The greatest Barcelona 11

Just found this on the Goal.com website, about the greatest Barcleona 11, they have had the best players in the world of the last 20 years, its amazing that they only have 2 Euopean cups in there trophy cabinet.

The article:

After Spanish-language Catalan football daily ‘El Mundo Deportivo’ (The Sporting World) offered diehard Barcelona fans the chance to choose their all-time favourite Blaugrana line-up, Goal.com extended the challenge to English-speaking readers and the response has been great...
The original article, for those who missed it, can be accessed by clicking on the ‘The Best Ever Barça First Eleven?’ on the link: http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=144436.

To add to the growing debate about who should be included – and the difficult decision of who to exclude – here are the opinions expressed by a series of well-known pundits in Spain:

The Best Ever Barça First Eleven – Sketches From Spain
Julio Salinas (retired striker FC Barcelona)

(3-4-3) Zubizaretta; Migueli, Koeman, Puyol; Suarez, Schuster, Kubala and Maradona; Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and Romário

Víctor Muñoz (ex-FC Barcelona midfielder, Panathinaikos Coach)
(4-3-3) Zubizarreta; Rifé, Migueli, Ronald Koeman and Julio Alberto; Kubala, Suárez and Pep Guardiola; Cruyff, Maradona and Ronaldinho

Jordi Basté (Catalan Radio journalist)
(4-3-3) Zubizaretta, Puyol, Migueli, Ronald Koeman and Segarra; Pep Guardiola, Kubala and Maradona; Cruyff, Ronaldinho and Eto'o

Jordi Medina (FC Barcelona Presidential candidate)
(3-4-3) Ramallets; Puyol, Migueli and Koeman; Neeskens, Schuster, Samitier and Kubala; Stoichkov, Cruyff and Ronaldinho

Toño de la Cruz (retired FC Barcelona player, Coach)
(4-3-3) Sadurní; Puyol, Migueli, Biosca and Sergi; Guardiola, Suárez and Schuster; Messi, Cruyff and Ronaldinho

Òscar Garcia (ex-FC Barcelona striker)
(3-4-3) Valdes; Puyol, Koeman and Sergi; Schuster, Guardiola, Deco and Figo; Ronaldinho, Romário and Ronaldo

Raul Llimos (RAC 1 – Catalan radio – Journalist)
(4-3-3) Ramallets; Ferrer, Migueli, Koeman and Puyol; Suarez, Kubala and Maradona and Ronaldinho; Cruyff and Ronaldo

Sant Cugat Barcelona Supporters’ Group
(4-3-3) Ramallets; Benitez, Biosca, Blanc and Gracia; Maradona, Laudrup and Suarez; Kubala, Stoichkov and Cruyff

Tomas Guasch (Sub-editor, ’As’ newspaper, Madrid)
(3-4-3) Ramallets; Benitez, Biosca and Eladio; Schuster, Segarra, Figo and Suarez; Kubala, Maradona and Ronaldinho

Claudia Vives-Fierro (Member of FC Barcelona board of directors)
(3-4-3) Victor Valdes; Puyol, Koeman and Rafael Marquez; Shuster, Guardiola, Deco and Xavi; Messi, Ronaldinho and Eto’o

Albert ‘Chapi’ Ferrer (retired right-back, FC Barcelona and Chelsea FC)
(4-4-2) Zubizaretta; Puyol, Nadal, Costas, Sergi; Guardiola, Kubala, Figo and Laudrup; Ronaldo and Romario
Andres Montes (Commentator)

(4-3-3) Ramallets; Benitez, Gallego, Migueli and Puyol; Schuster, Suarez and Maradona; Kubala, Cruyff and Ronaldinho
Josep Maria Minguella (ex-Agent, FC Barcelona Presidential candidate)

(3-4-3) Ramallets; Puyol, Migueli and Segarra; Samitier, Kubala, Suarez and Maradona; Stoichkov, Cruyff and Ronaldinho
Ramon Cugat (FC Barcelona doctor and surgeon)

(4-3-3) Ramallets; Benitez, Puyol, Koeman and Sergi; Xavi, Guardiola and Schuster; Kubala, Cruyff and Maradona
David Barrufet (World Handball Champion)

(3-4-3) Ramallets; Puyol, Migueli and Sergi; Xavi, Schuster, Maradona and Laudrup; Kubala, Cruyff and Stoichkov
‘Lobo’ Carrasco (ex-FC Barcelona player, Catalunya Coach, Commentator)

(3-4-3) Zamora; Benitez, Koeman and Julio Alberto; Neeskens, Ronaldinho, Maradona and Kubala; Rivaldo, Cruyff and Romário

Article ends.

