Gullballen

Gullballen (English: the Golden Ball) is a Norwegian football award given by the Norwegian Football Federation to the best male and female Norwegian footballers each year. The award replaced Kniksen of the Year as the main award given to the best Norwegian footballer in a calendar year.

Gullballen
Given forassociation football award
CountryNorway
Presented byNorwegian Football Federation
Stefan Johansen, the first recipient of Gullballen.

The first award was given in 2014 to Stefan Johansen,[1] Until 2018, the award was given to only one player, either male or female. In 2015, Ada Hegerberg became the first woman to win the award.[2] Hegerberg has won the award three times (in 2015, 2016 and 2018) and is the only player to win it more than twice.[3] Gullballen has been given out at Norwegian sport award Idrettsgallaen since 2015.

Winners

2014–2017
Ada Hegerberg, winner in 2015, 2016 and 2018.
Joshua King won in 2017.
Year Player Club
2014
 Stefan Johansen Celtic
2015
 Ada Hegerberg (1) Lyon
2016
 Ada Hegerberg (2) Lyon
2017
 Joshua King Bournemouth

2018–present
Martin Ødegaard won Gullballen in 2019.

From 2018, the Gullballen has been awarded to both a male and a female footballer.

Men
Year Player Club
2018
 Rune Jarstein Hertha BSC
2019
 Martin Ødegaard Vitesse / Real Sociedad
Women
Year Player Club
2018
 Ada Hegerberg (3) Lyon
2019
 Caroline Graham Hansen Wolfsburg / Barcelona

By club

Men's clubs
Club Wins
Bournemouth 1
Celtic 1
Hertha BSC 1
Real Sociedad 1
Vitesse 1

Women's clubs
Club Wins
Lyon 3
Barcelona 1
Wolfsburg 1
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References
  1. "Stefan Johansen ble Gullballen-vinner". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. "Gullballen til Ada Hegerberg". tk.no (in Norwegian). Tidens Krav. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. "Jarstein og Hegerberg vant Gullballen". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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