All-Star Team

The All-Star Team, currently named after its current sponsor MasterCard All-Star Team, is a team of the best 23 players, chosen by FIFA's technical study group, from the World Cup Finals. The number of players was expanded from 11 to 16 at the 1998 finals, and then to the current 23. Before 1998, journalists and experts chose a "Dream Team" with outstanding players from each playing position. The teams were chosen mostly by European and South American journalists.

Only two players have been named in three separate All-Star teams: Franz Beckenbauer of West Germany, who was included in the 1966, 1970, and 1974 editions of the All-Star Team, and Djalma Santos in 1954, 1958 and 1962. 18 others have been named to two separate All-Star teams: Luis Monti (1930 and 1934; however, in 1930, he was representing Argentina while in 1934 he represented Italy); Garrincha (1958 and 1962); Pele (1958 and 1970); Bobby Charlton (1966 and 1970); Teofilo Cubillas (1970 and 1978); Rob Rensenbrink (1974 and 1978); Berti Vogts (1974 and 1978); Paolo Rossi (1978 and 1982); Michel Platini (1982 and 1986); Diego Maradona (1986 and 1990); Paolo Maldini (1990 and 1994); Dunga(1994 and 1998); Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, and Ronaldo (1998 and 2002); Lilian Thuram and Zinedine Zidane (1998 and 2006); Michael Ballack and Miroslav Klose (2002 and 2006).

Pele is the only player to be named in All-Star teams 12 years apart (1958 and 1970).

Italy in 2006 and Uruguay in 1930 and 1950 and Germany in 2006 are the only teams to have had a player in every position on the All-Star Team.

With 7 players in 1930, Uruguay is the nation with most players on the same All-Star Team.

34 different Brazilian players were named in All-Star teams, Brazil is also the nation with most nominations with 42 nominees.

All-Star Team

World Cup	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
1934  Italy	Ricardo Zamora	Jacinto Quincoces  Eraldo Monzeglio	Luis Monti  Attilio Ferraris  Leonardo Cilaurren	Giuseppe Meazza  Raimundo Orsi  Enrique Guaita  Matthias Sindelar  Oldřich Nejedly
1938   France	Frantisek Planicka	Pietro Rava  Alfredo Foni  Domingos da Guia	Michele Andreolo  Ugo Locatelli	Silvio Piola  Gino Colaussi  György Sárosi  Gyula Zsengeller  Leônidas
1950  Brazil	Roque Máspoli	Erik Nilsson  José Parra  Víctor Rodríguez Andrade	Obdulio Varela  Bauer	Alcides Ghiggia  Zizinho  Ademir  Jair  Juan Alberto Schiaffino
1954 Switzerland	Gyula Grosics	Ernst Ocwirk  Djalma Santos  José Santamaría	Fritz Walter  József Bozsik	Helmut Rahn  Nándor Hidegkuti  Ferenc Puskás  Sándor Kocsis  Zoltan Czibor
1958   Sweden	Lev Yashin	Djalma Santos Bellini Nílton Santos	Danny Blanchflower Didi	Pele Garrincha Just Fontaine Raymond Kopa Gunnar Gren
1962  Chile	Viliam Schrojf	Djalma Santos Cesare Maldini Valeriy Voronin Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	Zagallo Zitor Josef Masopust	Vava Garrincha Leonel Sanchez
1966   England	Gordon Banks	George Cohen Bobby Moore Vicente Silvio Marzolini	Franz Beckenbauer Mário Coluna Bobby Charlton	Florian Albert Uwe Seeler Eusébio
1970  Mexico	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz	Carlos Alberto Atilio Ancheta Franz Beckenbauer Giacinto Facchetti	Gerson Roberto Rivellino Bobby Charlton	Pele Gerd Müller Jairzinho
1974 West Germany	Sepp Maier	Berti Vogts Ruud Krol Franz Beckenbauer Paul Breitner	Wolfgang Overath Kazimierz Deyna Johan Neeskens	Rob Rensenbrink Johan Cruyff Grzegorz Lato
1978  Argentina	Ubaldo Fillol	Berti Vogts Ruud Krol Daniel Passarella Alberto Tarantini	Dirceu Teofilo Cubillas Rob Rensenbrink	Roberto Bettega Paolo Rossi Mario Kempes
1982   Spain	Dino Zoff	Luizinho Junior Claudio Gentile Fulvio Collovati	Zbigniew Boniek Falcao Michel Platini Zico	Paolo Rossi Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1986  Mexico	Harald Schumacher	Josimar Manuel Amoros Júlio César	Jan Ceulemans Jean Tigana Michel Platini Diego Maradona	Preben Elkjær Larsen Emilio Butragueño Gary Lineker
1990  Italy	Sergio Goycoechea Luis Gabelo Conejo	Andreas Brehme Paolo Maldini Franco Baresi	Diego Maradona Lothar Matthäus Dragan Stojkovic Paul Gascoigne	Salvatore Schillaci Roger Milla Jürgen Klinsmann
1994 USA	Michel Preud'homme	Jorginho Márcio Santos Paolo Maldini	Dunga Krasimir Balakov Gheorghe Hagi Tomas Brolin	Romário Hristo Stoichkov Roberto Baggio
1998  France	Fabien Barthez Jose Luis Chilavert	Roberto Carlos Marcel Desailly Lilian Thuram Frank de Boer Carlos Gamarra	Dunga Rivaldo Michael Laudrup Zinedine Zidane Edgar Davids	Ronaldo Davor Šuker Brian Laudrup Dennis Bergkamp
2002 Korea/Japan	Oliver Kahn Rüştü Reçber	Roberto Carlos Sol Campbell Fernando Hierro Hong Myung-Bo Alpay Özalan	Rivaldo Ronaldinho Michael Ballack Claudio Reyna Yoo Sang-Chul	Ronaldo Miroslav Klose El Hadji Diouf Hasan Sas
2006   Germany	Gianluigi Buffon Jens Lehmann Ricardo	Roberto Ayala John Terry Lilian Thuram Philipp Lahm Fabio Cannavaro Gianluca Zambrotta Ricardo Carvalho	Ze Roberto Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane Michael Ballack Andrea Pirlo Gennaro Gattuso Luís Figo Maniche	Hernan Crespo Thierry Henry Miroslav Klose Luca Toni