The Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year (often called the PFA Team of the Year, or simply the Team of the Year) is an annual award given to a set of 55 footballers across the top four tiers of men's English football; the Premier League, the Championship, League One and League Two, as well as the women's FA WSL, who are seen to be deserving of being named in a "Team of the Year". Peter Shilton currently holds the most appearances in the PFA Team of the Year in the top division with 10 appearances. Steven Gerrard currently holds the most appearances in the PFA Team of the Year in the Premier League era with eight appearances.
The award has been presented since the 1973–74 season and the shortlist is compiled by the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), in January of every year, with the winners then being voted for by the other players in their respective divisions. [1] [2] [3] The award is regarded by players in the Football League as the highest accolade available to them, due to it being picked by their fellow professionals. [2] Oxford United's Damian Batt, who was named in the Team of the Year for League Two in 2011, said he was "very pleased to be given such a prestigious award. It is something that I am very proud of". [4] In 2014, a team for female players competing in the FA WSL was selected for the first time. [5]
Source: [6]
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Nick Pope | Burnley | 1 |
DF | Trent Alexander-Arnold † | Liverpool | 2 |
DF | Virgil van Dijk † | Liverpool | 2 |
DF | Çağlar Söyüncü | Leicester City | 1 |
DF | Andrew Robertson † | Liverpool | 2 |
MF | Kevin De Bruyne † | Manchester City | 2 |
MF | David Silva † | Manchester City | 3 |
MF | Jordan Henderson | Liverpool | 1 |
FW | Jamie Vardy † | Leicester City | 2 |
FW | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Arsenal | 1 |
FW | Sadio Mané † | Liverpool | 3 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Brice Samba | Nottingham Forest | 1 |
DF | Luke Ayling | Leeds United | 1 |
DF | Ben White | Leeds United | 1 |
DF | Liam Cooper ‡ | Leeds United | 3 |
DF | Joe Bryan | Fulham | 2 |
MF | Romaine Sawyers | West Bromwich Albion | 2 |
MF | Kalvin Phillips | Leeds United | 1 |
MF | Eberechi Eze | Queens Park Rangers | 1 |
FW | Saïd Benrahma | Brentford | 1 |
FW | Ollie Watkins | Brentford | 1 |
FW | Aleksandar Mitrović | Fulham | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Marko Maroši | Coventry City | 1 |
DF | Joe Jacobson | Wycombe Wanderers | 2 |
DF | Robert Dickie | Oxford United | 1 |
DF | Michael Ihiekwe | Rotherham United | 1 |
DF | Fankaty Dabo | Coventry City | 1 |
MF | Matt Crooks | Rotherham United | 2 |
MF | Liam Walsh | Coventry City | 1 |
MF | Cameron Brannagan | Oxford United | 1 |
FW | Matt Godden | Coventry City | 1 |
FW | Ivan Toney | Peterborough United | 1 |
FW | Armand Gnanduillet | Blackpool | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Alex Palmer | Plymouth Argyle | 1 |
DF | Randell Williams | Exeter City | 1 |
DF | Charlie Goode | Northampton Town | 1 |
DF | Ben Tozer | Cheltenham Town | 1 |
DF | Perry Ng | Crewe Alexandra | 1 |
MF | Nicky Adams ¤ | Northampton Town | 2 |
MF | Danny Mayor ¤ | Plymouth Argyle | 3 |
MF | Antoni Sarcevic ¤ | Plymouth Argyle | 2 |
FW | Jerry Yates | Swindon Town | 1 |
FW | Eoin Doyle | Swindon Town | 2 |
FW | Charlie Kirk | Crewe Alexandra | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Ann-Katrin Berger † | Chelsea | 2 |
DF | Maren Mjelde † | Chelsea | 2 |
DF | Millie Bright † | Chelsea | 2 |
DF | Leah Williamson | Arsenal | 1 |
DF | Magdalena Eriksson | Chelsea | 1 |
MF | Ji So-yun † | Chelsea | 5 |
MF | Kim Little † | Arsenal | 2 |
MF | Caroline Weir † | Manchester City | 2 |
FW | Vivianne Miedema † | Arsenal | 2 |
FW | Chloe Kelly | Manchester City | 1 |
