Vereinigung der Vertragsfußballspieler

The Vereinigung der Vertragsfußballspieler e. V. (VDV) is the professional footballer's union in Germany. It has approximately 1,300 members playing in the German professional leagues. Junior footballers at the beginning of their professional careers can also be members from the age of fifteen. Footballers who have been playing abroad or have retired can remain members.

The union was founded on 15 June 1987 in Offenbach am Main by the former professional footballers Benno Möhlmann, Ewald Lienen and Frank Pagelsdorf, together with colleagues including Guido Buchwald, Florian Gothe, Charly Körbel and Bruno Labbadia. The goal of the union was to work in the interest of the players. Especially important at that time were work and contract conditions, the independence of players, and the democratisation of German professional football. In general, the goal is to give footballers a common voice towards clubs and associations.

Year	Player	Club	Ref.
1998	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich
1999	Lothar Matthäus
2000	Mehmet Scholl		^[1]^[2]
2001	Oliver Kahn		^[3]
2003	Giovane Élber		^[4]

Season	Player	Club	Ref.
2005–06	Miroslav Klose	Werder Bremen	^[5]
2006–07	Diego	Werder Bremen
2007–08	Franck Ribéry	Bayern Munich	^[6]
2008–09	Grafite	VfL Wolfsburg	^[7]
2009–10	Arjen Robben	Bayern Munich	^[8]
2010–11	Nuri Şahin	Borussia Dortmund	^[9]
2011–12	Marco Reus	Borussia Mönchengladbach	^[10]
2012–13	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund	^[11]
2013–14	Marco Reus	Borussia Dortmund	^[12]
2014–15	Kevin De Bruyne	VfL Wolfsburg	^[13]
2015–16	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	^[14]
2016–17	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	^[15]
2017–18	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	^[16]
2018–19	Marco Reus	Borussia Dortmund	^[17]
2019–20	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	^[18]
2020–21	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	^[19]
2021–22	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	^[20]
2022–23	Jude Bellingham	Borussia Dortmund	^[21]
2023–24	Florian Wirtz	Bayer Leverkusen	^[22]
2024–25	Florian Wirtz	Bayer Leverkusen	^[23]

Season	Player	Club	Ref.
2009–10	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich	^[8]
2010–11	Mario Götze	Borussia Dortmund	^[9]
2011–12	David Alaba	Bayern Munich	^[10]
2012–13	Max Kruse	SC Freiburg	^[11]
2013–14	André Hahn	FC Augsburg	^[12]
2014–15	Leroy Sané	Schalke 04	^[13]
2015–16	Julian Weigl	Borussia Dortmund	^[14]
2016–17	Ousmane Dembélé	Borussia Dortmund	^[15]
2017–18	Leon Bailey	Bayer Leverkusen	^[16]
2018–19	Jadon Sancho	Borussia Dortmund	^[17]
2019–20	Alphonso Davies	Bayern Munich	^[18]
2020–21	Jude Bellingham	Borussia Dortmund	^[19]
2021–22	Florian Wirtz	Bayer Leverkusen	^[20]
2022–23	Randal Kolo Muani	Eintracht Frankfurt	^[21]
2023–24	Deniz Undav	VfB Stuttgart	^[22]
2024–25	Nick Woltemade	VfB Stuttgart	^[23]

Season	Coach	Club	Ref.
2009–10	Louis van Gaal	Bayern Munich	^[8]
2010–11	Jürgen Klopp	Borussia Dortmund	^[9]
2011–12	Lucien Favre	Borussia Mönchengladbach	^[10]
2012–13	Jupp Heynckes	Bayern Munich	^[11]
2013–14	Markus Weinzierl	FC Augsburg	^[12]
2014–15	Dieter Hecking	VfL Wolfsburg	^[13]
2015–16	Thomas Tuchel	Borussia Dortmund	^[14]
2016–17	Julian Nagelsmann	TSG Hoffenheim	^[15]
2017–18	Jupp Heynckes	Bayern Munich	^[16]
2018–19	Adi Hütter	Eintracht Frankfurt	^[17]
2019–20	Hansi Flick	Bayern Munich	^[18]
2020–21	Adi Hütter	Eintracht Frankfurt	^[19]
2021–22	Christian Streich	SC Freiburg	^[20]
2022–23	Urs Fischer	Union Berlin	^[21]
2023–24	Xabi Alonso	Bayer Leverkusen	^[22]
2024–25	Bo Henriksen	Mainz 05	^[23]

Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Robert Enke	Hannover 96
Defenders	Andreas Beck	TSG Hoffenheim
	Lúcio	Bayern Munich
	Josip Šimunić	Hertha BSC
	Philipp Lahm	Bayern Munich
Midfielders	Zvjezdan Misimović	VfL Wolfsburg
	Zé Roberto	Bayern Munich
	Franck Ribéry	Bayern Munich
	Diego	Werder Bremen
Forwards	Grafite	VfL Wolfsburg
Forwards	Mario Gómez	VfB Stuttgart

Vereinigung der Vertragsfußballspieler

Presidents

Awards

Player of the Season

Player of the Year (1998–2003)

Player of the Season (2006–present)

Newcomer of the Season (2010–present)

Coach of the Season (2010–present)

Team of the Season

2008–09

2009–10

2010–11

2011–12

2012–13

2013–14

2014–15

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

2020–21

2021–22

2022–23

2023–24

2024–25

Notes

References

External links

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