ELEVEN IDEAL WORLD DECADE BY DECADE
By Glavisted
1900's (1900-1909)
2-3-5 FORMATION:

GK Leigh ROOSE ( Stoke City, Everton, Sunderland)
CB Bob CROMPTON ( Blackburn Rovers)
CB Howard SPENCER ( Aston Villa)
DMF Alex RAISBECK ( Liverpool)
DMF Bok DE KORVER ( Sparta Rotterdam)
DMF Ernest NEEDHAM ( Sheffield United)
SS Bobby WALKER ( Hearts)
SS Steve BLOOMER ( Derby County, Middlesbrough)
RWF Billy MEREDITH ( Manchester City, Manchester United)
LWF Alex SMITH ( Rangers)
CF Vivian WOODWARD ( Tottenham Hotspur)
BEST PLAYER:
Steve BLOOMER | Vivian WOODWARD
1910's (1910-1919)
2-3-5 FORMATION:

GK Sam HARDY ( Liverpool, Aston Villa)
CB Bob CROMPTON ( Blackburn Rovers)
CB Renzo DE VECCHI ( AC Milan, Genoa)
DMF José María BELAUSTE ( Athletic Bilbao)
DMF Nils MIDDELBOE ( Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Chelsea)
DMF José VANZZINO ( Nacional)
SS Alberto OHACO ( Racing Club)
SS Imre SCHLOSSER ( Ferencváros, MTK Budapest)
RWF Patsy GALLAGHER ( Celtic)
LWF Ángel ROMANO ( Nacional)
CF Arthur FRIEDENREICH ( Ypiranga, SC Germania, Mackenzie College, Paulistano)
BEST PLAYER:
Imre SCHLOSSER
First Part of the 20's (1920-1924)
2-3-5 FORMATION:

GK Américo TESORIERE ( Boca Juniors)
CB José NASAZZI ( Bella Vista)
CB Renzo DE VECCHI ( Genoa)
DMF José Leandro ANDRADE ( Bella Vista, Nacional)
DMF Karel PEŠEK ( Sparta Prague)
DMF David MEIKLEJOHN ( Rangers)
SS György ORTH ( MTK Budapest)
RWF Kalman KONRÁD ( Austria Wien)
LWF Alan MORTON ( Rangers)
SS Héctor SCARONE ( Nacional)
SS Manuel SEOANE ( Independiente)
BEST PLAYER:
György ORTH
Second Part of the 20's (1925-1929)
2-3-5 FORMATION:

GK Ricardo ZAMORA - Espanyol)
CB José NASAZZI ( Bella Vista)
CB Virginio ROSETTA ( Juventus)
DMF José Leandro ANDRADE ( Nacional)
DMF Manuel FLEITAS SOLICH ( Nacional, Boca Juniors)
DMF David MEIKLEJOHN ( Rangers)
SS Héctor SCARONE ( Nacional, Barcelona)
SS Josep SAMITIER ( Barcelona)
RWF József TAKÁCS ( Vasas, Ferencváros)
LWF Raimundo ORSI ( Independiente, Juventus)
CF Dixie DEAN ( Everton)
BEST PLAYER:
José Leandro ANDRADE | Héctor SCARONE
First Part of the 30's (1930-1934)
2-3-5 FORMATION:

GK Ricardo ZAMORA ( Real Madrid)
CB Milutin IVKOVIĆ ( FK BASK)
CB Jacinto QUINCOCES ( Real Madrid)
DMF Josef SMISTIK ( Rapid Wien)
DMF Luis MONTI ( Juventus)
DMF Fritz SZEPAN ( Schalke 04)
SS Giuseppe MEAZZA ( Internazionale)
SS Alex JAMES ( Arsenal)
RWF Carlos PEUCELLE ( River Plate)
LWF Raimundo ORSI ( Juventus)
CF Matthias SINDELAR ( Austria Wien)
BEST PLAYER:
Giuseppe MEAZZA | Matthias SINDELAR
Second Part of the 30's (1935-1939)
2-3-5 FORMATION:

