Ukrainian_Footballer_of_the_Year
The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year is an annual journalist award given by the Ukrainskiy Football ("Ukrainian Football") newspaper to the best professional Ukrainian footballer since 1991. The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award is given to native Ukrainians.
There is also another award of the best footballer in the Ukrainian Premier League that was established in 1995 by the other newspaper Komanda. That award is not restricted to the Ukrainian nationals as in case of Ukrainian Football, but rather to the Premier League players.
From 1969 till 1990, the Ukrainian newspaper Molod Ukrainy ("Youth of Ukraine") conducted polls to determine the footballer of the year, and subsequently Ukrainskiy Football took over (which is published by the same publisher as Molod Ukrainy) from 1991. Until 1992 not all players who were honored as the Ukrainian Footballer were Ukrainians such as Yevhen Rudakov, Yuriy Voynov, Oleh Makarov, Vitaliy Starukhin, Vitaliy Holubyev, and Akhrik Tsveiba. Also there were number of "alien" players who did not win the award, but finished in the top three among which are Oleg Salenko, Volodymyr Veremeyev, Adamas Golodets, Viktor Terentiev, Andrei Zazroyev.
Before 1969, a similar award was given out by another Kiev publishers. The very first one was awarded in 1950 by the Football Federation of Ukraine, but its award discontinued in 1960. Since 1960, the honours of awarding player of the year was picked up by the weekly Radyanskyi sport ("Soviet sports"), which in 1965 changed its name to Sportyvna Hazeta ("Sports Gazette"). For unknown reasons, the tradition was interrupted and in 1968 it was given out by another former Kievan Russian language newspaper Komsomolskoe znamya ("Banner of the Communist Union of Youth"), which announced both Vasyl Turyanchyk and Volodymyr Muntyan as the best players of Ukraine, then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. As with the "Sportyvna Gazeta", it is unknown whether the newspaper continued to conduct such polls following years, but it is certain that this tradition was picked up by a Ukrainian language, Kiev-based newspaper Molod Ukrainy ("Youth of Ukraine") that conducted the voting since 1969 on regular basis.
Ukrainian Research Institute of Physical Culture
| Year | Footballer | Club |
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| 1922 | Ivan Privalov 2nd Mykola Krotov 3rd Oleksandr Zlochevsky |  Shturm Kharkiv Shturm Kharkiv Shkirtrest Odessa
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| 1923 | Ivan Privalov 2nd Mykola Kazakov 3rd Ivan Natarov | Shturm Kharkiv Shturm Kharkiv Shturm Kharkiv
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| 1924 | Roman Norov 2nd Ivan Privalov 3rd Oleksandr Shpakovsky | Shturm Kharkiv KFKP KFKP/Shturm Kharkiv |
Central House of Physical Culture of Ukraine
| Year | Footballer | Club |
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| 1925 | Ivan Privalov 2nd Mykola Krotov 3rd Vasyl Kotov | RabIs Kharkiv RabIs Kharkiv Shkirtrest Odessa
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| 1926 | Ivan Privalov 2nd Yakiv Alferov 3rd Oleksandr Shpakovsky | RabIs Kharkiv/Dinamo Kharkiv RabIs Kharkiv/Dinamo Kharkiv RabIs Kharkiv/Dinamo Kharkiv
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| 1927 | Ivan Privalov 2nd Oleksandr Shtraub 3rd Volodymyr Fomin | Dinamo Kharkiv Kanatnyky Odessa Dinamo Kharkiv
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| 1928 | Oleksandr Babkin 2nd Kostiantyn Fomin 3rd Ivan Privalov | KhPZ Kharkiv Dinamo Kharkiv Dinamo Kharkiv
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| 1929 | Kazimierz Piontkowski 2nd Oleksandr Shpakovsky 3rd Oleksandr Shtraub | Dinamo Kiev Dinamo Kharkiv Kanatnyky Odessa
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| 1930 | Kazimierz Piontkowski 2nd Volodymyr Fomin 3rd Mykhailo Malkhasov | Dinamo Kiev Dinamo Kharkiv Dinamo Kiev
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| 1931 | Kazimierz Piontkowski 2nd Ivan Privalov 3rd Oleksandr Babkin | Dinamo Kiev Dinamo Kharkiv KhPZ Kharkiv |
Football (Hockey) Federation (Section) of Ukraine
Sportyvna Hazeta (Radyanskyi Sport)
Komsomolskoye Znamie
| Year | Footballer | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Vasyl Turyanchyk Volodymyr Muntyan 3rd Yuriy Dehteryov | Dinamo Kiev Dinamo Kiev Shakhter Donetsk |
Molod Ukrainy
Ukrainskiy Football (newspaper)
Ukrainskiy Football (website)
| Year | Footballer | Club |
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| 2018[11] | Viktor Tsyhankov 2nd Marlos 3rd Ruslan Malinovskyi |  Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Genk |
| 2019[12] | Oleksandr Zinchenko 2nd Viktor Tsyhankov 3rd Ruslan Malinovskyi |  Manchester City Dynamo Kyiv Genk /  Atalanta |
| 2020[13] | Denys Favorov 2nd Vitalii Mykolenko 3rd Viktor Tsyhankov | Desna Chernihiv / Zorya Luhansk Dynamo Kyiv Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2022[14] | Mykhailo Mudryk 2nd Artem Dovbyk 3rd Vitaliy Buyalskyi | Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro-1 Dynamo Kyiv |
Footballer of the Year (Ukrainian clubs)
Kyiv Institute of Physical Culture
Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year
Football Federation of Ukraine
Komanda award (1995–2016)
The Komanda award for the best footballer in the Ukrainian Premier League was established in 1995 by the Komanda newspaper. It is actually called the Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year (Vyscha Liha Footballer of the Year before 2008). It is being evaluated by the participants of the League, players and coaches.
Komanda also runs a list The best 33 football players of Ukraine (33 найкращі футболісти України) as an annual composed list of the three best football (soccer) players in each position (amplua) for the annual calendar. This is based on the Spisok 33 (ru:Список 33 лучших футболистов сезона в СССР) which ran in the Soviet era until 1992, when it became the Russian league List of 33 (ru:Список 33 лучших футболистов чемпионата России).
Komanda1 award
- Валерко А. (2022-12-25). "Довбик, Зінченко, Мудрик? Хто найкращий гравець України 2022 року, хто за кого голосував ‒ референдум «УФ»". Український футбол. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- 2012 Komanda Award at NB News (in Russian) Archived 2016-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Ukraine - Player of the Year Awards, rsssf.com.