The Milliyet Sports Awards () are given by the Turkish daily Milliyet annually since 1954 in recognition of highest achievements in sports. The award is determined by a poll of Turkish professional footballers playing, athletes, teams, managers in Turkey and World. From 1954 until 2004, there was only one award "Turkish Athlete of the Year" or "Team of the Year".
Award Athlete of the Year
NoYearAthlete / teamBranchInfo1.1954 Murat GülerSwimming2.1955 Lefter KüçükandonyadisFootball3.1956 Hamit KaplanWrestling4.1957 Mustafa DağıstanlıWrestling5.1958 Varol ÜrkmezFootball6.1959 Nazmi BilgeFootball7.1960 Mithat BayrakWrestling8.1961 Yücel CavkaytarArchery9.1962 Metin OktayFootball10.1963 Muharrem DalkılıçTrack and Field11.1964 Kazım AyvazWrestling12.1965 Kemal ÖncüEquestrianism13.1966 Turgay ŞerenFootball14.1967 Ahmet AyıkWrestling15.1968 İsmail AkçayTrack and Field16.1969 Necdet YıldırımFootball17.1970 Ali Rıza AlanWrestling18.1971 Özden EzinlerFencing19.1972 Cemal KamacıBoxing20.1973 Yasin ÖzdenakFootball21.1974 Ersin AydınSwimming22.1975 Cemal KamacıBoxing23.1976 Veli BallıTrack and Field24.1977 Cemil TuranFootball25.1978 Ekrem ÖzdamarTrack and Field26.1979 Şenol GüneşFootball27.1980 Eczacıbaşı SK Woman Volleyball TeamVolleyball28.1981 Efe AydanBasketball29.1982 Salih BoraWrestling30.1983 Yılmaz HelvacıoğluTaekwondo31.1984 Eyüp CanBoxing32.1985 Galatasaray High School Basketball TeamBasketball33.1986 Naim SüleymanoğluWeightlifting34.1987 Naim Süleymanoğlu & Tennur YerlisuWeightlifting & Taekwondo35.1988 Naim Süleymanoğlu & Tanju ÇolakWeightlifting & Football36.1989 Rıdvan DilmenFootball37.1990 Arzu CeylanTaekwondo38.1991 Derya BüyükuncuSwimming39.1992 Mehmet Akif PirimWrestling40.1993 Naim SüleymanoğluWeightlifting41.1994 Naim SüleymanoğluWeightlifting42.1995 Turkey national football teamFootball43.1996 Naim SüleymanoğluWeightlifting44.1997 Hamza YerlikayaWrestling2005'in unutulmazları45.1998 Galatasaray S.K. (football team)Football46.1999 Halil MutluWeightlifting47.2000 Halil MutluWeightlifting48.2001 Halil MutluWeightlifting49.2002 Süreyya AyhanTrack and field50.2003 Süreyya AyhanTrack and field51.2004 Atagün YalçınkayaBoxing52.2005 Hamza YerlikayaWrestling53.2006 Neslihan DarnelVolleyball54.2007 Kenan SofuoğluMotorcycle Racer55.2008 Elvan AbeylegesseTrack and fieldTürk sporunun Oscar gecesi56.2009 Bahri TanrıkuluTaekwondoMilliyet Yılın Sporcusu Ödülleri sahiplerini buldu57.2010 Nevin YanıtTrack and field58.2011 Mete BinayWeightlifting59.2012 Aslı Çakır AlptekinTrack and field60.2013 Arda TuranFootball61.2014 Şahika ErcümenFreediving62.2015 Kenan SofuoğluMotorcycle Racer63.2016 Taha AkgülFreestyle wrestling64.2017 Ramil GuliyevTrack and field65.2018 Ramil GuliyevTrack and field66.2019 Rıza KayaalpWrestling67.2020 İbrahim ÇolakArtistic gymnastics68.2021 Mete GazozArchery69.2022 Adem AsilArtistic gymnastics70.2023 Melissa VargasVolleyball71.Award not given72.2025 Alperen ŞengünBasketball
Sport People of the Year
