Young Player of the Year by the Scottish Professional Football Association ( SPFA) Young Player of the Year is an annual award awarded to the best young football player of the year in Scottish football . The award was first presented at the end of the 1977/78 season . The winner is determined by voting among the members of the Scottish professional football association (SPPA) football players union ( SPFA ).
The first winner of the award was the midfielder of the club “ Dundee United ” Graham Payne , the first non-Scottish footballer to receive this prize is Stylian Petrov - at the time the midfielder “ Celtic ”. The current owner of the award is Celtic defender Kieran Tirny [1] .
Content
Laureates
Season | Citizenship | Player | Club | Also won | Notes |
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1977/78 | Scotland | Graham payne | Dundee united | ||
1978/79 | Scotland | Ray stewart | Dundee united | ||
1979/80 | Scotland | John macdonald | Rangers | ||
1980/81 | Scotland | Charlie Nicholas | Celtic | ||
1981/82 | Scotland | Frank McAvenney | St. Mirren | ||
1982/83 | Scotland | Paul Maxtey | Celtic | ||
1983/84 | Scotland | John robertson | Hart of Midlothian | ||
1984/85 | Scotland | Craig levein | Hart of Midlothian | ||
1985/86 | Scotland | Craig levein | Hart of Midlothian | [2] | |
1986/87 | Scotland | Robert Fleck | Rangers | ||
1987/88 | Scotland | John collins | Hibernian | ||
1988/89 | Scotland | Billy mckinley | Dundee united | ||
1989/90 | Scotland | Scott Crabb | Hart of Midlothian | ||
1990/91 | Scotland | Owen jess | Aberdeen | ||
1991/92 | Scotland | Phil O'Donnell | Motherwell | ||
1992/93 | Scotland | Owen jess | Aberdeen | ||
1993/94 | Scotland | Phil O'Donnell | Motherwell | ||
1994/95 | Scotland | Charlie miller | Rangers | ||
1995/96 | Scotland | Jackie McNamara | Celtic | ||
1996/97 | Scotland | Robbie Winters | Dundee united | ||
1997/98 | Scotland | Gary Naismith | Hart of Midlothian | ||
1998/99 | Scotland | Barry Ferguson | Rangers | ||
1999/00 | Scotland | Kenny miller | Hibernian | [3] | |
2000/01 | Bulgaria | Stylian Petrov | Celtic | [4] [5] | |
2001/02 | Scotland | Kevin McNaughton | Aberdeen | ||
2002/03 | Scotland | James McFadden | Motherwell | [6] | |
2003/04 | Scotland | Stephen Pearson | Celtic | ||
2004/05 | Scotland | Derek Rayordan | Hibernian | SYPY SFWA | [7] [8] |
2005/06 | Scotland | Sean Maloney | Celtic | SFWA | [9] |
2006/07 | Scotland | Stephen Naismith | Kilmarnock | ||
2007/08 | Ireland | Aiden McGeady | Celtic | SFWA | [ten] |
2008/09 | Ireland | James mccarthy | Hamilton Academic | ||
2009/10 | Scotland | Danny Wilson | Rangers | SYPY SFWA | [eleven] |
2010/11 | Scotland | David Goodwill | Dundee united | SYPY SFWA | [12] |
2011/12 | Scotland | James forrest | Celtic | SYPY SFWA | [13] |
2012/13 | Scotland | Lee Griffiths | Hibernian | SFWA | [14] [15] |
2013/14 | Scotland | Andrew Robertson | Dundee united | [sixteen] | |
2014/15 | Belgium | Jason denier | Celtic | [17] | |
2015/16 | Scotland | Kieran Tierney | Celtic | SYPY SFWA | [18] |
2016/17 | Scotland | Kieran Tierney | Celtic | SYPY SFWA | [one] |
Club Winners
Club | Number of awards | Winning season |
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Celtic | 1980/81 , 1982/83 , 1995/96 , 2000/01 , 2003/04 , 2005/06 , 2007/08 , 2011/12 , 2014/15 , 2015/16 , 2016/17 | |
Dundee united | 1977/78 , 1978/79 , 1988/89 , 1996/97 , 2010/11 , 2013/14 | |
Rangers | 1979/80 , 1986/87 , 1994/95 , 1998/99 , 2009/10 | |
