Lower Saxony's footballer of the year
The honor of Lower Saxony Footballer of the Year is since 1991 the Lower Saxony Football Association (NFA) to the best footballer of or the best footballer in Lower Saxony awarded the association. Since 2007, only journalists from Lower Saxony have been choosing the winner from a selection of ten nominees and each have up to three votes.
A prominent sponsor, usually a former soccer player or a sports journalist, is present at every award ceremony, who presents the award and gives a laudatory speech . A trophy and a golden shoe from the sponsor adidas will be awarded. Further sponsors are the AOK Niedersachsen and the Lower Saxony Sport Press Association .
The first prize winner in 1991 was Uwe Groothuis from Kickers Emden . So far, the winners have been Petra Damm (1992), Stefanie Gottschlich (2004) and Martina Müller (2008). The first foreign player was the Czech Jan Šimák in 2002 . So far, no player has received multiple awards.
Award winners
- Year : states the year in which the player was elected.
- Name : States the name of the player.
- Nationality : states the nationality of the player.
- Club: Name the club the player was playing for at the time.
- Godfather : Name the godfather who presented the award and gave the laudatory speech.
Ranking list
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.
space | society | number |
---|---|---|
1. | Hannover 96 | 13 |
2. | VfL Wolfsburg | 7th |
3. | VfL Osnabrück | 4th |
4th | Kickers Emden | 2 |
5. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1 |
SV Meppen | 1 | |
VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg | 1 |
Web links
- Footballer of the year on the NFV website