This season's WE League MVP is Yamamoto Yuzuki from Tokyo NB! The most popular number of people selected from Urawa for the Best Eleven
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The 2024-25 WE League Awards were held on the 19th, and each recipient was awarded.
The 2024-25 SOMPO WE League ended with the first victory of Nippon TV Tokyo Beleza. Two days after the final match, the WE League Awards of this season were held on the 19th, and all the players who played a great role this season were awarded.
Midfielder Yamamoto Yuzuki won the Best Player Award from Nippon TV's Tokyo Verdi Bereza, who won his first prize. The 22-year-old, who is from Menina, a development organization, has scored eight goals on the pitch in all 22 games this season. In the final match of the Jeff United Ichihara and Chiba Ladies, he scored two goals to bring in a 3-0 victory. He fully demonstrated his offensive strengths as a side player, and contributed to Nippon TV's Tokyo Verdi Bereza's first victory. This was the first great achievement in the fourth year of the founding of the WE League that a player from Nippon TV/Tokyo Verdi Bereza has been selected as MVP.
Three players from Nippon TV and Tokyo Verdi Bereza were selected for the Best Eleven Championship, including Yamamoto, who was selected as the best player award, midfielder Kitamura Nanami and midfielder Kanano Kanone. Although the team came in third place, the most four players from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies, including goalkeeper Ikeda Sakiko, defender Endo Yu, defender Ishikawa Rione, and forward Takahashi Hana, won the award. INAC Kobe Leonessa, who competed for the championship with Nippon TV's Tokyo Verdi Bereza until the final match, three players, including defender Domitsu Mayo, midfielder Narimiya Yui, and forward Carlota Suarez, were on the list. The remaining player is Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina forward Nakajima Yoshino.
The top scorer was INAC Kobe Leonessa forward Carlota Suarez, who scored 13 points. The new Best Young Player Award, which has been newly launched this season, is NTV Tokyo Beleza's forward Mashiro Miharu. The Best Director Award was awarded by manager Matsuda Takeo, who led Nippon TV Tokyo Beleza to his first victory.
Below is a list of winners announced at the 2024-25 WE League Awards.
■The best contestants reward
Yamamoto Yuzuki (NTV Tokyo Verdi Bereza) 22 matches, 8 goals / first award
■Excellent Player Award
▼GK
Ikeda Sakiko (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies)
Hirao Chika (Albirex Niigata Ladies)
Okuma Akane (INAC Kobe Leonesa)
▼DF
Endo Yu (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies) *Right side
Ishikawa Rione (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies)
Muramatsu Tomoko (Nippon TV, Tokyo Verdi Bereza)
Domitsu Mayo (INAC Kobe Leonesa)
Ide Hinata (INAC Kobe Leonesa) *Right side
Miyake Shiori (INAC Kobe Leonesa)
Ichise Chisato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina)
Sayama Momoko (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina)
▼MF
Ito Miki (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies)
Kurishima Akari (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies) *Left side
Kakuta Kaede (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies)
Shibata Hanae (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies)
Setoguchi Kozue (Chifure AS Elfen Saitama)
Kitamura Nanami (Nippon TV/Tokyo Verdi Bereza) *Left side
Kanano Kanone (Nippon TV, Tokyo Verdi Bereza)
Mashiro Miharu (NTV, Tokyo Verdi Bereza)
Yamamoto Yuzuki (NTV/Tokyo Verdi Bereza) *Right side
Matsunaga Mimu (NTV/Tokyo Verdi Bereza) *Right side
Kawasumi Nahomi (Albirex Niigata Ladies) *Right side
Narimiya Yui (INAC Kobe Leonesa)
Mizuno Tsubana (INAC Kobe Leonessa) *Left side
▼FW
Takahashi Hana (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies)
Sakakibara Kotono (Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara) *Left side
Takigawa Yume (Albirex Niigata Ladies)
Yagata Kaiyu (Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies)
Carlota Suarez (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Aikawa Hina (INAC Kobe Leonesa) *Right side
Ueno Mami (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina)
Nakajima Yoshino (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina) *Left side
■Best Eleven
* Selected from the Outstanding Player Award
▼GK
Ikeda Sakiko (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies) / 21 games, 12 goals conceded / First prize
▼DF
Endo Yu (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies) / 22 matches, 0 points / 2nd in a row
Ishikawa Rione (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies) / 21 matches scored 0 points / 3rd in a row
Domitsu Mayo (INAC Kobe Leonessa) / 21 matches, 1 goal / First prize
▼MF
Kitamura Nanami (Nippon TV Tokyo Verdi Bereza) / 21 matches, 5 goals / first award
Kanano Kanone (NTV Tokyo Verdi Bereza) / 4 goals for 18 matches / first award
Yamamoto Yuzuki (NTV Tokyo Verdi Bereza) / 22 matches, 8 goals / first award
Narimiya Yui (INAC Kobe Leonessa) / 22 matches, 7 goals / 2nd time in three years
▼FW
Takahashi Hana (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies) / 21 matches, 7 goals / 2nd in three years
Carlota Suarez (INAC Kobe Leonessa) / 22 matches, 13 goals / first award
Nakajima Yoshino (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina) / 21 matches, 1 goal / First prize
■Top scorer
Carlota Suarez (INAC Kobe Leonessa) / 22 matches, 13 goals / first award
■Best Young Player Award
*Newly established from this season
Mashiro Miharu (NTV Tokyo Verdi Bereza) 18 matches, scored 4 goals / first award
■Best Director Award
Matsuda Takeo (NTV Tokyo Verdi Bereza) / First award
■MOST IMPRESSIVE WE ACTION DAY
Jeff United Ichihara Chiba Ladies / First Award
■Best Referee Award
Koizumi Asaka / Number of matches in charge: 12 / 3rd in a row
■Best Side Appeal Award
Ichiki Chihiro / Number of matches in charge: 10 / First prize
■Grassroots Award
Mynavi Sendai Ladies, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies, Omiya Ardija VENTUS, Chifure AS Elfen Saitama, Jeff United Ichihara Chiba Ladies, NTV Tokyo Verdi Bereza, Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara, AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies, Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies, INAC Kobe Leonessa, Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
[Highlights video]MVP Yamamoto Yuzuki scores two goals! Beleza wins the WE League for the first time!
