Guerin Sportivo

The Guerin Sportivo is an Italian sports magazine. It is the oldest sport magazine in the world.[1]

Guerin Sportivo
FrequencyMonthly
FormatMagazine (former newspaper)
PublisherConti Editore
Founded1912
CompanyConti Editore
LanguageItalian
Websiteguerinsportivo.it
ISSN1122-1712

Journalists who worked for the magazine include Gianni Brera,[1] Indro Montanelli,[1] Giorgio Tosatti,[2] Darwin Pastorin, Carlo Nesti, Mario Sconcerti, Stefano Disegni and Rino Tommasi.

History and profile

Founded in 1912 in Turin, it is published every month.[3][1]

The title and the logo, depicting a medieval knight throwing a javelin, are inspired by the lead character in Andrea di Barberino's chivalric romance Il Guerrin Meschino ("The Wretched Guerrin"), written in 1410.[1]

Originally, it was printed on green paper, whence the popular nickname verdolino,[1] and also housed satirical panels.[4][5] Characters used in his panels by artist Carlin (a zebra for Juventus, a female wolf for Roma, a devil for Milan and others) inspired most of the symbols of Italian sides used today.[4][5]

In the mid-1970s, Guerin Sportivo moved from newspaper to magazine format, starting to include a greater number of photos. Since its origins, most of the content was devoted to football, other sports being given less detail. Since the 1990s, virtually all pages are dedicated to football.[1]

Guerin Sportivo is published by Conti Editore.[6] The publisher itself is owned by the Corriere dello Sport – Stadio and Tuttosport groups.[7] The two daily sports newspapers are owned by Roberto Amodei.[8][9]

Circulation

In 2007, Guerin Sportivo had a circulation of 45,067 copies.[10]

Awards

Over the years, Guerin Sportivo has presented several annual awards.

Guerin d'Oro
Main article: Guerin d'Oro

From 1976 to 2015, the Guerin d'Oro was awarded to the best Serie A football player.

Bravo Award
Main article: Bravo Award

From 1975 to 2015, the Bravo Award was awarded to the most outstanding young European footballer.

Player of the Year (1979–1986)

The winner was chosen by reporters, readers and writers of the magazine from many countries. It was first awarded in 1979 and was discontinued in 1986.[11][12][13][14] In 1987, Guerin Sportivo held a vote between Diego Maradona and Ruud Gullit to decide the best player of the year. Diego Maradona won by a small margin.[15]

Year Rank Player Team Points
1979 1st Argentina Diego Maradona Argentina Argentinos Juniors –
1980 1st West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich 23
2nd West Germany Manfred Kaltz West Germany Hamburger SV 20
3rd Argentina Diego Maradona Argentina Argentinos Juniors 17
1981 1st Brazil Zico Brazil Flamengo 26
2nd Argentina Diego Maradona Argentina Boca Juniors 26
3rd West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich 26
1982 1st Italy Paolo Rossi Italy Juventus 31
2nd Italy Gaetano Scirea Italy Juventus 29
3rd West Germany Karlheinz Förster West Germany VfB Stuttgart 25
Brazil Falcão Italy Roma
1983 1st Brazil Falcão Italy Roma 23
2nd Brazil Zico Italy Udinese 16
3rd France Michel Platini Italy Juventus 12
1984 1st France Michel Platini Italy Juventus 63
2nd Wales Ian Rush England Liverpool 3
3rd Argentina Diego Maradona Italy Napoli 2
1985 1st France Michel Platini Italy Juventus 77
2nd Argentina Diego Maradona Italy Napoli 20
3rd Uruguay Enzo Francescoli Argentina River Plate 4
1986 1st Argentina Diego Maradona Italy Napoli 90
2nd Italy Alessandro Altobelli Italy Inter Milan 2
3rd England Gary Lineker Spain Barcelona 1
Argentina Jorge Burruchaga France Nantes
Spain Emilio Butragueño Spain Real Madrid
Wales Ian Rush England Liverpool
1987 1st Argentina Diego Maradona Italy Napoli 5 610
2nd Netherlands Ruud Gullit Italy AC Milan 5 577

