Football League Apprentice of the Year

The Football League Apprentice of the Year is an annual award in English football, awarded by the League Football Education. To be eligible the players must be under-18 or turn 18 during the current season.

Awards

Championship

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref
2005–06	Lewin Nyatanga	Wales	Derby County	[1]
2006–07	Chris Gunter	Wales	Cardiff City	[1]
2007–08	Mark Beevers	England	Sheffield Wednesday	[1]
2008–09	Sean Scannell	Republic of Ireland	Crystal Palace	[1]
2009–10	Adam Matthews	Wales	Cardiff City	[1]
2010–11	Connor Wickham	England	Ipswich Town	[1]
2011–12	Gaël Bigirimana	Burundi	Coventry City	[1]
2012–13	Dimitar Evtimov	Bulgaria	Nottingham Forest	[1]
2013–14	Mason Bennett	England	Derby County	[2]
2014–15	Lewis Cook	England	Leeds United	[3]
2015–16	Ademola Lookman	Nigeria	Charlton Athletic	[4]
2016–17	Ben Brereton Díaz	Chile	Nottingham Forest	[5]
2017–18	Ryan Sessegnon	England	Fulham	[6]
2018–19	Max Bird	England	Derby County	[7]
2019–20	Jude Bellingham	England	Birmingham City	[8]
2020–21	Will Trueman	England	Sheffield Wednesday	[9]
2021–22	Ryan Howley	Wales	Coventry City	[10]
2022–23	Ashley Phillips	England	Blackburn Rovers	[11]

League One

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref
2005–06	Scott Golbourne	England	Bristol City	[1]
2006–07	Joe Skarz	England	Huddersfield Town	[1]
2007–08	Daniel Broadbent	England	Huddersfield Town	[1]
2008–09	Tom Aldred	Scotland	Carlisle United	[1]
2009–10	Tom Adeyemi	England	Norwich City	[1]
2010–11	Dale Jennings	England	Tranmere Rovers	[1]
2011–12	Jordan Cousins	Jamaica	Charlton Athletic	[1]
2012–13	Luke James	England	Hartlepool United	[1]
2013–14	Brendan Galloway	Zimbabwe	MK Dons	[12]
2014–15	George Cooper	England	Crewe Alexandra	[13]
2015–16	James Bree	England	Barnsley	[14]
2016–17	Lewis Butroid	England	Scunthorpe United	[15]
2017–18	Anthony Hartigan	England	AFC Wimbledon	[16]
2018–19	Daniel Adshead	England	Rochdale	[17]
2019–20	Luke Matheson	England	Rochdale	[18]
2020–21	Lewis Johnson	England	MK Dons	[19]
2021–22	Deji Elerewe	England	Charlton Athletic	[20]
2022–23	Zach Mitchell	England	Charlton Athletic	[21]

League Two

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref
2005–06	Ikechi Anya	Scotland	Wycombe Wanderers	[1]
2006–07	Joe Thompson	England	Rochdale	[1]
2007–08	Ryan Bennett	England	Grimsby Town	[1]
2008–09	Matt Phillips	Scotland	Wycombe Wanderers	[1]
2009–10	Kyle Haynes	England	Cheltenham Town	[1]
2010–11	Kadeem Harris	England	Wycombe Wanderers	[1]
2011–12	Nick Powell	England	Crewe Alexandra	[1]
2012–13	George Sykes	England	Barnet	[1]
2013–14	Brad Walker	England	Hartlepool United	[22]
2014–15	Conor Chaplin	England	Portsmouth	[23]
2015–16	Ben Godfrey	England	York City	[24]
2016–17	Myles Judd	England	Leyton Orient	[25]
2017–18	Ben Wilmot	England	Stevenage	[26]
2018–19	Arthur Iontton	England	Stevenage	[27]
2019–20	Scott Pollock	England	Northampton Town	[28]
2020–21	Felix Miles	England	Cheltenham Town	[29]
2021–22	Junior Tchamadeu	England	Colchester United	[30]
2022–23	Josh Tomlinson	England	Northampton Town	[31]

Winners by club

As of 2023 awards

Club	Total
Charlton Athletic	4
Derby County	3
Rochdale	3
Wycombe Wanderers	3
Cardiff City	2
Cheltenham Town	2
Coventry City	2
Crewe Alexandra	2
Hartlepool United	2
Huddersfield Town	2
MK Dons	2
Northampton Town	2
Nottingham Forest	2
Sheffield Wednesday	2
Stevenage	2
AFC Wimbledon	1
Barnet	1
Barnsley	1
Birmingham City	1
Blackburn Rovers	1
Bristol City	1
Carlisle United	1
Colchester United	1
Crystal Palace	1
Fulham	1
Grimsby Town	1
Ipswich Town	1
Leeds United	1
Leyton Orient	1
Norwich City	1
Portsmouth	1
Scunthorpe United	1
Tranmere Rovers	1
York City	1

Winners by nationality

As of 2023 awards

Country	Total
England	40
Wales	4
Scotland	3
Bulgaria	1
Burundi	1
Chile	1
Jamaica	1
Nigeria	1
Republic of Ireland	1
Zimbabwe	1