Diamantbollen
Sign in to saveDiamantbollen, Swedish for the Diamond Ball, an annual award for Sweden's best female football player. The award is currently awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Sydsvenskans newspaper, in conjunction with its male equivalent, Guldbollen.
Key facts
- Sports award.name
- Diamantbollen
- Sports award.image
- Lottadiamant.jpg
- Sports award.image_size
- 200px
- Sports award.caption
- Lotta Schelin receiving the Diamantbollen Award of 2006
- Sports award.description
- association football award
- Sports award.first
- 1990
- Sports award.country
- Sweden
- Sports award.presenter
- Swedish Football Association, Sydsvenskan
- Sports award.holder
- Nathalie Björn (1st award)
- Sports award.most_awards
- Lotta Schelin (5)
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- Winners
- Årets fotbollstjej award
- Diamantbollen
- See also
- References
Diamantbollen, Swedish for the Diamond Ball, an annual award for Sweden's best female football player. The award is currently awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Sydsvenskans newspaper, in conjunction with its male equivalent, Guldbollen.
Diamantbollen was first awarded in 1990 in cooperation between the Swedish Football Association and the newspaper Arbetet until 2000. Since 2001, the awards has been awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Sydsvenskan. The precursor of this award, "Årets fotbollstjej" ("Soccer Girl of the Year"), was awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Dagens Nyheter from 1980 to 1989.
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