The nominations have been announced for the New Zealand Football Awards 2023 and you can vote now for your winners... 

The award winners are selected by a panel of experts plus a public vote which you can enter now:

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The awards cover June 2022 – December 2023 due to the awards being realigned to match the calendar year.

Voting closes on Thursday 29 February with the winners announced in March. 

The nominees are:

FOOTBALL:

Men’s International Player of the Year: 
Awarded for club and senior international performances
- Liberato Cacace
- Callum McCowatt
- Marko Stamenić
- Chris Wood

Women’s International Player of the Year:
Awarded for club and senior international performances
- Katie Bowen
- Vic Esson
- Jacqui Hand
- Malia Steinmetz

Women’s Domestic Player of the Year:
Player does not need to be eligible to play for New Zealand
- Lara Colpi 
- Sofia Garcia
- Deven Jackson
- Ruby Nathan
- Kaley Ward

Men’s Domestic Player of the Year:
Player does not need to be eligible to play for New Zealand
- Garbhan Coughlan
- Cam Howieson
- Jack-Henry Sinclair
- Hideto Takahashi
- Luis Toomey

Men’s Young Player of the Year:
Awarded to a player aged 21 or under at the start of 2023 for club and international performances
- Tyler Bindon
- Matt Garbett
- Alex Paulsen
- Marko Stamenić 
- Finn Surman

Women’s Young Player of the Year:
Awarded to a player aged 21 or under at the start of 2023 for club and international performances
- Milly Clegg
- Indiah-Paige Riley
- Kate Taylor
- Grace Wisnewski

Women’s Domestic Coach of the Year:
- Katie Barrott – Wellington Phoenix Reserves 
- Alana Gunn – Canterbury United Pride
- Maia Vink – Western Springs

Men’s Domestic Coach of the Year:
- Paul Ifill and Ekow Quainoo – Christchurch United
- Rupert Kemeys – Wellington Olympic
- Albert Riera – Auckland City FC

International Coach of the Year:
- Darren Bazeley - U20 men, U23 men, All Whites
- Martin Bullock – U17 men
- Jitka Klimková – Ford Football Ferns

Team of the Year:
- All Whites
- Auckland United (women)
- Ford Football Ferns 
- Men’s U-20 Team
- Wellington Olympic

Player of the Year:
- Katie Bowen
- Marko Stamenić
- Malia Steinmetz
- Chris Wood 


FUTSAL:

Team of the Year:
- Canterbury United Futsal Dragons
- Futsal Whites
- Papakura City FC

Coach of the Year:
- Sam Coyle (East Coast Bays Men’s Futsal)
- Marvin Eakins (Futsal Whites & Papakura City FC)
- James Vallance (Canterbury United Futsal Dragons & University of Canterbury Mens Futsal)

Women’s Player of the Year:
- Danielle Bradley (Futsal Ferns, Evolution Futsal & Papakura City FC)
- Jordana Bremner (Futsal Ferns, Papakura City FC & University of Auckland)
- Hannah Kraakman (Futsal Ferns & Bloomsbury Futsal)

Men’s Player of the Year:
- Rahan Ali (Futsal Whites & Moreland Blues FC)
- Mike Antamanov (Futsal Whites and Auckland City FC)
- Dylan Manickum  (Futsal Whites & Auckland City FC)


GENERAL:

Best Moment:
- Norman Garbett scoring the winner for the U20s against Guatemala at the FIFA U20 World Cup
- Hannah Wilkinson’s goal against Norway at the FIFA Women’s World Cup to win the Ferns first game at the tournament
- Goalkeeper Max Tommy scoring in the Chatham Cup final to take the game to extra time
- The Futsal Whites qualifying for the FIFA Futsal World Cup for the first time


Article added: Thursday 22 February 2024