PFA Awards 2015: Nominees Announced

17 April 2015 09:24

The 24 nominees have been announced ahead of the 42nd PFA Awards to be held in the Grosvenor House in London on Sunday April 26 2015.

PFA Members from 100 clubs (Premier League, Football League and WSL) have been voting and the shortlists for the nominees are as follows.

Men's PFA Players' Player of the Year

Diego Costa, Chelsea FC

David de Gea, Manchester United FC

Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool FC

Eden Hazard, Chelsea FC

Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur FC

Alexis Sanchez, Arsenal FC

Men's PFA Young Player of the Year

Thibaut Courtois, Chelsea FC

Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool FC

David de Gea, Manchester United FC

Eden Hazard, Chelsea FC

Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur FC

Raheem Sterling, Liverpool FC

Women's PFA Players' Player of the Year

Eniola Aluko, Chelsea LFC

Lucy Bronze, Manchester City WFC

Jess Clarke, Notts County LFC

Karen Carney, Birmingham City LFC

Kelly Smith, Arsenal LFC

Ji So-Yun, Chelsea LFC

PFA Women's Young Player of the Year

Freda Ayisi, Birmingham City LFC

Hannah Blundell, Chelsea LFC

Aoife Mannion, Birmingham City LFC

Nikita Parris, Manchester City WFC

Leah Williamson, Arsenal LFC

The PFA have announced this year’s nominees ahead of the 2015 PFA Awards, with the prestigious event to be held at the Grosvenor House, London on April 26.

The PFA Awards celebrates the best of English football in an evening attended by hundreds of current professional stars of the game, to recognise the outstanding performers in every division.

As the season draws towards its climax, the PFA Awards is a celebration of the achievement of all PFA members from the last 12 months.

In addition to the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year categories, the divisional Team of the Year are announced for all five divisions and we honour footballing achievement through the PFA’s Merit Award.

Previous winners of the prestigious PFA Players’ Player of the Year award have included Kenny Dalglish, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs and Kim Little. The current holders are Luis Suarez and Lucy Bronze.

PFA Chief Executive, Gordon Taylor OBE: “The PFA Awards is always a special occasion and one of the biggest nights in football’s social calendar.

“For the winners who are honoured at the awards, there can be no greater personal accolade than that of being recognised by your peers; an honour to be cherished.”

In 2013 the PFA was proud to add the Women’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year to the honours and in 2014 this was extended to include the Women’s PFA Young Player of the Year and WSL Team of the Year.

Voting Explained

Appointed PFA delegates deliver the ballot forms to the training ground of the 92 league clubs and 8 WSL clubs.

Members are not allowed to vote for a player that is at the same club as themselves.

The cut-off age for the PFA Young Player of the Year award is 23 years old or under as at the beginning of the season (1st July 2014).

The PFA use an independent company to count and verify the votes cast, and completed ballots are sent directly to Beever & Struthers Chartered Accountants.

The winners for each category will be announced at the PFA Awards on the 26th April 2015 in London.

Source: DSG