UEFA Jubilee Awards
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To celebrate the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)'s 50th anniversary in 2004, each of its member associations was asked by UEFA to choose one of its own players as the single most outstanding player of the past 50 years (1954-2003). The 52 players were known as the Golden Players. The list of players was released in November 2003, and were recognized at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon.
- Albania - Panajot Pano
- Andorra - Koldo
- Armenia - Khoren Hovhannisyan
- Austria - Herbert Prohaska
- Azerbaijan - Anatoliy Banishevskiy
- Belarus - Sergei Aleinikov
- Belgium - Paul Van Himst
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Safet Sušić
- Bulgaria - Hristo Stoichkov
- Croatia - Davor Šuker
- Cyprus - Sotiris Kaiafas
- Czech Republic - Josef Masopust
- Denmark - Michael Laudrup
- England - Bobby Moore
- Estonia - Mart Poom
- Faroe Islands - Abraham Løkin
- Finland - Jari Litmanen
- France - Just Fontaine
- Georgia - Murtaz Khurtsilava
- Germany - Fritz Walter
- Greece - Vassilis Hatzipanagis
- Hungary - Ferenc Puskas
- Iceland - Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
- Republic of Ireland - Johnny Giles
- Israel - Mordechai Spiegler
- Italy - Dino Zoff
- Kazakhstan - Sergey Kvochkin[1]
- Latvia - Aleksandrs Starkovs
- Liechtenstein - Rainer Hasler
- Lithuania - Arminas Narbekovas
- Luxembourg - Louis Pilot
- Macedonia - Darko Pančev
- Malta - Carmel Busuttil
- Moldova - Pavel Cebanu
- Netherlands - Johan Cruijff
- Northern Ireland - George Best[1]
- Norway - Rune Bratseth
- Poland - Włodzimierz Lubański
- Portugal - Eusébio
- Romania - Gheorghe Hagi
- Russia - Lev Yashin
- San Marino - Massimo Bonini
- Scotland - Denis Law
- Serbia and Montenegro - Dragan Džajić
- Slovakia - Ján Popluhár
- Slovenia - Branko Oblak
- Spain - Alfredo Di Stéfano
- Sweden - Henrik Larsson
- Switzerland - Stéphane Chapuisat
- Turkey - Hakan Şükür
- Ukraine - Oleg Blokhin
- Wales - John Charles
- ^ a b In the press release on 29 November 2003, Sergey Kvochkin and Pat Jennings were listed as the Golden Players of Kazakhstan and Northern Ireland respectively [1]. However, in the player profiles posted by UEFA.com in 2004, Evgeni Jarovenko [2] and George Best [3] were listed instead. It is not clear what are the reasons for the discrepancies.