The SJPF Player of the Month (often called Portuguese League Player of the Month) is an association football award that recognizes the best Portuguese League player each month of the season and is conceived by the SJPF (syndicate of professional football players). The award has been presented since the 2003–04 season and the recipient is based on individual scores assigned by the three national sports dailies, A Bola, Record, and O Jogo. The first winner of the award was Beira-Mar midfielder Juninho Petrolina in September 2003. Hulk has won the award six times. Pedro Barbosa became the first Portuguese to win the award in November 2003. The "Big Three" (Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP) have had the most winners.
Prior to the 2012–13 Primeira Liga season, the SJPF announced that the SJPF Primeira Liga Player of the Month award would be awarded to a player on a bimonthly status with one player receiving an award for two months of football that have been played. The awards would be awarded during the following periods: August and September (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 1 to Gameweek 6) October and November (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 7 to Gameweek 11) December (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 12 to Gameweek 14) January (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 15 to Gameweek 18) February (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 19 to Gameweek 222) March (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 23 to Gameweek 36) April (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 27 to Gameweek 30)
Winners 2003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–16
Key †Award was shared with another playerGKGoalkeeperDFDefenderMFMidfielderFWForward
MonthYearEach year is linked to an article on the particular season associated with the month of that year.NationalityPlayerTeamPositionRef2003.92003Juninho PetrolinaBeira-MarMF2003.102003DerleiPortoFW2003.112003Pedro BarbosaSporting CPMF2003.122003EvandroRio AveFW2004.12004Benni McCarthyPortoFW2004.22004PetitBenficaMF2004.32004Roudolphe DoualaSporting CPFW2004.42004Adriano RossatoNacionalDF2004.52004Benni McCarthyPortoFW2004.92004Mitchell van der GaagMarítimoDF2004.102004Benni McCarthyPortoFW2004.112004SimãoBenficaFW2004.122004HeltonUnião de LeiriaGK2005.12005João AlvesBragaMF2005.22005GeovanniBenficaFW2005.32005MiguelBenficaDF2005.42005João MoutinhoSporting CPMF2005.52005NeiMoreirenseFW2005.62005Nuno GomesBenficaFW2005.72005Nuno GomesBenficaFW2005.82005Ricardo QuaresmaPortoFW2005.92005Ricardo QuaresmaPortoFW2006.12006LiédsonSporting CPFW2006.22006João PintoBoavistaFW2006.32006LéoBenficaDF2006.42006PepePortoDF2006.52006Modou SougouUnião de LeiriaMF2006.62006SimãoBenficaFW2006.72006Ricardo QuaresmaPortoFW2006.82006Ricardo QuaresmaPortoFW2007.12007QuimBenficaGK2007.22007SimãoBenficaFW2007.32007Ânderson PolgaSporting CPDF2007.42007LiédsonSporting CPFW2007.52007Leandro RomagnoliSporting CPMF2007.62007Rui CostaBenficaMF2007.72007Lucho GonzálezPortoMF2007.82007Jorge RibeiroBoavistaDF2007.92007Peter JehleBoavistaGK2008.12008PortoFW2008.22008PortoFW2008.32008PitbullVitória de SetúbalFW2008.52008Académica de CoimbraFW2008.52008BenficaMF2008.62008Bruno BragaLeixõesMF2008.72008BetoLeixõesGK2008.82008Académica de CoimbraGK2009.12009LiédsonSporting CPFW2009.22009HulkPortoFW2009.32009Baba DiawaraMarítimoFW2009.42009LiédsonSporting CPFW2009.52009Óscar CardozoBenficaFW2009.62009AlanBragaFW2009.72009DjalmaMarítimoFW2009.82009João TomásRio AveFW2009.92009Javier SaviolaBenficaFW2010.12010MossoróBragaMF2010.22010Júlio CoelhoPaços de FerreiraGK2010.32010LiédsonSporting CPFW2010.42010Ángel Di MaríaBenficaFW2010.62010HulkPortoFW2010.72010HulkPortoFW2010.82010João TomásRio AveFWJoão Tomás wins Best Player Award November (Portuguese)2010.122010HulkPortoFW2011.12011HulkPortoFW2011.22011DiegoVitória de SetúbalGKDiego