Guldbollen
Guldbollen (Golden Ball) is a Swedish football award given by Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year.
| Awarded for | Association football award |
|---|---|
| Country | Sweden |
| Presented by | Swedish Football Association, Aftonbladet |
| History | |
| Most wins | Zlatan Ibrahimović (12) |
| Most recent | Dejan Kulusevski (2023) |
History
The award was created by Bengt Liljedahl[1] and between 1946 and 1965 it was awarded in cooperation with Stockholms-Tidningen.[2]
The first Guldbollen award was given in 1946 to Gunnar Gren.[3] In 1973, Bo Larsson of Malmö FF became the first player to win the award for a second time, having previously won it in 1965. Zlatan Ibrahimović is the only player to win the award more than twice, winning it twelve times between 2005 and 2020.[4]
The female equivalent of the award, Diamantbollen, was established in 1990. Both Guldbollen and Diamantbollen are now awarded at the Fotbollsgalan.
Winners
Source:[5]
By club
| Club | Wins |
|---|---|
| IFK Norrköping | 11 |
| Malmö FF | 8 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 5 |
| Barcelona | 4 |
| IFK Göteborg | 4 |
| Milan | 4 |
| Arsenal | 3 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 3 |
| Internazionale | 3 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3 |
| Manchester United | 3 |
| Östers IF | 3 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 |
| Celtic | 2 |
| Degerfors IF | 2 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2 |
| Parma | 2 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2 |
| Åtvidabergs FF | 2 |
| AIK | 1 |
| Ajax | 1 |
| Anderlecht | 1 |
| Aston Villa | 1 |
| Atalanta | 1 |
| Bayern Munich | 1 |
| Benfica | 1 |
| IK Brage | 1 |
| Coventry City | 1 |
| Fiorentina | 1 |
| Hammarby IF | 1 |
| Juventus | 1 |
| RB Leipzig | 1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1 |
| Sunderland | 1 |
| Valencia | 1 |
| Young Boys | 1 |
| Örebro SK | 1 |
| Örgryte IS | 1 |
| Krasnodar | 1 |
References
- Jahnson, Therese (2014-11-11). "Bengt är smeden som gör Zlatans guldbollar". Mitt i. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- "Guldbollen". Fogis.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- "1946: Gunnar Gren, IFK Göteborg". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- "Zlatan Ibrahimovic to be honoured with statue as David Beckham calls him 'one of the greatest ever'". The Telegraph. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- "Guldbollen". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
External links
Media related to Guldbollen at Wikimedia Commons