# Algerian Footballer of the Year

The Algerian Footballer of the Year is an annual football award for the best Algerian player presented by El Heddaf-Le Buteur since 2001. The first winner of the award was Olympique de Marseille midfielder Djamel Belmadi. As of 2015, only Karim Ziani, Madjid Bougherra and Riyad Mahrez have won the award on two consecutive occasions . Of the five, only Karim Ziani won his awards playing for two different teams.
Saw the award call many of the stars of world football to deliver the prize to the winner they are Paolo Maldini, Franck Ribéry, Fabio Cannavaro, Emilio Butragueño, Johan Cruyff, Laurent Blanc, Harald Schumacher and Roberto Carlos.

## Players of the year (2001–present)

| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Fifth place |
| 2018 | Baghdad Bounedjah | | | | |
| 2017 | Faouzi Ghoulam (225 Points, 24.25%) | Yacine Brahimi (173 Points, 19.03%) | Sofiane Hanni (151 Points, 16.61%) | Baghdad Bounedjah (138 Points, 15.18%) | Abdelmoumene Djabou (81 Points, 8.61%) |
| 2016 | Riyad Mahrez | | | | |
| 2015 | Riyad Mahrez (29.51%) | Yacine Brahimi (28.84%) | Islam Slimani (17.38%) | Faouzi Ghoulam (11.56%) | Sofiane Feghouli (6.50%) |
| 2014 | Yacine Brahimi | Islam Slimani | Sofiane Feghouli | Abdelmoumene Djabou | El Arbi Hillel Soudani |
| 2013 | Islam Slimani | Saphir Taïder | Sofiane Feghouli | Yacine Brahimi | Essaid Belkalem |
| 2012 | Sofiane Feghouli | | | | |
| 2011 | Ryad Boudebouz (545 Points) | El Arbi Hillel Soudani (318 Points) | Djamel Mesbah (306 Points) | | |
| 2010 | Madjid Bougherra (677 Points) | Abdelmoumene Djabou (322 Points) | Rafik Halliche (317 Points) | Karim Matmour (246 Points) | Hassan Yebda (112 Points) |
| 2009 | Madjid Bougherra | | | | |
| 2008 | Rafik Saïfi (444 Points) | Lamouri Djediat (432 Points) | Antar Yahia (352 Points) | Samir Zaoui (205 Points) | Chérif Abdeslam (151 Points) |
| 2007 | Karim Ziani | Nadir Belhadj | Lazhar Hadj Aïssa | | |
| 2006 | Karim Ziani (502 Points) | Noureddine Daham (399 Points) | Hamza Yacef (340 Points) | | |
| 2005 | Billel Dziri | | | | |
| 2004 | Moussa Saib (389 Points) | Billel Dziri (213 Points) | Karim Ziani (191 Points) | Hocine Achiou (171 Points) | Antar Yahia (150 Points) |
| 2003 | Amar Ammour (616 Points) | Isâad Bourahli (108 Points) | Brahim Hemdani (106 Points) | | |
| 2002 | Ali Benarbia (168 Points) | Amar Ammour (99 Points) | Farouk Belkaïd (88 Points) | Yazid Mansouri (77 Points) | Yacine Bezzaz (68 Points) |
| 2001 | Djamel Belmadi | | | | |

### Winners

| Player | Wins | Years winning |
| Karim Ziani | 2 | 2006, 2007 |
| Madjid Bougherra | 2 | 2009, 2010 |
| Riyad Mahrez | 2 | 2015, 2016 |
| Djamel Belmadi | 1 | 2001 |
| Ali Benarbia | 1 | 2002 |
| Amar Ammour | 1 | 2003 |
| Moussa Saib | 1 | 2004 |
| Billel Dziri | 1 | 2005 |
| Rafik Saïfi | 1 | 2008 |
| Ryad Boudebouz | 1 | 2011 |
| Sofiane Feghouli | 1 | 2012 |
| Islam Slimani | 1 | 2013 |
| Yacine Brahimi | 1 | 2014 |
| Faouzi Ghoulam | 1 | 2017 |
| Baghdad Bounedjah | 1 | 2018 |

### Winners by country

| R. | Country | Titles | Years winning |
| 1 | France | 5 | 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2002, 2015, 2016 |
| = | Algeria | 3 | 2003, 2004, 2005 |
| 4 | Scotland | 2 | 2009, 2010 |
| = | Portugal | 2 | 2013, 2014 |
| 6 | Spain | 1 | 2012 |
| = | Italy | 1 | 2017 |
| = | Qatar | 1 | 2018 |

### Winners by club

| R. | Club | Titles |
| 1 | USM Alger | 2 |
| = | Olympique de Marseille | 2 |
| = | Rangers | 2 |
| = | Leicester City | 2 |
| = | FC Sochaux | 2 |