Danish Football Player of the Year
The Danish Player of the Year award is an annual prize, which has been given to the best Danish football (soccer) player by the Danish Football Association since 1963. The winner is decided in a vote among the professional Danish footballers.
Jens Petersen was the first player to win the award in 1963. When receiving the award in 1975, Henning Munk Jensen became the first player to win the prize for a second time. Up until 1978, the Danish Football Association's rule of amateurism meant only players in the domestic league could win the prize. Even after the emergence of paid football in Denmark in 1978, no players in foreign clubs were eligible for the award - in part, the reason why 1977 European Footballer of the Year striker Allan Simonsen didn't win the award, as he played abroad from 1972 to 1983. When the award was finally opened to all Danish players in 1983, national team captain Morten Olsen was the first player to win the award. Record title holder is Brian Laudrup, with four "Danish Player of the Year" honours to his name. Brøndby IF is the football club with most players selected for the award: In total, the honour was given on eight occasions to a player who played that year at Brøndby.
Since 2000, there has also been an award for the top female player. The winner is decided by a vote among all Elitedivisionen players.
Winners
Men
- 1961 Harald Nielsen, Frederikshavn/Bologna
- 1963 Jens Petersen, Esbjerg
- 1964 Ole Madsen, HIK
- 1965 Kaj Poulsen, Vejle
- 1966 Leif Nielsen, Frem
- 1967 Johnny Hansen, Vejle
- 1968 Henning Munk Jensen, AaB
- 1969 Allan Michaelsen, B 1903
- 1970 Jan Larsen, AB
- 1971 Birger Pedersen, Hvidovre
- 1972 Per Røntved, Brønshøj
- 1973 Hans Aabech, Hvidovre
- 1974 Niels-Christian Holmstrøm, KB
- 1975 Henning Munk Jensen (2), AaB
- 1976 Flemming Ahlberg, Frem
- 1977 Allan Hansen, OB
- 1978 Ole Kjær, Esbjerg
- 1979 Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Esbjerg
- 1980 Lars Bastrup, AGF
- 1981 Allan Hansen (2), OB
- 1982 Michael Laudrup, Brøndby
- 1983 Morten Olsen, Anderlecht
- 1984 Preben Elkjær, Verona
- 1985 Michael Laudrup (2), Juventus
- 1986 Morten Olsen (2), 1. FC Köln
- 1987 John 'Faxe' Jensen, Brøndby
- 1988 Lars Olsen, Brøndby
- 1989 Brian Laudrup, Brøndby/Bayer Uerdingen
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- 1990 Peter Schmeichel, Brøndby
- 1991 Kim Vilfort, Brøndby
- 1992 Brian Laudrup (2), Bayern Munich/Fiorentina
- 1993 Peter Schmeichel (2), Manchester United
- 1994 Thomas Helveg, Udinese
- 1995 Brian Laudrup (3), Rangers
- 1996 Allan Nielsen, Brøndby/Tottenham Hotspur
- 1997 Brian Laudrup (4), Rangers
- 1998 Ebbe Sand, Brøndby
- 1999 Peter Schmeichel (3), Manchester United
- 2000 René Henriksen, Panathinaikos
- 2001 Ebbe Sand (2), FC Schalke 04
- 2002 Jon Dahl Tomasson, Feyenoord/Milan
- 2003 Morten Wieghorst, Brøndby
- 2004 Jon Dahl Tomasson (2), Milan
- 2005 Christian Poulsen, Schalke 04
- 2006 Christian Poulsen (2), Schalke 04/Sevilla
- 2007 Daniel Agger, Liverpool F.C.
- 2008 Martin Laursen, Aston Villa
- 2009 Simon Kjær, Palermo
- 2010 William Kvist, F.C. Copenhagen
- 2011 William Kvist (2), VfB Stuttgart
- 2012 Daniel Agger (2), Liverpool F.C.
- 2013 Christian Eriksen, Ajax/Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
- 2014 Christian Eriksen (2), Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
- 2015 Christian Eriksen (3), Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
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Women
Danish Football Association's award
Since 2006 the Danish Football Association, in association with the TV-station TV2, has also given an award to the best football player in Denmark. The winner of the award is announced at the annual award show called Dansk Fodbold Award.
The past winners of DBUs "Danish player of the year".
