NATIONAL ALL-TIME TEAMS

(West) Germany : My all-time teams :
1st team
1 Sepp Maier
2 A Brehme- 3 P Breitner- 4 K-H Schnellinger- 5 F Beckenbauer
6 L Matthaüs- 8 F Walter (cap)- 10 W Overath
7 K H Rummenigge- 9 G Müller- 11 U Seeler

2nd team 3-5-2
O Kahn (cap)
M Kaltz- M Sammer- KH Förster
J Posipal- R Bonhof- B Schuster- G Netzer- P Lahm
J Klinsmann- H Rahn

German Teams (4-4-2) by my friend Carsten
Sepp Meier,
Phillip Lahm - Franz Beckenbauer (Capt.) - Georg Schwarzenbeck - Lothar Matthäus,
Matthias Sammer - K.H. Förster - Günter Netzer - Bastian Schweinsteiger,
Gerd Müller - Miroslav Klose

2nd. German Team (4-4-2)
Oliver Kahn,
Berti Vogts - Jürgen Kohler - A. Brehme - M. Kaltz
Fritz Walter (Capt.)- Thomas Häßler - A. Möller - P. Littbarski,
Jürgen Klinsmann - Helmut Rahn

German squad (23) from my german/australian friend Kurt
O.KAHN
B.VOGTS F.BECKENBAUER KH.FOERSTER P.BREITNER
KH.RUMMENIGGE L.MATTHAEUS F.WALTER(C) W.OVERATH
H.RAHN G.MUELLER
COACH: S.HERBERGER
SUBS: S.MAIER, KH.SCHNELLINGER, M.KALTZ, J.KOEHLER,A.BREHME, M.SAMMER, G.NETZER, B.SCHUSTER, P.JANES, U.SEELER, R.VOELLER, J.KLINSMANN
HONARABLE MENTION: M.KLOSE, T.HAESSLER, P.LITTBARSKI, U.STIELIKE, M.BALLACK, T.SCHUMACHER, H.HALLER, G.SCHWARZENBECK, R.BONHOF, H.SCHAEFER, K.FISCHER
Netherlands : My all-time team
1 E van der Saar
2- R Krol- 3 F De Boer-4 F Rijkaard- 5 R Koeman
6 J Neeskens- 8 J Cruyff (cap)- 10 R Gullit
7 D Bergkamp- 9 M van Basten- 11 R Rensenbrink

France : My all-time teams
1st team
1 F Barthez
2 L Thuram- 4 M Desailly- 5 M Bossis- 3 M Amoros
6 J Tigana- 7 R Kopa- 8 Z Zidane- 10 M Platini (cap)
9 J Fontaine- 11 T Henry

2nd team
1 L Di Lorto
2 P Battiston-4 R Jonquet- 5 L Blanc- 3 B Lizarazu
6 L Fernandez- 7 H Michel- 8 A Giresse- 10 R Piantoni
9 JP Papin- 11 J Vincent

Italy : My all-time team (i'm not a big fan of catenaccio)
1 D Zoff
2 G Zambrotta- 4 P Maldini- 5 F Baresi- 3 G Facchetti
6 A Pirlo- 8 G Meazza (cap)- 10 G Rivera
7 R Baggio- 9 S Piola- 11 V Mazzola

ALL ITALIAN TEAM by my italian/american Friend Rick
1ST TEAM 4-4-2
GOALIE - Buffon
DEFENDERS - Scirea , Cannavaro , Maldini , Gentile (surprise)
MIDFIELD - R.Baggio , Pirlo , Rivera, S.Mazzola
FORWARD - Riva and Meazza (although I have never seen him in action)

ALL ITALIAN TEAM 2ND TEAM 4-4-2
GOALIE - Zoff
DEFENDERS - Zambrotta , Baresi , Facchetti , Cabrini ( Honorable mention - Chiellini and Nesta )
MIDFIELD - Tardelli , B.Conti , Gattuso , Antognoni ( Honorable mention - Benetti )
FORWARD - P.Rossi and Pioli ( Honorable mention - Del Piero and Bettega )

Argentina : My all-time team
Carizzo
Zanetti-Passarella-Ayala-Rattin
Redondo-Di Stefano-Maradona (cap)
Messi-Batistuta-Kempes
Spain : My all-time team
Casillas
Sergio Ramos-Hierro-Piqué-Quincoces
Pirri-Xavi-Iniesta
L Suarez-D Villa-Gento

The best hungarian all-time teams by my friend Miklos (very interesting comments)
pyramid system 1-2-3-5

Grosics (Honved, Tatabánya) - "Fekete Párduc (The Black Panther)" - 86 caps, WC54 finalist