Manager of the Year

Guerin Sportivo also chose a Manager of the Year in 1983, 1984 and 1986.[16][17]

Year Rank Manager Team Points
1983 1st Germany Sepp Piontek Denmark Denmark 19
2nd Austria Ernst Happel Germany Hamburger SV 13
Sweden Nils Liedholm Italy Roma
1984 1st France Michel Hidalgo France France 38
2nd Sweden Nils Liedholm Italy AC Milan 11
3rd Argentina Carlos Bilardo Argentina Argentina 6
1986 1st Argentina Carlos Bilardo Argentina Argentina 44
2nd Ukraine Valeriy Lobanovskyi Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 17
3rd Italy Giovanni Trapattoni Italy Inter Milan 13

Team of the Year

Guerin Sportivo also chose a National Team of the Year and a Club Team of the Year in 1983, 1984 and 1986.[16][17]

National Team of the Year Club Team of the Year
Year Rank Team Points Rank Team Points
1983 1st Denmark Denmark 42 1st Scotland Aberdeen 19
2nd Sweden Sweden 5 2nd Germany Hamburger SV 15
West Germany West Germany 3rd Italy Roma 11
1984 1st France France 67 1st England Liverpool 39
2nd Argentina Argentina 1 2nd Argentina Independiente 18
Denmark Denmark 3rd Italy Juventus 10
Portugal Portugal —
1986 1st Argentina Argentina 55 1st Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 39
2nd Soviet Union Soviet Union 25 2nd Spain Real Madrid 34
3rd Denmark Denmark 10 3rd Argentina River Plate 16

All-Star Team

The Player of the Year was chosen from 1980 to 1983 based on appearances in All-Star team votes. In 1984 and 1986, a separate vote for an All-Star team was conducted.[11][12][13][14]

Year Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
1980

Spain Luis Arconada

West Germany Manfred Kaltz
Austria Bruno Pezzey
Netherlands Ruud Krol
Italy Claudio Gentile

West Germany Bernd Schuster
Argentina Diego Maradona
Italy Giancarlo Antognoni

West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
West Germany Horst Hrubesch
Brazil Zico

1981

Spain Luis Arconada

West Germany Manfred Kaltz
Netherlands Ruud Krol
Austria Bruno Pezzey
Brazil Júnior

West Germany Bernd Schuster
West Germany Paul Breitner
Brazil Zico

West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Argentina Diego Maradona
Soviet Union Oleg Blokhin

1982

Soviet Union Rinat Dasayev

Italy Claudio Gentile
Belgium Eric Gerets
West Germany Karlheinz Förster
Italy Gaetano Scirea

Brazil Falcão
Italy Marco Tardelli
Argentina Diego Maradona

Italy Bruno Conti
Italy Paolo Rossi
West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

1983

Soviet Union Rinat Dasayev

Belgium Eric Gerets
West Germany Karlheinz Förster
Sweden Glenn Hysén
Italy Antonio Cabrini

Brazil Falcão
England Bryan Robson
France Michel Platini
Argentina Diego Maradona

Brazil Zico
West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

1984

West Germany Toni Schumacher

West Germany Hans-Peter Briegel
West Germany Karlheinz Förster
France Maxime Bossis
Italy Antonio Cabrini

France Jean Tigana
Scotland Graeme Souness
France Michel Platini
England Bryan Robson

Wales Ian Rush
West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

1986

Soviet Union Rinat Dasayev

Brazil Josimar
Brazil Júlio César
Denmark Morten Olsen
France Manuel Amoros

Argentina Jorge Burruchaga
West Germany Lothar Matthäus
Argentina Diego Maradona
France Luis Fernandez

Soviet Union Igor Belanov
Spain Emilio Butragueño

See also

References
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