Typically 11 players are nominated as the Soccer Stars of the Year, this honour comes with a publication of a Calendar, sponsored by Castle Beer, in which the 11 appear.
[2] Each year's winner is chosen at the end of the season by a vote amongst football writers from around Zimbabwe.
[3] The 2010 winner was Charles Sibanda, who won the award while playing for Motor Action.
[4] He is the second Motor Action player to have received the award after 2006 winner Clemence Matawu.
Malawian midfielder Joseph Kamwendo is the lone foreign player to have won the award, having done so in 2005 while playing for CAPS United.