FW | Beth England | Chelsea | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Ederson † | Manchester City | 2 |
DF | João Cancelo | Manchester City | 1 |
DF | John Stones | Manchester City | 1 |
DF | Rúben Dias | Manchester City | 1 |
DF | Luke Shaw † | Manchester United | 2 |
MF | Kevin De Bruyne † | Manchester City | 3 |
MF | İlkay Gündoğan | Manchester City | 1 |
MF | Bruno Fernandes | Manchester United | 1 |
FW | Harry Kane † | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 |
FW | Mohamed Salah † | Liverpool | 2 |
FW | Son Heung-min | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Tim Krul | Norwich City | 1 |
DF | Max Aarons ‡ | Norwich City | 2 |
DF | Ethan Pinnock | Brentford | 2 |
DF | Grant Hanley | Norwich City | 1 |
DF | Rico Henry | Brentford | 2 |
MF | Emiliano Buendía | Norwich City | 1 |
MF | Michael Olise | Reading | 1 |
MF | Oliver Skipp | Norwich City | 1 |
FW | Adam Armstrong | Blackburn Rovers | 2 |
FW | Ivan Toney | Brentford | 2 |
FW | Teemu Pukki ‡ | Norwich City | 2 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Chris Maxwell | Blackpool | 1 |
DF | Callum Elder | Hull City | 1 |
DF | Lewie Coyle | Hull City | 1 |
DF | Lewis Montsma | Lincoln City | 1 |
DF | Robert Atkinson | Oxford United | 1 |
MF | Aiden McGeady * | Sunderland | 2 |
MF | George Honeyman | Hull City | 1 |
MF | Jorge Grant | Lincoln City | 2 |
FW | Charlie Wyke | Sunderland | 1 |
FW | Jonson Clarke-Harris | Peterborough United | 1 |
FW | Mallik Wilks | Hull City | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Václav Hladký | Salford City | 1 |
DF | Ben Tozer ¤ | Cheltenham Town | 2 |
DF | Kyle Knoyle | Cambridge United | 1 |
DF | Ricardo Santos | Bolton Wanderers | 1 |
DF | Will Boyle | Cheltenham Town | 1 |
MF | Josh Sheehan | Newport County | 1 |
MF | Matt Jay | Exeter City | 1 |
MF | Wes Hoolahan | Cambridge United | 4 |
FW | Eoin Doyle ¤ | Bolton Wanderers | 3 |
FW | Paul Mullin | Cambridge United | 1 |
FW | James Vaughan | Tranmere Rovers | 2 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Ann-Katrin Berger † | Chelsea | 3 |
DF | Katie McCabe | Arsenal | 1 |
DF | Leah Williamson † | Arsenal | 2 |
DF | Magdalena Eriksson † | Chelsea | 2 |
DF | Maren Mjelde † | Chelsea | 3 |
MF | Sam Mewis | Manchester City | 1 |
MF | Caroline Weir † | Manchester City | 3 |
MF | Sam Kerr | Chelsea | 1 |
FW | Chloe Kelly † | Manchester City | 2 |
MF | Fran Kirby † | Chelsea | 2 |
FW | Lauren Hemp | Manchester City | 1 |
Source [10]
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Alisson | Liverpool | 1 |
DF | Trent Alexander-Arnold † | Liverpool | 3 |
DF | Virgil van Dijk † | Liverpool | 3 |
DF | Antonio Rüdiger | Chelsea | 1 |
DF | João Cancelo † | Manchester City | 2 |
MF | Bernardo Silva † | Manchester City | 2 |
MF | Thiago | Liverpool | 1 |
MF | Kevin De Bruyne † | Manchester City | 4 |
FW | Sadio Mané † | Liverpool | 4 |
FW | Cristiano Ronaldo † | Manchester United | 5 |
FW | Mohamed Salah † | Liverpool | 3 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Lee Nicholls | Huddersfield Town | 1 |
DF | Djed Spence | Nottingham Forest | 1 |
DF | Tosin Adarabioyo | Fulham | 1 |
DF | Lloyd Kelly | Bournemouth | 1 |
DF | Tim Ream | Fulham | 1 |
MF | Philip Billing | Bournemouth | 1 |
MF | Fábio Carvalho | Fulham | 1 |
MF | Harry Wilson | Fulham | 1 |
FW | Ben Brereton Díaz | Blackburn Rovers | 1 |
FW | Dominic Solanke | Bournemouth | 1 |
FW | Aleksandar Mitrović ‡ | Fulham | 2 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Gavin Bazunu | Portsmouth | 1 |
DF | Harry Darling | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 |
DF | Jack Whatmough | Wigan Athletic | 1 |
DF | Michael Ihiekwe * | Rotherham United | 2 |
DF | Ricardo Santos | Bolton Wanderers | 2 |
MF | Barry Bannan | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 |