No.YearExecutive of the YearJobInfo52.2005 Aziz YıldırımBusinessperson, President of Fenerbahçe SK53.2006 Ahmet AğaoğluBusinessperson, Turkey Golf Federation Chairman54.2007 Aziz YıldırımBusinessperson, President of Fenerbahçe SK55.2008 Adnan PolatBusinessperson, President of Galatasaray SK56.2009 İbrahim KaraosmanoğluPolitics, Mayors of Kocaeli57.2010 Turgay DemirelCommissioner of Turkish Basketball Federation58.2011 Erol Ünal KarabıyıkPresident of Turkish Volleyball Federation59.2012 Ünal AysalBusinessperson, President of Galatasaray SK60.2013 Demirhan ŞerefhanPresident of TBESF61.2014 Cüneyt ÇakırReferee62.2015 Fatih TerimHead coach of Turkish national football team63.2016 Fikret OrmanBusinessperson, President of Beşiktaş JK64.2017 Aziz YıldırımBusinessperson, President of Fenerbahçe SK
Manager of the Year No.YearManager of the YearTeamInfo52.2005 Abdullah AvcıTurkey U-17 Football Team53.2006 Bogdan TanjevićTurkey national basketball team54.2007 Bülent UygunSivasspor55.2008 Fatih TerimTurkey national football team56.2009 Mustafa DenizliBeşiktaş JK57.2010 Bogdan TanjevićTurkey national basketball team58.2011 Şahin ÇatmaTurkey girls youth national volleyball team59.2012 Fatih TerimGalatasaray SK60.2013 Fatih TerimGalatasaray SK61.2014 Ersun YanalTrabzonspor62.2015 Hamza HamzaoğluGalatasaray SK63.2016 Şenol GüneşBeşiktaş JK64.2017 Željko ObradovićFenerbahçe Men's Basketball65.2018 Željko ObradovićFenerbahçe Men's Basketball66.2019 Şenol GüneşBeşiktaş67.2020 Ergin AtamanAnadolu Efes68.2021 Giovanni GuidettiTurkey women's national volleyball team69.2022 Abdullah AvcıTrabzonspor70.2023 Daniele SantarelliTurkey women's national volleyball team71.2024Award not given72.2025 Šarūnas JasikevičiusFenerbahçe Men's Basketball
Team of the Year
No.YearTeam of the YearBranchInfo33.1986Küçükyalı 50th Academy Woman Volleyball TeamVolleyball34.1987Turkish National Military Volleyball TeamVolleyball35.1988Üsküdar Girls Academy Volleyball TeamVolleyball36.1989Galatasaray SKFootball37.1990Turkish National Taekwondo TeamTaekwondo38.1991Beşiktaş JKFootball39.1992Turkey national under-20 football teamFootball40.1993Galatasaray SKFootball41.1994TrabzonsporFootball42.1995Beşiktaş JKFootball43.1996Anadolu Efes S.K.Basketball44.1997Galatasaray SKFootball45.1998Turkey National Basketball TeamBasketball46.1999Galatasaray SKFootball47.2000Galatasaray SKFootball48.2001Anadolu Efes S.K.Basketball49.2002no award50.2003Beşiktaş JKFootball51.2004Fenerbahçe SKFootball52.2005Turkey U-17 Football TeamFootball53.2006Turkey National Basketball TeamBasketball54.2007Fenerbahçe SKFootball55.2008Turkey National Football TeamFootball56.2009Beşiktaş JKFootball57.2010Turkey National Basketball TeamBasketballMilliyet Gazetesi Yılın Sporcusu Ödülleri Sahiplerini Buldu58.2011Turkey girls youth national volleyball teamVolleyball59.2012Galatasaray SKFootball60.2013Vakıfbank SKVolleyball61.2014Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball)Basketball62.2015Turkey National Football TeamFootball63.2016Beşiktaş JKFootball64.2017Fenerbahçe SKBasketball65.2018Vakıfbank SKVolleyball66.2019Turkey national football teamFootball67.2020Turkey women's national volleyball teamVolleyball68.2021Turkey women's national volleyball teamVolleyball69.2022Anadolu EfesBasketball70.2023Turkey women's national volleyball teamVolleyball71.2024Award not given72.2025Turkey women's national volleyball teamVolleyball
