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Guldbollen

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Guldbollen
Awarded forAssociation football award
CountrySweden
Presented bySwedish Football Association, Aftonbladet
History
Most winsZlatan Ibrahimović (12)
Most recentDejan Kulusevski (2023)

Guldbollen (Golden Ball) is a Swedish football award given by Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year.

History

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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

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Erik Nilsson, 1950 winner
Gösta Sandberg, 1956 winner
Agne Simonsson, 1959 winner
Prawitz Öberg, receiving the award in 1962
Freddie Ljungberg receiving the award in 2006
Zlatan Ibrahimović, twelve-time winner
Year Player Club(s)
1946
Gunnar Gren Sweden IFK Göteborg
1947
Gunnar Nordahl Sweden IFK Norrköping
1948
Bertil Nordahl Sweden Degerfors IF
1949
Knut Nordahl Sweden IFK Norrköping
1950
Erik Nilsson Sweden Malmö FF
1951
Olle Åhlund Sweden Degerfors IF
1952
Kalle Svensson Sweden Helsingborgs IF
1953
Bengt Gustavsson Sweden IFK Norrköping
1954
Sven-Ove Svensson Sweden Helsingborgs IF
1955
Gösta Löfgren Sweden Motala AIF
1956
Gösta Sandberg Sweden Djurgårdens IF
1957
Åke Johansson Sweden IFK Norrköping
1958
Orvar Bergmark Sweden Örebro SK
1959
Agne Simonsson Sweden Örgryte IS
1960
Torbjörn Jonsson Sweden IFK Norrköping
1961
Bengt Nyholm Sweden IFK Norrköping
1962
Prawitz Öberg Sweden Malmö FF
1963
Harry Bild Sweden IFK Norrköping
1964
Hans Mild Sweden Djurgårdens IF
1965
Bo Larsson Sweden Malmö FF
1966
Ove Kindvall Sweden IFK Norrköping
Netherlands Feyenoord
1967
Ingvar Svahn Sweden Malmö FF
1968
Björn Nordqvist Sweden IFK Norrköping
1969
Tommy Svensson Sweden Östers IF
1970
Jan Olsson Germany VfB Stuttgart
1971
Ronnie Hellström Sweden Hammarby IF
1972
Ralf Edström Sweden Åtvidabergs FF
1973
Bo Larsson (2) Sweden Malmö FF
1974
Ralf Edström (2) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
1975
Kent Karlsson Sweden Åtvidabergs FF
1976
Anders Linderoth Sweden Östers IF
1977
Roy Andersson Sweden Malmö FF
1978
Ronnie Hellström (2) Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1979
Jan Möller Sweden Malmö FF
1980
Rolf Zetterlund Sweden IK Brage
1981
Thomas Ravelli Sweden Östers IF
1982
Torbjörn Nilsson Sweden IFK Göteborg
Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1983
Glenn Hysén Sweden IFK Göteborg
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
1984
Sven Dahlkvist Sweden AIK
1985
Glenn Strömberg Italy Atalanta
1986
Robert Prytz Switzerland Young Boys
1987
Peter Larsson Sweden IFK Göteborg
Netherlands Ajax
1988
Glenn Hysén (2) Italy Fiorentina
1989
Jonas Thern Sweden Malmö FF
Portugal Benfica
1990
Tomas Brolin Sweden IFK Norrköping
Italy Parma
1991
Anders Limpar England Arsenal
1992
Jan Eriksson Sweden IFK Norrköping
Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1993
Martin Dahlin Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
1994
Tomas Brolin (2) Italy Parma
1995
Patrik Andersson Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
1996
Roland Nilsson Sweden Helsingborgs IF
1997
Pär Zetterberg Belgium Anderlecht
1998
Henrik Larsson Scotland Celtic
1999
Stefan Schwarz Spain Valencia
England Sunderland
2000
Magnus Hedman England Coventry City
2001
Patrik Andersson (2) Germany Bayern Munich
Spain Barcelona
2002
Freddie Ljungberg England Arsenal
2003
Olof Mellberg England Aston Villa
2004
Henrik Larsson (2) Scotland Celtic
Spain Barcelona
2005
Zlatan Ibrahimović Italy Juventus
2006
Freddie Ljungberg (2) England Arsenal
2007
Zlatan Ibrahimović (2) Italy Internazionale
2008
Zlatan Ibrahimović (3) Italy Internazionale
2009
Zlatan Ibrahimović (4) Italy Internazionale
Spain Barcelona
2010
Zlatan Ibrahimović (5) Spain Barcelona
Italy Milan
2011
Zlatan Ibrahimović (6) Italy Milan
2012
Zlatan Ibrahimović (7) Italy Milan
France Paris Saint-Germain
2013
Zlatan Ibrahimović (8) France Paris Saint-Germain
2014
Zlatan Ibrahimović (9) France Paris Saint-Germain
2015
Zlatan Ibrahimović (10) France Paris Saint-Germain
2016
Zlatan Ibrahimović (11) France Paris Saint-Germain
England Manchester United
2017
Andreas Granqvist Russia Krasnodar
2018
Victor Lindelöf England Manchester United
2019
Victor Lindelöf (2) England Manchester United
2020
Zlatan Ibrahimović (12) Italy Milan
2021
Emil Forsberg Germany RB Leipzig
2022
Dejan Kulusevski England Tottenham Hotspur
2023
Dejan Kulusevski (2) England Tottenham Hotspur

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By club

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Club Wins
Sweden IFK Norrköping 11
Sweden Malmö FF 8
France Paris Saint-Germain 5
Spain Barcelona 4
Sweden IFK Göteborg 4
Italy Milan 4
England Arsenal 3
Sweden Helsingborgs IF 3
Italy Internazionale 3
Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3
England Manchester United 3
Sweden Östers IF 3
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2
Scotland Celtic 2
Sweden Degerfors IF 2
Sweden Djurgårdens IF 2
Italy Parma 2
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2
England Tottenham Hotspur 2
Sweden Åtvidabergs FF 2
Sweden AIK 1
Netherlands Ajax 1
Belgium Anderlecht 1
England Aston Villa 1
Italy Atalanta 1
Germany Bayern Munich 1
Portugal Benfica 1
Sweden IK Brage 1
England Coventry City 1
Italy Fiorentina 1
Sweden Hammarby IF 1
Italy Juventus 1
Germany RB Leipzig 1
Germany VfB Stuttgart 1
England Sunderland 1
Spain Valencia 1
Switzerland Young Boys 1
Sweden Örebro SK 1
Sweden Örgryte IS 1
Russia Krasnodar 1

References

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  1. ^ Jahnson, Therese (2014-11-11). "Bengt är smeden som gör Zlatans guldbollar". Mitt i. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  2. ^ "Guldbollen". Fogis.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  3. ^ "1946: Gunnar Gren, IFK Göteborg". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Guldbollen". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
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