FIFA World Player Gala explained

FIFA World Player Gala Awards
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Awarded For:Excellence in association football team and individual achievements
Location:Zürich, Switzerland
Presenter:FIFA
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FIFA World Player Gala was an association football award show presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, throughout 1991–2009.[1]

The first awarding ceremony was held on 8 December 1991 in Zürich, Switzerland.[2] The award show was superseded first by the FIFA Ballon d'Or during 2010-15, and since 2016 by The Best FIFA Football Awards. FIFA consider the three historic versions of its gala show as subversions of the same event, and thus celebrated its 30 years anniversary in 2021.[3] [4] FIFA's historical statistics also list the awards in one overall list, comprising the records of all three gala show versions.[1]

Awards by year

1991 awards

1992 awards

1993 awards

1994 awards

1995 awards

1996 awards

1997 awards

1998 awards

1999 awards

2000 awards

2001 awards

2002 awards

2003 awards

2004 awards

2005 awards

2006 awards

2007 awards

2008 awards

2009 awards

Awards by name

Official awards given at the annual FIFA World Player Gala (note most awards were continuously given by FIFA after 2009 - just under a different FIFA Gala name):

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fact sheet: FIFA Awards 1991-2015. FIFA.com. 18 January 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160122103135/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/52/01/02/144081_factsheet_fifaannualawards_english.pdf. 22 January 2016.
  2. Web site: Matthaus: It can only be Lewandowski. FIFA.com. 3 December 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220630170828/https://www.fifa.com/news/matthaus-it-can-only-be-lewandowski. 30 June 2022.
  3. Web site: From World Player of the Year to The Best: 30 years of history. FIFA.com. 22 November 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122213949/https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/news/from-world-player-of-the-year-to-the-best-30-years-of-history. 22 November 2021.
  4. Web site: A brief history of The Best. FIFA.com. 23 November 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211123143726/https://www.fifa.com/news/a-brief-history-of-the-best. 23 November 2021.
  5. Web site: FIFA FIFPRO WORLD XI 2009 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302075639/http://www.fifpro.org/en/award-history/fifpro-world-xi-2009 . 2 March 2014.