- 2006 Christian Poulsen, Schalke 04/Sevilla
- 2007 Dennis Rommedahl, Ajax
- 2008 Martin Laursen, Aston Villa
- 2009 Nicklas Bendtner, Arsenal
- 2010 Dennis Rommedahl, Ajax/Olympiacos
- 2011 Christian Eriksen, Ajax
- 2012 Daniel Agger, Liverpool
- 2013 Christian Eriksen, Ajax/Tottenham Hotspur
- 2014 Christian Eriksen, Tottenham Hotspur
- 2015 Kasper Schmeichel, Leicester City
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Young Players of the Year
Sponsored by Arla Foods, the awards were initially known as Mælkens talentpriser (the milk's talent awards) in order to promote the line of dairy products of the company then known as "MD Foods". DBU found new sponsor DONG (later DONG Energy), an oil company, in 2004 but Arla went on to sponsor the prize which was renamed Arla's talentpriser (Arla's talent awards) in 2005.
| Year |
U/21 |
U/19 |
U/17 |
| 1987 | *Johnny Mølby, Vejle | Anders Maibom, B 1909 | Diego Tur, B 1903 |
| 1988 | *Henrik Risom, Vejle | Jens Madsen, Brøndby | Ronnie Ekelund, Brøndby |
| 1989 | *Brian Steen Nielsen, Vejle | *Jacob Laursen, Vejle | Jeppe Tengbjerg, KB |
| 1990 | Steen Nedergaard, Odense | *Martin & *Michael Johansen KB | Kenni Sommer, Silkeborg |
| 1991 | *Miklos Molnar, Servette | Christian Duus, Silkeborg | Jesper Søgaard, Vejle |
| 1992 | *Jakob Kjeldbjerg, Silkeborg | Thomas Jensen, AaB | Simon Karkov, Esbjerg |
| 1993 | *Jesper Kristensen, Brøndby | *Ulrik Laursen, Odense | Michael Kremer, Brøndby |
| 1994 | *Thomas Rytter, Lyngby | *Jon Dahl Tomasson, Køge | Carsten Lektonen, Odense |
| 1995 | *Niclas Jensen, Lyngby | *Jesper Grønkjær, AaB | Dan Anton Johansen, Brøndby |
| 1996 | *Martin Jørgensen, AGF Aarhus | Stefan K. Hansen, Copenhagen | *Kasper Bøgelund, Odense |
| 1997 | *Ole Tobiasen, Ajax | *Lars Jacobsen, Odense | Jesper Håkansson, Frem |
| 1998 | Mikkel Jensen, Brøndby | *Peter Løvenkrands, AB | Tom Christensen, AGF Aarhus |
| 1999 | Christian Magleby, Lyngby | *Hjalte Bo Nørregaard, Copenhagen | Claus Pedersen, Odense |
| 2000 | *Martin Albrechtsen, AB | Allan Olesen, Brøndby | Martin Bergvold, KB |
| 2001 | *Christian Poulsen, Copenhagen | *Rasmus Würtz, Skive | *Kasper Lorentzen, Brøndby |
| 2002 | *Jan Kristiansen, Esbjerg | Jeppe Curth, Feyenoord | *Michael Jakobsen, B 93 |
| 2003 | *Stephan Andersen, AB | *Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen, AGF Aarhus | Lasse Qvist, Lyngby |
| 2004 | *Thomas Kahlenberg, Brøndby | Søren Christensen, Nykøbing FA | *Nicklas Bendtner, Arsenal |
| 2005 | *Daniel Agger, Liverpool | Magnus Troest, Midtjylland | Rasmus Christiansen, Lyngby |
| 2006 | *Niki Zimling, Esbjerg | *Mike Jensen, Brøndby | Mads Albæk, Midtjylland |
| 2007 | *Kasper Schmeichel, Manchester City | *Simon Kjær, Midtjylland | Nikola Saric, Herfølge |
| 2008 | *Michael Lumb, AGF Aarhus | *Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen, Copenhagen | *Christian Eriksen, OB |
| 2009 | *Anders Randrup, Brøndby | *Thomas Delaney, Copenhagen | Niels Bisp Rasmussen, Vejle |
| 2010 | Jonas Lössl, Midtjylland | *Jannik Vestergaard, Hoffenheim | Kenneth Zohore, Copenhagen |
| 2011 | *Nicolai Boilesen, Ajax | *Uffe Manich Bech, Lyngby | *Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Brøndby |
| 2012 | *Jores Okore, FC Nordsjælland | *Viktor Fischer, Ajax | *Andreas Christensen, Chelsea |
| 2013 | *Andreas Cornelius, Copenhagen | Andrew Hjulsager, Brøndby | Daniel Iversen, Esbjerg |
| 2014 | *Yussuf Poulsen, RB Leipzig | Joachim Andersen, Twente | Mark Brink Christensen, Esbjerg |
| 2015 | *Jeppe Højbjerg, Esbjerg | Mikkel Duelund, FC Midtjylland | Nicklas Strunck Jakobsen, FC Nordsjælland |
(*) Players who have played at least one match for the senior national team.
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