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| Editor | Rainer Holzschuh[1] |
|---|---|
| Categories | Sports magazine |
| Frequency | Twice weekly |
| Publisher | Olympia-Verlag GmbH |
| First issue | 14 July 1920 |
| Country | Germany |
| Based in | Nuremberg, Germany |
| Language | German |
| Website | kicker.de |
Kicker (stylized in all lowercase) is Germany's leading sports magazine,[citation needed] focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice weekly, usually Monday and Thursday. Each edition sells around 80,000 copies. Kicker is a founding member of European Sports Media, an association of football publications.
Kicker annually awards the most prolific scorer of the Bundesliga with the Kicker Torjägerkanone (lit. 'Kicker scorer cannon') award. It is equivalent to the Pichichi Trophy in Spanish football.
The magazine also publishes an almanac, the Kicker Fußball-Almanach. It was first published from 1937 to 1942, and then continuously from 1959 to date. They also publish a yearbook (Kicker Fußball-Jahrbuch).
- ^ "Impressum kicker sportmagazin". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2018.