UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award explained

UEFA Women's Player of the Year
Year:2013
Presenter:UEFA
Sponsor:ESM[1]
Holder Label:Current holder
Holder: Aitana Bonmatí
(1st award)
Most Wins: Pernille Harder
Alexia Putellas
(2 awards each)
Main:UEFA Club Football Awards
Image Caption:2023 winner Aitana Bonmatí

The UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award (previously known as the UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award) was an association football award given to the female footballer that is considered the best player playing for a football club in Europe during the previous season. The award was announced in 2013, two years after the creation of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, the equivalent award for male footballers.[2]

Nadine Angerer, Lena Goeßling, and Lotta Schelin made the shortlist for the inaugural year, with Nadine Angerer being selected as the winner on 5 September 2013 during the round of 32 and 16 draws for the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League.[3]

Criteria and voting

According to UEFA, players are selected based on their performances that year in "all competitions, both domestic and international, and at club and national team levels". For the inaugural award, players were nominated by the coaches of the twelve national teams that made the group stage of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 competition and the coaches of the eight club teams that made the quarterfinals of the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League. The nominees were then voted on by eighteen sports journalists that cover women's association football, chosen by trade organization European Sports Media. Each of the voters selected their pick for the top three players, giving their first choice five points, their second choice three points, and their third choice one point. From this initial round of voting, a three player shortlist is selected and the fourth through tenth-place finishers are determined. The winner, runner up, and third-place finisher are selected from the shortlist during a second round of voting, which takes place during the round of 32 and 16 draws for the UEFA Women's Champions League.[4]

Award history

Winners

Season1st2nd3rd
UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23

By player

RankPlayerFirst placeSecond placeThird place
1 Pernille Harder210
2 Alexia Putellas200
3 Ada Hegerberg120
4 Lucy Bronze101
Lieke Martens101
6 Nadine Angerer100
Nadine Keßler100
Célia Šašić100
Aitana Bonmatí100
10 Amandine Henry022
11 Lena Goeßling010
Martina Müller010
Wendie Renard010
Jenni Hermoso010
Beth Mead010
Sam Kerr010
17 Dzsenifer Marozsán003
18 Lotta Schelin001
Nilla Fischer001
Lena Oberdorf001
Olga Carmona001

By country

RankCountryFirst placeSecond placeThird place
1324
2311
3210
4120
5111
6101
7032
8010
9002

By club

RankClubFirst placeSecond placeThird place
1 Barcelona411
2 VfL Wolfsburg332
3 Lyon255
4 Frankfurt202
5 Arsenal010
Chelsea010
7 Real Madrid001

Finalists

2012–13

RankPlayerFirst roundFinal roundClub
1–10 Frankfurt
2 Lena Goeßling–6 VfL Wolfsburg
3 Lotta Schelin–2 Lyon
4 Nadine Keßler16– VfL Wolfsburg
5 Verónica Boquete11– Tyresö
6 Caroline Seger8– Tyresö
7 Nilla Fischer6– Linköping
8 Célia Okoyino da Mbabi4– Frankfurt
9 Wendie Renard3– Lyon
10 Louisa Nécib2– Lyon
Source:[5]

2013–14

RankPlayerFirst roundFinal roundClub
1 Nadine Keßler–9 VfL Wolfsburg
2 Martina Müller–3 VfL Wolfsburg
3–0 VfL Wolfsburg
4 Lena Goeßling6– VfL Wolfsburg
5 Verónica Boquete5– Tyresö
Lotta Schelin– Lyon
7 Marta3– Tyresö FF
Alexandra Popp– VfL Wolfsburg
Caroline Seger– Tyresö FF
10 Christen Press2– Tyresö FF
Source:[6]

2014–15

RankPlayerFirst roundFinal roundClub
1 Célia Šašić–11 Frankfurt
2 Amandine Henry–4 Lyon
3 Dzsenifer Marozsán–3 Frankfurt
4 Verónica Boquete8– Frankfurt
Anja Mittag– Rosengård
6 Eugénie Le Sommer7– Lyon
7 Ramona Bachmann6– Rosengård
8 Wendie Renard4– Lyon
9 Caroline Seger3– Paris Saint-Germain
10 Nadine Angerer2– Portland Thorns
Simone Laudehr– Frankfurt
12 Alexandra Popp0– VfL Wolfsburg
Source:[7]

