# Diamantbollen

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Swedish women's association football award

This article is about the football award. For FIBA competition, see [FIBA Diamond Ball](/source/FIBA_Diamond_Ball).

Diamantbollen Lotta Schelin receiving the Diamantbollen Award of 2006 Awarded for association football award Country Sweden Presented by Swedish Football Association, Sydsvenskan History First award 1990 Most wins Lotta Schelin (5) Most recent Nathalie Björn (1st award) Website SvenskFotboll.se

**Diamantbollen**, Swedish for the *Diamond Ball*, an annual [award](/source/Award) for Sweden's best female [football](/source/Football_(soccer)) player. The award is currently awarded by the [Swedish Football Association](/source/Swedish_Football_Association) and [Sydsvenskans](/source/Sydsvenskan) newspaper, in conjunction with its male equivalent, *[Guldbollen](/source/Guldbollen)*.

Diamantbollen was first awarded in 1990 in cooperation between the Swedish Football Association and the newspaper *[Arbetet](/source/Arbetet)* until 2000. Since 2001, the awards has been awarded by the Swedish Football Association and [Sydsvenskan](/source/Sydsvenskan).[1] The precursor of this award, "Årets fotbollstjej" ("Soccer Girl of the Year"), was awarded by the Swedish Football Association and [Dagens Nyheter](/source/Dagens_Nyheter) from 1980 to 1989.[2]

Since 2002, the recipient of the award has received a blown crystal structure designed by Melanie Rydoff. The award is in the shape of a kernel with smooth concave top. At the top of the award, there is a silver leaf. The logo and player name are made by calligrapher Gun Larson.[3]

## Winners

### Årets fotbollstjej award

Year Player Club(s) 1980 Anna Svenjeby Kronängs IF 1981 Pia Sundhage Jitex BK 1982 Anette Börjesson 1983 Elisabeth Leidinge 1984 Lena Videkull Trollhättans IF 1985 Eva Andersson GIF Sundsvall 1986 Gunilla Axén Gideonsbergs IF 1987 Eleonor Hultin GAIS 1988 Lena Videkull (2) Öxabäcks IF 1989 Eleonor Hultin (2) Jitex BK

### Diamantbollen

Year Player Club(s) 1990 Eva Zeikfalvy Malmö FF 1991 Elisabeth Leidinge (2) Jitex BK 1992 Anneli Andelén Öxabäck/Mark IF 1993 Lena Videkull (3) Malmö FF 1994 Kristin Bengtsson Hammarby IF 1995 Malin Andersson Älvsjö AIK 1996 Malin Swedberg 1997 Ulrika Karlsson Bälinge IF 1998 Victoria Svensson Älvsjö AIK 1999 Cecilia Sandell 2000 Tina Nordlund Umeå IK 2001 Malin Moström 2002 Hanna Ljungberg 2003 Victoria Svensson (2) Djurgården/Älvsjö 2004 Kristin Bengtsson (2) 2005 Hanna Marklund Sunnanå SK 2006 Lotta Schelin Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 2007 Therese Sjögran LdB FC Malmö 2008 Frida Östberg Umeå IK 2009 Caroline Seger Linköping FC 2010 Therese Sjögran (2) LdB FC Malmö 2011 Lotta Schelin (2) Olympique Lyonnais 2012 Lotta Schelin (3) 2013 Lotta Schelin (4) 2014 Lotta Schelin (5) 2015 Hedvig Lindahl Chelsea 2016 Hedvig Lindahl (2) 2017 Kosovare Asllani Manchester City Linköping FC 2018 Nilla Fischer VfL Wolfsburg 2019 Caroline Seger (2) Rosengård 2020 Magdalena Eriksson Chelsea 2021 Fridolina Rolfö Barcelona 2022 Fridolina Rolfö (2) 2023 Elin Rubensson[4] BK Häcken FF 2024 Johanna Rytting Kaneryd Chelsea 2025 Nathalie Björn Chelsea[5][6]

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## See also

- [List of sports awards honoring women](/source/List_of_sports_awards_honoring_women)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ne_1-0)** ["Diamantbollen"](http://www.ne.se/diamantbollen). *[Nationalencyklopedin](/source/Nationalencyklopedin)* (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 December 2011. (subscription required)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Diamantbollen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111121082553/http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/historia/historik-damer/diamantbollen/) (in Swedish). [Swedish Football Association](/source/Swedish_Football_Association). Archived from [the original](https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/historia/historik-damer/diamantbollen/) on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Diamantbollen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100507193642/http://melanierydoff.se/glasdesign-produkter/diamantbollen) (in Swedish). Melanierydoff.se. Archived from [the original](http://melanierydoff.se/glasdesign-produkter/diamantbollen) on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Diamantbollen till Rubenssons"](https://svff.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/2024/01/diamantbollen-2023/) [The Diamond ball to Rubensson]. *[Swedish Football Association](/source/Swedish_Football_Association)* (in Swedish). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** André Miettinen Persson (18 December 2025). ["Nathalie Björn får Diamantbollen 2025"](https://www.svt.se/sport/fotboll/nathalie-bjorn-far-diamantbollen-2025) (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Diamantbollen till försvarsbjässen"](https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/diamantbollen-till-forsvarsbjassen-forsta-i-karriaren) (in Swedish). Radiosporten. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Diamantbollen](https://svff.svenskfotboll.se/om-svff/historik/fotbollsgalan/diamantbollen/) [SvenskFotboll.se](/source/Swedish_Football_Association) (in Swedish)

v t e Swedish Women's Footballer of the Year Årets fotbollstjej award 1980: Svenjeby 1981: Sundhage 1982: Börjesson 1983: Leidinge 1984: Videkull 1985: Andersson 1986: Axén 1987: Hultin 1988: Videkull 1989: Hultin Diamantbollen 1990: Zeikfalvy 1991: Leidinge 1992: Andelén 1993: Videkull 1994: Bengtsson 1995: Andersson 1996: Swedberg 1997: Karlsson 1998: Svensson 1999: Sandell 2000: Nordlund 2001: Moström 2002: Ljungberg 2003: Svensson 2004: Bengtsson 2005: Marklund 2006: Schelin 2007: Sjögran 2008: Östberg 2009: Seger 2010: Sjögran 2011: Schelin 2012: Schelin 2013: Schelin 2014: Schelin 2015: Lindahl 2016: Lindahl 2017: Asllani 2018: Fischer 2019: Seger 2020: Eriksson 2021: Rolfö 2022: Rolfö 2023: Rubensson 2024: Rytting Kaneryd 2025: Björn

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