Voetbal International

Voetbal International (VI) is a Dutch football magazine. It is the oldest Dutch football magazine that is still running.

Voetbal International
Editor-in-ChiefFreek Jansen, Peter Wekking, Pieter Zwart
CategoriesFootball magazines
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherPXR
Founded1965 (1965)
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch
Websitewww.vi.nl
ISSN0042-7977

History and Profile

Voetbal International was established in 1965. VI was one of the founding members of ESM. It left the group in 2007. Voetbal International was acquired in 2019 by the publishing house Digital Enterprises. The chief editors of the magazine are Freek Jansen, Peter Wekking and Pieter Zwart. The magazine has had a sharply declining circulation in recent years. In the first quarter of 2022, the total paid weekly circulation was 32,031 magazines.[1]

In addition to the regular magazine that comes out every Wednesday, VI every summer publishes season previews before the start of the Dutch league season. For years they have made a guide for the Dutch season, including the fixture lists and information and statistics of every Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie team and its players. They have also issued season previews of the English, German, French, Belgian and Spanish competitions as well as for the Dutch Hoofdklasse, the highest amateur league.

Weekly circulation of Voetbal International

Total paid targeted circulation according to HOI, Instituut voor Media Auditing and Nationaal Onderzoek Multimedia.

  • 1970: 105,272
  • 1985: 176,231
  • 1990: 198,253
  • 1995: 209,286
  • 2000: 188,209
  • 2011: 155,491[2]
  • 2016: 85,445
  • 2020: 41,993
  • 2022: 33,752[3]
  • 2023 Q2: 32,031[4]

Football Yearbook

From 1978, VI had published a Dutch Football Yearbook every year, with a review of the Dutch professional leagues and their national football team as well as international tournaments. Since 2006 they publish the Brinvest Voetbaljaarboek.[5]

Television Programme

Since 2008, a programme aired by RTL 7 (Netherlands) is called Voetbal International as well. The show was formerly known as Voetbal Insite, but had to be sponsored to assure its future.[6] Since that moment, former football player René van der Gijp has been made a series regular, after Willem van Hanegem quit the job. Voetbal International's editor Johan Derksen has a permanent place as an analyser. The show is being broadcast every Monday and Friday evening at 20:30 during the football season and lasts ninety minutes.[7]

On 21 October 2011 Voetbal International was awarded the 'Golden Television Ring 2011' for best television program of the year.

VI Eredivisie Best Player of the Year

Voetbal International has been awarding the VI Eredivisie Best Player of the Year since 2016. The award is based on the magazine's ranking of the players' performance in the league.

Year Player Team Ref
2015–16 Netherlands Vincent Janssen AZ [8]
2016–17 Denmark Nicolai Jørgensen Feyenoord [8]
2017–18 Iran Alireza Jahanbakhsh AZ [8]
2018–19 MoroccoHakim Ziyech Ajax [8]
2019–20 Not awarded as the league was terminated due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
2020–21 Netherlands Riechedly Bazoer Vitesse [9]
2021–22 Netherlands Cody Gakpo PSV [10]

Top 100 Footballers Of All Time

On 7 June 2017, the magazine elected Argentine Lionel Messi as the best footballer in history, after a voting that took place in order to rank the top 100 footballers of all time.[11]

Messi won the poll earning the number one spot ahead of compatriot Diego Maradona and Dutch legend Johan Cruyff, that came second and third respectively.[12]

The top 7 list is as follows :

Position Player Nationality
1. Lionel Messi Argentina
2. Diego Maradona Argentina
3. Johan Cruyff Netherlands
4. Pelé Brazil
5. Alfredo Di Stéfano Argentina
6. Zinedine Zidane France
7. Ronaldo Brazil

Other placings are listed as below:

Position Player Nationality
10. Marco Van Basten Netherlands
50. Henri Coppens Belgium
74. Sandro Mazzola Italy
75. Dennis Bergkamp Netherlands
83. Dragan Dzajic Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
84. Frank Rijkaard Netherlands
85. Just Fontaine France
86. Paulo Roberto Falcao Brazil
87. Gigi Riva Italy
88. Arjen Robben Netherlands
89. Hugo Sanchez Mexico
90. Ruud Krol Netherlands
91. Ryan Giggs Wales
95. Leônidas Brazil
96. Neymar Brazil
97. Edwin van der Sar Netherlands

References
  1. Nationaal Onderzoek Multimedia
  2. Gecertificeerde jaarcijfers HOI 2011 (archived)
  3. "NOM dashboard". Nationaal Onderzoek Multimedia. 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  4. "NOM dashboard". Nationaal Onderzoek Multimedia. 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  5. Voetbaljaarboek 2010 - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  6. Voetbal Insite keert toch terug bij RTL, maar wel onder een andere naam: Voetbal International Totaal TV. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  7. Voetbal International Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  8. "VI Speler van het Jaar: Hakim Ziyech, de complete spelmaker". www.vi.nl. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  9. "Bazoer blijft Wijndal en Tadic voor en is VI Speler van het Jaar". www.vi.nl. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  10. "Cody Gakpo wint Speler van het Jaar-klassement van VI". www.vi.nl. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  11. "Cookies op VI.nl". www.vi.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  12. Sport (2017-06-10). "Lionel Messi, voted the best player in the history of football". sport. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
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