2015–16

RankPlayerFirst roundFinal roundClub
1 Ada Hegerberg–13 Lyon
2 Amandine Henry–4 Lyon
3 Dzsenifer Marozsán–3 Frankfurt
4 Saki Kumagai11– Lyon
5 Wendie Renard10– Lyon
6 Louisa Nécib9– Lyon
Alexandra Popp– VfL Wolfsburg
8 Camille Abily6– Lyon
9 Eugénie Le Sommer3– Lyon
10 Amel Majri2– Lyon
Source:[8] [9]

2016–17

RankPlayerFirst roundFinal roundClub
1 Lieke Martens–95 Barcelona
2 Pernille Harder–81 VfL Wolfsburg
3 Dzsenifer Marozsán–47 Lyon
4 Vivianne Miedema– Bayern Munich
5 Eugénie Le Sommer– Lyon
6 Wendie Renard– Lyon
7 Jackie Groenen– Frankfurt
8 Lucy Bronze– Manchester City
9 Jodie Taylor– Arsenal
10 Shanice van de Sanden– Liverpool
Source:[10] [11]

2017–18

RankPlayerFirst roundFinal roundClub
1 Pernille Harder–106 VfL Wolfsburg
2 Ada Hegerberg–61 Lyon
3 Amandine Henry–41 Lyon
4 Dzsenifer Marozsán32– Lyon
5 Lucy Bronze20– Lyon
6 Lieke Martens17– Barcelona
7 Wendie Renard16– Lyon
8 Fran Kirby15– Chelsea
9 Eugénie Le Sommer13– Lyon
10 Shanice van de Sanden7– Lyon
Source:[12] [13]

2018–19

RankPlayerFirst roundFinal roundClub
1 Lucy Bronze–88 Lyon
2 Ada Hegerberg–56 Lyon
3 Amandine Henry–44 Lyon
4 Vivianne Miedema31– Arsenal
5 Ellen White22– Birmingham City
6 Pernille Harder21– VfL Wolfsburg
7 Dzsenifer Marozsán12– Lyon
8 Caroline Graham Hansen10– VfL Wolfsburg
9 Lieke Martens9– Barcelona
Wendie Renard– Lyon
Source:[14] [15]

2019–20

RankPlayerFirst roundFinal roundClub
1 Pernille Harder–92 VfL Wolfsburg
2 Wendie Renard–81 Lyon
3 Lucy Bronze–28 Lyon
4 Vivianne Miedema26– Arsenal
5 Delphine Cascarino24– Lyon
6 Eugénie Le Sommer13– Lyon
7 Ada Hegerberg11– Lyon
Amel Majri– Lyon
9 Marie-Antoinette Katoto8– Paris Saint-Germain
10 Dzsenifer Marozsán7– Lyon
Source:[16] [17]

2020–21

RankPlayerFirst roundFinal roundClub
1 Alexia Putellas–50 Barcelona
2 Jenni Hermoso–42 Barcelona
3 Lieke Martens–40 Barcelona
4 Vivianne Miedema32– Arsenal
5 Aitana Bonmatí29– Barcelona
6 Caroline Graham Hansen28– Barcelona
7 Sam Kerr18– Chelsea
Fran Kirby– Chelsea
9 Pernille Harder17– Chelsea
10 Irene Paredes11– Paris Saint-Germain
Source:[18]

