Fritz Walter Medal
{{Short description|Annual award given by the German Football Association}}
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The Fritz Walter Medal is a series of annual awards given by the German Football Association to youth footballers in Germany. First awarded in 2005, it is named in honour of Fritz Walter, captain of West Germany's 1954 FIFA World Cup-winning team.{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=511739&tx_dfbnews_pi1[showUid]=1784 |title=DFB verleiht Fritz-Walter-Medaille an Nachwuchsspieler|trans-title=DFB to award Fritz-Walter-Medal to youth players|language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=9 February 2004|access-date=20 September 2012}}
Winners
=2005=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=511739&tx_dfbnews_pi1[showUid]=5136 |title=Fritz-Walter-Medaillen an talentierte Junioren-Spieler verliehen|trans-title=Fritz-Walter-Medal awarded to talented youth players|language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=12 October 2005|access-date=20 September 2012}}
class="wikitable" |
| width="23%" |Under-19
| width="23%" |Under-18 | width="23%" |Under-17 | width="23%" |Female |
valign="top"|Gold
|Florian Müller |Marc-André Kruska |
valign="top"|Silver |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Eugen Polanski |Kevin-Prince Boateng |
=2006=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=511739&tx_dfbnews_pi1[showUid]=8354 |title=Nachwuchsspieler der Saison 2005/2006: Fritz-Walter-Medaille für zwölf Talente|trans-title=Youth players of the 2005-2006 season: Fritz-Walter-Medal for twelve talents|language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=16 August 2006|access-date=20 September 2012}}
class="wikitable" |
| width="23%" |Under-19
| width="23%" |Under-18 | width="23%" |Under-17 | width="23%" |Female |
valign="top"|Gold
|Kevin-Prince Boateng |
valign="top"|Silver
|Robert Fleßers |Alexander Eberlein |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Daniel Adlung |
=2007=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=511739&tx_dfbnews_pi1[showUid]=12093 |title=Nachwuchsspieler der Saison erhielten Fritz-Walter-Medaille|trans-title=Youth players of the season awarded with Fritz-Walter-Medal|language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=12 September 2007|access-date=20 September 2012}}
class="wikitable" |
| width="23%" |Under-19
| width="23%" |Under-18 | width="23%" |Under-17 | width="23%" |Female |
valign="top"|Gold
|Benedikt Höwedes |
valign="top"|Silver
|Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Jérôme Boateng |Stefan Reinartz |
=2008=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=511739&tx_dfbnews_pi1[showUid]=15369 |title=Fritz-Walter-Medaille für vier deutsche U 19-Europameister|trans-title=Fritz-Walter-Medal for four German U-19 European Champions|language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=20 August 2008|access-date=20 September 2012}}
class="wikitable" |
| width="23%" |Under-19
| width="23%" |Under-18 | width="23%" |Under-17 | width="23%" |Female |
valign="top"|Gold
|Dennis Diekmeier |
valign="top"|Silver
|Florian Jungwirth |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Marcel Risse |Richard Sukuta-Pasu |
=2009=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=511739&tx_dfbnews_pi1[showUid]=19640 |title=Fritz-Walter-Medaille: Talente des Jahres ausgezeichnet|trans-title=Fritz-Walter-Medal: Talents of the year awarded|language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=9 September 2009|access-date=20 September 2012}}
class="wikitable" |
| width="23%" |Under-19
| width="23%" |Under-18 | width="23%" |Under-17 | width="23%" |Female |
valign="top"|Gold
|Marco Terrazzino |
valign="top"|Silver |
valign="top"|Bronze |
=2010=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=511739&tx_dfbnews_pi1[showUid]=24623 |title=Fritz-Walter-Medaille: Filmreife Karrieren locken Talente|trans-title=Fritz-Walter-Medal: cinematic careers woo talents|language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=7 September 2010|access-date=20 September 2012}}
class="wikitable" |
| width="23%" |Under-19
| width="23%" |Under-18 | width="23%" |Under-17 | width="23%" |Female |
valign="top"|Gold |
valign="top"|Silver |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Shervin Radjabali-Fardi |Matthias Zimmermann |
=2011=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=511739&tx_dfbnews_pi1[showUid]=28480 |title=Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold für ter Stegen, Draxler und Can|trans-title=Fritz-Walter-Medal in gold for ter Stegen, Draxler and Can|language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=22 July 2011|access-date=20 September 2012}}
class="wikitable" |
| width="23%" |Under-19
| width="23%" |Under-18 | width="23%" |Under-17 | width="23%" |Female |
valign="top"|Gold |
valign="top"|Silver
|Matthias Zimmermann |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Markus Mendler |
=2012=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=511739&tx_dfbnews_pi1[showUid]=35370 |title=Fritz-Walter-Medaille für Goretzka, Ginter, Rüdiger und Lotzen|trans-title=Fritz-Walter-Medal for Goretzka, Ginter, Rüdiger and Lotzen|language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=30 July 2012|access-date=20 September 2012}}
