South American National Team of the Year

Organized by France Football. 

List of winners
 
1989  Brazil
1990    not known
1991    not known
1992  Brazil
1993  Colombia
1994  Brazil          
1995  Brazil 
1996  Colombia
1997  Brazil
1998  Brazil
1999  Brazil
2000  Argentina
2001  Argentina 
2002  Brazil
2003  Argentina 
2004  Brazil
2005  Brazil
2006  Brazil
 
Wins by Country
 
Brazil            11
 
Argentina          3

Colombia           2

1989

Elected by France Football

    1. Brazil
    2. Uruguay
    3. Argentina
    4. Colombia
    5. Chili
    6. Ecuador
    7. Paraguay
    8. Bolivia
    9. Peru
   10. Venezuela

1992

Elected by France Football

    1. Brazil
    2. Argentina
    3. Uruguay
    4. Colombia
    5. Peru
    6. Ecuador
    7. Chili
    8. Paraguay
 9-10. Bolivia, Venezuela

1993

Elected by France Football

    1. Colombia
    2. Brazil
    3. Argentina
    4. Bolivia
    5. Uruguay
    6. Paraguay
    7. Ecuador
    8. Peru
    9. Chili
   10. Venezuela

1994

Elected by France Football

    1. Brazil
    2. Argentina
    3. Colombia
    4. Bolivia
    5. Chili 
    6. Ecuador 
    7. Uruguay
    8. Peru
    9. Paraguay
   10. Venezuela

1995

Elected by France Football

    1. Brazil
    2. Uruguay
    3. Argentina
    4. Paraguay
    5. Colombia
    6. Ecuador
    7. Peru
    8. Bolivia
    9. Chili
   10. Venezuela

1996

Elected by France Football

    1. Colombia
    2. Paraguay
    3. Brazil
    4. Argentina 
    5. Ecuador 
    6. Chili
    7. Uruguay
    8. Peru
    9. Bolivia
   10. Venezuela

1998

Elected by France Football

    1. Brazil
    2. Argentina
    3. Chili
    4. Paraguay
    5. Colombia
    6. ---

2000

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for every National Team 
in full international matches.
 
                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA
 1. Argentina                   29 - 12 -  9 -  2 -  1 - 24 -  8
 2. Brazil                      27 - 13 -  8 -  3 -  2 - 32 - 10
 3. Uruguay                     18 - 11 -  5 -  3 -  3 - 14 -  7
 4. Paraguay                    26 - 15 -  7 -  5 -  3 - 21 - 12
 5. Colombia                    25 - 16 -  7 -  4 -  5 - 16 - 14
 6. Ecuador                     21 - 15 -  6 -  3 -  6 - 18 - 20
 7. Chile                       22 - 17 -  7 -  1 -  9 - 24 - 25
 8. Peru                        12 - 14 -  3 -  3 -  8 - 14 - 20
 9. Bolivia                     13 - 15 -  3 -  4 -  8 - 14 - 21
10. Venezuela                   10 - 15 -  3 -  1 - 11 - 15 - 33

2001

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for every National Team 
in full international matches.
 
                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA
 1. Argentina                   21 -  9 -  6 -  3 -  0 - 22 -  8
 2. Ecuador                     23 - 14 -  6 -  5 -  3 - 18 - 12
 3. Uruguay                     26 - 17 -  7 -  5 -  5 - 19 - 14
 4. Colombia                    42 - 18 - 13 -  3 -  2 - 32 - 13
 5. Brazil                      28 - 20 -  8 -  4 -  8 - 28 - 19
 6. Venezuela                   14 - 12 -  4 -  2 -  6 - 14 - 25
 7. Paraguay                    16 - 14 -  4 -  4 -  6 - 17 - 23
 8. Peru                        13 - 13 -  3 -  4 -  6 - 11 - 20
 9. Bolivia                      9 - 12 -  2 -  3 -  7 - 16 - 29
10. Chile                       11 - 15 -  3 -  2 - 10 - 12 - 24 

2002

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for every National Team 
in full international matches.


