The Piłka Nożna magazine plebiscite (pl|Plebiscyt Piłki Nożnej) is an annual plebiscite organized by the magazine journalists of Piłka Nożna (literally "Foot Ball"), the Polish football magazine. Jurors choose the best men's player, women's player, newcomer, team, coach and foreigner in Polish football, as well as the best performing top-flight and second-tier players.
The title of Polish Footballer of the Year has been awarded every year since 1973. Kazimierz Deyna, a midfielder for Legia Warsaw, was the inaugural winner of the award, and Mirosław Bulzacki was named the Newcomer of the Year.[1] Since then, the plebiscite has been expanded to include more categories.
Before 1973, similar polls were conducted by Polish weekly newspaper Sport out of Katowice, but less frequently.
