Guerin Sportivo
Italian sports magazine
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The Guerin Sportivo is an Italian sports magazine. It is the oldest sport magazine in the world.[1]
Cover of the 8th issue of 2025 | |
| Categories | Sport |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Format | Magazine (former newspaper) |
| Publisher | Conti Editore |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Company | Conti Editore |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Website | guerinsportivo |
| ISSN | 1122-1712 |
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
From 1976 to 2015, the Guerin d'Oro was awarded to the best Serie A football player.
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 |  Diego Maradona |
Argentinos Juniors |
– |
| 1980 | 1st |  Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
Bayern Munich |
23 |
| 2nd | Manfred Kaltz |
Hamburger SV |
20 | |
| 3rd | Diego Maradona |
Argentinos Juniors |
17 | |
| 1981 | 1st |  Zico |
Flamengo |
26 |
| 2nd | Diego Maradona |
Boca Juniors |
26 | |
| 3rd | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
Bayern Munich |
26 | |
| 1982 | 1st |  Paolo Rossi |
Juventus |
31 |
| 2nd | Gaetano Scirea |
Juventus |
29 | |
| 3rd | Karlheinz Förster |
VfB Stuttgart |
25 | |
| Falcão |
Roma | |||
| 1983 | 1st | Falcão |
Roma |
23 |
| 2nd | Zico |
Udinese |
16 | |
| 3rd |  Michel Platini |
Juventus |
12 | |
| 1984 | 1st | Michel Platini |
Juventus |
63 |
| 2nd |  Ian Rush |
 Liverpool |
3 | |
| 3rd | Diego Maradona |
Napoli |
2 | |
| 1985 | 1st | Michel Platini |
Juventus |
77 |
| 2nd | Diego Maradona |
Napoli |
20 | |
| 3rd |  Enzo Francescoli |
River Plate |
4 | |
| 1986 | 1st | Diego Maradona |
Napoli |
90 |
| 2nd | Alessandro Altobelli |
Inter Milan |
2 | |
| 3rd | Gary Lineker |
 Barcelona |
1 | |
| Jorge Burruchaga |
Nantes | |||
| Emilio Butragueño |
Real Madrid | |||
| Ian Rush |
Liverpool | |||
| 1987 | 1st | Diego Maradona |
Napoli |
5 610 |
| 2nd |  Ruud Gullit |
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 | Sepp Piontek |
 Denmark |
19 |
| 2nd |  Ernst Happel |
Hamburger SV |
13 | |
 Nils Liedholm |
Roma | |||
| 1984 | 1st | Michel Hidalgo |
France |
38 |
| 2nd | Nils Liedholm |
AC Milan |
11 | |
| 3rd | Carlos Bilardo |
Argentina |
6 | |
| 1986 | 1st | Carlos Bilardo |
Argentina |
44 |
| 2nd |  Valeriy Lobanovskyi |
 Dynamo Kyiv |
17 | |
| 3rd | Giovanni Trapattoni |
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 |
42 | 1st |  Aberdeen |
19 | |
| 2nd | Sweden |
5 | 2nd | Hamburger SV |
15 | ||
| West Germany |
3rd | Roma |
11 | ||||
| 1984 | 1st | France |
67 | 1st | Liverpool |
39 | |
| 2nd | Argentina |
1 | 2nd | Independiente |
18 | ||
| Denmark |
3rd | Juventus |
10 | ||||
 Portugal |
— | ||||||
| 1986 | 1st | Argentina |
55 | 1st | Dynamo Kyiv |
39 | |
| 2nd | Soviet Union |
25 | 2nd | Real Madrid |
34 | ||
| 3rd | Denmark |
10 | 3rd | 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 | ||||
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The 50 Greats of the Century
At the end of 1999, the magazine finalised a list of the 50 greatest players of the 20th century, called I grandi del secolo, written by Adalberto Bortolotti.[18]
| Rank | Player | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pelé | Brazil |
| 2 | Diego Maradona | Argentina |
| 3 | Alfredo Di Stefano | Argentina |
| 4 | Johan Cruijff | Netherlands |
| 5 | Giuseppe Meazza | Italy |
| 6 | Ferenc Puskas |  Hungary |
| 7 | Valentino Mazzola | Italy |
| 8 | Juan Alberto Schiaffino | Uruguay |
| 9 | Michel Platini | France |
| 10 | Franz Beckenbauer | Germany |
| 11 | Marco Van Basten | Netherlands |
| 12 | Eusebio | Portugal |
| 13 | Garrincha | Brazil |
| 14 | Gianni Rivera | Italy |
| 15 | Zico | Brazil |
| 16 | Omar Sivori | Argentina |
| 17 | Ricardo Zamora | Spain |
| 18 | Silvio Piola | Italy |
| 19 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
| 20 | Dino Zoff | Italy |