                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA
 1. Brazil                      40 - 15 - 13 -  1 -  1 - 40 -  9
 2. Argentina                   12 -  7 -  3 -  3 -  1 -  8 -  5
 3. Paraguay                    17 - 12 -  4 -  5 -  3 - 15 - 16
 4. Ecuador                     21 - 15 -  6 -  3 -  6 - 13 - 13
 5. Uruguay                     12 - 10 -  3 -  3 -  4 - 14 - 14
 6. Venezuela                   10 -  5 -  3 -  1 -  1 -  5 -  1
 7. Colombia                     4 -  4 -  1 -  1 -  2 -  3 -  4
 8. Bolivia                      1 -  5 -  0 -  1 -  4 -  3 - 13

NB: Chile and Peru not classified.

2003

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for every National Team 
in full international matches.
 
                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA
 1. Argentina                   30 - 13 -  9 -  3 -  1 - 27 - 11
 2. Brazil                      29 - 17 -  8 -  5 -  4 - 21 - 14
 3. Paraguay                    22 - 14 -  6 -  4 -  4 - 15 - 15
 4. Uruguay                     22 - 12 -  6 -  4 -  2 - 27 - 19
 5. Peru                        22 - 15 -  6 -  4 -  5 - 25 - 17
 6. Venezuela                   19 - 12 -  6 -  1 -  5 - 15 - 15
 7. Chile                       14 - 10 -  4 -  2 -  4 - 10 - 11 
 8. Ecuador                     15 - 10 -  4 -  3 -  3 - 10 - 10
 9. Bolivia                      9 -  8 -  3 -  0 -  5 -  9 - 16
10. Colombia                    16 - 17 -  3 -  7 -  7 -  9 - 16

2005

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for every National Team 
in full international matches.
 
                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA
 1. Brazil                      34 - 16 - 10 -  4 -  2 - 47 - 14
 2. Argentina                   28 - 17 -  8 -  4 -  5 - 28 - 23
 3. Ecuador                     28 - 15 -  8 -  4 -  3 - 22 - 17
 4. Paraguay                    25 - 13 -  8 -  1 -  4 - 22 - 17
 5. Colombia                    22 - 17 -  6 -  4 -  7 - 25 - 21
 6. Uruguay                     14 - 11 -  3 -  5 -  3 -  9 - 11
 7. Chile                       12 -  9 -  3 -  3 -  3 - 12 - 14
 8. Peru                        12 - 10 -  3 -  3 -  4 - 11 - 16
 9. Venezuela                    9 - 10 -  2 -  3 -  5 - 12 - 15
10. Bolivia                      4 -  7 -  1 -  1 -  5 -  9 - 17

2006

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for every National Team 
in full international matches.
 
                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA
 1. Brazil                      34 - 13 - 11 -  1 -  1 – 29 -  5
 2. Argentina                   14 -  9 -  4 -  2 -  3 - 16 - 11
 3. Ecuador                     11 - 11 -  3 -  2 -  6 - 10 - 12
 4. Paraguay                    10 - 10 -  2 -  4 -  4 - 10 - 11
 5. Chile                       20 -  9 -  6 -  2 -  1 - 16 -  9
 6. Colombia                    12 -  7 -  3 -  3 -  1 -  8 -  7
 7. Uruguay                     17 - 10 -  5 -  2 -  3 - 13 -  7 
 8. Venezuela                   11 -  9 -  3 -  2 -  4 -  5 - 10
 9. Peru                         6 -  7 -  1 -  3 -  3 -  7 - 10
--. Bolivia                      3 -  1 -  1 -  0 -  0 -  5 -  1

Note: Bolivia was not ranked as they played less than 4 games.

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Prepared and maintained by Erik Garin and José Luis Pierrend for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Erik Garin (garinerik@hispeed.ch) and José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 6 Jul 2007

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