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 for	association football award
Country	Norway
Presented by	Norwegian 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

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.