The New Zealand Football Awards is an awards ceremony held for the best New Zealand association football players. The ceremony has been held annually since 1970.
Male footballer of the year YearWinnerClub1970Mick Seed Blockhouse Bay1971Ron Armstrong North Shore United1972Ian Ormond Blockhouse Bay1973Maurice Tillotson Gisborne City1974Brian Turner Mount Wellington1975Roy Drinkwater Christchurch United1976Keith Nelson Hamilton United1977Alf Stamp Eastern Suburbs1978Tony Sibley Mount Wellington1979Brian Turner Mount Wellington1980Brian Turner Mount Wellington1981Grant Turner Gisborne City1982Keith Nelson Mount Wellington1983Steve Sumner Manurewa1984Colin Walker Gisborne City1985Kevin Hagan North Shore United1986Grant Turner Miramar Rangers1987Ceri Evans Christchurch United1988Michael McGarry Mosgiel1989Noel Barkley Mount Wellington1990Noel Barkley Mount Wellington1991Michael McGarry Roslyn-Wakari1992Noel Barkley Waitakere City1993Paul Halford Napier City Rovers1994Darren McClennan Waitakere City1995Chris Jackson Napier City Rovers1996 Batram Suri Nelson Suburbs1997Jason Batty North Shore United1998Fred de Jong Central United1999Christian Bouckenooghe Roeselare2000Fred de Jong Football Kingz2001 Graham Little2002 Graham Little2003Andrew Boyens Otago University2004Not awarded2005 Grant Young2006 Grant Young2007Ben Sigmund Auckland City2008Ben Sigmund Auckland City/Wellington Phoenix2009 Roy Krishna Waitakere United2010Aaron Clapham Canterbury United2011Allan Pearce Waitakere United2012 Chris Bale Waitakere United/Auckland City2013Not awarded2014Not awarded2015Winston Reid West Ham United2016Winston Reid West Ham United2017Chris Wood Leeds United/Burnley2018Chris Wood Burnley2019Chris Wood Burnley2020/2021Chris Wood Burnley2022–2024Not awarded
Female footballer of the year YearWinnerClub1987Rebecca RocheMonique Van de Elzen1988Not awarded1989Not awarded1990Not awarded1991Debbie Pullen1992Lorraine Taylor1993Maureen Jacobson Millwall Lionesses1994Maureen Jacobson1995Kelly Mawston1996Amanda Crawford1997Melissa Ruscoe1998Michele Cox1999Wendi Henderson2000–2015Not awarded2016Annalie Longo2017Rebekah Stott Seattle Reign/ Melbourne City2018–2022Not awarded2023Katie Bowen Melbourne City/ Inter Milan
Male international footballer of the year YearWinnerClub2018Sarpreet Singh Wellington Phoenix2019Chris Wood Burnley2020/2021Chris Wood Burnley2022Not awarded2023Chris Wood Newcastle United/ Nottingham Forest
Female international footballer of the year YearWinnerClub2000Melissa Ruscoe2001Amanda Crawford2002Rachel Oliver2003Nicky Smith2004Amber Hearn Arsenal2005Simone Ferrara2006Ali Riley Stanford Cardinal2007Rebecca Smith Sunnanå SK2008Ali Riley Stanford Cardinal2009Ali Riley Stanford Cardinal/Pali Blues2010Ali Riley FC Gold Pride2011Ali Riley Western New York Flash2012–2017Not awarded2018Betsy Hassett KR2019Rebekah Stott Avaldsnes IL/ Melbourne City2020/2021Ria Percival Tottenham Hotspur2022Not awarded2023Katie Bowen Melbourne City/ Inter Milan
Male domestic footballer of the year YearWinnerClub2018 Callum McCowattAuckland City/Eastern Suburbs2019 Jack-Henry SinclairTeam Wellington2020/2021 Alex GreiveWaitakere United/Birkenhead United2022Not awarded2023 Cameron HowiesonAuckland City
Female domestic footballer of the year YearWinnerClub2018 Annalie LongoCanterbury United Pride2019 Steph SkiltonAuckland Football2020/2021 Annalie LongoCanterbury United Pride2022Not awarded2023 Deven JacksonEastern Suburbs
