Faroese Footballer of the Year

The Faroese Footballer of the Year is an annual award chosen by a national newspaper, Sosialurin, to determine the best player in the Faroe Islands.

Fróði Benjaminsen, pictured here in 2013, is a four-time winner of the award.

Winners
Year Player Club Reference
1995 John Petersen Faroe Islands GÍ [1]
1999 John Petersen Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn [1]
2000 Rúni Nolsøe Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn [1]
2001 Fróði Benjaminsen Faroe Islands B68 Toftir [1]
2002 Andrew av Fløtum Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn [1]
2003 Pól Thorsteinsson Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn [1]
2004 Súni Olsen Faroe Islands GÍ [1]
2005 Jákup Mikkelsen Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn [2]
2006 Jákup á Borg Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn [3]
2007 Serbia Nenad Stanković Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík [4]
2008 Arnbjørn Hansen Faroe Islands EB/Streymur [5]
2009 Fróði Benjaminsen Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn [6]
2010 Fróði Benjaminsen Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn [7]
2011 Poland Łukasz Cieślewicz Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn [8]
2012 Brazil Clayton Soares Faroe Islands ÍF [9]
2013 Fróði Benjaminsen Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn [10]
2014 Nigeria Adeshina Lawal[lower-alpha 1] Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn [11]
2015 Poland Łukasz Cieślewicz Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn [12]
2016 Sølvi Vatnhamar Faroe Islands Víkingur [1]
2017 Sølvi Vatnhamar Faroe Islands Víkingur [1]
2018 Adrian Justinussen Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn [1]
2019 Jóannes Bjartalíð Faroe Islands KÍ [1]
2020 Petur Knudsen Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík [13]
2021 Árni Frederiksberg Faroe Islands KÍ [1]
2022 Sølvi Vatnhamar Faroe Islands Víkingur [1]

Notes
  1. Initially awarded to Łukasz Cieślewicz on 21 November 2014. Six days later, the organisers announced that there had been a mix-up in the counting of votes, and Lawal was awarded Footballer of the Year instead, by the margin of a single vote.

References
  1. "Player of the year » Faroe Islands". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  2. "Jákup Mikklesen is Player of the Year 2005 in the Faroe Islands". Soccer and Equipment. 30 October 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. "Jákup á Borg is Player of the Year 2006 in the Faroe Islands". Soccer and Equipment. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  4. "Nenad Stankovic is Player of the Year 2007 in the Faroe Islands". Soccer and Equipment. 28 November 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. "Arnbjørn Hansen is Player of the Year 2008 in the Faroe Islands". Soccer and Equipment. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  6. "Fróði Benjaminsen is Player of the Year 2009 in the Faroe Islands". Soccer and Equipment. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  7. "Fróði Benjaminsen is Player of the Year 2010 in the Faroe Islands". Soccer and Equipment. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  8. "Lukasz Cieslewicz is Player of the Year 2011 in the Faroe Islands". Soccer and Equipment. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  9. "Clayton Soares do Nascimento is Player of the Year 2012 in the Faroe Islands". Soccer and Equipment. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  10. "Fróði Benjaminsen is Player of the Year 2013 in the Faroe Islands". Soccer and Equipment. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  11. "Adeshina Lawal is Player of the Year 2014 in the Faroe Islands". Soccer and Equipment. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  12. "Lukasz Cieslewicz is Player of the Year 2014 in the Faroe Islands". Soccer and Equipment. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  13. Albinus, Pætur (9 December 2020). "Petur fullførdi sítt hattrikk" [Peter completed his hat-trick]. In.fo (in Faroese). Retrieved 28 March 2021.
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