Swedish Football Awards: Umeå takes it all

Umeå won in all the categories where they had nominees at the Swedish annual Football Award Gala last Monday and retiring Frida Östberg got the Diamond Ball, the Player of the Year prize. Contrary to what we are used to, Umeå staff and newspapers were pleased and thought it was the best award show ever, while others found it the most boring in a long time and there were of course the usual outraged cries about "how did she get that award?!". The choice of Frida Östberg recieved more critizism than any Diamond Ball winner in recent times, usually with the argument that she simply isn't the best player we've got, followed by pointing out her technical limitations.
Personally, I value a lot of other qualities in a player than ball skills and I have a soft spot for the hard-working, never-give-up defensive player and Frida has been immensly valuable to her club this season. I still think that maybe a life-time achievement award would have been more proper.
And I surprised myself with a happy little chuckle when Ulla-Karin Rönnlund was announced for the goalkeeper award. Not the expected winner, but fun.
And if you're wondering about the Coach of the Year award, Pia Sundhage couldn't win it since only club coaches are eligible.

The Awards:

Goalkeeper of the year: Ulla-Karin Rönnlund, Umeå IK
Other nominees: Nadine Angerer (Djurgården), Kristin Hammarström (Kif Örebro), Hedvig Lindahl (Linköpings FC)

Defender of the year: Sara Thunebro, Djurgården
Other nominees: Sara Larsson (Linköpings FC), Charlotte Rohlin (Linköpings FC), Stina Segerström (Kif Örebro)

Midfielder of the year: Therese Sjögran, LDB FC Malmö
Other nominees: Anne Mäkinen (AIK), Ingvild Stensland (Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC), Victoria Svensson (Djurgården)

Forward of the year: Marta, Umeå IK
Other nominees: Lisa De Vanna (AIK), Jessica Landström (Linköpings FC), Manon Melis (LDB FC Malmö)

Breakthrough of the year: Jessica Landström, Linköpings FC
Other nominees: Kosovare Asllani (Linköpings FC), Louise Fors (AIK), Nazanin Vaseghpanah (Hammarby)

Coach of the year: Andrée Jeglertz, Umeå IK
Other nominees: Thomas Mårtensson & Ulf Palmqvist (Kristianstads DFF), Jörgen Petersson (LDB FC Malmö), Daniel Pettersson (Linköpings FC)

The Diamond Ball: Frida Östberg, Umeå IK

Svensk Fotboll:
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Pictures of girls and boys in their bestest outfits, for those of you who are so inclined:
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Want to watch the entire two hours? Fotbollskanalen again.

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Posted by: jocasta

I think it's great that Östberg got the Diamond Ball, and I'm surprised to hear you say there's been so much criticism of this. She played consistently well over several quite different competitions (league, UEFA, Olympics) this calendar year, and surely that counted in the judges' minds. Announcing retirement right before the ceremony probably didn't hurt, but still... who else was in the hunt for this award that can feel hard-down by?

2008-11-20 @ 11:35:28
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Just curious - what is average age for a male Swedish player to retire?

2008-11-20 @ 17:20:56
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The TV link does not work in the US.

2008-11-20 @ 19:09:23
Posted by: Dandal

Östberg: Only the Umeå newspapers and Anja Gatu (the woman who together with Sundhage presented the award to Östberg) in Sydsvenskan has argued that it was a good choice. Most others has been pushing for their own local favorite (Schelin, Svensson, Sjögran) or simply exasperating a "Who? Why?". Two of the most respected authorities in Swedish women's football, journalists Jennifer Wegerup (Aftonbladet) and Annette Börjesson (SR, Damfotboll.com) questioned the decision. "Incomprehensible" and "not the right choice". Not that she is a bad player, but there is no way you would pick Niklas Alexandersson (her counterpart in the men's team, retiring def/mf with 100+ caps). Wegerup even argues that it's hard to convince people to take the women's game seriously with decisions like this.



Retiring age: I haven't made the stats, but a lot of the bigger names plays on close to 35, some even after that.

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