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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 |  Nadine Angerer (Frankfurt) | Lena Goeßling (Wolfsburg) |  Lotta Schelin (Lyon) |
| 2013–14 | Nadine Keßler (Wolfsburg) | Martina Müller (Wolfsburg) | Nilla Fischer (Wolfsburg) |
| 2014–15 | Célia Šašić (Frankfurt) |  Amandine Henry (Lyon) | Dzsenifer Marozsán (Frankfurt) |
| 2015–16 |  Ada Hegerberg (Lyon) | Amandine Henry (Lyon) | Dzsenifer Marozsán (Frankfurt) |
By player
| Player | First place | Second place | Third place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nadine Angerer |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ada Hegerberg |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nadine Keßler |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Célia Šašić |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Amandine Henry |
0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Lena Goeßling |
0 | 1 | 0 |
| Martina Müller |
0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | Dzsenifer Marozsán |
0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Lotta Schelin |
0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nilla Fischer |
0 | 0 | 1 |
By country
| Country | First place | Second place | Third place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Norway |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | France |
0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Sweden |
0 | 0 | 2 |
By club
| Club | First place | Second place | Third place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankfurt |
2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Wolfsburg |
1 | 2 | 1 |
| Lyon |
1 | 2 | 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 |
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 |
2014–15
| Rank | Player | First round | Final round | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Célia Šašić |
– | 11 | Frankfurt |
| 2 | Amandine Henry |
– | 4 | Lyon |
| 3 | Dzsenifer Marozsán |
– | 3 | Frankfurt |
| 4 | Verónica Boquete |
8 | – | Frankfurt |
| Anja Mittag |
8 | – | Rosengård | |
| 6 | Eugénie Le Sommer |
7 | – | Lyon |
| 7 |  Ramona Bachmann |
6 | – | Rosengård |
| 8 | Wendie Renard |
4 | – | Lyon |
| 9 | Caroline Seger |
3 | – | PSG |
| 10 | Nadine Angerer |
2 | – | Portland Thorns |
| Simone Laudehr |
2 | – | Frankfurt | |
| 12 | Alexandra Popp |
0 | – | Wolfsburg |
2015–16
| Rank | Player | First round | Final round | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ada Hegerberg |
– | 13 | Lyon |
| 2 | Amandine Henry |
– | 4 | Lyon |
| 3 | Dzsenifer Marozsán |
– | 3 | Frankfurt |
| 4 |  Saki Kumagai |
11 | – | Lyon |
| Wendie Renard |
10 | – | Lyon | |
| 6 | Louisa Nécib |
9 | – | Lyon |
| 7 | Alexandra Popp |
9 | – | Wolfsburg |
| 8 | Camille Abily |
6 | – | Lyon |
| 9 | Eugénie Le Sommer |
3 | – | Lyon |
| 10 | Amel Majri |
2 | – | Lyon |
References
- 1 2 3 Saffer, Paul (9 July 2013). "Best Women's Player in Europe Award launched". UEFA. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ↑ Paddy, Higgs (5 September 2013). "Germany goalkeeper Nadine Angerer is UEFA's European footballer of the year". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- 1 2 "Angerer, Schelin and Goessling shortlisted". UEFA. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ↑ "UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe 2012/13: final votes" (PDF). UEFA.
- ↑ "Nadine Kessler and Cristiano Ronaldo voted UEFA Best Players in Europe 2013/14". UEFA.
- ↑ "Célia Šašić and Lionel Messi voted UEFA Best Players in Europe 2014/15". UEFA.
- ↑ "Hegerberg, Henry, Marozsán are women's nominees". UEFA.
- ↑ "Ada Hegerberg voted Best Women's Player in Europe". UEFA.
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