PFA Team of the Year

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annual sports award association football team of the year football award

The PFA Team of the Year is an annual football award in England that recognizes the best players in each position over a season, as voted for by their fellow professional players.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
PFA Team of the Year canonical	17
PFA Team of the Year inclusion	3
PFA Championship Team of the Year	1
PFA League One Team of the Year	1
PFA League Two Team of the Year	1
PFA TOTY	1
PFA Team of the Year (multiple seasons)	1
PFA Team of the Year 1993–94 First Division	1
PFA Team of the Year 2013–14	1
PFA WSL Team of the Year	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1856225 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: PFA Team of the Year
Context triple: [Stephen Nicol, awardReceived, PFA Team of the Year]

A. PFA Players' Player of the Year
The PFA Players' Player of the Year is an annual award in English football voted for by members of the Professional Footballers' Association to recognize the best player of the season.
B. PFA Young Player of the Year
The PFA Young Player of the Year is an annual award given by England’s Professional Footballers’ Association to the most outstanding young player in English football.
C. Otto Laporte Award
The Otto Laporte Award was a prestigious American Physical Society prize recognizing outstanding contributions to fluid dynamics research.
D. Comeback Player of the Year Award
The Comeback Player of the Year Award is a Major League Baseball honor given annually to a player who has re-emerged as a top performer after a period of decline, injury, or absence.
E. AAC Player of the Year
AAC Player of the Year is an annual college basketball honor given to the most outstanding women's player in the American Athletic Conference.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: PFA Team of the Year
Target entity description: The PFA Team of the Year is an annual football award in England that recognizes the best players in each position over a season, as voted for by their fellow professional players.

A. PFA Players' Player of the Year
The PFA Players' Player of the Year is an annual award in English football voted for by members of the Professional Footballers' Association to recognize the best player of the season.
B. PFA Young Player of the Year
The PFA Young Player of the Year is an annual award given by England’s Professional Footballers’ Association to the most outstanding young player in English football.
C. Otto Laporte Award
The Otto Laporte Award was a prestigious American Physical Society prize recognizing outstanding contributions to fluid dynamics research.
D. Comeback Player of the Year Award
The Comeback Player of the Year Award is a Major League Baseball honor given annually to a player who has re-emerged as a top performer after a period of decline, injury, or absence.
E. AAC Player of the Year
AAC Player of the Year is an annual college basketball honor given to the most outstanding women's player in the American Athletic Conference.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual sports award ⓘ association football team of the year ⓘ football award ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding performance during the domestic season ⓘ
awardingOrganizationType	players’ trade union ⓘ
category	men’s football ⓘ women’s football ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
countryOfOrganization	United Kingdom ⓘ
firstSeasonCovered	1973–74 season ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	Professional Footballers’ Association ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage	British sports media ⓘ
hasPart	PFA Championship Team of the Year ⓘ linked to: PFA Team of the Year PFA League One Team of the Year ⓘ linked to: PFA Team of the Year PFA League Two Team of the Year ⓘ linked to: PFA Team of the Year PFA Premier League Team of the Year ⓘ linked to: PFA Team of the Year (Premier League) PFA WSL Team of the Year ⓘ linked to: PFA Team of the Year
inception	1974 ⓘ
includesDivision	EFL Championship ⓘ EFL League One ⓘ EFL League Two ⓘ FA Women’s Super League ⓘ Premier League ⓘ
includesPosition	defender ⓘ forward ⓘ goalkeeper ⓘ midfielder ⓘ
isConsidered	one of the most prestigious individual-season honours in English football ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
leagueScope	English football leagues ⓘ
locationOfOrganization	Manchester ⓘ
notableFeature	voted for by fellow professionals rather than journalists or fans ⓘ
organizer	Professional Footballers’ Association ⓘ
presentedIn	England ⓘ
region	England and Wales ⓘ
relatedAward	PFA Players’ Player of the Year ⓘ linked to: PFA Players' Player of the Year PFA Young Player of the Year ⓘ
selectionCriteria	best players in each position over a season ⓘ
selectionMethod	players’ vote ⓘ
shortName	PFA TOTY ⓘ linked to: PFA Team of the Year
sport	association football ⓘ
teamSize	11 starting players ⓘ
typeOfRecognition	peer recognition ⓘ
typicalFormation	4-3-3 ⓘ 4-4-2 ⓘ
votingBy	members of the Professional Footballers’ Association ⓘ professional football players ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stephen Nicol → awardReceived → PFA Team of the Year ⓘ

subject linked to: Stephen

Trent Alexander-Arnold → hasWon → PFA Team of the Year inclusion ⓘ