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 edit
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 edit
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By club edit
| 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 edit
- ^ 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 edit
Media related to Guldbollen at Wikimedia Commons