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Shunsuke Nakamura was the 2007 winner.

The Scottish Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year (often called the SFWA Footballer of the Year, or simply the Scottish Footballer of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in Scottish football.[1] The award has been presented since the 1964–65 season, and the winner is selected by a vote amongst the members of the Scottish Football Writers' Association (SFWA), which comprises over 100 football journalists based throughout Scotland.[2] The first winner was Celtic's Billy McNeill, and the first non-Scottish winner was Mark Hateley of Rangers in 1994. The latest winner of the award as of 2007 is Shunsuke Nakamura of Celtic. Five players have won the award on more than one occasion, the most recent being Barry Ferguson, who won his second award in the 2002–03 season.

The award was instigated in 1965, eight years after the association was founded, and committee member Allan Herron was charged with obtaining the permission of the Scottish Football Association to make the first award. Each member of the association casts one vote and also nominates a runner-up. In the event of a tie for first place the number of runner-up votes is taken into consideration.[2] Although it is the older of the two awards, the SFWA award is considered by the players themselves to be of secondary importance to the SPFA Players' Player of the Year, due to the fact that the winner of the SPFA award is chosen by his fellow professionals.[3]

List of winners

The award has been presented on 43 occasions as of 2007, with 37 different individual players winning. On one occasion the award was presented collectively to the Scotland national squad.[4] The table also indicates where the winning player also won the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association's Players' Player of the Year award (SPWA).[5] No player has ever won the SFWA award and the SPFA Young Player of the Year award in the same season.

Brian McClair won the award in 1987.
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Ally McCoist was the 1992 winner.
Henrik Larsson has won the award twice.
Season Player Club Also won Notes
1964–65 Scotland Billy McNeill Celtic
1965–66 Scotland John Greig Rangers
1966–67 Scotland Ronnie Simpson Celtic
1967–68 Scotland Gordon Wallace Raith Rovers
1968–69 Scotland Bobby Murdoch Celtic
1969–70 Scotland Pat Stanton Hibernian
1970–71 Scotland Martin Buchan Aberdeen
1971–72 Scotland Dave Smith Rangers
1972–73 Scotland George Connelly Celtic
1973–74 Scotland Scotland World Cup squad
1974–75 Scotland Sandy Jardine Rangers
1975–76 Scotland John Greig Rangers [6]
1976–77 Scotland Danny McGrain Celtic
1977–78 Scotland Derek Johnstone Rangers SPFA [7]
1978–79 Scotland Andy Ritchie Greenock Morton
1979–80 Scotland Gordon Strachan Aberdeen
1980–81 Scotland Alan Rough Partick Thistle
1981–82 Scotland Paul Sturrock Dundee United
1982–83 Scotland Charlie Nicholas Celtic SPFA
1983–84 Scotland Willie Miller Aberdeen SPFA
1984–85 Scotland Hamish McAlpine Dundee United
1985–86 Scotland Sandy Jardine Heart of Midlothian [8]
1986–87 Scotland Brian McClair Celtic SPFA
1987–88 Scotland Paul McStay Celtic SPFA
1988–89 Scotland Richard Gough Rangers
1989–90 Scotland Alex McLeish Aberdeen
1990–91 Scotland Maurice Malpas Dundee United
1991–92 Scotland Ally McCoist Rangers SPFA
1992–93 Scotland Andy Goram Rangers SPFA
1993–94 England Mark Hateley Rangers SPFA [9]
1994–95 Denmark Brian Laudrup Rangers SPFA [10]
1995–96 England Paul Gascoigne Rangers SPFA
1996–97 Denmark Brian Laudrup Rangers
1997–98 Scotland Craig Burley Celtic
1998–99 Sweden Henrik Larsson Celtic SPFA
1999–00 Scotland Barry Ferguson Rangers
2000–01 Sweden Henrik Larsson Celtic SPFA
2001–02 Scotland Paul Lambert Celtic
2002–03 Scotland Barry Ferguson Rangers SPFA
2003–04 Scotland Jackie McNamara Celtic
2004–05 Wales John Hartson Celtic SPFA[11]
2005–06 Scotland Craig Gordon Heart of Midlothian
2006–07 Japan Shunsuke Nakamura Celtic SPFA [12]

Breakdown of winners

Winners by country

Country Number of wins Winning seasons
Scotland Scotland
35
 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06
Sweden Sweden
2
 1998–99, 2000–01
Denmark Denmark
2
 1994–95, 1996–97
England England
2
 1993–94, 1995–96
Japan Japan
1
 2006–07
Wales Wales
1
 2004–05

Winners by club

Club Number of wins Winning seasons
Celtic
15
 1964–65, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07
Rangers
14
 1965–66, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2002–03
Aberdeen
4
 1970–71, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1989–90
Dundee United
3
 1981–82, 1984–85, 1990–91
Heart of Midlothian
2
 1985–86, 2005–06
Partick Thistle
1
 1980–81
Morton
1
 1978–79
Hibernian
1
 1979–80
Raith Rovers
1
 1967–68

See also

References

  1. ^ Neil Cameron (2008-04-10). "I Would Have Voted For Ranger Alan Hutton As Best Player, Reveals Shunsuke Nakamura". The Daily Record. Retrieved 2008-02-29. We all have opinions about who is the season's best player and a year ago it was Nakamura who came out on top in voting for both the PFA and Football Writers' award.
  2. ^ a b Jim Black. "Fifty years of passion and prose". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  3. ^ Stuart Lovell (2008-04-07). "Why Aiden should run away with player prize". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  4. ^ "Scotland – Player of the Year". RSSSF. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  5. ^ Barnes, Stuart (2007). News of the World Football Annual 2007/2008. Invincible Press. pp. p63. ISBN 0-0072-5555-9. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
  6. ^ First player to win the award twice.
  7. ^ First player to win SFWA and SPFA awards in the same season.
  8. ^ First player to win the award twice with two different clubs.
  9. ^ First non-Scottish winner.
  10. ^ First winner from outside the British Isles
  11. ^ Hartson shared the SPFA award with Fernando Ricksen.
  12. ^ First winner from outside Europe.

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