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.

Axpo Super League Player of the Year

Awarded annually to the best player in the Swiss Super League.
SeasonPlayerClub
1998 Stefan RehnFC Lausanne-Sport
1999 Alexandre ReyServette FC
2000 Charles AmoahFC St. Gallen
2001 Stéphane ChapuisatGrasshoppers
2002 Murat YakinBasel
2003 Hakan YakinBasel
2004 Stéphane ChapuisatBSC Young Boys
2005 Ricardo CabanasGrasshoppers
2006 Matías DelgadoBasel
2007 Mladen PetrićBasel
2008 Hakan YakinBSC Young Boys
2009 Seydou DoumbiaBSC Young Boys
2010 Seydou DoumbiaBSC Young Boys
2011 Alexander FreiBasel
2012 Alexander FreiBasel
2013 Mohamed SalahBasel
2014 Shkëlzen GashiGrasshoppers
2015 Breel EmboloBasel
2016 Guillaume HoarauBSC Young Boys
2017 Michael LangBasel
2018 Kevin MbabuBSC Young Boys

Credit Suisse Player of the Year

Awarded to the best player of the Swiss National Team.
YearPlayerClub
1998Werder Bremen
19991. FC Kaiserslautern
2000US Lecce
2001Liverpool
2002Liverpool
2003Borussia Mönchengladbach
2004Stade Rennais
2005Stade Rennais
2006Arsenal
2007Borussia Dortmund
2008Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2009VfL Wolfsburg
2010Basel
2011Basel
2012Basel
2013VfL Wolfsburg
2014Ricardo RodríguezVfL Wolfsburg
2015Juventus
2016Borussia Mönchengladbach
2017Arsenal
2018Borussia Mönchengladbach
2019Benfica

Swiss Footballer of the Year

Foreigner of the Year

SeasonPlayerClub
1974–75 Ilija KatićZürich
1975-76 Ilija KatićZürich
1976–77 Eigil NielsenBasel
1977–78 Martin ChiversServette
1978–79 Jurica JerkovićZürich
1979–80 Piet HambergServette
1980–81 Robert KokLausanne Sports
1981–82 Jurica JerkovićZürich
1982–83 Jurica JerkovićZürich
1983–84 Raúl NoguésLa Chaux-de-Fonds
1984–85 Charly HerberthFC Aarau
1985–86 Lars LundeYoung Boys Bern
1986–87 Robert PrytzYoung Boys Bern
1987–88 John EriksenServette
1988–89 Karl-Heinz RummeniggeServette
1989–90 Ivan ZamoranoFC St. Gallen
1990–91 Edwin GorterFC Lugano
1991–92 Igor DobrovolskiServette
1992–93 Sonny AndersonServette
1993–94 Giovane ÉlberGrasshoppers
1994–95 Petar AleksandrovNeuchâtel Xamax
1995–96 Viorel MoldovanNeuchâtel Xamax
1996–97 Viorel MoldovanGrasshoppers
1997–98 Shabani NondaZürich