UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award

The UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award is an association football award given to the female footballer that is considered the best player playing for a football club in Europe during the previous season. The award was announced in 2013, two years after the creation of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, the equivalent award for male footballers.^[1]

Nadine Angerer, Lena Goeßling, and Lotta Schelin made the shortlist for the inaugural year, with Nadine Angerer being selected as the winner on 5 September 2013 during the round of 32 and 16 draws for the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League.^[1][2]

Criteria and voting

According to UEFA, players are selected based on their performances that year in "all competitions, both domestic and international, and at club and national team levels".^[1] For the inaugural award, players were nominated by the coaches of the twelve national teams that made the group stage of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 competition and the coaches of the eight club teams that made the quarterfinals of the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League. The nominees were then voted on by eighteen sports journalists that cover women's association football, chosen by trade organization European Sports Media. Each of the voters selected their pick for the top three players, giving their first choice five points, their second choice three points, and their third choice one point. From this initial round of voting, a three player shortlist is selected and the fourth through tenth place finishers are determined. The winner, runner up, and third place finisher are selected from the shortlist during a second round of voting, which takes place during the round of 32 and 16 draws for the UEFA Women's Champions League.^[3]

Award history

Winners

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
2013	Nadine Angerer (Frankfurt)	Lena Goeßling (Wolfsburg)	Lotta Schelin (Lyon)
2014	Nadine Keßler (Wolfsburg)	Martina Müller (Wolfsburg)	Nilla Fischer (Wolfsburg)

By player

	Player	First place	Second place	Third place
1	Nadine Angerer	1	0	0
	Nadine Keßler	1	0	0
2	Lena Goeßling	0	1	0
	Martina Müller	0	1	0
3	Lotta Schelin	0	0	1
	Nilla Fischer	0	0	1

By country

	Player	First place	Second place	Third place
1	Germany	2	2	0
2	Sweden	0	0	2

By club

	Player	First place	Second place	Third place
1	Wolfsburg	1	2	1
2	Frankfurt	1	0	0
3	Lyon	0	0	1

Finalists

      Winner       Shortlisted

2012–13

Rank	Player	First round	Final round	Team
1	Nadine Angerer	–	10	Frankfurt
2	Lena Goeßling	–	6	Wolfsburg
3	Lotta Schelin	–	2	Lyon
4	Nadine Keßler	16	–	Wolfsburg
5	Verónica Boquete	11	–	Tyresö
6	Caroline Seger	8	–	Tyresö
7	Nilla Fischer	6	–	Linköping
8	Célia Okoyino da Mbabi	4	–	Frankfurt
9	Wendie Renard	3	–	Lyon
10	Louisa Nécib	2	–	Lyon

Sources:^[3][4]

2013–14

Rank	Player	First round	Final round	Team
1	Nadine Keßler	–	9	Wolfsburg
2	Martina Müller	–	3	Wolfsburg
3	Nilla Fischer	–	0	Wolfsburg
4	Lena Goeßling	6	–	Wolfsburg
5	Verónica Boquete	5	–	Tyresö
	Lotta Schelin	5	–	Lyon
7	Marta	3	–	Tyresö FF
	Alexandra Popp	3	–	Wolfsburg
	Caroline Seger	3	–	Tyresö FF
10	Christen Press	2	–	Tyresö FF

Sources:^[5]

References

External links

• Official website

International women's association football FIFA World Cup Olympics Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup World Rankings Player of the Year Player of the Century FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Competitions Federations Codes Asia AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF) Africa CAF Women's Championship U-20 U-17 North America, Central America and Caribbean CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17 South America CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17 Oceania OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17 Europe UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17 Non-FIFA NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup Games All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade See also International men's football