Mátrai (Ferencváros) - 81 caps, EURO64 bronze, IFC winner 1965, the 5th man of the 4x 100 hungarian sprinter team in 1952 olympic games!
Sipos (MTK, Honvéd) - "Tüdő (Lung)" - 77/1 caps, EURO64 bronze, strong defender with high kicking technique

Bozsik (Honvéd) - 101/11 caps, WC54 finalist, very intelligent right half-back, one of the brain of the Golden Team
Dr. Sárosi (Ferencváros) - 62/42 caps, WC38 finalist (captain), captain of the Central-European team in the first all star games in 1937 (Central-Europe - Western-Europe 3:1), all-time top scorer of the Mitropa Cup, a very intelligent versatile player,
Orth (MTK) - 32/13 caps, absolutely versatile player, he was even goalkeeper several times!, according to some old people he was the ever best hungarian player

Kubala (Ferencváros, Slovan, Vasas, Barcelona) - "the founder of the Camp Nou" :), EC1 finalist, IFC winner
Kocsis (Ferencváros, Honvéd, Barcelona) - "Kocka (Cube)" - 68/75 caps!, WC54 finalist and topscorer of the tournament, EC1 finalist, IFC winner
Albert (Ferencváros) - "Császár (Ceasar)" - 75/31 caps, EURO64 bronze, IFC winner 1965, Golden Ball winner 1967, one the most elegant player of all-time
Puskás (Honvéd, Real Madrid) - "Öcsi (Younger Brother)" - 85/84 caps, WC54 finalist, EC1 winner (3x), the most known hungarian player, the leader of the Golden Team
Czibor (Ferencváros, Csepel, Honvéd, Barcelona) - "Bolond (Fool Man)" - 43/17 caps, WC54 finalist, EC1 finalist, IFC winner, left-winger with right-foot, the rebel of the Golden Team2nd team (WM system):

2nd team (WM system):
Zsák (33FC) - 30 caps, old style player, who never left his (poor and weak) club, He was as good as Zamora at that age.

Rudas (Ferencváros) - 23/3 caps, the best and fastest defender in the 40s, the original right full back of the Golden Team, but he broke his leg in 1950 and never recovered fully
Mészöly (Vasas) - "Szőke Szikla (Blonde Rock)" - 61/6 caps, EURO64 bronze, one of the hero of WC66 Hungary vs Brasil with his injuried arm
Biró (MTK) - 54 caps, WC38 finalist, during his career he worked as a tramway driver paralelly!
Turay (Ferencváros, MTK) - "Császár (Ceasar)" - 48/11, WC38 finalist, started as a centre forward and leader of the Ferencváros when his club defeated Uruguay in Montevideo in 1929 (3:2) in front of 50,000 people !

Lázár (Ferencváros) - "Tanár úr (Teacher)" - 49/1 caps, WC38 finalist, a very elegant half-back from the 30s
Sándor (MTK) - "Csikar" - 75/27 caps, CWC finalist, a very good dribbler and effective scorer, he was left out from the WC54 team (unfortunately :()

Hidegkuti (MTK) - "Öreg (Old Man)" - 69/39 caps, WC54 finalist, a very versatile player in the forward line and one of the brain of the Golden Team
Deák (SZAC, Ferencváros, Újpest) - "Bamba (Foolish)" - 20/29 caps!, Topscorer of the Century, 1945/46: 34/66, 1948/49: 30/59 !
Schlosser (Ferencváros, MTK) - "Slózi" - 68/58 caps, the first hungarian soccer star, 7 times national topscorer, 13 times champion, totally 320/417 in championship!
Fenyvesi Dr. (Ferencváros) - "Tüske (Spike)" - 76/8 caps, EURO64 bronze, IFC winner 1965. He scored the winning goal in the final.
Austria all-time team by my friend Gerhard
Walter Zeman (41 caps 1945-60/ 0)

Ernst Happel (51 caps 1947-58/5 goals) Robert Sara (55 caps 1965-80/ 3 goals) Bruno Pezzey (84 caps 1975-90/ 9 goals) Gerhard Hanappi (93 caps 1948-64/ 12 goals)

Herbert Prohaska (84 caps 1975-89/ 12 goals) Ernst Ocwirk (62 caps 1945-62/ 6 goals) Andi Herzog (103 caps 1988-2000/ 26 goals)

Matthias Sindelar (43 caps 1926-37/ 27 goals) Hans Krankl (69 caps 1973-85/ 34 goals) Anton Polster (95 caps 1982-2000/ 44 goals)

ROMANIAN all-time team by my friend Nick

Goalkeepers: ZOMBORY (MIHAI IONESCU)

Defenders : VOGL- APOLZAN- STEFANESCU -MOCANU

Midfielders : BALACI -DOBRIN- DOBAY- BODOLA

Attackers : MARCEL RADUCANU- DUMITRACHE

Coach : MIRCEA LUCESCU