wins Best Player Award February (Portuguese)2011.32011DiegoVitória de SetúbalGKDiego wins Best Player Award March (Portuguese)2011.42011Rui PatrícioSporting CPGKPatrício wins Best Player Award April (Portuguese)2011.92011Ricky van WolfswinkelSporting CPFWWolfswinkel wins Best Player Award September (Portuguese)2011.102011Diego CapelSporting CPMF (Portuguese)2011.112011Marcelo ToscanoVitória de GuimarãesFWToscano wins Best Player Award November (Portuguese)2011.122011Bédi BuvalFeirenseFWBuval wins Best Player Award December (Portuguese)2012.12012Óscar CardozoBenficaFW2012.22012LimaBragaFW2012.32012MossoróBragaMFMossoró eleito o melhor de março pelo Sindicato (Portuguese)2012.42012HulkPortoFWHulk eleito jogador do mês (Portuguese)2012.82012James RodríguezPortoFW 2012.102012Jackson MartínezPortoFWJackson Martínez vence prémio de melhor do mês (Jackson Martínez wins award for player of the month) ; A Bola, 4 December 2012 (Portuguese)2012.122012Nemanja MatićBenficaMFMatic eleito o melhor de Dezembro/Janeiro (Matic voted best player of December/January) ; SJPF, 1 February 2013 (Portuguese)2013.22013Jackson MartínezPortoFWJackson eleito o melhor de Fevereiro (Jackson Martínez chosen the best of February) ; SJPF, 1 March 2013 (Portuguese)2013.32013LimaBenficaFWLima eleito o melhor de março (Lima voted best player of March) ; SJPF, 5 April 2013 (Portuguese)2013.42013Nemanja MatićBenficaMFMatic eleito o melhor de abril Matic eleito o melhor de abril (Matic voted best player of April) ; SJPF, 3 May 2013 (Portuguese)2013.82013Fredy MonteroSporting CPFWMontero e Cavaleiro em destaque ; SJPF, 16 October 2013 (Portuguese)2013.102013William CarvalhoSporting CPMFEleição melhor jogador mês - Liga Portugal2013.122013William CarvalhoSporting CPMFEleição melhor jogador mês - Liga Portugal2014.12014Lazar MarkovićBenficaMFEleição melhor jogador mês - Liga Portugal2014.32014William CarvalhoSporting CPMFEleição melhor jogador mês - Liga Portugal2014.42014LimaBenficaFWEleição melhor jogador mês - Liga Portugal2014.82014TaliscaBenficaFWTalisca é o melhor de Agosto e Setembro na I Liga (Talisca voted best player of August/September) ; SJPF, 30 October 2014 (Portuguese)2014.102014NaniSporting CPMFEleição melhor jogador mês - Liga Portugal2014.122014Jackson MartínezPortoFWEleição melhor jogador mês - Liga Portugal2015.12015Jackson MartínezPortoFWEleição melhor jogador mês - Liga Portugal2015.22015JonasBenficaFW2015.32015Cristian TelloPortoFW2015.42015JonasBenficaFW2015.82015 André AndréPortoMF2015.102015 André AndréPortoMF2015.122015Islam SlimaniSporting CPFW2016.12016JonasBenficaFW2016.22016JonasBenficaFW2016.32016JonasBenficaFW2016.42016João MárioSporting CPMF
Statistics
Awards won by club ClubWinsBenficaPortoSporting CPBragaBoavistaMarítimoVitória de SetúbalRio AveUnião de LeiriaLeixõesAcadémica de CoimbraBeira-MarFeirenseNacionalMoreirensePaços de FerreiraVitória de Guimarães
Awards won by nationality CountryWins
Multiple winners Player Wins Hulk 6 Jonas 5 Liédson Ricardo Quaresma 4Jackson Martínez Benni McCarthy 3SimãoLimaWilliam Carvalho Nuno Gomes 2Lisandro LópezJoão TomásDiegoÓscar CardozoNemanja MatićAndré André
Awards won by position PositionWinsForwardMidfielderGoalkeeperDefender
SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year 2016 team +PositionPlayerTeamGoalkeeper EdersonBenficaDefenders Nélson SemedoBenfica Victor LindelöfBenfica Sebastián CoatesSporting CP Alex TellesPortoMidfielders Danilo PereiraPorto Adrien SilvaSporting CP PizziBenficaForwards Gelson MartinsSporting CP JonasBenfica Kostas MitroglouBenfica
2017 team
+PositionPlayerTeamGoalkeeper Rui PatrícioSporting CPDefenders Nélson SemedoBenfica FelipePorto Sebastián CoatesSporting CP Alex TellesPortoMidfielders Danilo PereiraPorto William CarvalhoSporting CP PizziBenficaForwards Gelson MartinsSporting CP JonasBenfica Yacine BrahimiPorto
Footnotes
References
External links The official website of SJPF