Montenegrin Footballer of the Year

The Montenegrin Footballer of the Year is an annual award chosen by the team captains and the coaches of the Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga — 1. CFL to determine the best player in Montenegro. It is published by the Football Association of Montenegro. The most successful player is Mirko Vučinić, who has won the award seven times, as well as being the inaugural winner. Stevan Jovetić is the youngest player to receive this honour so far; he was 20 years old when he won the award. The most recent footballer of the year is Stefan Savić for 2021. Before 2006, two Montenegrin footballers were named Yugoslav Footballer of the Year; Dejan Savićević in 1995, and Predrag Mijatović (for three times) in 1992, 1993 and 1998.

Winners
Mirko Vučinić has won the Player of the Year award for record seven times.
Stefan Savić has won the award six times. Most successful defensive player.
Stevan Jovetić was the youngest player awarded.
Year Player Club Position
2006Vučinić, MirkoMirko Vučinić Italy RomaForward
2007Mirko Vučinić (2) Italy Roma (2)Forward
2008Mirko Vučinić (3) Italy Roma (3)Forward
2009Jovetić, StevanStevan Jovetić Italy FiorentinaForward
2010Mirko Vučinić (4) Italy Roma (4)Forward
2011Mirko Vučinić (5) Italy JuventusForward
2012Mirko Vučinić (6) Italy Juventus (2)Forward
2013Mirko Vučinić (7) Italy Juventus (3)Forward
2014Baša, MarkoMarko Baša France LilleDefender
2015Stevan Jovetić (2) Italy InternazionaleForward
2016Savić, StefanStefan Savić Spain Atlético MadridDefender
2017Stefan Savić (2) Spain Atlético Madrid (2)Defender
2018Stefan Savić (3) Spain Atlético Madrid (3)Defender
2019Mugoša, StefanStefan Mugoša South Korea Incheon UnitedForward
2020Stefan Savić (4) Spain Atlético Madrid (4)Defender
2021Stefan Savić (5) Spain Atlético Madrid (5)Defender
2022Stefan Savić (6) Spain Atlético Madrid (6)Defender

Players
Rank Player Number of wins Winning years
1Vučinić, MirkoMirko Vučinić
7
2006—2008, 2010—2013
2Savić, StefanStefan Savić
6
2016—2018, 2020—2022
3Jovetić, StevanStevan Jovetić
2
2009, 2015
4Baša, MarkoMarko Baša
1
2014
Mugoša, StefanStefan Mugoša
1
2019

2013 controversy

In 2013, Mirko Vučinić won the Montenegrin Footballer of the Year for the seventh time. However, the public opinion was that in 2013, Dejan Damjanović should have been given the award. Damjanović scored four goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers (two against England and one against Poland and Ukraine), was announced as the top scorer of the K-League and the MVP of the 2013 AFC Champions League. The media agreed that Vučinić was the best overall Montenegrin footballer, however, Damjanović's performances in 2013 were far better than Vučinić's, who was injured during the decisive qualification matches of the national team.[1][2] Finally, Montenegrin website CG-Fudbal awarded Damjanović "Best Montenegrin Footballer of the Year", according to a poll voted by the fans.[3]

Breakdown of winners

Winners by club nationality
Rank Club nationality Number of wins Winning years
1 Italy92006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2013, 2015
2 Spain62016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
3 France12014
 South Korea12019

Winners by club
Rank Club Number of wins Winning years
1Spain Atlético Madrid62016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
2Italy Roma42006, 2007, 2008, 2010
3Italy Juventus32011, 2012, 2013
4Italy Fiorentina12009
France Lille12014
Italy Internazionale12015
South Korea Incheon United12019

Winners by position
Rank Position Number of wins
1Forward10
2Defender7

References
  1. Bozo Jankovic. "Boske zaslužio crnogorsku zlatnu loptu". Cafe del Montenegro. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  2. Danilo Mitrović, Aleksandar Radović. "Glasali po automatizmu i inerciji". Vijesti. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. "CG fudbal: Damjanović fudbaler godine". Portal Analitika. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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