Swiss Footballer of the Year
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 one to the best national team player known as the Credit Suisse Player of the Year.Awarded annually to the best player in the Swiss Super League.
Season | Player | Club |
1998 | Stefan Rehn | FC Lausanne-Sport |
1999 | Alexandre Rey | Servette FC |
2000 | Charles Amoah | FC St. Gallen |
2001 | Stéphane Chapuisat | Grasshoppers |
2002 | Murat Yakin | Basel |
2003 | Hakan Yakin | Basel |
2004 | Stéphane Chapuisat | BSC Young Boys |
2005 | Ricardo Cabanas | Grasshoppers |
2006 | Matías Delgado | Basel |
2007 | Mladen Petrić | Basel |
2008 | Hakan Yakin | BSC Young Boys |
2009 | Seydou Doumbia | BSC Young Boys |
2010 | Seydou Doumbia | BSC Young Boys |
2011 | Alexander Frei | Basel |
2012 | Alexander Frei | Basel |
2013 | Mohamed Salah | Basel |
2014 | Shkëlzen Gashi | Grasshoppers |
2015 | Breel Embolo | Basel |
2016 | Guillaume Hoarau | BSC Young Boys |
2017 | Michael Lang | Basel |
2018 | Kevin Mbabu | BSC Young Boys |
Credit Suisse Player of the Year
Awarded to the best player of the Swiss National Team.
Year | Player | Club |
1998 | | Werder Bremen |
1999 | | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
2000 | | US Lecce |
2001 | | Liverpool |
2002 | | Liverpool |
2003 | | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
2004 | | Stade Rennais |
2005 | | Stade Rennais |
2006 | | Arsenal |
2007 | | Borussia Dortmund |
2008 | | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
2009 | | VfL Wolfsburg |
2010 | | Basel |
2011 | | Basel |
2012 | | Basel |
2013 | | VfL Wolfsburg |
2014 | Ricardo Rodríguez | VfL Wolfsburg |
2015 | | Juventus |
2016 | | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
2017 | | Arsenal |
2018 | | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
2019 | | Benfica |
Swiss Footballer of the Year
Foreigner of the Year
Season | Player | Club |
1974–75 | Ilija Katić | Zürich |
1975-76 | Ilija Katić | Zürich |
1976–77 | Eigil Nielsen | Basel |
1977–78 | Martin Chivers | Servette |
1978–79 | Jurica Jerković | Zürich |
1979–80 | Piet Hamberg | Servette |
1980–81 | Robert Kok | Lausanne Sports |
1981–82 | Jurica Jerković | Zürich |
1982–83 | Jurica Jerković | Zürich |
1983–84 | Raúl Nogués | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
1984–85 | Charly Herberth | FC Aarau |
1985–86 | Lars Lunde | Young Boys Bern |
1986–87 | Robert Prytz | Young Boys Bern |
1987–88 | John Eriksen | Servette |
1988–89 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Servette |
1989–90 | Ivan Zamorano | FC St. Gallen |
1990–91 | Edwin Gorter | FC Lugano |
1991–92 | Igor Dobrovolski | Servette |
1992–93 | Sonny Anderson | Servette |
1993–94 | Giovane Élber | Grasshoppers |
1994–95 | Petar Aleksandrov | Neuchâtel Xamax |
1995–96 | Viorel Moldovan | Neuchâtel Xamax |
1996–97 | Viorel Moldovan | Grasshoppers |
1997–98 | Shabani Nonda | Zürich |