2021–22

RankPlayerFirst roundFinal roundClub
1 Alexia Putellas–97 Barcelona
2 Beth Mead–84 Arsenal
3 Lena Oberdorf–47 VfL Wolfsburg
4 Alexandra Popp35– VfL Wolfsburg
5 Aitana Bonmatí25– Barcelona
6 Keira Walsh18– Manchester City
7 Leah Williamson17– Arsenal
8 Ada Hegerberg12– Lyon
Wendie Renard– Lyon
10 Lina Magull10– Bayern Munich
11 Delphine Cascarino9– Lyon
12 Amandine Henry8– Lyon
Mapi León– Barcelona
14 Tabea Waßmuth6– VfL Wolfsburg
15 Selma Bacha5– Lyon
Mary Earps– Manchester United
17 Sakina Karchaoui4– Paris Saint-Germain
Marie-Antoinette Katoto– Paris Saint-Germain
19 Merle Frohms2– Eintracht Frankfurt
20 Fridolina Rolfö1– Barcelona
21 Christiane Endler0– Lyon
Marina Hegering– Bayern Munich
Source:[19] [20]

2022–23

RankPlayerFirst roundFinal roundClub
1 Aitana Bonmatí–308 Barcelona
2 Sam Kerr–88 Chelsea
3 Olga Carmona–72 Real Madrid
4 Mary Earps55– Manchester United
5 Salma Paralluelo48– Barcelona
Alexandra Popp– VfL Wolfsburg
7 Keira Walsh24– Barcelona
8 Caroline Graham Hansen11– Barcelona
9 Rachel Daly8– Aston Villa
10 Ewa Pajor5– VfL Wolfsburg
11 Kadidiatou Diani4– Paris Saint-Germain
Source:[21] [22]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award . European Sports Media . 30 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Saffer. Paul. Best Women's Player in Europe Award launched. UEFA. 29 August 2013. 9 July 2013.
  3. Web site: Paddy. Higgs. Germany goalkeeper Nadine Angerer is UEFA's European footballer of the year. Deutsche Welle. 5 September 2013. 5 September 2013.
  4. Web site: Angerer, Schelin and Goessling shortlisted. 6 August 2013. UEFA. 29 August 2013.
  5. Web site: UEFA Best Women’s Player in Europe 2012/13: final votes. UEFA.
  6. Web site: Nadine Kessler and Cristiano Ronaldo voted UEFA Best Players in Europe 2013/14. UEFA.
  7. Web site: Célia Šašić and Lionel Messi voted UEFA Best Players in Europe 2014/15 . UEFA.
  8. Web site: Hegerberg, Henry, Marozsán are women's nominees. UEFA.
  9. Web site: Ada Hegerberg voted Best Women's Player in Europe. UEFA.
  10. Web site: Harder, Marozsán and Martens on women's shortlist. UEFA.
  11. Web site: Martens named 2016/17 Women's Player of the Year. UEFA.
  12. Web site: Women's Player of the Year shortlist: Harder, Hegerberg, Henry. UEFA.
  13. Web site: Pernille Harder wins UEFA Women's Player of the Year award. UEFA.
  14. Web site: Women's Player of the Year shortlist: Bronze, Hegerberg, Henry. UEFA. 15 August 2019. 16 August 2019.
  15. Web site: Lucy Bronze named UEFA Women's Player of the Year. UEFA. 29 August 2019. 29 August 2019.
  16. Web site: UEFA Women's Player of the Year nominees: Bronze, Harder, Renard. UEFA. 23 September 2020. 1 October 2020.
  17. Web site: Pernille Harder named 2019/20 UEFA Women's Player of the Year. UEFA. 1 October 2020. 1 October 2020.
  18. Web site: Alexia Putellas named 2020/21 UEFA Women's Player of the Year. UEFA. 26 August 2021. 26 August 2021.
  19. News: UEFA Women's Player of the Year nominees: Beth Mead, Lena Oberdorf, Alexia Putellas. UEFA. 17 August 2022. 17 August 2022.
  20. News: Alexia Putellas of Barcelona and Spain named 2021/22 UEFA Women's Player of the Year. UEFA. 25 August 2022. 25 August 2022.
  21. News: 2022/23 UEFA Women's Player of the Year nominees announced: Aitana Bonmatí, Olga Carmona, Sam Kerr. UEFA. 25 August 2023. 25 August 2023.
  22. News: Aitana Bonmatí named 2022/23 UEFA Women's Player of the Year. UEFA. 31 August 2023. 31 August 2023.

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