MF | Scott Twine | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 |
MF | Cameron Brannagan * | Oxford United | 2 |
FW | Cole Stockton | Morecambe | 1 |
FW | Ross Stewart | Sunderland | 1 |
FW | Will Keane | Wigan Athletic | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Liam Roberts | Northampton Town | 1 |
DF | Kane Wilson | Forest Green Rovers | 1 |
DF | Fraser Horsfall | Northampton Town | 1 |
DF | Peter Clarke | Tranmere Rovers | 1 |
DF | Jon Guthrie | Northampton Town | 1 |
MF | Matt Jay ¤ | Exeter City | 2 |
MF | Ebou Adams | Forest Green Rovers | 1 |
MF | Nicky Cadden | Forest Green Rovers | 1 |
FW | Jamille Matt | Forest Green Rovers | 1 |
FW | Matty Stevens | Forest Green Rovers | 1 |
FW | Dom Telford | Newport County | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Ann-Katrin Berger † | Chelsea | 4 |
DF | Ona Batlle | Manchester United | 1 |
DF | Millie Bright † | Chelsea | 3 |
DF | Leah Williamson † | Arsenal | 3 |
DF | Alex Greenwood † | Manchester City | 2 |
MF | Guro Reiten | Chelsea | 1 |
MF | Caroline Weir † | Manchester City | 4 |
MF | Kim Little † | Arsenal | 3 |
FW | Vivianne Miedema † | Arsenal | 3 |
FW | Sam Kerr † | Chelsea | 2 |
FW | Lauren Hemp † | Manchester City | 2 |
Source: [11]
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Aaron Ramsdale | Arsenal | 1 |
DF | William Saliba | Arsenal | 1 |
DF | Rúben Dias † | Manchester City | 2 |
DF | John Stones † | Manchester City | 2 |
DF | Kieran Trippier | Newcastle United | 1 |
MF | Martin Ødegaard | Arsenal | 1 |
MF | Rodri | Manchester City | 1 |
MF | Kevin De Bruyne † | Manchester City | 5 |
FW | Harry Kane † | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 |
FW | Erling Haaland | Manchester City | 1 |
FW | Bukayo Saka | Arsenal | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Arijanet Muric | Burnley | 1 |
DF | Tom Lockyer | Luton Town | 1 |
DF | Connor Roberts | Burnley | 1 |
DF | Anel Ahmedhodžić | Sheffield United | 1 |
DF | Ian Maatsen | Burnley | 1 |
MF | Iliman Ndiaye | Sheffield United | 1 |
MF | Nathan Tella | Burnley | 1 |
MF | Josh Brownhill | Burnley | 1 |
FW | Carlton Morris | Luton Town | 1 |
FW | Viktor Gyökeres | Coventry City | 1 |
FW | Chuba Akpom | Middlesbrough | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | James Trafford | Bolton Wanderers | 1 |
DF | Mads Juel Andersen | Barnsley | 1 |
DF | Ricardo Santos * | Bolton Wanderers | 3 |
DF | Bali Mumba | Plymouth Argyle | 1 |
DF | Leif Davis | Ipswich Town | 1 |
MF | Luca Connell | Barnsley | 1 |
MF | Sam Morsy | Ipswich Town | 1 |
MF | Barry Bannan * | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 |
FW | David McGoldrick | Derby County | 1 |
FW | Jonson Clarke-Harris * | Peterborough United | 2 |
FW | Conor Chaplin | Ipswich Town | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Lawrence Vigouroux | Leyton Orient | 1 |
DF | Ibou Touray | Salford City | 1 |
DF | Junior Tchamadeu | Colchester United | 1 |
DF | Omar Beckles | Leyton Orient | 1 |
DF | Carl Piergianni | Stevenage | 1 |
MF | Idris El Mizouni | Leyton Orient | 1 |
MF | Elliot Watt | Salford City | 1 |
MF | Owen Moxon | Carlisle United | 1 |
FW | Paul Smyth | Leyton Orient | 1 |
FW | Sam Hoskins | Northampton Town | 1 |
FW | Andy Cook | Bradford City | 1 |
Pos. | Player | Club | App. |
---|---|---|---|
GK | Mary Earps | Manchester United | 1 |
DF | Rafaelle Souza | Arsenal | 1 |
DF | Alex Greenwood † | Manchester City | 3 |
DF | Maya Le Tissier | Manchester United | 1 |
DF | Ona Batlle † | Manchester United | 2 |
MF | Yui Hasegawa | Manchester City | 1 |
MF | Guro Reiten † | Chelsea | 2 |
MF | Frida Maanum | Arsenal | 1 |
FW | Sam Kerr † | Chelsea | 3 |
FW | Khadija Shaw | Manchester City | 1 |
FW | Rachel Daly | Aston Villa | 1 |
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