Alan Hardaker Trophy

Vincent Kompany is the current incumbent of the award

The Alan Hardaker Trophy is an annual association football award presented to the Man of the Match in the EFL Cup final since 1990.^[1]^[2]

The Alan Hardaker Trophy was first awarded in 1990, Des Walker was the inaugural recipient. Ben Foster, John Terry and Vincent Kompany have won the award on two occasions, the most wins by an individual. Manchester United have received the award five times, more than any other club. English players have won the trophy sixteen times, which is a record; the only other nations with multiple wins are Scotland and Belgium, with two recipients.

Winners

Ben Foster was the first of three players to win the award twice; first with Manchester United, then with Birmingham City

John Terry was the second player to win the award twice; both wins were with Chelsea

Vincent Kompany was the third player to win the award twice, both times with Manchester City

Key to score column: – Indicates the match was decided by a replay; *! – Indicates the match went to penalty shootout

Alan Hardaker Trophy winners
Final	Player	Nationality	Team	Opponents	Score
1990	Des Walker	England	Nottingham Forest	Oldham Athletic	1–0
1991	Nigel Pearson	England	Sheffield Wednesday	Manchester United	1–0
1992	Brian McClair	Scotland	Manchester United	Nottingham Forest	1–0
1993	Paul Merson	England	Arsenal	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1
1994	Kevin Richardson	England	Aston Villa	Manchester United	3–1
1995	Steve McManaman	England	Liverpool	Bolton Wanderers	2–1
1996	Andy Townsend	Ireland	Aston Villa	Leeds United	3–0
1997	Steve Walsh	England	Leicester City	Middlesbrough	1–1
1998	Dennis Wise	England	Chelsea	Middlesbrough	2–0
1999	Allan Nielsen	Denmark	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester City	1–0
2000	Matt Elliott	Scotland	Leicester City	Tranmere Rovers	2–1
2001	Robbie Fowler	England	Liverpool	Birmingham City	* 1–1 *
2002	Brad Friedel	United States	Blackburn Rovers	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1
2003	Jerzy Dudek	Poland	Liverpool	Manchester United	2–0
2004	Boudewijn Zenden	Netherlands	Middlesbrough	Bolton Wanderers	2–1
2005	John Terry	England	Chelsea	Liverpool	3–2
2006	Wayne Rooney	England	Manchester United	Wigan Athletic	4–0
2007	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	Chelsea	Arsenal	2–1
2008	Jonathan Woodgate	England	Tottenham Hotspur	Chelsea	2–1
2009	Ben Foster	England	Manchester United	Tottenham Hotspur	* 0–0 *
2010	Antonio Valencia	Ecuador	Manchester United	Aston Villa	2–1
2011	Ben Foster (2)	England	Birmingham City	Arsenal	2–1
2012	Stewart Downing	England	Liverpool	Cardiff City	* 2–2 *
2013	Nathan Dyer	England	Swansea City	Bradford City	5–0
2014	Samir Nasri	France	Manchester City	Sunderland	3–1
2015	John Terry (2)	England	Chelsea	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0
2016	Vincent Kompany	Belgium	Manchester City	Liverpool	* 1–1 *
2017	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	Manchester United	Southampton	3–2
2018	Vincent Kompany (2)	Belgium	Manchester City	Arsenal	3–0

Awards won by nationality

Country	Win(s)	Year(s)
England	7001160000000000000♠16	1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
Scotland	7000200000000000000♠2	1992, 2000
Belgium	7000200000000000000♠2	2016, 2018
Ireland	7000100000000000000♠1	1996
Denmark	7000100000000000000♠1	1999
United States	7000100000000000000♠1	2002
Poland	7000100000000000000♠1	2003
Netherlands	7000100000000000000♠1	2004
Ivory Coast	7000100000000000000♠1	2007
Ecuador	7000100000000000000♠1	2010
France	7000100000000000000♠1	2014
Sweden	7000100000000000000♠1	2017

Awards won by club

Club	Win(s)	Year(s)
Manchester United	7000500000000000000♠5	1992, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2017
Liverpool	7000400000000000000♠4	1995, 2001, 2003, 2012
Chelsea	7000400000000000000♠4	1998, 2005, 2007, 2015
Manchester City	7000300000000000000♠3	2014, 2016, 2018
Aston Villa	7000200000000000000♠2	1994, 1996
Leicester City	7000200000000000000♠2	1997, 2000
Tottenham Hotspur	7000200000000000000♠2	1999, 2008
Nottingham Forest	7000100000000000000♠1	1990
Sheffield Wednesday	7000100000000000000♠1	1991
Arsenal	7000100000000000000♠1	1993
Blackburn Rovers	7000100000000000000♠1	2002
Middlesbrough	7000100000000000000♠1	2004
Birmingham City	7000100000000000000♠1	2011
Swansea City	7000100000000000000♠1	2013

References

↑ "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2010. Football League, 26 February 2012
↑ The Alan Hardaker Trophy EFL

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[1] "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2010. Football League, 26 February 2012

[2] The Alan Hardaker Trophy EFL

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