The Sportske novosti Yellow Shirt award or SN Yellow Shirt for short (Croatian: Žuta majica Sportskih novosti) is an annual football award given by the Croatian sports daily Sportske novosti. It is awarded to the best football player playing in the Croatian First League at the end of every season, based on post-match ratings awarded by sports journalists over the course of a season.

Established in 1953, the award was originally sponsored by the defunct Zagreb-based sports newspaper Narodni sport and its sports weekly Sportska panorama, and was awarded to the Player of the Season in the Yugoslav First League. In February 1962 Narodni sport was acquired by the Vjesnik publishing company and renamed Sportske novosti (SN). Since 1991 and the breakup of Yugoslavia, the paper gives the award to the best players in the Prva HNL, Croatia's top flight.

As of 2010 only three players have won the award on more than occasion, with each of them winning two awards:

Winners

Yugoslav league

Season Player (Wins) Club
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bernard Vukas (1) Hajduk Split
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stjepan Bobek (1) Partizan
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Joško Vidošević (1) Hajduk Split
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivica Horvat (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Todor Veselinović (1) Vojvodina
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tomislav Crnković (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Kostić (1) Red Star
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Beara (1) Red Star
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milutin Šoškić (1) Partizan
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražan Jerković (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladica Kovačević (1) Partizan
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rudolf Belin (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladica Kovačević (2) Partizan
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Silvester Takač (1) Vojvodina
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivica Osim (1) Željezničar
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Holcer (1) Hajduk Split
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rudolf Belin (2) Dinamo Zagreb
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Filip Blašković (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jurica Jerković (1) Hajduk Split
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Santrač (1) OFK Belgrade
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević (1) Velež
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Oblak (1) Hajduk Split
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Vladić (1) Velež
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jurica Jerković (2) Hajduk Split
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Abid Kovačević (1) Borac Banja Luka
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Stojković (1) Partizan
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Safet Sušić (1) Sarajevo
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Petrović (1) Red Star
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Vujović (1) Hajduk Split
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velimir Zajec (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Mance (1) Partizan
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Simović (1) Hajduk Split
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Pašić (1) Sarajevo
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Gračan (1) Rijeka
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Semir Tuce (1) Velež
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković (1) Red Star
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Šestić (1) Vojvodina
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aljoša Asanović (1) Hajduk Split
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zvonimir Boban (1) Dinamo Zagreb

Croatian league

Season Player (Wins) Club
Croatia Goran Vučević (1) Hajduk Split
Croatia Goran Vlaović (1) Croatia Zagreb
Croatia Mladen Mladenović (1) Rijeka
Croatia Robert Špehar (1) Osijek
Croatia Igor Cvitanović (1) Croatia Zagreb
Croatia Igor Cvitanović (2) Croatia Zagreb
Croatia Mario Bazina (1) Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Croatia Miljenko Mumlek (1) Varteks
Croatia Ivan Bošnjak (1) Cibalia
Croatia Boško Balaban (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Croatia Ivica Olić (1) NK Zagreb
Croatia Ivica Olić (2) Dinamo Zagreb
Croatia Niko Kranjčar (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Bartolović (1) NK Zagreb
Croatia Eduardo (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Croatia Eduardo (2) Dinamo Zagreb
Croatia Luka Modrić (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Croatia Mario Mandžukić (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina Senijad Ibričić (1) Hajduk Split
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Krstanović (1) NK Zagreb
Croatia Anas Sharbini (1) Hajduk Split
Croatia Leon Benko (1) Rijeka
Croatia Duje Čop (1) Dinamo Zagreb
Croatia Gabrijel Boban (1) NK Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina Tino-Sven Sušić (1) Hajduk Split
Croatia Franko Andrijašević (1) Rijeka
Brazil Héber Araujo dos Santos (1) Rijeka
Croatia Mijo Caktaš (1) Hajduk Split
Croatia Antonio Čolak (1) Rijeka
Argentina Ramón Miérez (1) Osijek
Croatia Marko Livaja (1) Hajduk Split

Source: Nogometni-magazin.com

Notes on club name changes:

  • Dinamo Zagreb changed their name to "HAŠK Građanski" in June 1991 and then again in February 1993 to "Croatia Zagreb". They reverted to "Dinamo Zagreb" in February 2000.
  • While the original NK Varaždin (1931–2015), known as NK Varteks from 1958 until June 2010, no longer exists, two new teams, both unassociated with the earlier club, have been founded in the city of Varaždin: NK Varteks, founded 2011; and NK Varaždin, called Varaždin ŠN when founded in 2012, when it overlapped with the original club.

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