OCEANIAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
This award is chosen by journalists, originating in 1988 and can be given to any player originating from the Oceania region. This includes two players who have chosen to play for France, Christian Karembeu who came from New Caledonia and Marama Vahirua who came from Tahiti. The results in 2003 are:
| RANK | NAME | NATIONALITY |
VOTES |
| 1 | Harry Kewell | Australia | 76 |
| 2 | Mark Viduka | Australia | 29 |
| 3 | Ryan Nelsen | New Zealand | 22 |
| 4 | Zeljko Kalac | Australia | 21 |
| Vince Grella | Australia | 21 |
Harry Kewell equalled Wynton Rufer's record of three Oceania Player of the Year awards in 2003. Previous winners of the award are:
| YEAR | NAME | NATIONALITY |
| 1988 | Frank Farina | Australia |
| 1989 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1990 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1991 | Robbie Slater | Australia |
| 1992 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1993 | Robbie Slater | Australia |
| 1994 | Aurelio Vidmar | Australia |
| 1995 | Christian Karembeu | France |
| 1996 | Paul Okon | Australia |
| 1997 | Mark Bosnich | Australia |
| 1998 | Christian Karembeu | France |
| 1999 | Harry Kewell | Australia |
| 2000 | Mark Viduka | Australia |
| 2001 | Harry Kewell | Australia |
| 2002 | Brett Emerton | Australia |
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