League of Ireland Player of the Month

Irish football award

The League of Ireland Player of the Month is awarded monthly to the best player in the League of Ireland. The winners are selected by Soccer Writers' Ireland, commonly known as the SWI (formerly known as Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland).

Winners

1971–72

1972–73

1973–74

1974–75

1975–76

1976–77

1977–78

Johnny Giles, Player of the Month in March 1978.

1978–79

1979–80

Eoin Hand, Player of the Month in September 1979.

1980–81

1981–82

Paul McGrath, Player of the Month in March 1982.

1982–83

1983–84

1984–85

1985–86

1986–87

Pat Byrne, three time Player of the Month, in November of 1974 & 1983 and September 1986.

1987–88

1988–89

1989–90

1990–91

1991–92

Pat Fenlon, two time Player of the Month, in April 1992 and September 1999.

1992–93

1993–94

1994–95

1995–96

1996–97

1997–98

1998–99

Jason Byrne, Player of the Month winner for a record six times.

1999–00

Ciarán Martyn, February 1999 Player of the Month.

2000–01

2001–02

Charles Livingstone Mbabazi, Player of the Month for September 2001. He was the first African to win the award.

2002–03

George O'Callaghan, Player of the Month for the month of July 2002.

2003

Wes Hoolahan, Player of the month for July 2004.

2004

Kevin Doyle, November 2004's Player of the Month.

2005

2006

Tony McDonnell, receiving the award in March 2006.

Paddy McCourt, Player of the Month for June 2006.

2007

2008

Owen Heary, three time Player of the Month, in August 2004, October 2006 & October 2008.

2009

Conan Byrne, the Player of the Month for November 2009.

David McMillan, four time Player of the Month, in May 2010, March 2015, July 2016 and November/December 2020.

2010

Joseph Ndo, the Player of the Month for September 2011.

2011

2012

Chris Forrester, four-time winner of Player of the Month, in April 2012, April 2014, June 2015 and March/April 2021.

2013

Richie Towell, five time Player of the Month, in August 2013, July 2014 and April, September & November 2015.

2014

Daryl Horgan, Player of the Month, in May 2014, 2015 & 2016 and September 2016.

2015

Robbie Benson, Player of the Month for August 2016.

2016

Alan Bennett, Player of the Month for November 2016 and October 2017.

2017

Ronan Murray, Player of the Month for August 2017.

2018

Patrick McEleney, Player of the Month for June 2017 & October 2018.

2019

Sean Gannon, Player of the Month for May 2019.

Joey O'Brien, Player of the Month for October 2019.

2020

Jack Byrne, four-time winner of Player of the Month, in March 2019, July 2019, February 2020 and September 2020.

2021

2022

2023

2024

Multiple winners

The below table lists those who have won on more than one occasion.

Awards won by position

As of 10 July 2024

Awards won by nationality

As of 10 July 2024

Awards won by club

As of 10 July 2024

External links

• SWAI official website