Footballer of the Year (GDR)
The most outstanding football player of a season was honored annually in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as Footballer of the Year . The prize was awarded by the trade journal Die neue Fußballwoche under the name Silver Football Boot. The players were elected by the sports editors of the daily newspapers in the GDR. The award was first given in 1963 and last for the 29th time in 1991. The first title holder was Manfred Kaiser , the last GDR footballer of the year was Torsten Gütschow .
The most successful players were Jürgen Croy and Hans-Jürgen Dörner , each with three awards. Bernd Bransch , Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin , René Müller and Joachim Streich have received two awards . The most successful club was Dynamo Dresden , which provided the footballer of the year a total of seven times. No GDR footballer was voted European or World Footballer of the Year .
Likewise, none of the GDR footballers of the year before reunification was voted all-German footballer of the year . Michael Ballack and Matthias Sammer were only named German Footballer of the Year after the reunification.
List of title holders
- Year : The year in which the player was elected.
- Name : gives the name of the player.
- Club: Name the club the player was playing for at the time.
- Position : states the position of the player: goal , defense , midfield , forward .
Leaderboards
player
- Place : states the position of the player within this ranking list. This is determined by the number of titles. If the number of titles is the same, they are sorted alphabetically.
- Name : gives the name of the player.
- Number : states the number of titles won.
- Years : States the season (s) in which the player became Footballer of the Year.
| space | Surname | number | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jürgen Croy | 3 | 1972, 1976, 1978 |
| Hans-Jürgen Dörner | 3 | 1977, 1984, 1985 | |
| 3 | Bernd Bransch | 2 | 1968, 1974 |
| Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin | 2 | 1980, 1981 | |
| René Müller | 2 | 1986, 1987 | |
| Joachim Streich | 2 | 1979, 1983 | |
| 7th | Peter Ducke | 1 | 1971 |
| Roland Ducke | 1 | 1970 | |
| Dieter Erler | 1 | 1967 | |
| Torsten Gütschow | 1 | 1991 | |
| Manfred Kaiser | 1 | 1963 | |
| Ulf Kirsten | 1 | 1990 | |
| Hans-Jürgen Kreische | 1 | 1973 | |
| Jürgen Nöldner | 1 | 1966 | |
| Jürgen Pommerenke | 1 | 1975 | |
| Rüdiger snuff | 1 | 1982 | |
| Andreas Thom | 1 | 1988 | |
| Andreas Trautmann | 1 | 1989 | |
| Klaus Urbanczyk | 1 | 1964 | |
| Eberhard Vogel | 1 | 1969 | |
| Horst Weigang | 1 | 1965 |
societies
- Place : states the position of the club within this ranking list. This is determined by the number of titles. If the number of titles is the same, they are sorted alphabetically.
- Club : gives the name of the club.
- Number : states the number of titles won.
- Years : States the season (s) in which the club's players became Footballer of the Year.
| space | society | number | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dynamo Dresden 1 | 7th | 1973, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991 |
| 2. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 6th | 1970, 1971, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1982 |
| 3. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 2 | 3 | 1965, 1986, 1987 |
| 3. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 3 | 1975, 1979, 1983 |
| 3. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 3 | 1972, 1976, 1978 |
| 6th | Hallescher FC Chemie 3 | 2 | 1964, 1968 |
| 6th | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2 | 1967, 1969 |
| 8th. | BFC Dynamo | 1 | 1988 |
| 8th. | FC Forward Berlin | 1 | 1966 |
| 8th. | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 4 | 1 | 1963 |
Positions
- Place : states the position of the position within this ranking list. This is determined by the number of titles. If the number of titles is the same, they are sorted alphabetically.
- Position : Name the position.
- Number : states the number of titles won.
| space | position | number |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | striker | 10 |
| 2. | goalkeeper | 8th |
| 3. | Defense | 7th |
| 4th | midfield | 4th |
Footnotes
Individual evidence
- ↑ ddr-fussball.net: Footballer of the Year
- ↑ rsssf.com: (West) Germany - Footballer of the Year
