Guldbollen


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

History

The award was created by Bengt Liljedahl and between 1946 and 1965 it was awarded in cooperation with Stockholms-Tidningen.
The first Guldbollen award was given in 1946 to Gunnar Gren. 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.
The female equivalent of the award, Diamantbollen, was established in 1990. Both Guldbollen and Diamantbollen are now awarded at the Fotbollsgalan.

Winners

YearPlayerClub
1946Gunnar Gren IFK Göteborg
1947Gunnar Nordahl IFK Norrköping
1948Bertil Nordahl Degerfors IF
1949Knut Nordahl IFK Norrköping
1950Erik Nilsson Malmö FF
1951Olle Åhlund Degerfors IF
1952Kalle Svensson Helsingborgs IF
1953Bengt Gustavsson IFK Norrköping
1954Sven-Ove Svensson Helsingborgs IF
1955Gösta Löfgren Motala AIF
1956Gösta Sandberg Djurgårdens IF
1957Åke Johansson IFK Norrköping
1958Orvar Bergmark Örebro SK
1959Agne Simonsson Örgryte IS
1960Torbjörn Jonsson IFK Norrköping
1961Bengt Nyholm IFK Norrköping
1962Prawitz Öberg Malmö FF
1963Harry Bild IFK Norrköping
1964Hans Mild Djurgårdens IF
1965Bo Larsson Malmö FF
1966Ove Kindvall IFK Norrköping
Feyenoord
1967Ingvar Svahn Malmö FF
1968Björn Nordqvist IFK Norrköping
1969Tommy Svensson Östers IF
1970Jan Olsson VfB Stuttgart
1971Ronnie Hellström Hammarby IF
1972Ralf Edström Åtvidabergs FF
1973Bo Larsson Malmö FF
1974Ralf Edström PSV Eindhoven
1975Kent Karlsson Åtvidabergs FF
1976Anders Linderoth Östers IF
1977Roy Andersson Malmö FF
1978Ronnie Hellström 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1979Jan Möller Malmö FF
1980Rolf Zetterlund IK Brage
1981Thomas Ravelli Östers IF
1982Torbjörn Nilsson IFK Göteborg
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1983Glenn Hysén IFK Göteborg
PSV Eindhoven
1984Sven Dahlkvist AIK
1985Glenn Strömberg Atalanta
1986Robert Prytz Young Boys
1987Peter Larsson IFK Göteborg
Ajax
1988Glenn Hysén Fiorentina
1989Jonas Thern Malmö FF
Benfica
1990Tomas Brolin IFK Norrköping
Parma
1991Anders Limpar Arsenal
1992Jan Eriksson IFK Norrköping
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1993Martin Dahlin Borussia Mönchengladbach
1994Tomas Brolin Parma
1995Patrik Andersson Borussia Mönchengladbach
1996Roland Nilsson Helsingborgs IF
1997Pär Zetterberg Anderlecht
1998Henrik Larsson Celtic
1999Stefan Schwarz Valencia
Sunderland
2000Magnus Hedman Coventry City
2001Patrik Andersson Bayern Munich
Barcelona
2002Freddie Ljungberg Arsenal
2003Olof Mellberg Aston Villa
2004Henrik Larsson Celtic
Barcelona
2005Zlatan Ibrahimović Juventus
2006Freddie Ljungberg Arsenal
2007Zlatan Ibrahimović Internazionale
2008Zlatan Ibrahimović Internazionale
2009Zlatan Ibrahimović Internazionale
Barcelona
2010Zlatan Ibrahimović Barcelona
Milan
2011Zlatan Ibrahimović Milan
2012Zlatan Ibrahimović Milan
Paris Saint-Germain
2013Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain
2014Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain
2015Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain
2016Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain
Manchester United
2017Andreas Granqvist Krasnodar
2018Victor Lindelöf Manchester United
2019Victor Lindelöf Manchester United
2020Zlatan Ibrahimović Milan
2021Emil Forsberg RB Leipzig
2022Dejan Kulusevski Tottenham Hotspur
2023Dejan Kulusevski Tottenham Hotspur
2024Viktor Gyökeres Sporting CP
2025Alexander Isak Newcastle United
Liverpool

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