Hart of Midlothian | 1983/84 , 1984/85 , 1985/86 , 1989/90 , 1997/98 | |
Hibernian | 1987/88 , 1999/2000 , 2004/05 , 2012/13 | |
Aberdeen | 1981/82 , 1983/84 , 1989/90 | |
Motherwell | 1991/92 , 1993/94 , 2002/03 | |
Hamilton Academic | 2008/09 | |
Kilmarnock | 2006/07 | |
St. Mirren | 1981/82 |
Country Winners
A country | Number of awards | Winning season |
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Scotland | 1977/78 , 1978/79 , 1979/80 , 1980/81 , 1981/82 , 1982/83 , 1983/84 , 1984/85 , 1985/86 , 1986/87 , 1987/88 , 1988/89 , 1989 / 90 , 1990/91 , 1991/92 , 1992/93 , 1993/94 , 1994/95 , 1995/96 , 1996/97 , 1997/98 , 1998/99 , 1999/00 , 2001/02 , 2002/03 , 2003/04 , 2004/05 , 2005/06 , 2006/07 , 2009/10 , 2010/11 , 2011/12 , 2012/13 , 2013/14 , 2015/16 , 2016/17 | |
Ireland | 2007/08 , 2008/09 | |
Belgium | 2014/15 | |
Bulgaria | 2000/01 |
See also
- Player of the year according to SchPFA players
- Player of the Year by the Scottish Association of Football Journalists
- Player of the Year PFA
- Football Player of the Year by the Football Journalists Association
- PFA Young Player of the Year
Notes
- 2 1 2 Celtic win four awards ( SCA ) . BBC Sport (7 May 2017). The date of appeal is October 25, 2017.
- ↑ First twice award winner.
- ↑ Ray Hepburn. Football: My fab four; Exclusive: Scotland boss Craig Brown on the Premier League's big winners have got it all. Sunday Mirror (14 May 2000). The appeal date is August 28, 2012. Archived October 25, 2012. (eng.)
- ↑ The first laureate representing the non- United Kingdom state.
- ↑ The first winner is not a Scotsman
- ↑ Ferguson and McFadden take awards . BBC Sport (27 April 2003). The appeal date is November 14, 2012. Archived November 20, 2012. (eng.)
- ↑ The first player recognized as the best young football player of the year according to the version of SHPFA and SHAFJ.
- ↑ Anthony Haggerty. Hibs ace Derek Riordan eyes Scotland return . Daily Record (February 18, 2009). The appeal date was November 19, 2012. Archived November 22, 2012. (eng.)
- ↑ The first player recognized as the best football player of the year and the best young football player of the year according to the version of SHPFA in one season.
- ↑ Graeme Bailey. McGeady claims PFA double . Sky Sports (April 20, 2008). The appeal date is April 21, 2008. Archived April 19, 2012. (eng.)
- ↑ Davis crowned player of the year . BBC Sport (2 May 2010). The circulation date is May 3, 2010. Archived April 19, 2012. (eng.)
- ↑ Emilio Izaguirre wins Scotland's players' player prize prize , BBC Sport (1 May 2011). Date of circulation is May 1, 2011. (English)
- BC Celtic defender Charlie Mulgrew named player of the year , BBC Sport (6 May 2012). The appeal date is May 7, 2012 .
- Well Motherwell: BBC Sport (May 6, 2013). The appeal date is May 7, 2014. (eng.)
- ↑ The first player recognized as the best football player of the year according to the version of SchPFA and the best young football player of the year according to the version of SAFJ in one season.
- ↑ Andrew Robertson: Dundee United defender wins PFA prize , BBC Sport (27 April 2014). The appeal date is May 7, 2014. (eng.)
- El Celtic's Stefan Johansen named Scottish PFA player of the year . BBC Sport (3 May 2015). The date of appeal is May 20, 2015. (English)
- Igh Leigh Griffiths: Celtic forward named PFA Scotland Player of the Year . BBC Sport (1 May 2016). The date of appeal is May 11, 2016. (English)