Gullballen

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.

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Stefan Johansen, the first recipient of Gullballen.

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, Caroline Graham Hansen, and Erling Haaland are the only players to have won the award more than twice.[citation needed] Gullballen has been given out at Norwegian sport award Idrettsgallaen since 2015.

Winners

2014–2017

Ada Hegerberg, winner in 2015, 2016 and 2018.
Caroline Graham Hansen, winner in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023.
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2018–present

Erling Haaland, winner in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Guro Reiten, winner in 2022.

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

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By club

Men's clubs

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Women's clubs

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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. "Gullballen 2023 til Graham Hansen og Braut Haaland" [The Golden Ball 2023 to Graham Hansen and Braut Haaland]. Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

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