Gullballen

Gullballen
Awarded for	Association football award
Country	Norway
Presented by	Norwegian Football Federation
History
First award	2014
Most wins	Erling Haaland; Caroline Graham Hansen; (4 awards)
Most recent	Erling Haaland; Caroline Graham Hansen; (4th awards)
Website	Fotball.no

Gullballen (English: the Golden Ball) is a Norwegian football award given by the Norwegian Football Federation to the best male and female Norwegian footballers each year. The award replaced Kniksen of the Year as the main award given to the best Norwegian footballer in a calendar year.

The first award was given in 2014 to Stefan Johansen.^[1] Until 2018, the award was given to only one player, either male or female. In 2015, Ada Hegerberg became the first woman to win the award.^[2] Hegerberg, Caroline Graham Hansen, and Erling Haaland are the only players to have won the award more than twice.^{[citation needed]} Gullballen has been given out at Norwegian sport award Idrettsgallaen since 2015.

Winners

2014–2017

Year	Winner	Club(s)
2014	Stefan Johansen	Celtic
2015	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon
2016	Ada Hegerberg (2)	Lyon
2017	Joshua King	Bournemouth

2018–present

From 2018, the Gullballen has been awarded to both a male and female footballer.

Men's award^[3]
Year	Winner	Club(s)
2018	Rune Jarstein	Hertha BSC
2019	Martin Ødegaard	Vitesse Real Sociedad
2020	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund
2021	Erling Haaland (2)	Borussia Dortmund
2022	Erling Haaland (3)	Borussia Dortmund Manchester City
2023	Erling Haaland (4)	Manchester City

Women's award^[3]
Year	Winner	Club(s)
2018	Ada Hegerberg (3)	Lyon
2019	Caroline Graham Hansen	VfL Wolfsburg Barcelona
2020	Caroline Graham Hansen (2)	Barcelona
2021	Caroline Graham Hansen (3)	Barcelona
2022	Guro Reiten	Chelsea
2023	Caroline Graham Hansen (4)	Barcelona

By club

Men's clubs

Club	Wins
Borussia Dortmund	3
Manchester City	2
Bournemouth	1
Celtic	1
Hertha BSC	1
Real Sociedad	1
Vitesse	1

Women's clubs

Club	Wins
Barcelona	4
Lyon	3
Chelsea	1
VfL Wolfsburg	1

References

^ "Stefan Johansen ble Gullballen-vinner". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Gullballen til Ada Hegerberg". tk.no (in Norwegian). Tidens Krav. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Gullballen 2023 til Graham Hansen og Braut Haaland" [The Golden Ball 2023 to Graham Hansen and Braut Haaland]. Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

[1] "Stefan Johansen ble Gullballen-vinner". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[2] "Gullballen til Ada Hegerberg". tk.no (in Norwegian). Tidens Krav. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[Gullballen2023-3] "Gullballen 2023 til Graham Hansen og Braut Haaland" [The Golden Ball 2023 to Graham Hansen and Braut Haaland]. Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

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