995 Tony CascarinoMarseille[Ireland]1996 Franck PriouMartigues1997 Samuel LobéLille1998 Jérôme AlonzoSaint-Etienne1999 Claude MichelGuingamp2000 Francileudo SantosSochaux[Brazil]2001 Alexander VencelLe Havre[Slovakia]2002 Daniel CousinLe Mans2003 Baky KonéLorient[Ivory Coast]2004 Laurent DufresneNancy2005 Karim ZianiLorient[Algeria]2006 Jean-Michek LesageLe Havre2007 Guillaume HoarauLe Havre2008 Grégory ThilBoulogne
NB: for trainers in French second division.Year Trainer Club1969 Paco MatéoPierrots Strasbourg1970 Edmond BoulleMontélinar1971 Roger QuenollePoissy1972 René DereuddreLe Mans1973 Yves CrosMalakoff1974 Jacques SucréMartigues1975 Michel Le MillinaireLaval1976 Casimir NovotarskiGueugnon1977 Jacques SucréMartigues1978 Alain De MartignyBrest1979 Guy RouxAuxerre1980 Jacky LeméeOrléans1981 Gérard HoullierNoeux-les-Mines1982 Jean-Pierre CarayonThonon1983 Léonce LavagneAlès1984 Pierre MankowskiCaen1985 Christian GourcuffLorient1986 Léonce LavagneAlès1987 Pierre MankowskiCaen1988 Pierre MankowskiCaen1989 Paul OrsattiMartigues1990 Robert DewilderMulhouse1991 Alain LaurierIstres1992 René ExbrayatBastia1993 Denis GoavecSaint-Brieuc1994 Roland GransartGueugnon1995 Denis TrochLaval1996 Thierry FrogerLe Mans1997 Christian GourcuffLorient1998 Alain PerrinTroyes1999 Vahid HalilhodzicLille2000 Angel MarcosNiort2001 Denis TrochAmiens2002 Erik MombaertsToulouse2003 Philippe HinschbergerNiort2004 Thierry FrogerGueugnon2005 Christian GourcuffLorient2006 Rudi GarciaDijon2007 Didier Ollé-NicoleClermont2008 Jean-Louis GarciaAngers
Year Referee1971 Robert Wurtz1972 Robert Heliès1973 Robert Frauciel1974 Robert Wurtz1975 Robert Wurtz1976 Georges Konrath1977 Robert Wurtz1978 Robert Wurtz1979 Michel Vautrot1980 Michel Vautrot1981 Michel Vautrot1982 Michel Vautrot1983 Michel Vautrot1984 Michel Vautrot1985 Joël Quiniou1986 Michel Vautrot1987 Michel Vautrot1988 Michel Vautrot1989 Michel Vautrot1990 Gérard Biguet1991 Gérard Biguet1992 Alain Sars1993 Alain Sars1994 Joël Quiniou1995 Marc Batta1996 Alain Sars1997 Gilles Veissière1998 Marc Batta1999 Stéphane Bré2000 Gilles Veissière2001 Stéphane Bré2002 Bertrand Layec2003 Bertrand Layec2004 Eric Poulat2005 Eric Poulat2006 Eric Poulat2007 Bertrand Layec2008 Stéphane Lannoy
Award for the most regular player of the season.
Season Player PointsClub 1956/57 Kees RijversNED117Saint-Etienne1957/58 Maurice Lafont 139Nîmes1958/59 Jules Sbroglia158Angers/Lyon1959/60 Raymond Kopa 169Reims1960/61 Pierre Bernard 154Sedan/Nîmes Khennane Mahi ALG/F154Rennes1961/62 André Lerond 155Stade Français1962/63 Daniel Charles-Alfred161Nîmes1963/64 Rachid MekloufiALG/F146Saint-Etienne1964/65 Robert Herbin143Saint-Etienne1965/66 Rachid MekloufiALG/F161Saint-Etienne Roger Lemerre161Sedan1966/67 Rachid MekloufiALG/F153Saint-Etienne1967/68 Roger Lemerre165Sedan1968/69 Roger Lemerre147Sedan1969/70 Bernard Bosquier146Saint-Etienne Mohamed SalemALG146Sedan1970/71 Pavel KoubaCZE160Angoulème1971/72 Robert Herbin164Saint-Etienne1972/73 Henri Michel160Nantes1973/74 Jean-Marc Guillou157Angers1974/75 Jean-Marc Guillou157Angers Ignacio PrietoCHL157Lille1975/76 Dominique Baratelli159Nice1976/77 Raymond Kéruzoré168Laval Daniel Leclercq168Lens1977/78 Maxime Bossis153Nantes1978/79 André Rey157Metz1979/80 Pierrick Hiard157Bastia1980/81 Dominique Dropsy151Strasbourg1981/82 Pierrick Hiard157Bastia1982/83 Maxime Bossis153Nantes1983/84 Pascal Olmeta155Bastia1984/85 Ruben UmpierrezURU159Nancy1985/86 Luis Fernandez151Paris Saint-Germain1986/87 Bruno Martini146Auxerre1987/88 Bernard Pardo156Toulon1988/89 Basile Boli145Auxerre1989/90 Jean-Luc Ettori142Monaco1990/91 Bruno Martini142Auxerre1991/92 Fabien Piveteau148Le Havre1992/93 Jean-Pierre Cyprien135Saint-Etienne1993/94 Franck Durix143Cannes1994/95 Jean-Guy Walleme138Lens1995/96 Sonny AndersonBRA3.79Monaco1996/97 Ali BenarbiaALG/F3.80Monaco1997/98 Vikash DhorasooMAUR3.94Le Havre1998/99 Nestor FabriARG3.77Nantes1999/00 Marcelo GallardoARG4.04Monaco2000/01 Pascal Cygan3.76Lille2001/02 Philippe Mexès3.90Auxerre2002/03 Ludovic Giuly3.86Monaco2003/04 Vikash Dhorasoo3.73 Lyon2004/05 "Cris" BRA3.61 Lyon2005/06 Franck Ribéry? Marseille2006/07 "Cris" BRA3.63 Lyon2007/08 Karim Benzema6.27 Lyon
Award for the most regular goal keeper of the season.
