The class of 1948

This is not a team with the greatest and most known players. But it has its charm with players like Panenka and Bowles with some good stories to tell. Clemence, Schwarzenbeck and Haan who wasn't the biggest names but won a lot and played a part in the great Liverpool, Bayern and Ajax sides of the 70's.

Also this year has Jardine and Brooking who both has a stand named after them at Rangers and West Ham.

GK: Ray Clemence; 5x English champion and 3x European champion with Liverpool, where he was a part of the great team in the 70's. He later went to Tottenham where he won the FA Cup and the Uefa Cup. He made over 1000 career appearances. One of the greatest english keepers of all-time.

RB: Sandy Jardine; 3x Scottish champion and winner of the UEFA Cup winners cup. Jardine was a quick and strong player. On 16 July 2014 Rangers announced that the club will pay a lasting tribute to Jardine by changing the name of the Govan Stand to the Sandy Jardine Stand.

CB: Bernard Dietz; playing most of his career at smaller club MSV Duisburg, Dietz was able to lift trophy as he captained Germany to the 1980 Euro Championship. He is top-scoring defender in the history of the Bundesliga and made the Bundesliga team of the year 7 times.

CB: Georg Schwarzenbeck; a decorated defender winning the World Cup and European Championship with Germany and 6 German league titles and 3 European Cups with Bayern. A loyal and unsong hero playing his whole career at Bayern Munich. Playing in the shadow of Beckenbauer, he is referred to as the Kaisers bodyguard.

LB: Koloman Gögh; won the 1976 European Championship with Czechoslovakia.

RM: Arie Haan; part of the great Ajax team who won 3 European Cups, but he left in 75' to play the most of his career in Belgium for Anderlecht and Standard. 3x Belgian and Dutch champion.

CM: Sir Trevor Brooking; 2x FA Cup winner with West Ham making 528 appearances.

CM: Antonin Panenka; won the 1976 European Championship with Czechoslovakia. In the final against Germany, he scored the winning penalty in the shootout with a softly-chipped ball up the middle of the goal as the goalkeeper dived away. This style of penalty is now called "a Panenka"

LM: Stan Bowles; played seven years at QPR, playing a central role in arguably the club's greatest ever team. Like George Best, Bowles was a talented player but was a maverick known for his life outside the pitch.

FW: Ruud Geels; a prolific dutch striker scoring 318 career goals in 473 games.

FW: Pietro Anastasi; is regarded as one of the best Italian strikers of his generation and earned the nickname "the white Pelé". He won 3 Italian league titles with Juventus and the 1968 European Championship with Italy scoring in the final.

Substitutes: Jan van Beveren, László Bálint, Colin Todd, Volodymyr Veremeyev, Roy McFarland, Mick Channon.

-The XI is based on one player for each position born in the given year.
-All XI’s is made with regards of balance in the team.
-Well known players who are left out will be named on the bench, for a better view on the generations strength. Therefore this should not be a discussion on each player individuel or if they should be on the XI.