Liverpool Player of the Season Awards

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Steven Gerrard won the award a record five times (shared record with Mo Salah), including four times consecutively.
Luis Suárez was the winner of the award in the inaugural awards dinner in 2014 and one of only three players to have won the awards in consecutive years.

The Liverpool Player of the Season Award, is one of a set of official end of season awards given to the best performing player over the course of the Premier League Season as voted for by the fans. The inaugural award was handed out in 2001, with just the 'Player of the Season' Award.[1] This title was initially awarded by fans voting on Liverpool's official club website, however the number of awards expanded following the introduction of an awards dinner, the inaugural event held in 2014, and has been held every season since. The number of awards expanded to include 'Players' Player of the Season' (as well as Fans' Player), Goal of the season and Women's Player of the season, as well as a number of other awards for academy players, technical staff and fans other outstanding services to the club.[2]

Awards dinner

Since the introduction of the awards dinner, the awards have been presented after the end of the Premier League season, usually at the start of May but held at any point during the month. The event is open to staff and fans, who may buy tickets on the club website, and has been held at a number of prominent venues, a list of which is provided below:

List of venues:
Year Venue Date
2014 ACC Liverpool 6 May
2015 Liverpool Arena 19 May
2016 Exhibition Centre in Liverpool 12 May
2017 Anfield Stadium 9 May
2018 Melwood Training Ground 10 May
2019 Not held due to Champions League final
2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic

Trophy

The trophies have had a number of designs – the 2012–13 award was named 'Standard Chartered Player of the Season' for sponsorship reasons and was in the design of the Standard Chartered logo accordingly.[3] Since this, the trophies have taken the form of an opaque circle within a hollow circle emblazoned with the Liverpool logo.[4]

Winners

Men's Player of the Season Award

The Fans' Player of the season is determined through a vote on the LFC website in which 5 candidates are nominated by the club. Fans are then free to vote for their player of choice. The player with the greatest number of votes wins the award. This award has been presented from 2001 onward.

Mohamed Salah has been named Liverpool Men's Player of the Season five times, (shared record with Gerrard) and the most wins by a non-British player.

The Players' player of the year award is given to the player at the club with the greatest number of votes from teammates. This award has been presented from the 2013–14 season onwards. However, in every year both awards have been presented, they have both gone to the same player.

Season Players'/Writers' Player Fans' Player Score 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
2001–02[5] Finland Sami Hyypiä 30% Dudek Riise Hamann Henchoz
2002–03[6] England Danny Murphy 42% Gerrard Owen Hyypiä Riise
2003–04[7] Writers' Player England Steven Gerrard 85% Owen Kewell Dudek Hyypiä
2004–05[8] England Jamie Carragher England Steven Gerrard 129 pts. Carragher Alonso Baroš García
2005–06[9] England Steven Gerrard 33% Carragher Alonso Sissoko Finnan
2006–07[9] England Steven Gerrard England Steven Gerrard 60 pts. Kuyt Bellamy Alonso Agger
2007–08[10] Spain Fernando Torres 78% Gerrard Mascherano Carragher Kuyt
2008–09[11] England Steven Gerrard 46% Alonso Kuyt Benayoun Hyypiä
2009–10 Spain Pepe Reina 75% Torres Mascherano
2010–11[12] Brazil Lucas Leiva 40% Kuyt Reina Meireles Suárez
2011–12[13] Slovakia Martin Škrtel 44% Suárez Agger
2012–13[3] Players' Player Uruguay Luis Suárez 64% Gerrard Carragher Agger Coutinho
2013–14[14] Uruguay Luis Suárez Uruguay Luis Suárez
2014–15[15] Brazil Philippe Coutinho Brazil Philippe Coutinho
2015–16[16] Brazil Philippe Coutinho Brazil Philippe Coutinho
2016–17[17] Senegal Sadio Mané Senegal Sadio Mané
2017–18[18] Egypt Mohamed Salah Egypt Mohamed Salah
2018–19[19] Netherlands Virgil van Dijk Netherlands Virgil van Dijk 47% Salah Mané Alexander-Arnold Robertson
2019–20[20] England Jordan Henderson Mané Alexander-Arnold
2020–21[21] Egypt Mohamed Salah Egypt Mohamed Salah
2021–22[22] Egypt Mohamed Salah Egypt Mohamed Salah Alisson
2022–23[23] Brazil Alisson Brazil Alisson Salah Alexander-Arnold
2023–24[24] Egypt Mohamed Salah Egypt Mohamed Salah van Dijk Mac Allister
2024–25[25] Egypt Mohamed Salah Egypt Mohamed Salah

Women's Player of the Season Award

Similarly to the men's award, a player of the season is chosen by both the fans and the players and separate awards are granted depending on the result of each vote. This award has been part of the awards night from the end of the 2013–14 season, although the fans' player award has only been presented from the end of the 2017–18 season. A Young Player of the year also is granted to the best 'young' player on the team.

Season Players' Player Fans' Player Young Player of the Year Club Person of the Season / The Red Way Award
2013–14 Germany Nicole Rolser
2014–15 England Fara Williams
2015–16 England Martha Harris
2016–17 Wales Sophie Ingle
2017–18 Wales Sophie Ingle England Gemma Bonner
2018–19 England Sophie Bradley-Auckland England Amy Rodgers England Amy Rodgers[26]
2019–20 Nigeria Rinsola Babajide[27]
2020–21 England Missy Bo Kearns[28]
2021–22 England Rachael Laws[29] Republic of Ireland Leanne Kiernan[30] England Taylor Hinds[29] Republic of Ireland Niamh Fahey[29]
2022–23 Wales Ceri Holland [31] England Missy Bo Kearns[32] England Faye Kirby [31]
2023–24 England Grace Fisk[33] Austria Marie Höbinger[34] Austria Marie Höbinger[33] Republic of Ireland Niamh Fahey[33]

Young Player of the Season/Academy Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Season was awarded alongside the player of the year award in 2010 and is awarded to the young player who has performed the best for Liverpool's first team that season, with the Academy's player of the year award being officially added with the introduction of the awards dinner in 2014, and being granted to the best performing player in the academy squad.

Season Young Player of the Year Academy Player of the Year Notes
2009–10 Brazil Lucas Leiva
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14 England Raheem Sterling England Jordan Rossiter
2014–15 England Raheem Sterling Portugal João Carlos Teixeira
2015–16 Germany Emre Can Australia Brad Smith
2016–17 England Trent Alexander-Arnold Wales Ben Woodburn
2017–18 England Trent Alexander-Arnold Wales Harry Wilson
2018–19 Not Awarded
2019–20 England Trent Alexander-Arnold

Goal of the Season/Performance of the Season

Club awards

References

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