class="wikitable" |
| width="23%" |Under-19
| width="23%" |Under-18 | width="23%" |Under-17 | width="23%" |Female |
valign="top"|Gold |
valign="top"|Silver |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Patrick Rakovsky |Dominik Kohr |
=2013=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/de/d-talente/fritz-walter-medaille-ginter-auf-goetzes-spuren/45774.html |title=Fritz-Walter-Medaille: Ginter auf Götzes Spuren|language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=14 August 2013|access-date=15 August 2013}}
class="wikitable" |
| width="23%" |Under-19
| width="23%" |Under-18 | width="23%" |Under-17 | width="23%" |Female |
valign="top"|Gold
|Matthias Ginter |
valign="top"|Silver
|Yannick Gerhardt |
valign="top"|Bronze |
=2014=
{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/auszeichnung-fuer-brandt-stark-und-gimber-610525/artikel|title=Auszeichnung für Brandt, Stark und Gimber |language=de|publisher=Kicker|date=26 August 2014|access-date=28 July 2017}}
class="wikitable" | |
| width="23%" |Under-19
| width="23%" |Under-18 | width="23%" |Under-17 | width="23%" |Female | |
valign="top"|Gold
|Niklas Stark | Sara Däbritz (SC Freiburg) |
valign="top"|Silver | |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Jonas Föhrenbach |
=2015=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/fritz-walter-medaille-fuer-bremer-tah-und-passlack-127799/|title=Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold für Bremer, Tah und Passlack |language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=30 July 2015|access-date=30 July 2015}}
class="wikitable" |
|Under-19
|Female |
valign="top"|Gold
|Jonathan Tah |
valign="top"|Silver |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Lukas Klostermann |
=2016=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/fritz-walter-medaille-fuer-ehegoetz-henrichs-und-itter-151343/|title=Fritz-Walter-Medaille für Ehegötz, Henrichs und Itter |language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=8 August 2016|access-date=28 July 2017}}
class="wikitable" |
|Under-19
|Female |
valign="top"|Gold
|Benjamin Henrichs |
valign="top"|Silver
|Philipp Ochs |
valign="top"|Bronze |
=2017=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/fritz-walter-medaillen-in-gold-fuer-oezcan-arp-und-feldkamp-171235/|title=Fritz-Walter-Medaillen in Gold für Özcan, Arp und Feldkamp |language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=28 July 2017|access-date=28 July 2017}}
class="wikitable" |
|Under-19
|Female |
valign="top"|Gold |
valign="top"|Silver |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Gökhan Gül |
=2018=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/fritz-walter-medaille-in-gold-an-havertz-katterbach-und-pawollek-190126/|title=FRITZ-WALTER-MEDAILLE IN GOLD AN HAVERTZ, KATTERBACH UND PAWOLLEK |language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=9 August 2018|access-date=12 December 2018}}
class="wikitable" |
|Under-19
|Female |
valign="top"|Gold |
valign="top"|Silver |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Manuel Wintzheimer |
=2019=
{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/fritz-walter-medaille-in-gold-an-kuehn-buehl-und-adeyemi-206046/?no_cache=1&cHash=9a6c9edf5cc247b049fcf149f8948dcb|title=FRITZ-WALTER-MEDAILLE IN GOLD AN KÜHN, BÜHL UND ADEYEMI |language=de|publisher=German Football Association|date=6 September 2019|access-date=21 May 2020}}
class="wikitable" |
|Under-19
|Female |
valign="top"|Gold |
valign="top"|Silver |
valign="top"|Bronze |
=2020=
class="wikitable" |
|Under-19
|Female |
valign="top"|Gold |
valign="top"|Silver |
valign="top"|Bronze |
=2021 and 2022=
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 and 2022 awards both took place in 2022.{{cite web |title=Goldene Fritz-Walter-Medaillen an Brand, Adeyemi und Moukoko |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/goldene-fritz-walter-medaillen-an-brand-adeyemi-und-moukoko-245458/ |website=dfb.de |language=de-DE |date=9 November 2022}}
class="wikitable" |
|Under-19 (born 2002)
|Under-17 (born 2004) |Female Under-19 (born 2002) |Female Under-17 (born 2004) |
valign="top"|Gold
|Karim Adeyemi |
valign="top"|Silver |
valign="top"|Bronze |
class="wikitable" |
|Under-19 (born 2003)
|Under-17 (born 2005) |Female Under-19 (born 2003) |Female Under-17 (born 2005) |
valign="top"|Gold
|Florian Wirtz |
valign="top"|Silver
|Luca Netz |Laurin Ulrich |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Tarek Buchmann |
=2023=
class="wikitable" |
|Under-19 (born 2004)
|Under-17 (born 2006) |Female Under-19 (born 2004) |Female Under-17 (born 2006) |
valign="top"|Gold
|Youssoufa Moukoko |Paris Brunner |
valign="top"|Silver |
valign="top"|Bronze
|Umut Tohumcu |
=2024=
class="wikitable" |
|Under-19 (born 2005)
|Under-17 (born 2007) |Female Under-19 (born 2005) |Female Under-17 (born 2007) |
valign="top"|Gold
|Francis Onyeka |
valign="top"|Silver
|Dženan Pejčinović |Kilian Sauck |
valign="top"|Bronze |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Fritz Walter Medal Under-19}}
{{Fritz Walter Medal Under-18}}
{{Fritz Walter Medal Under-17}}
{{Fritz Walter Medal Female}}
Category:German football trophies and awards
Category:Youth football in Germany