GK František PLÁNIČKA ( Slavia Prague)
CB DOMINGOS da Guia ( Boca Juniors, Flamengo)
CB Pietro RAVA ( Juventus)
DMF Paul JANES ( Fortuna Düsseldorf)
DMF Michele ANDREOLO ( Bologna)
DMF Antonio SASTRE ( Independiente)
SS György SÁROSI ( Ferencváros)
SS LEÔNIDAS ( Flamengo)
RWF Carlos PEUCELLE ( River Plate)
LWF Enrique GARCÍA ( Racing Club)
CF Arsenio ERICO ( Independiente)
BEST PLAYER:
György SÁROSI
First Part of the 40's (1940-1944)
2-3-5 FORMATION:

GK Franjo GLASER ( Građanski Zagreb)
CB José SALOMÓN ( Boca Juniors)
CB Pietro RAVA ( Juventus)
DMF Carlos SOSA ( Boca Juniors)
DMF Ángel PERUCCA ( Newell's Old Boys)
DMF Antonio SASTRE ( Independiente, São Paulo)
SS Adolfo PEDERNERA ( River Plate)
RWF ZIZINHO ( Flamengo)
LWF Agustín GAÍNZA ( Athletic Bilbao)
SS José Manuel MORENO ( River Plate)
SS Josef BICAN ( Slavia Prague)
BEST PLAYER:
José Manuel MORENO
Second Part of the 40's (1945-1949)
3-2-2-3 FORMATION:

GK Roque MÁSPOLI ( Peñarol)
CB Branko STANKOVIĆ ( Red Star Belgrade)
CB Neil FRANKLIN ( Stoke City)
CB Erik NILSSON ( Malmö)
DMF Obdulio VARELA ( Peñarol)
DMF DANILO Alvim ( Vasco da Gama)
AMF ZIZINHO ( Flamengo)
AMF Valentino MAZZOLA ( Torino)
RWF Stanley MATTHEWS ( Stoke City, Blackpool)
LWF Félix LOUSTAU ( River Plate)
CF ADEMIR de Menezes ( Fluminense, Vasco da Gama)
BEST PLAYER:
ZIZINHO | Valentino MAZZOLA
First Part of the 50's (1950-1954)
3-2-5 FORMATION:

GK Vladimir BEARA ( Hajduk Split)
CB Billy WRIGHT ( Wolverhampton Wanderers)
CB Ernst OCWIRK ( Austria Wien)
CB Nílton SANTOS ( Botafogo)
DMF József BOZSIK ( Budapest Honvéd)
DMF Nils LIEDHOLM ( AC Milan)
SS Ladislao KUBALA ( Barcelona)
SS Ferenc PUSKÁS ( Budapest Honvéd)
RWF Stanley MATTHEWS ( Blackpool)
LWF Tom FINNEY ( Preston North End)
CF Alfredo DI STÉFANO ( Millonarios, Real Madrid)
BEST PLAYER:
Ferenc PUSKÁS
Second Part of the 50's (1955-1959)
4-2-4 FORMATION:

GK Lev YASHIN ( Dynamo Moscow)
CB Billy WRIGHT ( Wolverhampton Wanderers)
CB José SANTAMARÍA ( Nacional, Real Madrid)
RB Djalma SANTOS ( Portuguesa)
LB Nílton SANTOS ( Botafogo)
DMF DIDI ( Botafogo, Real Madrid)
DMF Duncan EDWARDS ( Manchester United)
RWF GARRINCHA ( Botafogo)
LWF Omar SÍVORI ( River Plate, Juventus)
SS PELÉ ( Santos)
SS Alfredo DI STÉFANO ( Real Madrid)
BEST PLAYER:
Alfredo DI STÉFANO
First Part of the 60's (1960-1964)
4-2-4 FORMATION:

