Alan Hardaker Trophy

The Alan Hardaker Trophy is an annual association football award presented to the Man of the Match in the EFL Cup final since 1990.^[1]

The Alan Hardaker Trophy was first awarded in 1990, Des Walker was the inaugural recipient. Ben Foster and John Terry have won the award on two occasions, the most wins by an individual. The clubs that has received the award the most are Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United with four each. English players have won the trophy sixteen times, which is a record; the only other nation with multiple wins is Scotland, with two recipients.

Winners

Ben Foster was the first of two players to win the award twice; first with Manchester United, then with Birmingham City.

John Terry is the second player to win the award twice; both wins were with Chelsea.

Key to score column: – Indicates the match was decided by a replay; *! – Indicates the match went to penalty shootout

Alan Hardaker Trophy winners
Final	Player	Nationality	Team	Opponents	Score
1990	Walker, DesDes Walker	England	Nottingham Forest	Oldham Athletic	1–0
1991	Pearson, NigelNigel Pearson	England	Sheffield Wednesday	Manchester United	1–0
1992	McClair, BrianBrian McClair	Scotland	Manchester United	Nottingham Forest	1–0
1993	Merson, PaulPaul Merson	England	Arsenal	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1
1994	Richardson, KevinKevin Richardson	England	Aston Villa	Manchester United	3–1
1995	McManaman, SteveSteve McManaman	England	Liverpool	Bolton Wanderers	2–1
1996	Townsend, AndyAndy Townsend	Ireland	Aston Villa	Leeds United	3–0
1997	Walsh, SteveSteve Walsh	England	Leicester City	Middlesbrough	1–1 ! 1–1
1998	Wise, DennisDennis Wise	England	Chelsea	Middlesbrough	2–0
1999	Nielsen, AllanAllan Nielsen	Denmark	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester City	1–0
2000	Elliott, MattMatt Elliott	Scotland	Leicester City	Tranmere Rovers	2–1
2001	Fowler, RobbieRobbie Fowler	England	Liverpool	Birmingham City	1–1 !* 1–1 *
2002	Friedel, BradBrad Friedel	United States	Blackburn Rovers	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1
2003	Dudek, JerzyJerzy Dudek	Poland	Liverpool	Manchester United	2–0
2004	Zenden, BoudewijnBoudewijn Zenden	Netherlands	Middlesbrough	Bolton Wanderers	2–1
2005	Terry, JohnJohn Terry	England	Chelsea	Liverpool	3–2
2006	Rooney, WayneWayne Rooney	England	Manchester United	Wigan Athletic	4–0
2007	Drogba, DidierDidier Drogba	Ivory Coast	Chelsea	Arsenal	2–1
2008	Woodgate, JonathanJonathan Woodgate	England	Tottenham Hotspur	Chelsea	2–1
2009	Foster, BenBen Foster	England	Manchester United	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0 !* 0–0 *
2010	Valencia, AntonioAntonio Valencia	Ecuador	Manchester United	Aston Villa	2–1
2011	Foster, BenBen Foster (2)	England	Birmingham City	Arsenal	2–1
2012	Downing, StewartStewart Downing	England	Liverpool	Cardiff City	2–2 !* 2–2 *
2013	Dyer, NathanNathan Dyer	England	Swansea City	Bradford City	5–0
2014	Nasri, SamirSamir Nasri	France	Manchester City	Sunderland	3–1
2015	Terry, JohnJohn Terry (2)	England	Chelsea	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0
2016	Kompany, VincentVincent Kompany	Belgium	Manchester City	Liverpool	1–1 !* 1–1 *

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2010. Football League: Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners (Accessed Feb 2011)

EFL Cup

Seasons	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Finals	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Finals Alan Hardaker Trophy

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