The Football Association of Serbia Golden Ball () is an annual award given to players and coaches who are adjudged to have been the best of the year in Serbian football. The award has been presented since 2005.
Winners Footballer of the Year YearFootballer of the YearClub2005Nemanja Vidić Spartak Moscow2006Dejan Stanković Internazionale2007Nikola Žigić Valencia2008Nemanja Vidić (2) Manchester United2009Miloš Krasić CSKA Moscow2010Dejan Stanković (2) Internazionale (2)2011Aleksandar Kolarov Manchester City2012Branislav Ivanović Chelsea2013Branislav Ivanović (2) Chelsea (2)2014Nemanja Matić Chelsea (3)2015Nemanja Matić (2) Chelsea (4)2016Dušan Tadić Southampton2017Vladimir Stojković Partizan2018Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham2019Dušan Tadić (2) Ajax2020Not awarded 2021Dušan Tadić (3) Ajax (2)2022Aleksandar Mitrović (2) Fulham (2)2023Aleksandar Mitrović (3) Al Hilal2024Dušan Vlahović Juventus2025Nikola Milenković Nottingham Forest
Trivia
No.PlayersYears3Dušan Tadić2016, 2019, 2021Aleksandar Mitrović2018, 2022, 20232Nemanja Vidić2005, 2008Dejan Stanković2006, 2010Branislav Ivanović2012, 2013Nemanja Matić2014, 20151Nikola Žigić2007Miloš Krasić2009Aleksandar Kolarov2011Vladimir Stojković2017Dušan Vlahović2024Nikola Milenković2025
No.ClubsYears4 Chelsea2012, 2013, 2014, 20152 Internazionale2006, 2010 Fulham2018, 2022 Ajax2019, 20211 Spartak Moscow2005 Valencia2007 Manchester United2008 CSKA Moscow2009 Manchester City2011 Southampton2016 Partizan2017 Al Hilal2023 Juventus2024 Nottingham Forest2025
No.LeaguesYears10 Premier League2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022, 20253 Serie A2006, 2010, 20242 Russian Premier League2005, 2009 Eredivisie2019, 20211 La Liga2007 Serbian SuperLiga2017 Saudi Pro League2023
Female Footballer of the Year YearFootballer of the YearClub2019Violeta Slović Spartak Subotica2020Not awarded 2021Jelena Čanković Rosengård2022Jovana Damnjanović Bayern Munich2023Violeta Slović (2) Spartak Subotica (2)2024Nina Matejić Red Star Belgrade2025Tijana Filipović Spartak Moscow
Trivia
No.PlayersYears2Violeta Slović2019, 20231Jelena Čanković2021Jovana Damnjanović2022Nina Matejić2024Tijana Filipović2025
No.ClubsYears2 Spartak Subotica2019, 20231 Rosengård2021 Bayern Munich2022 Red Star Belgrade2024 Spartak Moscow2025
No.LeaguesYears3 Serbian SuperLiga2019, 2023, 20241 Damallsvenskan2021 Frauen-Bundesliga2022 Top Division2025
Coach of the Year
On the same occasion is also given an award for Serbian Football Coach of the Year.
YearCoach of the YearClub / Nation2005Ilija Petković Serbia and Montenegro national football team2006Ljubiša Tumbaković Shandong Luneng2007Miroslav Đukić Partizan Serbia national football team2008Slaviša Jokanović Partizan (2)2009Radomir Antić Serbia national football team (2)2010Milovan Rajevac Ghana national football team2011Ivan Jovanović APOEL2012Dragan Okuka Jiangsu Sainty2013Ljubinko Drulović Serbia national under-19 football team2014Radovan Ćurčić Serbia national under-21 football team2015Veljko Paunović Serbia national under-20 football team2016Dragan Stojković Guangzhou R&F2017Vladan Milojević Red Star Belgrade2018Vladan Milojević (2) Red Star Belgrade (2)2019Siniša Mihajlović Bologna2020Not awarded2021Dragan Stojković (2) Serbia national football team (3)2022Dragan Stojković (3) Serbia national football team (4)2023Dragan Stojković (4) Serbia national football team (5)2024Vladan Milojević (3) Red Star Belgrade (3)2025Lidija Stojkanović Serbia women's national football team
See also Serbian Sportspersonality of the Year Awards of Olympic Committee of Serbia Serbian Basketball Player of the Year
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