Season Keeper PointsClub 1992/93 Luc Borelli137Toulon1993/94 Fabien Piveteau144Le Havre1994/95 Christophe Revault146Le Havre1995/96 Christophe Revault3.82Le Havre1996/97 Christophe Revault3.92Le Havre1997/98 Fabien Barthez3.57Monaco1998/99 Alexander VencelSVK3.83Strasbourg1999/00 Bernard Lama3.70Paris Saint-Germain2000/01 Farid MondragónCOL3.73Metz2001/02 Ulrich Ramé3.68Bordeaux2002/03 Mickaël Landreau3.64Nantes2003/04 Petr Cech CZE3.56Rennes2004/05 Stéphane Cassard3.58 Strasbourg2005/06 Yohann Pelé? Le Mans2006/07 Jérémie Janot3.67 Saint-Etienne2007/08 Hugo Loris6.17 Nice
The French magazine France-Football consulted 34 former "French Footballer of the Year" (1963-99)or "Etoile d'Or" (1958-62) to elect the French Player of the Century, the French Trainer of the Century and the French Team of the Century.All former winners have voted except Jean-François Larios which was impossible to reach.France Football journalist Gérard Ernault has voted. Each of the 34 voters choose 5 players: 5 points for the 1st place, 4 points for 2nd, 3 points for 3rd, 2 points for 4th and 1 point for 5th.One vote with two fith places. The former winners cannot voted for themselves. After each player points, between brackets is the number of votes for every place. Fench Player of the Century--------------------------- 1. Michel PLATINI 143 pts (22 - 5 - 4 - 0 - 1) 2. Zinédine ZIDANE 121 ( 9 -11 - 9 - 2 - 1) 3. Raymond KOPA 88 ( 3 -11 - 9 - 1 - 0) 4. Laurent BLANC28 ( 0 - 3 - 1 - 5 - 3) 5. Just FONTAINE22 ( 0 - 0 - 2 - 3 -10) 6. Marius TRESOR17 ( 0 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 3) 7. Alain GIRESSE15 ( 0 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 0) 8. Jean-Pierre PAPIN12 ( 0 - 0 - 2 - 2 - 2) 9. Didier DESCHAMPS 9 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 4 - 1) 10. Eric CANTONA 8 ( 0 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 1) 11. Manuel AMOROS 7 ( 0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2) 12. Larbi BEN BAREK 6 ( 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 0)13. Robert JONQUET 6 ( 0 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0)14. Marcel DESAILLY 5 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 1)15. Maxime BOSSIS 4 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 0)16. Roger PIANTONI 3 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1)17. Jean BARATTE 2 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0)18. Fabien BARTHEZ 2 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 2)19. Julien DARUI 2 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0)20. Bernard LAMA 2 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 2)21. Roger MARCHE 2 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0)22. Joseph UJLAKI 2 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0)23. Patrick BATTISTON 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)24. David GINOLA 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)25. Thierry HENRY 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)26. Etienne MATTLER 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1)27. Jean TIGANA 1 ( 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1) --- -------------------- 511 pts (34 -34 -34- 34- 35)French Trainer of the Century----------------------------- 1. Aimé JACQUET136 pts[France 1993-98] 2. Albert BATTEUX 72 [Reims, Saint-Etienne, France 1955-62] 3. Michel HIDALGO 65 [France 1976-84] 4. Arsène WENGER 59 [Monaco] 5. Guy ROUX 39 [Auxerre] 6. José ARRIBAS 30 [Nantes, France 1966] 7. Jean SNELLA 27 [Saint-Etienne] 8. Jean-Claude SUAUDEAU 23 [Nantes, France 1966] 9. Luis FERNANDEZ 16 [Paris SG] 9. Robert HERBIN 16 [Saint-Etienne]11. Lucien LEDUC 11 [Monaco]12. Roger LEMERRE 10 [France 1998- ]13. Pierre PIBAROT 7 [Racing Club Paris, France ca 1950]14. Gaston BARREAU 2 [France 1930-50]French Team of the Century-------------------------- 1. FRANCE 1998-2000163 pts 2. FRANCE 1982-1986 102 3. SAINT-ETIENNE 1974-1977 68 4. MARSEILLE 1989-1993 64 5. REIMS 1955-1960 36 6. FRANCE 1958 35 7. PARIS SG 1993-1997 21 8. BORDEAUX 1984-1987 10 9. SAINT-ETIENNE 1967-1970 5 9. NANTES 1979-1983 511. AUXERRE 1993-1996 4
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