Footballer of the month
Footballer of the Month was a monthly award given to Bundesliga players .
Organization of choice
The Footballer of the Month was voted monthly from the 2003/04 season to the 2009/10 season . The 18 captains of the Bundesliga teams each suggested a player; The footballer of the month was then determined from the three most frequently named players in an audience vote. The election was organized by Kicker Sportmagazin , DSF and DFL .
Records
Diego received the award a total of five times and thus the most frequently received from all Bundesliga players. In February 2010 , Cacau received the highest share of the total answers with 84.1 percent. Only Timo Hildebrand (2003), Mario Gómez (2009) and Toni Kroos (2009/10) received awards twice in a row .
Miroslav Klose and Mario Gómez were nominated most often by the captains (8 times). In March 2007, there were three goalkeepers to choose from for the only time. In October 2008, Demba Ba , Vedad Ibišević and Chinedu Obasi from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim were nominated for the first time from three players from one club, which Arjen Robben , Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger repeated in May 2010 for FC Bayern Munich . Only Arjen Robben received five nominations in a row (January to May 2010); Vedad Ibišević follows with four nominations in a row (August to November 2008). With five nominations each, Dimitar Berbatow and Arjen Robben are the most frequently nominated players who have never been named Footballer of the Month .
Footballer of the month
statistics
- Most awards
- 5 awards: Diego
- 4 awards each: Mario Gómez, Lukas Podolski
- 3 awards each: Miroslav Klose, Timo Hildebrand
- 2 awards each: Thomas Hitzlsperger, Tim Borowski, Torsten Frings, Roman Weidenfeller, Franck Ribéry, Mesut Özil, Toni Kroos
- Most of the nominations
- 8 nominations: Mario Gómez, Miroslav Klose
- 6 nominations each: Diego, Roy Makaay
- 5 nominations each: Dimitar Berbatow, Franck Ribéry, Grafite, Arjen Robben
- 4 nominations each: Tim Borowski, Torsten Frings, Vedad Ibišević, Kevin Kurányi, Lukas Podolski, Claudio Pizarro
- 3 nominations each: Aílton, Sergej Barbarez, Robert Enke, Timo Hildebrand, Lúcio
- Most awards by club membership
- Werder Bremen 18 awards:
- VfB Stuttgart 12 awards:
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen , FC Bayern Munich 5 awards each :
- 1. FC Köln 4 awards:
- Borussia Dortmund , FC Schalke 04 3 awards each :
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern , Arminia Bielefeld , Hamburger SV 2 awards each :
- Alemannia Aachen , Eintracht Frankfurt , Hansa Rostock , Hertha BSC , 1. FSV Mainz 05 , Karlsruher SC , TSG 1899 Hoffenheim , VfL Wolfsburg 1 award each :
- Most nominations by club membership
- Werder Bremen 34 nominations:
- FC Bayern Munich 31 nominations:
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen 19 nominations:
- VfB Stuttgart 18 nominations:
- FC Schalke 04 15 nominations:
- Hamburger SV 9 nominations:
- VfL Wolfsburg , Borussia Dortmund , TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 8 nominations each :
- VfL Bochum , Arminia Bielefeld , Eintracht Frankfurt , 1. FC Cologne , 1. FC Nuremberg , Hertha BSC 4 nominations each :
- Hannover 96 , 1. FC Kaiserslautern , 1. FSV Mainz 05 , Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 nominations each :
- Karlsruher SC , Hansa Rostock 2 nominations each :
- Alemannia Aachen , Energie Cottbus 1 nomination each :
- Most awards by position
- Striker 30 ×
- Midfielder 25 ×
- Goalkeeper 6 ×
- Defender 2 ×