The Czech Footballer of the Year () is awarded in the Czech Republic by the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR). Eligibility extends to Czech players in the Czech Republic and abroad. Awards for young player, coach and Czech First League personality of the year are also awarded. The award was first presented in 1965, as an award for the whole of Czechoslovakia. It was won by Ján Popluhár.
Petr Čech won the award for an unprecedented sixth time in the 2012 ceremony, passing the previous record of five wins held by fellow goalkeeper Ivo Viktor. Viktor had previously won the award more times than any other player, having won the award five times in the Czechoslovak era between 1968 and 1976.
The other football award in the Czech Republic is the Golden Ball, awarded by sport journalists.
Winners
The award has been made every year since the first award in 1965. In 1996 two players shared the award.
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YearPlayerClubNotes1993 Sparta Prague 1994 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1995 Petra Drnovice 1996 Liverpool 1996 Manchester United 1997 Schalke 04 1998 Lazio 1999 Anderlecht 2000 Lazio 2001 Borussia Dortmund 2002 Borussia Dortmund 2003 Juventus 2004 Juventus 2005 Chelsea 2006 Arsenal 2007 Milan 2008 Chelsea 2009 Chelsea 2010 Chelsea 2011 Chelsea 2012 Chelsea 2013 Chelsea 2014 Sparta Prague 2015 Arsenal 2016 Arsenal 2017 Hertha BSC 2018 Sevilla 2019 Slavia Prague 2020 West Ham United 2021 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2022 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2023 West Ham United 2024 West Ham United 2025 Lyon
Other awards YearCoach of the YearTalent of the YearPersonality of the League1993Dušan Uhrin (Sparta Prague) -1994Vlastimil Petržela (Slovan Liberec)Richard Dostálek (1. FC Brno)Jozef Chovanec (Sparta Prague)1995Dušan Uhrin (national team)Ivo Ulich (Hradec Králové)Jan Stejskal (Slavia Prague)1996Dušan Uhrin (national team)Marek Zúbek (Brno)Radek Drulák (Drnovice)1997František Cipro (Slavia Prague)Martin Lukeš (Baník Ostrava)Sladjan Ašanin (Slavia Prague)1998Jozef Chovanec (national team)Tomáš Došek (Viktoria Plzeň)Jaroslav Šilhavý (Viktoria Žižkov)1999Jozef Chovanec (national team)Tomáš Rosický (Sparta Prague)Zdeněk Jánoš (Jablonec 97)2000Jozef Chovanec (national team)Milan Baroš (Baník Ostrava)Oldřich Machala (Sigma Olomouc)2001Karel Brückner (U-21 national team)Petr Čech (Chmel Blšany/Sparta Prague)Miroslav Kadlec (Drnovice/Brno)2002Karel Brückner (national team)Tomáš Hübschman (Sparta Prague)Jiří Němec (Chmel Blšany)2003Karel Brückner (national team)Jan Laštůvka (Baník Ostrava)Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague)2004Karel Brückner (national team)Tomáš Jun (Sparta Prague)Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague)2005Karel Brückner (national team)Martin Latka (Slavia Prague)Karel Poborský (Sparta Prague)2006Vítězslav Lavička (Slovan Liberec)Daniel Kolář (Sparta Prague)Jaromír Blažek (Sparta Prague)2007Karel Brückner (national team)Martin Fenin (Teplice/Eintracht Frankfurt)Pavel Verbíř (Teplice)2008 Karel Jarolím (Slavia Prague)Tomáš Necid (Jablonec/Slavia Prague)Vladimír Šmicer (Slavia Prague)2009 František Komňacký (Jablonec)Adam Hloušek (Jablonec/Slavia Prague)Tomáš Řepka (Sparta Prague)2010 Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň)Václav Kadlec (Sparta Prague)Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň)2011 Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň)Ladislav Krejčí (Sparta Prague)Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň)2012 Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň)Tomáš Kalas (Vitesse)Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň)2013 Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) Matěj Vydra (West Bromwich Albion) Pavel Horváth (Viktoria Plzeň)2014 Pavel Vrba (national team) Jan Baránek Jr. (Baník Ostrava) David Lafata (Sparta Prague)2015 Pavel Vrba (national team) Václav Černý (Ajax) 2016 Vítězslav Lavička (U-21 national team) Patrik Schick (Sampdoria)2017 Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) Jakub Jankto (Udinese)2018 Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzeň) David Lischka (Jablonec)2019 Jindřich Trpišovský (Slavia Prague) Adam Hložek (Sparta Prague)2020 Jindřich Trpišovský (Slavia Prague) David Zima (Slavia Prague)2021 Jindřich Trpišovský (Slavia Prague) Adam Karabec (Sparta Prague)2022 Michal Bílek (Viktoria Plzeň) Michal Ševčík (Zbrojovka Brno)2023 Jindřich Trpišovský (Slavia Prague) Martin Vitík (Sparta Prague)2024 Miroslav Koubek (Viktoria Plzeň) Antonín Kinský (Pardubice/Slavia Prague)2025 Jindřich Trpišovský (Slavia Prague) Matěj Šín (Baník Ostrava/AZ)
References
External links Historie ankety Fotbalista roku at ČMFS website