Guldbollen
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 (2022) |
History
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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By club
| 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 |
| Åtvidabergs FF |
2 |
| AIK |
1 |
| Ajax |
1 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
| Tottenham Hotspur |
1 |
| Valencia |
1 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Young Boys |
1 |
| Örebro SK |
1 |
| Örgryte IS |
1 |
 Krasnodar |
1 |
References
- 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
Media related to Guldbollen at Wikimedia Commons
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