SvenskaFans Team of the Year: Försvarare I

SvenskaFans Team of the Year 2025
Målvakt: Mats Selz, Nottingham Forest
 

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"He’s too good for the highest level of football. It’s almost like it’s still too easy for him. It almost feels like there should be another level above that for Van Dijk because he plays the game with such ease. I watched him here against Haaland – the best goalscorer around, a big, powerful lad who’s got pace – and it doesn’t even feel like [Van Dijk] is trying. Has he sprinted in the game tonight? You said before that he’s the best in the Premier League. He is the best, but it’s not even a debate. This nonsense about all the other defenders who are great defenders, and I’ve played with a lot of them, he’s so far above it. It’s a joke. Football is that easy for him. I’ve never seen a player at that ease, probably in any position, not just at centre-back. It’s a walk in the park for him.”
/Jamie Carragher hyllar van Dijk i studion efter mötet med Manchester City

När Jordan Pickford saxade sönder Virgil van Dijks knä var det svårt att tänka sig att han skulle bli så bra igen. Men säsongen 2024/25 har varit ett mäktigt kvitto på att den nederländske lagkaptenen inte bara hittat tillbaka – han har kanske aldrig varit bättre. Van Dijk har varit den givna ledaren i ett Liverpool som började om med ny tränare, utan att tappa fart alls. När Premier League-redaktionerna röstar fram säsongens lag är nederländaren den spelare som fått överlägset flest röster.
 

??? Virgil van Dijk: “Liverpool is the place for me to be, to spend my best years, be successful with the club as we have been over the years and hopefully the future as well”.

"I love everything that embodies Liverpool, and on to many more”. pic.twitter.com/CuB4UOC1Ki

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 17, 2025

Tidigare vinnare: (mittbackar)
2024: William Saliba & Gabriel Magalhaes
2023: William Saliba & Ruben Dias
2022: Virgil Van Dijk & Ruben Diás
2021: Ruben Diás & John Stones 
2020: Virgil Van Dijk & James Tarkowski
2019: Virgil Van Dijk & Aymeric Laporte
2018: Jan Vertonghen & Nicolas Otamendi
2017: Toby Alderweireld & David Luiz 
2016: Toby Alderweireld & Wes Morgan
2015: John Terry & Gary Cahill
2014: John Terry & Gary Cahill
2013: Rio Ferdinand & Jan Vertonghen
2012: Fabricio Coloccini & Vincent Kompany
2011: Nemanja Vidic & Vincent Kompany
2010: Richard Dunne & Thomas Vermaelen
2009: Brede Hangeland & Nemanja Vidic
2008: Nemanja Vidic & Rio Ferdinand
2007: Nemanja Vidic & John Terry        

Tidigare vinnare: (HB)
2024: Josko Gvardiol
2023: Kieran Trippier
2022: Joao Cancelo
2021: Vladimir Coufal
2020: Trent Alexander-Arnold
2019: Trent Alexander-Arnold
2018: Kyle Walker
2017: Kyle Walker
2016: Hector Bellerin
2015: Branislav Ivanovic
2014: Seamus Coleman
2013: Pablo Zabaleta
2012: Kyle Walker
2011: Branislav Ivanovic
2010: Branislav Ivanovic
2009: Glen Johnson
2008: Bacary Sagna
2007: Gary Neville   

Tidigare vinnare (VB)
2024: Ben White
2023: Luke Shaw
2022: Trent Alexander - Arnold
2021: Luke Shaw
2020: Andrew Robertson
2019: Andrew Robertson
2018: Marcos Alonso
2017: Cesar Azpilicueta
2016: Danny Rose
2015: Aaron Cresswell
2014: Leighton Baines
2013: Leighton Baines
2012: Leighton Baines
2011: Leighton Baines
2010: Patrice Evra
2009: Patrice Evra
2008: Joleon Lescott
2007: Nicky Shorey