Manager Awards
Season 3 Player & Manager Awards
The Top100 Player & Manager Awards were voted for by 55 of the Game Worlds managers, the shortlists below represent the players/managers who made it into the top 3 as voted for by the Managers of the Game World…
Division 1 Player of the YearShortlist:
Robert Lewandowski (Chelsea) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Thomas Muller (Real Madrid)
Winner Division 1 Young Player of the YearShortlist:
Kingsley Coman (Juventus) Anthony Martial (Manchester United) Niguez Saul (Atletico Madrid)
WinnerDivision 1 Manager of the Year
Shortlist:
Fred Dodger (Lazio) Gordon ‘Gino’ Kinnear (Liverpool) Lee Reynolds (Borussia Dortmund) Scott McKenzie (Barcelona)
WinnerDivision 2 Player of the Year
Shortlist:
Mario Balotelli (Milan) Mesut Ozil (Tottenham Hotspur) Zoran Tosic (Sevilla)
Winner Division 2 Young Player of the YearShortlist:
Leon Goretzka (Benfica) Aleksander Mitrovic (Newcastle United) Karim Rekik (Spartak Moscow)
WinnerDivision 2 Manager of the Year
Shortlist:
Stephen Beddows (Milan) David ‘The Fox’ Piero (Tottenham Hotspur) Libaan Hassan (Zenit)
WinnerDivision 3 Player of the Year
Shortlist:
Carlos Bacca (Aston Villa) Lucas Lima (Genoa) Paul-Georges Ntep (Internacional)
WinnerDivision 3 Young Player of the Year
Shortlist:
Samu Castillejo (PSV) Gaston Pereiro (Galatasaray) Niklas Sule (Hoffenheim)
WinnerDivision 3 Manager of the Year
Shortlist:
Roberto Downinho (Internacional) Frank Hirst (Genoa) Rahul W (Aston Villa)
WinnerDivision 4 Player of the Year
Shortlist:
Clint Dempsey (Lille) Andre-Pierre Gignac (Hamburger) Gylfi Sigurdsson (Villarreal)
WinnerDivision 4 Young Player of the Year
Shortlist:
Vincent Janssen (AZ) Naby Keita (Sassuolo) Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord)
WinnerDivision 4 Manager of the Year
Shortlist:
Feargal Hickey (VFB Stuttgart) Andrew Kelly (Villarreal) Nick Wheels (Sao Paulo)
WinnerDivision 5 Player of the Year
Shortlist:
Wissam Ben Yedder (Hertha BSC) Xabi Prieto (Olympiacos) Araujo Raffael (Standard Liege)
Winner Division 5 Young Player of the YearShortlist:
Abdul Rahman Baba (Celta Vigo) Bjorn Engels (Club Brugge) Gabriel Jesus (Santos)
WinnerDivision 5 Manager of the Year
Shortlist:
Grant Cameron (Dynamo Kiev) James Foster (Standard Liege) Alex McLean (Olympiacos) Davy Vanendriessche (Club Brugge)
WinnerDivision 4 Player & Manager Awards
Below are the Awards for Division 4 Players & Managers…
Division 4 Manager of the Season 3rd Place: Frank Hirst (Genoa) 19% 2nd Place: Mike Scallotti (Southampton) 30% 1st Place: Robérto Downinho (Internacional) 32%
The race for promotion from Division 4 went right to the final game of the Season with Malaga & Greg Billington just missing out. Southampton won the Division as predicted and Genoa finished a couple of places higher than expected. But the other achiever of the Season was Roberto Downinho & Internacional who were predicted to flirt with relegation, but instead pinched the final automatic playoff place on goal difference.
Division 4 Young Player of the Season
3rd Place: Jonny CASTRO (Celta Vigo) 13% 2nd Place: Samu CASTILLEJO (Genoa) 26% 1st Place: James WARD-PROWSE (Southampton) 60%
James Ward-Prowse was an inspiration to title winning Southampton, playing in 30 games and chipping in with 5 goals & 5 assists from Midfield, he could be a key player for the Saints for many a season to come.
Division 4 Player of the Season
2nd Place: Laurent DEPOITRE (Hellas Verona) 8% 2nd Place: Sadio MANÉ (Southampton) 8% 1st Place: Ciro IMMOBILE (Genoa) 66%
Ciro Immobile scored 17 goals and got 8 assists in his 32 games for Genoa, before being transferred to CSKA Moscow in what most will have seen as a brave move from the Genoa boss.
Division 4 Team of the Season
Division 3 Player & Manager Awards
Below are the Awards for Division 3 Players & Managers…
Division 3 Manager of the Season 3rd Place: Sir Walter Smith (CSKA Moscow) 4% 2nd Place: michael h (Ajax) 35% 1st Place: rab kennedy (Basel) 47%
The Division 3 Title race also went down to the wire, with 1 game to go 3rd placed Ajax leapfrogged Ajax & Basel to snatch the title. The real success story of Division 3 was Rab Kennedy of Basel who was supposed to be fighting for his life, but managed to finish 1 point off the top and has sicne gone on to take the vacant post at Sevilla.
Division 3 Young Player of the Season
3rd Place: Abdul Rahman BABA (Basel) 26% 2nd Place: Max MEYER (CSKA Moscow) 33% 1st Place: Naby KEÏTA (Sassuolo) 35%
Although Sassuolo finished in the relegation places, Naby Keita was a shining light in their side, but will be hoping for more playing time back in Division 4 next season.
