| Awarded for | Association football award |
|---|---|
| Country | Sweden |
| Presented by | Swedish Football Association, Aftonbladet |
| History | |
| Most wins | Zlatan Ibrahimović (12) |
| Most recent | Viktor Gyökeres (2024) |
Guldbollen (Golden Ball) is a Swedish football award given by Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year.
History
The award was created by Bengt Liljedahl and between 1946 and 1965 it was awarded in cooperation with Stockholms-Tidningen.
The first Guldbollen award was given in 1946 to Gunnar Gren. In 1973, Bo Larsson of Malmö FF became the first player to win the award for a second time, having previously won it in 1965. Zlatan Ibrahimović is the only player to win the award more than twice, winning it twelve times between 2005 and 2020.
The female equivalent of the award, Diamantbollen, was established in 1990. Both Guldbollen and Diamantbollen are now awarded at the Fotbollsgalan.
Winners
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Source:
By club
| Club | Wins |
|---|---|
 IFK Norrköping
|
11 |
| Malmö FF
|
8 |
 Paris Saint-Germain
|
5 |
 Barcelona
|
4 |
| IFK Göteborg
|
4 |
 Milan
|
4 |
 Arsenal
|
3 |
| Helsingborgs IF
|
3 |
| Internazionale
|
3 |
 1. FC Kaiserslautern
|
3 |
| Manchester United
|
3 |
| Östers IF
|
3 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach
|
2 |
 Celtic
|
2 |
| Degerfors IF
|
2 |
| Djurgårdens IF
|
2 |
| Parma
|
2 |
 PSV Eindhoven
|
2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur
|
2 |
| Åtvidabergs FF
|
2 |
| AIK
|
1 |
| Ajax
|
1 |
 Anderlecht
|
1 |
| Aston Villa
|
1 |
| Atalanta
|
1 |
| Bayern Munich
|
1 |
 Benfica
|
1 |
| IK Brage
|
1 |
| Coventry City
|
1 |
| Fiorentina
|
1 |
| Hammarby IF
|
1 |
| Juventus
|
1 |
| RB Leipzig
|
1 |
| VfB Stuttgart
|
1 |
| Sunderland
|
1 |
| Valencia
|
1 |
 Young Boys
|
1 |
| Örebro SK
|
1 |
| Örgryte IS
|
1 |
 Krasnodar
|
1 |
| Sporting CP
|
1 |
References
- Jahnson, Therese (11 November 2024). "Bengt är smeden som gör Zlatans guldbollar". Mitt i. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- "Guldbollen". Fogis.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- "1946: Gunnar Gren, IFK Göteborg". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- "Zlatan Ibrahimovic to be honoured with statue as David Beckham calls him 'one of the greatest ever'". The Telegraph. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- "Guldbollen". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
External links
Media related to Guldbollen at Wikimedia Commons
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