Alan Hardaker Trophy

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Dan Burn is the current holder of the award. Premier League Newcastle-Arsenal 2023-05-07 29 (cropped Dan Burn).jpg
Dan Burn is the current holder of the award.

The Alan Hardaker Trophy is an annual association football award presented to the Man of the Match in the EFL Cup final (also currently known as the Carabao Cup). The trophy is named after Alan Hardaker, the EFL's former secretary who conceived the League Cup. [1] [2]

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The Alan Hardaker Trophy was first awarded in 1990, Des Walker was the inaugural recipient. Ben Foster, John Terry, Vincent Kompany and Virgil van Dijk have won the award on two occasions, the most wins by an individual. Ben Foster is the only player to have won the award with 2 different clubs; Manchester United and Birmingham City respectively. Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool have all received the award six times, more than any other club. English players have won the trophy eighteen times, which is a record; the only other nations with multiple wins are: the Netherlands with three recipients, and Scotland and Belgium with two recipients each.

Winners

Key to score column
   – Indicates the match was decided by a replay
 *  – Indicates the match went to penalty shoot-out
Alan Hardaker Trophy winners
FinalPlayerNationalityTeamOpponentsScore
1990 Des Walker Flag of England.svg  England Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic 1–0
1991 Nigel Pearson Flag of England.svg  England Sheffield Wednesday Manchester United 1–0
1992 Brian McClair Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Manchester United Nottingham Forest 1–0
1993 Paul Merson Flag of England.svg  England Arsenal Sheffield Wednesday 2–1
1994 Kevin Richardson Flag of England.svg  England Aston Villa Manchester United 3–1
1995 Steve McManaman Flag of England.svg  England Liverpool Bolton Wanderers 2–1
1996 Andy Townsend Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Aston Villa Leeds United 3–0
1997 Steve Walsh Flag of England.svg  England Leicester City Middlesbrough 11 †
1998 Dennis Wise Flag of England.svg  England Chelsea Middlesbrough 2–0
1999 Allan Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City 1–0
2000 Matt Elliott Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Leicester City Tranmere Rovers 2–1
2001 Robbie Fowler Flag of England.svg  England Liverpool Birmingham City 11 *
2002 Brad Friedel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Blackburn Rovers Tottenham Hotspur 2–1
2003 Jerzy Dudek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Liverpool Manchester United 2–0
2004 Boudewijn Zenden Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Middlesbrough Bolton Wanderers 2–1
2005 John Terry Flag of England.svg  England Chelsea Liverpool 3–2
2006 Wayne Rooney Flag of England.svg  England Manchester United Wigan Athletic 4–0
2007 Didier Drogba Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Chelsea Arsenal 2–1
2008 Jonathan Woodgate Flag of England.svg  England Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea 2–1
2009 Ben Foster Flag of England.svg  England Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur 00 *
2010 Antonio Valencia Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Manchester United Aston Villa 2–1
2011 Ben Foster (2)Flag of England.svg  England Birmingham City Arsenal 2–1
2012 Stewart Downing Flag of England.svg  England Liverpool Cardiff City 22 *
2013 Nathan Dyer Flag of England.svg  England Swansea City Bradford City 5–0
2014 Samir Nasri Flag of France.svg  France Manchester City Sunderland 3–1
2015 John Terry (2)Flag of England.svg  England Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur 2–0
2016 Vincent Kompany Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Manchester City Liverpool 11 *
2017 Zlatan Ibrahimović Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Manchester United Southampton 3–2
2018 Vincent Kompany (2)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Manchester City Arsenal 3–0
2019 Bernardo Silva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Manchester City Chelsea 00 *
2020 Phil Foden Flag of England.svg  England Manchester City Aston Villa 2–1
2021 Riyad Mahrez Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur 1–0
2022 Virgil van Dijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Liverpool Chelsea 00 *
2023 Casemiro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Manchester United Newcastle United 2–0
2024 Virgil van Dijk (2)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Liverpool Chelsea 1–0
2025 Dan Burn Flag of England.svg  England Newcastle United Liverpool 2–1

Awards won by nationality

CountryWin(s)Year(s)
Flag of England.svg  England 181990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2020, 2025
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 32004, 2022, 2024
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 21992, 2000
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 22016, 2018
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 11996
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 11999
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12002
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 12003
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 12007
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 12010
Flag of France.svg  France 12014
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 12017
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 12019
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 12021
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 12023

Awards won by club

ClubWin(s)Year(s)
Manchester City 62014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Manchester United 61992, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2023
Liverpool 61995, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2022, 2024
Chelsea 41998, 2005, 2007, 2015
Aston Villa 21994, 1996
Leicester City 21997, 2000
Tottenham Hotspur 21999, 2008
Nottingham Forest 11990
Sheffield Wednesday 11991
Arsenal 11993
Blackburn Rovers 12002
Middlesbrough 12004
Birmingham City 12011
Swansea City 12013
Newcastle United 12025

References

  1. "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2010. Football League, 26 February 2012
  2. "The Alan Hardaker Trophy". EFL.com. English Football League. Retrieved 27 February 2023.