Swedish Football Association
Diamantbollen was first awarded in 1990 in cooperation between the Swedish Football Association and the newspaper "Arbetet" until 2000. Since 2001, the awards has been awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Sydsvenskan. The precursor of this award, "Årets fotbollstjej" ("Soccer Girl of the Year"), was awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Dagens Nyheter from 1980 to 1989.