GK Lev YASHIN ( Dynamo Moscow)
SWP Karl-Heinz SCHNELLINGER ( 1. FC Köln, Mantova)
CB Ján POPLUHÁR ( Slovan Bratislava)
RB Djalma SANTOS ( Palmeiras)
LB Silvio MARZOLINI ( Boca Juniors)
DMF Luis SUÁREZ ( Barcelona, Internazionale)
DMF Josef MASOPUST ( Dukla Prague)
RWF GARRINCHA ( Botafogo)
LWF Francisco GENTO ( Real Madrid)
SS EUSÉBIO ( Benfica)
SS PELÉ ( Santos)
BEST PLAYER:
PELÉ
Second Part of the 60's (1965-1969)
4-3-3 FORMATION:

GK Gordon BANKS ( Leicester City, Stoke City)
CB Bobby MOORE ( West Ham United)
CB Albert SHESTERNYOV ( CSKA Moscow)
RB CARLOS ALBERTO ( Santos)
LB Giacinto FACCHETTI (Internazionale)
DMF Franz BECKENBAUER ( Bayern München)
AMF Bobby CHARLTON ( Manchester United)
AMF PELÉ ( Santos)
RWF Jimmy JOHNSTONE ( Celtic)
LWF George BEST ( Manchester United)
SS EUSÉBIO ( Benfica)
BEST PLAYER:
Bobby CHARLTON | George BEST | PELÉ | EUSÉBIO
First Part of the 70's (1970-1974)
4-3-3 FORMATION:

GK Sepp MAIER ( Bayern München)
SWP Franz BECKENBAUER ( Bayern München)
CB Elías FIGUEROA ( Peñarol, Internacional)
RB Berti VOGTS ( Borussia Mönchengladbach)
LB Paul BREITNER ( Bayern München)
CMF Johan NEESKENS ( Ajax)
CMF Wim VAN HANEGEM ( Feyenoord)
AMF Johan CRUIJFF ( Ajax)
RWF JAIRZINHO ( Botafogo)
LWF RIVELINO ( Corinthians)
CF Gerd MÜLLER (:GER: Bayern München)
BEST PLAYER:
Franz BECKENBAUER | Johan CRUIJFF
Second Part of the 70's (1975-1979)
4-3-3 FORMATION:

GK Dino ZOFF ( Juventus)
SWP Daniel PASSARELLA ( River Plate)
CB Elías FIGUEROA ( Internacional, Palestino)
RB Danny McGRAIN ( Celtic)
LB Ruud KROL ( Ajax)
DMF Marco TARDELLI ( Juventus)
AMF ZICO ( Flamengo)
AMF Teófilo CUBILLAS ( Porto, Alianza Lima, Fort Lauderdale Strikers)
RWF Kevin KEEGAN ( Liverpool, Hamburger SV)
LWF Oleg BLOKHIN ( Dynamo Kyiv)
CF Mario KEMPES ( Rosario Central, Valencia)
BEST PLAYER:
ZICO | Mario KEMPES
First Part of the 80's (1980-1984)
4-5-1 FORMATION:

GK Peter SHILTON ( Nottingham Forest, Southampton)
SWP Gaetano SCIREA ( Juventus)
CB Daniel PASSARELLA ( Fiorentina, Internazionale, River Plate)
RB Claudio GENTILE ( Juventus)
LB JÚNIOR ( Flamengo, Torino)
DMF Jean TIGANA ( Olympique Lyon, Girondins Bordeaux)
DMF FALCÃO ( AS Roma)
AMF SÓCRATES ( Corinthians)
AMF Michel PLATINI ( Saint-Étienne, Juventus)
AMF ZICO ( Flamengo, Udinese)
CF Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE ( Bayern München)
BEST PLAYER:
Michel PLATINI | ZICO
Second Part of the 80's (1985-1989)
4-4-2 FORMATION:

GK Rinat DASAEV ( Spartak Moscow)
SWP Franco BARESI ( AC Milan)
CB Pietro VIERCHOWOD ( Sampdoria)
RB Giuseppe BERGOMI ( Internazionale)
LB Andreas BREHME ( Kaiserslautern, Internazionale)
DMF Frank RIJKAARD ( Ajax, Real Zaragoza, AC Milan)
DMF Lothar MATTHÄUS ( Bayern München, Internazionale)
AMF Ruud GULLIT ( PSV Eindhoven, AC Milan)
AMF Diego MARADONA ( Napoli)
CF Marco VAN BASTEN ( Ajax, AC Milan)
CF Hugo SÁNCHEZ ( Real Madrid)
BEST PLAYER:
Diego MARADONA
First Part of the 90's (1990-1994)
4-3-3 FORMATION:

