The Slovenian Footballer of the Year is an association football award presented annually by the Slovenian magazine Ekipa .
Year | Player | Club(s) |
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2008 | Milivoje Novaković [1] | 1. FC Köln |
2009 | Samir Handanović [2] | Udinese |
2010 | Valter Birsa [2] | Auxerre |
2011 | Samir Handanović (2) | Udinese |
2012 | Samir Handanović (3) [3] | Udinese and Internazionale |
2013 | Kevin Kampl | Red Bull Salzburg |
2014 | Kevin Kampl (2) [4] | Red Bull Salzburg |
2015 | Jan Oblak | Atlético Madrid |
2016 | Jan Oblak (2) [5] | Atlético Madrid |
2017 | Jan Oblak (3) [6] | Atlético Madrid |
2018 | Jan Oblak (4) [7] | Atlético Madrid |
2019 | Josip Iličić [8] | Atalanta |
2020 | Jan Oblak (5) [9] | Atlético Madrid |
2021 | Jan Oblak (6) [10] | Atlético Madrid |
2022 | Benjamin Šeško [11] | Red Bull Salzburg |
2023 | Jan Oblak (7) [12] | Atlético Madrid |
2024 | Jan Oblak (8) [13] | Atlético Madrid |
Year | Player | Club(s) |
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2008 | Etien Velikonja [1] | Gorica |
2009 | Rene Krhin [1] | Internazionale |
2010 | Armin Bačinović [1] | Maribor and Palermo |
2011 | Dejan Lazarević [1] | Torino and Padova |
2012 | Jan Oblak | União de Leiria and Rio Ave |
2013 | Jan Oblak (2) [14] | Rio Ave and Benfica |
2014 | Petar Stojanović [4] | Veržej and Maribor |
2015 | Andraž Šporar [15] | Olimpija Ljubljana |
2016 | Luka Zahović [5] | Heerenveen and Maribor |
2017 | Jan Repas [6] | Domžale and Caen |
2018 | Jaka Bijol [7] | Rudar Velenje and CSKA Moscow |
2019 | Jaka Bijol (2) [8] | CSKA Moscow |
2020 | Aljoša Matko [9] | Bravo and Maribor |
2021 | Benjamin Šeško [10] | FC Liefering and Red Bull Salzburg |
2022 | Benjamin Šeško (2) [11] | Red Bull Salzburg |
2023 | Benjamin Šeško (3) [12] | Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig |
2024 | Benjamin Šeško (4) [13] | RB Leipzig |
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