Diamantbollen

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Diamantbollen
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Lotta Schelin receiving the Diamantbollen Award of 2006
Awarded for association football award
Country Sweden
Presented by Swedish Football Association, Sydsvenskan
History
First award1990
Most wins Lotta Schelin (5)
Most recent Elin Rubensson
(1st award)
Website SvenskFotboll.se

Diamantbollen, Swedish for the Diamond Ball, an annual award for Sweden's best female football player. The award is currently awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Sydsvenskans newspaper, in conjunction with its male equivalent, Guldbollen .

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Diamantbollen was first awarded in 1990 in cooperation between the Swedish Football Association and the newspaper Arbetet until 2000. Since 2001, the awards has been awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Sydsvenskan. [1] The precursor of this award, "Årets fotbollstjej" ("Soccer Girl of the Year"), was awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Dagens Nyheter from 1980 to 1989. [2]

Since 2002, the recipient of the award has received a blown crystal structure designed by Melanie Rydoff. The award is in the shape of a kernel with smooth concave top. At the top of the award, there is a silver leaf. The logo and player name are made by calligrapher Gun Larson. [3]

Winners

Årets fotbollstjej award

YearPlayerClub(s)
1980
Anna Svenjeby Flag of Sweden.svg Kronängs IF
1981
Pia Sundhage Flag of Sweden.svg Jitex BK
1982
Anette Börjesson Flag of Sweden.svg Jitex BK
1983
Elisabeth Leidinge Flag of Sweden.svg Jitex BK
1984
Lena Videkull Flag of Sweden.svg Trollhättans IF
1985
Eva Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg GIF Sundsvall
1986
Gunilla Axén Flag of Sweden.svg Gideonsbergs IF
1987
Eleonor Hultin Flag of Sweden.svg GAIS
1988
Lena Videkull (2) Flag of Sweden.svg Öxabäcks IF
1989
Eleonor Hultin (2) Flag of Sweden.svg Jitex BK

Diamantbollen

YearPlayerClub(s)
1990
Eva Zeikfalvy Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö FF
1991
Elisabeth Leidinge (2) Flag of Sweden.svg Jitex BK
1992
Anneli Andelén Flag of Sweden.svg Öxabäck/Mark IF
1993
Lena Videkull (3) Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö FF
1994
Kristin Bengtsson Flag of Sweden.svg Hammarby IF
1995
Malin Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg Älvsjö AIK
1996
Malin Swedberg Flag of Sweden.svg Älvsjö AIK
1997
Ulrika Karlsson Flag of Sweden.svg Bälinge IF
1998
Victoria Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg Älvsjö AIK
1999
Cecilia Sandell Flag of Sweden.svg Älvsjö AIK
2000
Tina Nordlund Flag of Sweden.svg Umeå IK
2001
Malin Moström Flag of Sweden.svg Umeå IK
2002
Hanna Ljungberg Flag of Sweden.svg Umeå IK
2003
Victoria Svensson (2) Flag of Sweden.svg Djurgården/Älvsjö
2004
Kristin Bengtsson (2) Flag of Sweden.svg Djurgården/Älvsjö
2005
Hanna Marklund Flag of Sweden.svg Sunnanå SK
2006
Lotta Schelin Flag of Sweden.svg Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
2007
Therese Sjögran Flag of Sweden.svg LdB FC Malmö
2008
Frida Östberg Flag of Sweden.svg Umeå IK
2009
Caroline Seger Flag of Sweden.svg Linköping FC
2010
Therese Sjögran (2) Flag of Sweden.svg LdB FC Malmö
2011
Lotta Schelin (2) Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais
2012
Lotta Schelin (3) Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais
2013
Lotta Schelin (4) Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais
2014
Lotta Schelin (5) Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais
2015
Hedvig Lindahl Flag of England.svg Chelsea
2016
Hedvig Lindahl (2) Flag of England.svg Chelsea
2017
Kosovare Asllani Flag of England.svg Manchester City
Flag of Sweden.svg Linköpings FC
2018
Nilla Fischer Flag of Germany.svg VfL Wolfsburg
2019
Caroline Seger (2) Flag of Sweden.svg Rosengård
2020
Magdalena Eriksson Flag of England.svg Chelsea
2021
Fridolina Rolfö Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
2022
Fridolina Rolfö (2) Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
2023
Elin Rubensson [4] Flag of Sweden.svg BK Häcken FF
2024
Johanna Rytting Kaneryd Flag of England.svg Chelsea F.C. Women

Source: [5]

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References

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  5. Diamantbollen SvenskFotboll.se (in Swedish)