Division 3 Player of the Season
3rd Place: Luuk DE JONG (PSV) 15% 2nd Place: Zoran TOŠIĆ (Basel) 31% 1st Place: Emmanuel EMENIKE (CSKA Moscow/Aston Villa) 32%
Emenike started the season in fantastic form with 5 TOTW apps in the first 9 games of the season, but was transferred to Aston Villa in the 2nd half of the season where he took a little time to settle in and just missed out on promotion via the playoffs with Villa. Emenike will be playing for his 3rd Division 3 club in a few months as he will be playing for relegated Athletic Bilbao next season.
Division 3 Team of the Season
Division 1 Player & Manager Awards
Below are the Awards for Division 1 Players & Managers…
Division 1 Manager of the Season
3rd Place: Gursimran Brar (Bayern Munich) 9% 2nd Place: André Guerra (Porto) 32% 1st Place: scott mckenzie (Barcelona) 50%
Nobody can really argue with the winner of this award with Scott Mckenzie losing only 1 league game all season and winning such a strong division by 10 points. Although, Andre far exceeded expectations, after winning the Division 2 playoff last season, Porto finished just 5 points off the top 4.
Division 1 Young Player of the Season
3rd Place: Memphis DEPAY (Manchester United) 14% 3rd Place: José GIMÉNEZ (Atletico Madrid) 14% 2nd Place: Aymeric LAPORTE (Manchester United) 16% 1st Place: Hakan ÇALHANOĞLU (Bayer Leverkusen) 39%
Calhanoglu terrorised defences in the league and youth cup this season pitching in with 10 league goals and 5 assists and was probably a big reason for the German sides survival.
Division 1 Player of the Season
2nd Place: Kevin DE BRUYNE (Barcelona) 3% 2nd Place: Sergio RAMOS (Real Madrid) 3% 2nd Place: Arjen ROBBEN (Lazio) 3% 1st Place: Lionel MESSI (Barcelona) 84%
Lional Messi was a phenom this season scoring 34 goals, getting 20 assists and getting 20 TOTW apps in his 32 league games. Division 1 defender’s are really going to have to up their game to stop another season like this.
Division 1 Team of the Season
Division 2 Player & Manager Awards
Below are the Awards for Division 2 Players & Managers…
Division 2 Manager of the Season 3rd Place: David Inglis (Everton) 8% 3rd Place: Sameer Arshad (Schalke) 8% 2nd Place: Rob Ryan (Napoli) 11% 1st Place: Lee Reynolds (Dortmund) 56%
Division 2 was also a great race with Lee Reynold’s Dortmund pipping Rob Ryan’s Napoli to the title by 1 point. Sameer’s Schalke side had a great start, but they couldn’t keep up with the 2 powerhouses, yet still managed to beat French giants, PSG to the last automatic promotion place.
Division 2 Young Player of the Season
3rd Place: Chancel MBEMBA (Newcastle) 4% 3rd Place: Matthias GINTER (Spurs) 4% 2nd Place: Kurt ZOUMA (Benfica) 21% 1st Place: Domenico BERARDI (Dortmund) 65%
Domenico Berardi managed 5 goals and 2 assists in his 16 games at title winning Dortmund, now the young Italian is gonig to have to prove his worth with the big boys on Division 1.
Division 2 Player of the Season
3rd Place: Dries MERTENS (Napoli) 14% 2nd Place: Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC (Paris SG) 23% 1st Place: Gonzalo HIGUAÍN (Napoli) 38%
Gonzalo Higuain scored 25 league goals in an unbelievable season for Napoli, don’t be suprised if he’s up near the top of scoring charts in Division 1 next season.
Division 2 Team of the Season
Division 5 Player & Manager Awards
For the last 5 days, the Managers of Top100 have been voting for their Players & Managers of the Season. With 80 out of the 100 managers casting a vote it was a real success.
Below are the End of Season Awards for Division 5… Division 5 Manager of the Season 3rd Place: Zaid Griffin (Feyenoord) 15% 2nd Place: Andrew Kelly (Villarreal) 40% 1st Place: feargal a hickey (VFB Stuttgart) 43%
Feargal just edges Andrew to the Division 5 MOTY even with Andrew winning the league by 11 points, the side that Feargal took over at the start of the season was 1 that most thought would be fighting relegation. A Cup win & a promotion later and VFB will not only be playing in Division 4 next Season, but will also have a shot in Europe. Andrew’s Villarreal side got back to Division 4 in style, winning the league by 11 points alongside Zaid’s Feyenoord side who were also relegated last season.
Division 5 Young Player of the Season 3rd Place: Joshua KIMMICH (Anderlecht) 13% 3rd Place: Sven VAN BEEK (Feyenoord) 13% 2nd Place: Ricardo KISHNA (Feyenoord) 25% 1st Place: Timo PLATTEL (FC Twente) 27%
Timo Plattel was a revelation in goal for FC Twente, at the start of the season when Twente were shipping goals at a rate of knots, Platell was still coming up with MOM awards and as such was picked in the Division 5 TOTW on 5 occasions. Plattel has since signed for Espanyol who will be playing Division 5 football themselves next season.
Division 5 Player of the Season
2nd Place: Gerard MORENO (Villarreal) 8% 2nd Place: Víctor RUÍZ (Villarreal) 8% 1st Place: Troy DEENEY (Feyenoord) 60%
Troy Deeney grabbed many a headline this season as he waded in with 21 goals and 10 assists being ever present and picking up the Division 5 golden boot along with the Player of the Season Award. Zaid will be hoping the Troy’s goals will help again in Division 4 next Season.
Division 5 Team of the Season
Manager of the Season
A big thank you to everyone for a very successful first Season in Top100 and an even better Season 2.