GK Peter SCHMEICHEL ( Brøndby, Manchester United)
SWP Franco BARESI ( AC Milan)
CB Ronald KOEMAN ( Barcelona)
RB JORGINHO ( Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern München)
LB Paolo MALDINI ( AC Milan)
DMF Lothar MATTHÄUS ( Internazionale, Bayern München)
AMF Gheorghe HAGI ( Real Madrid, Brescia, Barcelona)
AMF Michael LAUDRUP ( Barcelona)
SS Roberto BAGGIO ( Juventus)
SS Hristo STOICHKOV ( Barcelona)
CF ROMÁRIO ( PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona)
BEST PLAYER:
ROMÁRIO
Second Part of the 90's (1995-1999)
4-4-2 FORMATION:

GK José Luis CHILAVERT ( Vélez Sarsfield)
CB Marcel DESAILLY ( AC Milan, Chelsea)
CB Paolo MALDINI ( AC Milan)
RB Lilian THURAM ( Parma)
LB ROBERTO CARLOS ( Internazionale, Real Madrid)
DMF Fernando REDONDO ( Real Madrid)
RMF Luís FIGO ( Barcelona)
LMF RIVALDO ( Palmeiras, Deportivo La Coruña, Barcelona)
AMF Zinedine ZIDANE ( Girondins Bordeaux, Juventus)
CF Gabriel BATISTUTA ( Fiorentina)
CF RONALDO ( PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Internazionale)
BEST PLAYER:
RONALDO
First Part of the 2000's (2000-2004)
4-4-2 FORMATION:

GK Gianluigi BUFFON ( Parma, Juventus)
CB Alessandro NESTA ( Lazio, AC Milan)
CB Fabio CANNAVARO ( Parma, Internazionale, Juventus)
RB CAFÚ ( AS Roma, AC Milan)
LB ROBERTO CARLOS ( Real Madrid)
DMF Patrick VIEIRA ( Arsenal)
AMF Michael BALLACK ( Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern München)
AMF Zinedine ZIDANE ( Juventus, Real Madrid)
AMF Pavel NEDVĚD ( Lazio, Juventus)
CF Andriy SHEVCHENKO ( AC Milan)
CF Thierry HENRY ( Arsenal)
BEST PLAYER:
Zinedine ZIDANE
Second Part of the 2000's (2005-2009)
4-3-3 FORMATION:

GK Iker CASILLAS ( Real Madrid)
CB Carles PUYOL ( Barcelona)
CB John TERRY ( Chelsea)
RB DANI ALVES ( Sevilla, Barcelona)
LB Ashley COLE (:ENG: Arsenal, Chelsea)
DMF XAVI ( Barcelona)
DMF Steven GERRARD ( Liverpool)
AMF KAKÁ ( AC Milan)
RWF CRISTIANO RONALDO ( Manchester United, Real Madrid)
LWF RONALDINHO ( Barcelona, AC Milan)
SS Lionel MESSI ( Barcelona)
BEST PLAYER:
RONALDINHO
First Part of the 2010's (2010-2013)
4-3-3 FORMATION:

GK Manuel NEUER ( Schalke 04, Bayern München)
CB Sergio RAMOS ( Real Madrid)
CB Nemanja VIDIĆ ( Manchester United)
RB Philipp LAHM ( Bayern München)
LB MARCELO ( Real Madrid)
DMF Yaya TOURÉ ( Barcelona, Manchester City)
CMF XAVI ( Barcelona)
CMF Andrés INIESTA ( Barcelona)
RWF Arjen ROBBEN ( Bayern München)
LWF CRISTIANO RONALDO ( Real Madrid)
SS Lionel MESSI ( Barcelona)
BEST PLAYER:
Lionel MESSI
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