The Steve Sumner Trophy is a New Zealand National League award given to the player of the match in the New Zealand National League Grand Final each year. Introduced in 2018, previously the award was also given to the best player in the New Zealand Football Championship grand final. The medal is named after Steve Sumner, who played for New Zealand national football team in the 1970s and 1980s and was a member of the New Zealand squad that played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
List of winners Season/YearPlayerClubOpponentRefNZFC 2018 Callum McCowatt Auckland City Team Wellington 2019 Callum McCowatt Eastern Suburbs Team Wellington 2020 Cancelled 2021 Andy Bevin Team Wellington Auckland CityNational League 2021 Cancelled 2022 Not awarded 2023 Joel Stevens Wellington Olympic Auckland City 2024 Mario Ilich Auckland City Birkenhead United 2025 Haris Zeb Auckland City Wellington Olympic
Multiple winners +TrophiesPlayerTeamSeasons2 Callum McCowattAuckland City / Eastern Suburbs2018, 2019
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