The female "Player of the Year" in Finland is elected by the national FA.
The award is for the calendar year (i.e. the Finnish league season).
The Player of the Year in the Finnish domestic league is elected on the
basis of a vote among the players themselves. All players in the Finnish
league are eligible, no matter their citizenship.
1976 Merja Sjöman TPS Turku 1977 Soile Malm Into Kemi 1978 Åsa Wennström IF-FK Finström 1979 Kirsi Koskela (gk) Valtti Helsinki 1980 Merja Sjöman TPS Turku 1981 Tarja Konttila HJK Helsinki 1982 Anna-Maria Lehtonen HJK Helsinki 1983 Hanna-Mari Sarlin HJK Helsinki 1984 Tuula Sundman [1] HJK Helsinki 1985 Marianne Sulen (gk) HJK Helsinki 1986 Hanna-Mari Sarlin HJK Helsinki 1987 Anu Toikka HerTo Helsinki 1988 Tiina Lehtola AIK Solna (Swe) 1989 Soile Ojala PPF Helsinki 1990 Marja Aaltonen (gk) Asker SK (Nor) 1991 Susanna Kuosmanen HerTo Helsinki 1992 Pauliina Auveri HJK Helsinki 1993 Anne Mäkinen HJK Helsinki 1994 Johanna Lindell (gk) Ilves Tampere 1995 Marianne Lindholm KontU Helsinki 1996 Hanna Ekström HJK Helsinki 1997 Kaisa Mustonen Ilves Tampere 1998 Hanna Ekström HJK Helsinki 1999 Laura Kalmari [2] HJK Helsinki 2000 Sani Ylitalo HJK Helsinki 2001 Sanna Valkonen HJK Helsinki 2002 Sanna Valkonen Umeå IK (Swe) 2003 Laura Kalmari [2] Umeå IK (Swe) 2004 Anne Mäkinen New Jersey Wildcats (Usa) 2005 Satu Kunnas (gk) United Pietarsaari 2006 Laura Kalmari [2] Djurgården/Älvsjö AB (Swe) 2007 Tiina Salmen Amazon Grimstad (Nor) 2008 Linda Sällström Djurgårdens IF (Swe) 2009 Laura Kalmari [2] AIK Solna (Swe) 2010 Laura Kalmari [2] Sky Blue FC (Usa) 2011 Linda Sällström Linköpings FC (Swe) 2012 Maija Saari AIK Solna (Swe) 2013 Tinja-Riikka Korpela (gk) Lillestrøm SK (Nor) 2014 Tinja-Riikka Korpela (gk) Bayern München (Ger) 2015 Tinja-Riikka Korpela (gk) Bayern München (Ger) 2016 Tinja-Riikka Korpela (gk) Bayern München (Ger) 2017 Natalia Kuikka Florida State University (Usa) 2018 Anna Westerlund Lillestrøm SK (Nor) 2019 Linda Sällström Paris FC (Fra) 2020 Natalia Kuikka BK Häcken (Swe) 2021 Natalia Kuikka Portland Thorns (Usa) 2022 Natalia Kuikka Portland Thorns (Usa)
5 Laura Kalmari [2] 1999, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010 4 Tinja-Riikka Korpela (gk) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Natalia Kuikka 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 3 Linda Sällström 2008, 2011, 2019 2 Hanna Ekström 1996, 1998 Anne Mäkinen 1993, 2004 Hanna-Mari Sarlin 1983, 1986 Merja Sjöman 1976, 1980 Sanna Valkonen 2001, 2002
1995 Minna Mustonen PuiU Helsinki 1996 Laura Kalmari [2] PuiU Helsinki 1997 Johanna Lindell (gk) Ilves Tampere 1998 Hanna Ekström HJK Helsinki 1999 Terhi Uusi-Luomalahti HJK Helsinki 2000 Laura Kalmari [2] HJK Helsinki 2001 Terhi Uusi-Luomalahti HJK Helsinki 2002 Heidi Kackur United Pietarsaari 2003-2006 not elected 2007 Eveliina Sarapää Honka Espoo 2008 Jaana Lyytikäinen Honka Espoo 2009 Tuija Hyyrynen HJK Helsinki 2010 Heidi Kivelä Ilves Tampere 2011 Jaana Lyytikäinen PK-35 Vantaa 2012 Manya Makoski ÅU Mariehamn 2013 Tiina Saario ÅU Mariehamn 2014 Ria Öling TPS Turku 2015 Iina Salmi PK-35 Vantaa 2016 Sanni Franssi PK-35 Vantaa 2017 Anna Auvinen Honka Espoo 2018 Eveliina Summanen HJK Helsinki
2 Laura Kalmari [2] 1996, 2000 Jaana Lyytikäinen 2008, 2011 Terhi Uusi-Luomalahti 1999, 2001 gk = goalkeeper [1] later Okkola [2] later Österberg Kalmari
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