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, as well as foreign players playing in the A-League. The inaugural ceremony took place on 11 June 2009 in

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Alex Tobin OAM Medal

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Men's Footballer of the Year Award

The Men's Footballer of the Year Award is awarded to Australia's best professional player playing overseas or in the

. Performances for national teams are also taken into account. The votes are cast monthly by all current male players who are PFA members. A final group of nominees is announced at the end of the season, the player with the highest number of votes becoming the eventual winner.

Women's Footballer of the Year Award

The PFA Women's Footballer of the Year is voted for by all current women's players who are PFA members, on a 3-2-1 basis.

Harry Kewell Medal

The Harry Kewell Medal is awarded to Australia's best male professional Under-23 player playing overseas or player of any nationality playing in the

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Young Women's Footballer of the Year Award

PFA Community Medal

A-League Men Team of the Season

The A-League Men Team of the Season is awarded to the league's best players selected in a 4-3-3 formation with the best coach also selected. The team is selected by the PFA Awards Committee, a group of former Socceroos, football analysts and journalists.

2008–09

Substitutes: Manager:

Aurelio Vidmar Aurelio Vidmar ( ; born 3 February 1967) is an Australian association football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Thai League 1 club Bangkok United. He is a former captain of the Australia national team and former coach ...

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional Association Football, soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under North American professional sports league organization#Systems ar ...

Referee:

Strebre Delovski Strebre Delovski (born 13 October 1975) is a retired Australian soccer referee in the A-League. He previously officiated in the Illawarra Premier League and during the A-League off-season has been refereeing in the NSW Premier League competitio ...

2009–10

Substitutes: Manager: Vitezslav Lavicka,

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was fo ...

Referee:

2010–11

Substitutes: Manager:

Ange Postecoglou Angelos Postecoglou ( el, Άγγελος Ποστέκογλου, ; born 27 August 1965) is an Australian association football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Born in Greece, he moved ...

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...

Referee:

Gerard Parsons Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other Germanic name, early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningfu ...

2011–12

Substitutes: Manager:

Graham Arnold Graham James Arnold (born 3 August 1963) is an Australian soccer manager and former player. Arnold was appointed to work as an assistant coach of the Australian national soccer team in 2000. After head coach Frank Farina was sacked in 2005, Ar ...

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Ma ...

Referee:

2012–13

Substitutes: Manager:

Tony Popovic Tony Popovic (born 4 July 1973) is an Australian association football manager and former player. He is the current manager of A-League club Melbourne Victory. As a player Popovic's usual position was centre-back. Starting in 1989 at Sydney Un ...

Western Sydney Wanderers Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, or simply as Wanderers) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier ...

Referee:

2013–14

Substitutes: Manager:

Mike Mulvey Mike Mulvey (born in Manchester) is an Australian-English football manager, who is currently the Technical Director of South West Queensland Thunder. He had previously been in charge of clubs in Australia, Thailand and Malaysia. Mulvey is b ...

Referee:

2014–15

Substitutes:

2015–16

Only one player from the two finalists (

and

) were picked for the starting XI. Substitutes: Manager:

Guillermo Amor Guillermo Amor Martínez (; born 4 December 1967) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a versatile midfielder. After spending most of his professional career with Barcelona, winning several accolades in a ten-year tenure, he ended it i ...

Referee:

Venue of the season:

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2016–17

Substitutes: Manager:

2017–18

Substitutes: Manager:

2018–19

Substitutes: Manager:

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

2019–20

Substitutes: Manager:

Ufuk Talay Ufuk Talay (born 26 March 1976) is an Australian football coach and former player. Talay was suited to play in central midfield and was known for his good distribution and on-field vision. He is the current manager of Wellington Phoenix. Club c ...

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

2020–21

Substitutes: Manager:

Patrick Kisnorbo Patrick Fabio Maxime Kisnorbo (born 24 March 1981) is an Australian professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of club Troyes. He is also known by his nicknames Paddy and PK. As a player, Kisnorbo was a primar ...

, Melbourne City

2021–22

Substitutes: Manager:

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...

A-League Women Team of the Season

2016–17

Substitutes: Referee: Kate Jacewicz

2017–18

Substitutes:

2018–19

Substitutes: Coach:

Jeff Hopkins Jeffrey Hopkins (born 14 April 1964) is a former Welsh international football defender and current Melbourne Victory Women head coach, who most notably played club football for Fulham and Reading in the Football League. Club career Hopkin ...

2019–20

Substitutes: Coach:

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, Melbourne City

2020–21

Substitutes: Coach:

2021–22

Substitutes: Coach: Adrian Stenta,

A-League Team of the Decade

The Team of the Decade covers the first ten seasons of the A-League. i.e. 2005–06 to 2014–15. ;Substitutes Manager:

Referee:

References

External links

PFA Awards Official Website
{{National Footballer of the Year Australian soccer trophies and awards

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