Footballer of the Year
No.YearFootballer of the YearTeamInfo1.1954Award not given2.1955 Lefter Küçükandonyadis Fenerbahçe3.-4.1956-1957Award not given5.1958 Varol Ürkmez Beşiktaş6.1959 Nazmi Bilge Beşiktaş7.-8.1960-1961Award not given9.1962 Metin Oktay Galatasaray10-12.1963-1965Award not given13.1966 Turgay Şeren Galatasaray14-15.1967-1968Award not given16.1969 Necdet Yıldırım Eskişehirspor17-19.1970-1972Award not given20.1973 Yasin Özdenak Galatasaray21-23.1974-1976Award not given24.1977 Cemil Turan Fenerbahçe25.1978Award not given26.1979 Şenol Güneş Trabzonspor27-31.1980-1984Award not given32.1985 Zoran Simović Galatasaray33.1986 Zoran Simović Galatasaray34.1987 Zoran Simović Galatasaray35.1988 Tanju Çolak Galatasaray Harald Schumacher Fenerbahçe36.1989 Rıdvan Dilmen Fenerbahçe Harald Schumacher Fenerbahçe37.1990 Detlef Müller Sarıyer SK38.1991 Mehmet Özdilek Beşiktaş39.1992Award not given40.1993 Reinhard Stumpf Galatasaray41.1994 Shota Arveladze Trabzonspor42.1995Award not given43.1996 Hakan Şükür Galatasaray Gheorghe Hagi Galatasaray44.1997 Hakan Şükür Galatasaray Uche Okechukwu Fenerbahçe45.1998 Hakan Şükür Galatasaray Elvir Baljić Fenerbahçe46.1999 Hakan Şükür Galatasaray Gheorghe Hagi Galatasaray47.2000 Hakan Şükür Galatasaray / Inter Milan Gheorghe Hagi Galatasaray48.2001 Rüştü Reçber Fenerbahçe49.2002 Nihat Kahveci Real Sociedad50.2003 Sergen Yalçın Beşiktaş51.2004 Pierre van Hooijdonk Fenerbahçe52.2005 Alex De Souza Fenerbahçe53.2006 Tugay Kerimoğlu Blackburn Rovers54.2007 Mehmet Aurélio Fenerbahçe55.2008 Arda Turan Galatasaray56.2009 Arda Turan Galatasaray57.2010 Alex De Souza FenerbahçeMilliyet Yılın Sporcusu ödülleri sahiplerini buldu58.2011Award not given59.2012 Selçuk İnan Galatasaray60.2013 Didier Drogba Galatasaray61.2014 Arda Turan Atlético Madrid62.2015 Arda Turan Barcelona63.2016 Fernando Muslera Galatasaray64.2017 Cenk Tosun Beşiktaş65.2018 Cengiz Ünder Roma66.2019 Çağlar Söyüncü Leicester City67.2020 İrfan Can Kahveci İstanbul Başakşehir68.2021 Hakan Çalhanoğlu AC Milan / Inter Milan69.2022 Enes Ünal Getafe70.2023 Mauro Icardi Galatasaray71.2024Award not given72.2025 Victor Osimhen Galatasaray
By player RankPlayerwins1Hakan Şükür52Arda Turan43Gheorghe Hagi33Zoran Simović34Alex De Souza24Harald Schumacher2
By club RankClubWins 1 Galatasaray 23 2 Fenerbahçe 12 3 Beşiktaş 5 4 Trabzonspor 2 5 Eskişehirspor 1 5 Sarıyer 1 5 Real Sociedad 1 5 Blackburn Rovers 1 5 Atlético Madrid 1 5 Barcelona 1 5 Roma 1 5 Leicester City 1 5 Inter Milan 1 5 Getafe 1 5 İstanbul Başakşehir 1
By country RankCountryWins 1 29 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 2 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1
Newcomer of the Year
No.YearTeam of the YearBranchRef71.2024Award not given72.2025Zeynep SönmezTennis
References
External links Milli Resmi web sitesi - Temiz spor için el ele. Milliyet Gazetesi Genel Yayın Yönetmeni Sedat Ergin