Male young footballer of the year YearWinnerClub1979Duncan Cole North Shore United1980Ricki Herbert Mount Wellington1981Wynton Rufer Wellington Diamond1982Wynton Rufer Norwich City/ Miramar Rangers/ FC Zürich1983Colin Tuaa Papatoetoe1984Neal Cave1985Michael McGarry1986Darren McClennan North Shore United1987Robert Ironside North Shore United/ Sydney Olympic1988Chris Jackson Napier City Rovers1989Martin Akers Napier City Rovers1990Thomas Edge1991Lawrence Fitzpatrick1992Vaughan Coveny Miramar Rangers/ Melbourne Knights1993Matthew Rennie1994Ivan Vicelich Waitakere City1995Simon Elliott Wellington Olympic1996Danny Hay Central United1997Noah Hickey Central United1998Paul Urlovic Central United1999Ryan Nelsen Stanford Cardinal2000Jeff Campbell Football Kingz2001Brent Fisher Canterbury United2002Jamie Duncan2003Stuart Hogg East Auckland2004Not awarded2005Daniel Keat Team Wellington2006–2015Not awarded2016Sam Brotherton Wisconsin Badgers/Des Moines Menace2017Clayton Lewis Auckland City/ Scunthorpe United2018Liberato Cacace Wellington Phoenix2019Sarpreet Singh Wellington Phoenix/ Bayern Munich2020/2021Liberato Cacace Wellington Phoenix/ Sint-Truiden2022Not awarded2023Marko Stamenić Copenhagen/ Red Star Belgrade
Female young footballer of the year YearWinnerClub2000Nicky Smith2001Zoe Thompson2002Priscilla Duncan2003Priscilla Duncan2004Hayley Moorwood Southwest Baptist Bearcats2005Kirsty Yallop2006Ali Riley Stanford Cardinal2007Abby Erceg Western Springs2008Rosie White2009Rosie White2010Olivia Chance Claudelands Rovers2011Hannah Wilkinson Glenfield Rovers2012–2017Not awarded2018Anna Leat East Coast Bays2019Claudia Bunge Northern Lights2020/2021Anna Leat Georgetown Hoyas/ West Ham United2022Not awarded2023Indiah-Paige Riley Brisbane Roar/ PSV
Male coach of the year/Male international coach of the year YearWinnerClub1986 Dave Farrington1987 Ian Marshall1988 Ian Marshall1989Keith Buckley1990 Dave Taylor1991Martin Stewart Christchurch United1992Roger Wilkinson1993 Mick Waitt Napier City Rovers1994 Keith Pritchett Waitakere City1995 Keith Pritchett Waitakere City1996 Keith Pritchett New Zealand men's national football team1997 Mick Waitt Napier City Rovers1998 Mick Waitt Napier City Rovers1999 Kevin Fallon New Zealand national under-17 football team2000 Kevin Fallon2001 Stu Jacobs2002 Stu Jacobs2003 Chris Milicich2004Not awarded2005 Allan Jones Auckland City2006 John Herdman New Zealand women's national football team2007 Ricki Herbert New Zealand men's national football team/New Zealand Knights/Wellington Phoenix2008 John Herdman New Zealand women's national football team2009 Ricki Herbert New Zealand men's national football team/Wellington Phoenix2010 Ricki Herbert New Zealand men's national football team/Wellington Phoenix2011 Ramon Tribulietx Auckland City2012–2015Not awarded2016 Jose Figueira Central United/Team Wellington2017 Hiroshi Miyazawa Onehunga Sports2018 Leon Birnie New Zealand women's national under-17 football team2019 Des Buckingham New Zealand men's national football team/New Zealand national under-23 football team/New Zealand national under-20 football team2020/2021 Danny Hay New Zealand men's national football team/New Zealand national under-23 football team2022Not awarded2023 Darren Bazeley New Zealand men's national football team
Male domestic coach of the year YearWinnerClub2023 Rupert KemeysWellington Olympic
Female coach of the year YearWinnerClub2018 Gemma Lewis2019 Alana GunnCanterbury United Pride2020/2021 Gemma LewisFootball Ferns Development Programme/Wellington Phoenix2022Not awarded2023 Maia VinkWestern Springs
Male referee of the year YearWinner1990Gary Fleet1991Gary Fleet1992Gary Fleet1993Gary Fleet1994Gary Fleet1995Gary Fleet1996Brian Precious1997Bruce Grimshaw1998Bruce Grimshaw1999Derek Rugg2000Brian Precious2001Steve Sargent2002Steve Sargent2003Ian Walker2004Peter O'Leary2005Peter O'Leary2006Neil Fox2007Peter O'Leary2008Peter O'Leary2009Mike Hester2010Mike Hester2011Peter O'Leary2012–2015Not awarded2016Matt Conger2017Matt Conger2018Matt Conger2019Matt Conger2020/2021Matt Conger2022Not awarded2023Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh
Female referee of the year YearWinner2018Anna-Marie Keighley2019Anna-Marie Keighley2020/2021Anna-Marie Keighley2022Not awarded2023Anna-Marie Keighley
See also
List of sports awards honoring women
References