European Sports Media (ESM), formerly European Sports Magazines, is a European association of football related publications.
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ESM Members
The members of this group elect each month a European "Team of the Month", and annually a European "Team of the Year".
The founding member magazines of ESM were:
In 1997, Onze Mondial were replaced by France Football as French representatives; Sport disappeared at the end of 1999 due to bankruptcy; France Football left the group before the 2001–02 season; in their place, Sport Express (Russia) were added at the beginning of 2002, and Fanatik (Turkey) entered the group at the beginning of 2003. During the summer of that year, Tipsbladet (Denmark) joined the group. Since 2013, SO FOOT is the French representative for ESM.
Since 2004, Afrique Football (France) joined ESM as an associated member.
In 2007, Soccer Weekly of China was accepted as the tenth member of the ESM, the first outside Europe.
In January 2012, ESM consists of:
ESM Golden Shoe
Since 1996 the ESM rewards Europe's best strikers with the European Golden Shoe.