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Gullballen
Awarded forassociation football award
CountryNorway
Presented byNorwegian Football Federation
Stefan Johansen, the first recipient of Gullballen.

Gullballen (English: the Golden Ball) is a Norwegian football award given by the Norwegian Football Federation to the best male and female Norwegian footballers each year. The award replaced Kniksen of the Year as the main award given to the best Norwegian footballer in a calendar year.

The first award was given in 2014 to Stefan Johansen,[1] Until 2018, the award was given to only one player, either male or female. In 2015, Ada Hegerberg became the first woman to win the award.[2] Hegerberg has won the award three times (in 2015, 2016 and 2018) and is the only player to win it more than twice.[3] Gullballen has been given out at Norwegian sport award Idrettsgallaen since 2015.

Winners

2014–2017

Ada Hegerberg, winner in 2015, 2016 and 2018.
Joshua King won the award in 2017.
Year Winner Club(s)
2014
Stefan Johansen Scotland Celtic
2015
Ada Hegerberg (1) France Lyon
2016
Ada Hegerberg (2) France Lyon
2017
Joshua King England Bournemouth

2018–present

Martin Ødegaard won the men's award in 2019.
Erling Haaland, winner in 2020.

From 2018, the Gullballen has been awarded to both a male and a female footballer.

Men's award
Year Winner Club(s)
2018
Rune Jarstein Germany Hertha BSC
2019
Martin Ødegaard Netherlands Vitesse
Spain Real Sociedad
2020
Erling Haaland (1) Germany Borussia Dortmund
2021
Erling Haaland (2) Germany Borussia Dortmund
Women's award
Year Winner Club(s)
2018
Ada Hegerberg (3) France Lyon
2019
Caroline Graham Hansen (1) Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Spain Barcelona
2020
Caroline Graham Hansen (2) Spain Barcelona
2021
Caroline Graham Hansen (3) Spain Barcelona

By club

Men's clubs

Club Wins
Germany Borussia Dortmund 2
England Bournemouth 1
Scotland Celtic 1
Germany Hertha BSC 1
Spain Real Sociedad 1
Netherlands Vitesse 1

Women's clubs

Club Wins
Spain Barcelona 3
France Lyon 3
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 1

References

  1. ^ "Stefan Johansen ble Gullballen-vinner". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Gullballen til Ada Hegerberg". tk.no (in Norwegian). Tidens Krav. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Jarstein og Hegerberg vant Gullballen". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.