Voetbal International (VI) is a Dutch football magazine. It is the oldest Dutch football magazine that is still running.
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 Pieter Zwart and Freek Jansen. The magazine has had a sharply declining circulation in recent years. The current total paid weekly circulation is 24,590 magazines.NMO Magazines oplagecijfers kerncijfers
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: 155,491Gecertificeerde jaarcijfers HOI 2011 (archived) 2016: 85,445 2020: 41,993 2022: 33,752 2023: 30,433 2024: 28,312 2025: 25,204 2026 Q1: 24,590
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.Voetbaljaarboek 2010 - Voetbal International
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.Voetbal Insite keert toch terug bij RTL, maar wel onder een andere naam: Voetbal International Totaal TV. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2014. 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.Voetbal International Retrieved 6 September 2014.
On 21 October 2011, Voetbal International was awarded the 'Golden Television Ring 2011' for best television program of the year.
Awards 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. +YearPlayerTeamRef2015–16 Vincent JanssenAZ2016–17 Nicolai JørgensenFeyenoord2017–18 Alireza JahanbakhshAZ2018–19Hakim ZiyechAjax2019–20Not awarded as the league was terminated due to COVID-19 Pandemic.2020–21 Riechedly BazoerVitesse2021–22 Cody GakpoPSV
Player of the Century At the end of 1999, the magazine elected Pele as the best footballer in the 20th century, after a voting between its readers.
The top 10 list is as follows : +PositionPlayerNationality1.Pelé2.Johan Cruyff 3.Diego Maradona4.Alfredo Di Stéfano 5.Franz Beckenbauer 6.Garrincha 7. Ferenc Puskas8.Marco Van Basten 9.George Best 10. Eusebio
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.
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.
The top 7 list is as follows : +PositionPlayerNationality1.Lionel Messi2.Diego Maradona3.Johan Cruyff 4.Pelé5.Alfredo Di Stéfano 6.Zinedine Zidane 7.Ronaldo
Other placings are listed as below:
+PositionPlayerNationality10.Marco Van Basten50.Henri Coppens74.Sandro Mazzola75.Dennis Bergkamp 83.Dragan Dzajic84.Frank Rijkaard 85.Just Fontaine86.Paulo Roberto Falcao87.Gigi Riva88.Arjen Robben89.Hugo Sanchez90.Ruud Krol91.Ryan Giggs95.Leônidas96.Neymar97.Edwin van der Sar
References
External links
Voetbal International's Wereldsterren by Raf Willems at rsssf.org