The Swiss Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best footballer based in Switzerland and the best Swiss national team player.
From the 1972–73 season until the 1997–98 season, the award was chosen by the now defunct Swiss newspaper Sport. Since the original award could only be won by a Swiss national, there was also a Foreigner of the Year award from 1973–74 until 1997–98.
Since 1998, two Player of the Year trophies have been awarded each year; one to the best player in the Swiss Super League known as the Axpo Swiss Super League Player of the Year and the other to the best national team player known as the Credit Suisse Player of the Year.
Award winners
Swiss Super League Player of the Year Awarded annually to the best player in the Swiss Super League. YearPlayerNationalityClub1998Stefan RehnLausanne-Sport1999Alexandre ReyServette2000Charles AmoahSt. Gallen2001Stéphane ChapuisatGrasshoppers2002Murat YakinBasel2003Hakan YakinBasel2004Stéphane Chapuisat (2)Young Boys2005Ricardo CabanasGrasshoppers2006Matías DelgadoBasel2007Mladen PetrićBasel2008Hakan Yakin (2)Young Boys2009Seydou DoumbiaYoung Boys2010Seydou Doumbia (2)Young Boys2011Alexander FreiBasel2012Alexander Frei (2)Basel2013Mohamed SalahBasel2014Shkëlzen GashiGrasshoppers2015Breel EmboloBasel2016Guillaume HoarauYoung Boys2017Michael LangBasel2018Kevin MbabuYoung Boys2019Jean-Pierre NsameYoung Boys2020Jean-Pierre Nsame (2)Young Boys2021Arthur CabralBasel2022Fabian RiederYoung Boys2023Meschak EliaYoung Boys2024Alvyn SanchesLausanne-Sport2025Xherdan ShaqiriBasel
Swiss Player of the Year Awarded to the best player of the Swiss national team. +YearPlayerClub1998 Werder Bremen1999 1. FC Kaiserslautern2000 Lecce2001 Liverpool2002 (2) Liverpool2003 Borussia Mönchengladbach2004 Rennes2005 (2) Rennes2006 Arsenal2007 (3) Borussia Dortmund2008 Bayer Leverkusen2009 VfL Wolfsburg2010 Basel2011 Basel2012 (2) Basel2013 (2) VfL Wolfsburg2014Ricardo Rodríguez VfL Wolfsburg2015 Juventus2016 Borussia Mönchengladbach2017 Arsenal2018 (2) Borussia Mönchengladbach2019 Benfica2020Not awarded2021 (3) Borussia Mönchengladbach2022 (2) Arsenal2023 (3) Bayer Leverkusen2024 (4) Bayer Leverkusen2025 (5) Sunderland
By player RankPlayerWins 1 5 2 3 4 2
Sport Nationalliga A awards
1975−1998: Foreigner of the Year Previously awarded annually to the best foreign player in the Nationalliga A. SeasonPlayerNationalityClub1975Ilija KatićZürich1976Ilija Katić (2)Zürich1977Eigil NielsenBasel1978Martin ChiversServette1979Jurica JerkovićZürich1980Piet HambergServette1981Robert KokLausanne Sports1982Jurica Jerković (2)Zürich1983Jurica Jerković (3)Zürich1984Raúl NoguésLa Chaux-de-Fonds1985Charly HerberthFC Aarau1986Lars LundeYoung Boys Bern1987Robert PrytzYoung Boys Bern1988John EriksenServette1989Karl-Heinz RummeniggeServette1990Ivan ZamoranoFC St. Gallen1991Edwin GorterFC Lugano1992Igor DobrovolskiServette1993Sonny AndersonServette1994Giovane ÉlberGrasshoppers1995Petar AleksandrovNeuchâtel Xamax1996Viorel MoldovanNeuchâtel Xamax1997Viorel Moldovan (2)Grasshoppers1998Shabani NondaZürich
1973−1998: Swiss Footballer of the Year Previously awarded to the best Swiss player playing in the Swiss Super League. SeasonPlayerClub1973Karl OdermattBasel1974Not awarded1975Umberto BarberisGrasshoppers1976Köbi KuhnZürich1977Hansjörg PfisterServette1978Rudolf ElsenerGrasshoppers1979Umberto Barberis (2)Grasshoppers1980Umberto Barberis (3)Grasshoppers1981Heinz LüdiZürich1982Claudio SulserGrasshoppers1983Lucien FavreServette1984Heinz HermannGrasshoppers1985Heinz Hermann (2)GrasshoppersRolf OsterwalderAarau1986Heinz Hermann (3)Neuchâtel Xamax1987Heinz Hermann (4)Neuchâtel Xamax1988Heinz Hermann (5)Neuchâtel Xamax1989Peter NadigLuzern1990Andy EgliGrasshoppers1991Adrian KnupLuzern1992Jean-Paul BriggerSion1993Ciriaco SforzaGrasshoppers1994Thomas BickelGrasshoppers1995Nestor SubiatGrasshoppers1996Kubilay TürkyilmazGrasshoppers1997Kubilay Türkyilmaz (2)Grasshoppers1998Kubilay Türkyilmaz (3)Grasshoppers
References
External links
Switzerland - Footballer of the Year on RSSSF