Danish Football Player of the Year

When receiving the award in 1975, Henning Munk Jensen became the first player to win the prize for a second time.

Up until 1978, the Danish Football Association's rule of amateurism meant only players in the domestic league could win the prize.

Even after the emergence of paid football in Denmark in 1978, no players in foreign clubs were eligible for the award - in part, the reason why 1977 European Footballer of the Year striker Allan Simonsen didn't win the award, as he played abroad from 1972 to 1983.

Sponsored by Arla Foods, the awards were initially known as Mælkens talentpriser (the milk's talent awards) in order to promote the line of dairy products of the company then known as "MD Foods".

[1] Archived 2018-12-12 at the Wayback Machine[2][3] (*) Players who have played at least one match for the senior national team.