2017/2018 Nigeria Pitch Awards Winners
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR – Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Ifeanyi Ubah FC)
DEFENDER OF THE YEAR – Leon Balogun (FSV Mainz 05)
MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR – Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City FC)
STRIKER OF THE YEAR – Anthony Okpotu (Lobi Stars FC) [last season’s NPFL top scorer]
MVP (MEN) IN THE NPFL – Anthony Okpotu (Lobi Stars FC)
MVP (WOMEN) IN THE NWFL – Rasheedat Ajibade (FC Robo)
COACH OF THE YEAR – Kennedy Boboye (Plateau United)
CLUB/TEAM OF THE YEAR – Plateau United FC
REFEREE OF THE YEAR – Ferdinand Udoh
STATE WITH THE BEST GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME – Lagos State
FOOTBALL FRIENDLY GOVERNOR OF THE YEAR – His Excellency Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom State)
SAM OKWARAJI AWARD FOR COMMITMENT TO NIGERIAN FOOTBALL – Amaju Melvin Pinnick (President, NFF)
CORPORATE SPONSOR OF FOOTBALL AWARD – Aiteo Group
FOOTBALL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR (PRINT) – Tana Aiyejina (Punch Newspapers)
FOOTBALL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR (RADIO) – Olawale Adigun Top Radio FM
FOOTBALL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR (TV) – Austin Okon-Akpan (Channels TV)
QUEEN OF THE PITCH – Asisat Oshoala (Dalian Quanjian)
KING OF THE PITCH – Victor Moses (Chelsea FC)
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FOOTBALL AWARD – His Excellency Nyeson Ezenwo Wike, Governor of Rivers State
ACHIEVEMENT IN FOOTBALL AWARD – Gernot Rohr
ACHIEVEMENT IN FOOTBALL AWARD – Aisha Falod
ACHIEVEMENT IN FOOTBALL AWARD – Channels Kids Cup
