(West) Germany - Footballer of the Year

Awarded for the season ending on the year for which the award is given. Until 1991 it was the award for the West Germany Footballer of the Year.

List of Winners

Year   Player (Club)             

1960   Uwe SEELER (Hamburger SV)
1961   Max MORLOCK (1.FC Nürnberg)
1962   Karl-Heinz SCHNELLINGER (1.FC Köln)
1963   Hans SCHÄFER (1.FC Köln)
1964   Uwe SEELER (Hamburger SV)
1965   Hans TILKOWSKI (BV 09 Borussia Dortmund)
1966   Franz BECKENBAUER (FC Bayern München)
1967   Gerhard MÜLLER (FC Bayern München)
1968   Franz BECKENBAUER (FC Bayern München)
1969   Gerhard MÜLLER (FC Bayern München)
1970   Uwe SEELER (Hamburger SV)
1971   Hans-Hubert VOGTS (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
1972   Günter NETZER (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
1973   Günter NETZER (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
1974   Franz BECKENBAUER (FC Bayern München)
1975   Josef MAIER (FC Bayern München)
1976   Franz BECKENBAUER (FC Bayern München)
1977   Josef MAIER (FC Bayern München)
1978   Josef MAIER (FC Bayern München)
1979   Hans-Hubert VOGTS (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
1980   Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE (FC Bayern München)
1981   Paul BREITNER (FC Bayern München)
1982   Karlheinz FÖRSTER (VfB Stuttgart)
1983   Rudolf VÖLLER (Werder Bremen)
1984   Harald SCHUMACHER (1.FC Köln)
1985   Hans-Peter BRIEGEL (Hellas Verona [Ita])
1986   Harald SCHUMACHER (1.FC Köln)
1987   Uwe RAHN (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
1988   Jürgen KLINSMANN (VfB Stuttgart)
1989   Thomas HÄSSLER (1.FC Köln)
1990   Lothar MATTHÄUS (Inter Milan [Ita])
1991   Stefan KUNTZ (1.FC Kaiserslautern)
1992   Thomas HÄSSLER (AS Roma [Ita])
1993   Andreas KÖPKE (1.FC Nürnberg)
1994   Jürgen KLINSMANN (Tottenham Hotspur [Eng])
1995   Matthias SAMMER (BV 09 Borussia Dortmund)
1996   Matthias SAMMER (BV 09 Borussia Dortmund)
1997   Jürgen KOHLER (BV 09 Borussia Dortmund)
1998   Oliver BIERHOFF (Udinese Calcio [Ita] / AC Milan [Ita])
1999   Lothar MATTHÄUS (FC Bayern München)
2000   Oliver KAHN (FC Bayern München) 
2001   Oliver KAHN (FC Bayern München) 
2002   Michael BALLACK (Bayer 04 Leverkusen / FC Bayern München)
2003   Michael BALLACK (FC Bayern München)
2004   AILTON Gonçalves da Silva (Werder Bremen)
2005   Michael BALLACK (FC Bayern München)
2006   Miroslav KLOSE (Werder Bremen)
2007   Mario GOMEZ (VfB Stuttgart)
2008   Franck RIBERY (FC Bayern München)
2009   GRAFITE Edinaldo Batista (VfL Wolfsburg)
2010   Arjen ROBBEN (FC Bayern München)

Note: Unless otherwise stated all clubs are German.

Number of wins


4   Beckenbauer

3   Seeler, Maier, Ballack

2   Müller, Netzer, Vogts, Schumacher, Hässler, Klinsmann, Sammer, Matthäus,
    Kahn

1   Morlock, Schnellinger, Schäfer, Tilkowski, Rummenigge, Breitner, Förster, 
    Völler, Briegel, Rahn, Kuntz, Köpke, Kohler, Bierhoff, Ailton, Klose,
    Gomez, Ribery, Grafite, Robben

About this document

Thanks to Roberto Di Maggio

Prepared and maintained by José Luis Pierrend for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 21 Jan 2011