Guldbollen
| Awarded for | association football award |
|---|---|
| Country | Sweden |
| Presented by | Swedish Football Association, Aftonbladet |
Guldbollen, (eng. the Golden Ball), is a Swedish football award given by the Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year.
The first award was given in 1946 to Gunnar Gren,[1] and was created by Bengt Liljedahl.[2] From 1946-65, the awarded was given out in cooperation with Stockholms-Tidningen.[2]
Zlatan Ibrahimović has won the award eleven times (in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016) and is the only player to win it more than twice.[3] Bo Larsson of Malmö FF was the first player to win the award for a second time, in 1973 after winning it in 1965. Diamantbollen, the female equivalent of the award, was established in 1990. Both awards are given out at the Fotbollsgalan.
Winners
Source:[4]
By club
| Club | Wins |
|---|---|
 IFK Norrköping
|
11 |
| Malmö FF
|
8 |
 Paris Saint-Germain
|
5 |
 Barcelona
|
4 |
| IFK Göteborg
|
4 |
 Milan
|
3 |
 Arsenal
|
3 |
| Helsingborgs IF
|
3 |
 1. FC Kaiserslautern
|
3 |
| Manchester United
|
3 |
| Östers IF
|
3 |
| Internazionale
|
3 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach
|
2 |
 Celtic
|
2 |
| Degerfors IF
|
2 |
| Djurgårdens IF
|
2 |
| Parma
|
2 |
 PSV
|
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 |
| VfB Stuttgart
|
1 |
| Sunderland
|
1 |
| Valencia
|
1 |
 Young Boys
|
1 |
| Örebro SK
|
1 |
| Örgryte IS
|
1 |
 Krasnodar
|
1 |
References
- ^ "Aftonbladet sport: Guldbollen".
- ^ a b Historia Svensk Fotboll
- ^ "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
External links
Media related to Guldbollen at Wikimedia Commons
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