FIFA Fair Play Award

Not to be confused with the FIFA Fair Play Trophy awarded at FIFA World Cups.

The FIFA Fair Play Award is a FIFA recognition of good or sporting behaviour or other actions by people or bodies involved in association football around the world. First awarded in 1987, it has been presented to individuals (including posthumously), teams, fans, spectators, football associations/federations and even entire footballing communities. One or more awards are presented annually, with there being at least one recipient each year except in 1994, when no award was presented.

Winners

Year	Winner	Reason	Notes
1987	Fans of Dundee United	Fans' good behaviour towards winners IFK Göteborg in UEFA Cup Final
1988	Frank Ordenewitz	Admitted handball in a penalty situation
	Spectators of the 1988 Seoul Olympic football tournament
1989	Spectators of Trinidad and Tobago	For their sporting behaviour in the face of a home loss to the United States in their final match in the 1989 CONCACAF Championship, when a draw would have seen the "Soca Warriors" through to the 1990 World Cup
1990	Gary Lineker	For 15 years as a professional football player without a yellow or red card
1991	Royal Spanish Football Federation
	Jorginho
1992	Belgian Football Association
1993	Nándor Hidegkuti
	The Football Association of Zambia	In memory of the 18 national team members, plus coaching and support staff, killed in a plane crash in April of that year, and in honour of the efforts of the reconstituted national team, which fell one goal short of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup.
1994	Not awarded
1995	Jacques Glassmann	For revealing a bribery attempt
1996	George Weah
1997	Irish supporters	For their exemplary behaviour, especially during the World Cup preliminary match against Belgium.
	Jozef Zovinec (Slovak amateur player)	For 60 years of amateur football without receiving a yellow card
	Julie Foudy	For her efforts against child labor
1998	The United States Soccer Federation	For the two countries' good sportsmanship surrounding the World Cup match between their teams, despite their mutual political tensions for nearly 20 years
	The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran
	The Irish Football Association of Northern Ireland
1999	New Zealand's football community
2000	Lucas Radebe	For his work against racism
2001	Paolo Di Canio	Takes ball out of play with his hands when goalkeeper Paul Gerrard was injured on the ground.
2002	Football communities of Japan and Korea Republic	Demonstrating a spirit of brotherhood and sportsmanship by co-hosting the 2002 World Cup.
2003	Fans of Celtic	For their exemplary behaviour in the days surrounding the 2003 UEFA Cup Final, in which Celtic played.
2004	Brazilian Football Confederation
2005	Community of Iquitos, Peru	For their wholehearted support of the organisation of the FIFA U-17 World Championship Peru 2005, their exemplary behaviour to all participating teams, and their amazing contribution to football.
2006	Fans of the 2006 World Cup.
2007	FC Barcelona	In recognition of the club's support for humanitarian causes and development programs that benefit children all over the world.
2008	The Turkish Football Federation	for "encouraging dialogue between two countries which otherwise do not have any form of diplomatic relationship."
	The Football Federation of Armenia
2009	Bobby Robson	Posthumously awarded for the "gentlemanly qualities he showed throughout his career as a player and coach".
2010	Haiti's U-17 women's national team	For carrying on bravely "despite the worst kind of suffering, loss and pain following the devastating earthquake of January 2010."
2011	Japan Football Association	Had to endure many hardships following the earthquake which struck their country in March 2011, and during which many people lost their lives. The team showed great courage to make it to the final of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
2012	Uzbekistan Football Federation	As a testament for the fair play displayed by Uzbek national teams and club sides participating in AFC competitions during the past year, with UFF President Mirabor Usmanov paying tribute to their performance.
2013	Afghanistan Football Federation	For "dedication and hard work to develop football at the grassroots level" and "built the foundations for the game, nurturing a national league in the midst of violence and destruction."
2014	2014 FIFA World Cup volunteers

Notes

• ^b – The Werder Bremen player admitted handball in the penalty area to the referee in a German League match against 1. FC Köln on 7 May 1988. Cologne went on to win the match 2–0. The following year, he moved to Cologne.
• ^l – Caroline Hanlon accepted on behalf of the supporters.

In 2010 Football Association of Ireland refused the offer of a Fair Play award following the France v Rep of Ireland 2010 World Cup Play-off handball controversy. CEO of the Football Association called Sepp Blatter "an embarrassment to himself and an embarrassment to FIFA" for his handling and comments following the controversy.

References

• FIFA.com information on awards

FIFA Fair Play Award – FIFA competition record