Who do you choose from Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Cruyff, Maradonna, Hagi, Romario, Stoichkov and Figo??

I cant, can you?

Amazing forwards. Impossible.

Its laughable that Maradonna is in the squad, likewise Messi who has had a grand total of half a season.

What position did Kubala play? because he is regarded as their greatest ever player I thought.

Kubala was a striker..

Ronaldo + Romario (maybe Rivaldo - great partnership with Ronnie)
Cruyff+ Maradona in midfield.

We'll have the spares for the subs bench.

Well it has to be Kubala and Cruyff then

Didn't Maradona only play one season and was disappointing in that.

It just seems people are trying to make there best all time team look better with big names.

Rez wrote:


Claudia Vives-Fierro (Member of FC Barcelona board of directors)
(3-4-3) Victor Valdes; Puyol, Koeman and Rafael Marquez; Shuster, Guardiola, Deco and Xavi; Messi, Ronaldinho and Eto’o
?

Isn't that more or less the team of today?

@ S4P

He is probably trying to justify some of the signings he's made

S4P wrote:

Rez wrote:


Claudia Vives-Fierro (Member of FC Barcelona board of directors)
(3-4-3) Victor Valdes; Puyol, Koeman and Rafael Marquez; Shuster, Guardiola, Deco and Xavi; Messi, Ronaldinho and Eto’o
?

Isn't that more or less the team of today?

Just goes to show how easy people consider players the best ever, the guy obviously has no respect for past Barça legends.

Parks Lives wrote:Didn't Maradona only play one season and was disappointing in that.

It just seems people are trying to make there best all time team look better with big names.

Maradona played for two seasons at Barcelona. Though he was definitely considered the star of La Liga by then his performances were affected by several incidents such as getting hepatitis and being out of the fields for quite some time, or the famous Goicoexta issue(the guy who almost put an end to Maradona's career)wich led to, after Diego recovered and faced the guy again into that quite famous fight between the Barça players and those of Athletic. Maradona got suspended again and had to be out for some time too.


Though he didn't have much importance concerning history and titles(just two Copa's...on of them scoreing that famous goal against Madrid we've all seen), I still would consider him for the starting XI since he did played well for Barça IMO

@Barrilete

Did you go into voluntary exile after Sunday's result?

I'm afraid so. Only Maradona can get me out of it from time to time. I still got some days for recovering.

Chin up mate

I guess I should be posting here, but I never like to do these kinds of all time selections because it takes up far too much time!

if we can get to some agreement I will give the major nominees for each line:

GK: Ramallats or Zubizarreta

DEF: Migueli, Koeman, Nadal, Puyol, Julio Alberto, Sergi, Benitez

MID: Suarez, Laudrup, Neeskens, Maradona, Schuster, Samitier, Guardiola

FOR: Cruijff, Kubala, Romario, Stoichkov, Quini, Reixach, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Rivaldo

I, for one think that Migueli, Koeman, Suarez, Cruijff and Kubala should be definites.

My choice:

Zubi, Migueli, Koeman, Puyol, Guardiola, Suarez, Laudrup, Maradona, Cruijff, Kubala, ??

One missing there, cannot decide.

I think its clear from experts' list that Kubala is the greatest player to have played for Barcelona.

rza wrote:I think its clear from experts' list that Kubala is the greatest player to have played for Barcelona.

That's pretty strange because Cruyff has transformed the club in all possible ways and is widely seen as one of the top 3 players.
I have never seen Kubala on a greatest top 10 list.