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PFA Awards 2023: Full List of Award Winners and Teams of the Year

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland won the Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year award, while Arsenal's Bukayo Saka bagged the young player of the year award at the PFA's 50th anniversary awards event in Salford.

Haaland enjoyed a stunning debut season for Manchester City, hitting 52 goals in all competitions as they won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League treble last season.

Erling Haaland and Bukayo Saka bagged awards at the PFAs 50th anniversary event (Image Courtesy: @PFA)

The 23-year-old was voted as the Premier League's top player, seeing off competition from his team-mates John Stones and Kevin De Bruyne, as well as from Arsenal duo Saka and Martin Odegaard and former Tottenham striker Harry Kane, now at Bayern Munich.

Saka secured the young player prize after enjoying his finest season to date, scoring 14 goals for the Gunners and contributing 11 assists. He was also one of England's star performers at the World Cup in Qatar last winter.

Meanwhile, England and Aston Villa star Rachel Daly and her Lionesses team-mate Lauren James of Chelsea were named the PFA Players' Women's Player of the Year and PFA Players' Young Player of the year respectively in the awards voted for by their peers.

Daly and James were key performers for England in their run to the World Cup final earlier this month, but the accolades they received on Tuesday (August 29) night are based on their performances last season.

Daly's victory in the senior women's player category came after she hit 22 goals in the Women's Super League for Aston Villa last season - a remarkable achievement for a player who featured at left-back in the Lionesses' successful Euros campaign last summer.

The 31-year-old from Harrogate saw off competition from five other illustrious WSL names on the nominees list - Sam Kerr, Frida Maanum, Guro Reiten, Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw and Ona Batlle.

James, who featured in the World Cup final as a substitute after a red card in the last 16 against Nigeria meant she was suspended for the quarter-final and semi-final, was a key player for Chelsea as they won the domestic double.

Also a former Arsenal star Ian Wright, picked up the men's PFA Merit award, while Jill Scott, who won 161 caps for England and retired after the Lionesses won the Euros last summer, received the women's Merit award.

To mark the awards reaching a half-century, the PFA also handed out individual player prizes for the Championship, League One and League Two for the first time.

Chuba Akpom was voted as the second tier's top player, after top scoring with 28 goals for Middlesbrough. His fine form at Boro earned him a summer move to Dutch side Ajax.

Conor Chaplin, whose 26 goals spearheaded Ipswich's promotion push from League One, won that division's award, while Bradford's Andy Cook was League Two's Players' Player of the Year.

PFA Awards 2023 Winners List

Awards Player (Club)
PFA Players' Player of the Year Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
PFA Players' Young Player of the Year Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
PFA Players' Women's Player of the Year Rachel Daly (Aston Villa Women)
PFA Players’ Women’s Young Player of the Year Lauren James (Chelsea)
PFA Players' Championship Player of the Year Chuba Apkom (Middlesborough)
PFA Players' League One Player of the Year Conor Chaplin (Ipswich)
PFA Players' League Two Player of the Year Andy Cook (Bradford City)
PFA Merit Award Ian Wright
PFA Merit Award Jill Scott

Plus, the men's and women's teams of the year were also named with Arsenal and Manchester City stars taking up most of slots in the men's team, while the women's team features players from United, Chelsea, City and Arsenal. Here is a look at the teams of the year 2023.

PFA Premier League Team of the Year 2023 (4-3-3)

Position Player Club
Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale Arsenal
Defender John Stones Manchester City
Defender Ruben Dias Manchester City
Defender William Saliba Arsenal
Defender Kieran Trippier Newcastle United
Midfielder Rodri Manchester City
Midfielder Martin Odegaard Arsenal
Midfielder Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City
Forward Harry Kane Tottenham
Forward Erling Haaland Manchester City
Forward Bukayo Saka Arsenal

PFA FA WSL Team of the Year 2023 (4-3-3)

Position Player Club
Goalkeeper Mary Earps Manchester United
Defender Ona Batlle Manchester United
Defender Rafaelle Souza Arsenal
Defender Maya Le Tissier Manchester United
Defender Alex Greenwood Manchester City
Midfielder Guro Reiten Chelsea
Midfielder Yui Hasegawa Manchester City
Midfielder Frida Maanum Arsenal
Forward Rachel Daly Aston Villa
Forward Sam Kerr Chelsea
Forward Khadija Shaw Manchester City
Story first published: Wednesday, August 30, 2023, 8:50 [IST]
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