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

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

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

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By club

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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

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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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