Czech Footballer of the Year
The Czech Footballer of the Year (Czech: Fotbalista roku) is awarded in the Czech Republic by the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FA ČR). Eligibility extends to Czech players in the Czech Republic and abroad. Awards for young player, coach and Czech First League personality of the year are also awarded. The award was first presented in 1965, as an award for the whole of Czechoslovakia. It was won by Ján Popluhár.[1]
Petr Čech won the award for an unprecedented sixth time in the 2012 ceremony, passing the previous record of five wins held by fellow goalkeeper Ivo Viktor.[2] Viktor had previously won the award more times than any other player, having won the award five times in the Czechoslovak era between 1968 and 1976.[3]
The other football award in the Czech Republic is the Golden Ball, awarded by sport journalists.
Winners
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Petr Čech, 6-time winner.
Tomáš Rosický won the award three times in his career.
Pavel Nedvěd won the award four times in his career.
The award has been made every year since the first award in 1965. In 1996 two players shared the award.[3]
| Year | Player | Club | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 |  | Petr Kouba | Sparta Prague | |
| 1994 | | Pavel Kuka | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
| 1995 | | Radek Drulák | Petra Drnovice | |
| 1996 | | Patrik Berger (joint winner) | Liverpool | |
| 1996 | | Karel Poborský (joint winner) | Manchester United | |
| 1997 | | Jiří Němec | Schalke | |
| 1998 | | Pavel Nedvěd | Lazio | |
| 1999 | | Jan Koller | Anderlecht | |
| 2000 | | Pavel Nedvěd | Lazio | |
| 2001 | | Tomáš Rosický | Borussia Dortmund | |
| 2002 | | Tomáš Rosický | Borussia Dortmund | |
| 2003 | | Pavel Nedvěd | Juventus | |
| 2004 | | Pavel Nedvěd | Juventus | |
| 2005 | | Petr Čech | Chelsea | |
| 2006 | | Tomáš Rosický | Arsenal | |
| 2007 | | Marek Jankulovski | Milan | |
| 2008 | | Petr Čech | Chelsea | |
| 2009 | | Petr Čech | Chelsea | |
| 2010 | | Petr Čech | Chelsea | |
| 2011 | | Petr Čech | Chelsea | |
| 2012 | | Petr Čech | Chelsea | |
| 2013 | | Petr Čech[4] | Chelsea | |
| 2014 | | David Lafata[5] | Sparta Prague | |
Other awards
| Year | Coach of the Year | Talent of the Year | Personality of the League |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Dušan Uhrin (Sparta Prague) | - | |
| 1994 | Vlastimil Petržela (FC Slovan Liberec) | Richard Dostálek (1. FC Brno) | Jozef Chovanec (Sparta Prague) |
| 1995 | Dušan Uhrin (national team) | Ivo Ulich (SK Hradec Králové) | Jan Stejskal (Slavia Prague) |
| 1996 | Dušan Uhrin (national team) | Marek Zúbek (1. FC Brno) | Radek Drulák (FK Drnovice) |
| 1997 | František Cipro (Slavia Prague) | Martin Lukeš (Baník Ostrava) | Sladjan Ašanin (Slavia Prague) |
| 1998 | Jozef Chovanec (national team) | Tomáš Došek (Viktoria Plzeň) | Jaroslav Šilhavý (Viktoria Žižkov) |
| 1999 | Jozef Chovanec (national team) | Tomáš Rosický (Sparta Prague) | Zdeněk Jánoš (Jablonec 97) |
| 2000 | Jozef Chovanec (national team) | Milan Baroš (Baník Ostrava) | Oldřich Machala (Sigma Olomouc) |
| 2001 | Karel Brückner (U-21 national team) | Petr Čech (Chmel Blšany/Sparta Prague) | Miroslav Kadlec (Drnovice/Brno) |
| 2002 | Karel Brückner (national team) | Tomáš Hübschman (Sparta Prague) | Jiří Němec (Chmel Blšany) |
| 2003 | Karel Brückner (national team) | Jan Laštůvka (Baník Ostrava) | Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague) |
| 2004 | Karel Brückner (national team) | Tomáš Jun (Sparta Prague) | Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague) |
| 2005 | Karel Brückner (national team) | Martin Latka (Slavia Prague) | Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague) |
| 2006 | Vítězslav Lavička (Slovan Liberec) | Daniel Kolář (Sparta Prague) | Jaromír Blažek (Sparta Prague) |
| 2007 | Karel Brückner (national team) | Martin Fenin (Teplice/Eintracht Frankfurt) | Pavel Verbíř (Teplice) |
| 2008 | Karel Jarolím (Slavia Prague) | Tomáš Necid (Jablonec/Slavia Prague) | Vladimír Šmicer (Slavia Prague) |
| 2009 | František Komňacký (Jablonec) | Adam Hloušek (Jablonec/Slavia Prague) | Tomáš Řepka (Sparta Prague) |
| 2010 | Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) | Václav Kadlec (Sparta Prague) | Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň) |
| 2011 | Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) | Ladislav Krejčí (Sparta Prague) | Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň) |
| 2012 | Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) | Tomáš Kalas (Vitesse) | Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň) |
| 2013 | Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) | Matěj Vydra (West Bromwich Albion) | Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň) |
| 2014 | Pavel Vrba (national team) | Jan Baránek (Baník Ostrava) | David Lafata (Sparta Prague) |
References
- ↑ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubu (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
- ↑ "Fotbalovým králem je opět brankář. Čech vyhrál pošesté a má rekord" [Football king is again a goalkeeper. Čech won for the sixth time and has the record]. idnes.cz (in Czech) (Mladá fronta DNES). 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rohr, Bernd; Günter, Simon (2006). Fotbal - velký lexikon: osobnosti, kluby, názvosloví (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 142. ISBN 80-247-1158-3.
- ↑ "Čech named Czech player of the year again". uefa.com. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ "Čechova vláda po letech skončila, fotbalistou roku je střelec Lafata". idnes.cz. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
External links
- (Czech) Historie ankety Fotbalista roku at ČMFS website
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