The Ballon d’Or 2025 nominees are in, with the 69th annual ceremony set for September 22 on the Theatre du Chatelet, in Paris, France.
Favourites for the award this yr’s trophy embrace the likes of Ousmane Dembele, Want Doue and Gianluigi Donnarumma of Champions League-winning Paris Saint-Germain, whereas Mohamed Salah and Raphinha have are additionally anticipated excessive within the voting after spectacular particular person seasons.
Final time, Manchester Metropolis star Rodri triumphed to develop into the third Spaniard to be honoured with the trophy, successful the 2024 Ballon d’Or and inflicting the mom of all meltdowns from Actual Madrid, who totally anticipated this one to be Vinicius Jr’s.
Journalists from France Soccer and fellow French publication L’Equipe – together with a choose variety of former gamers – have banded collectively to provide a mixed checklist of 30 official nominees, primarily based on gamers’ performances over final season.
Following on from that longlist, one soccer journalist from every of FIFA’s 100 top-ranked nations can be invited to forged votes for his or her prime 10 gamers, awarding 15 factors to the highest decide, then 12, 10, eight, seven, 5, 4, three, two, and finally one level all the way down to their Tenth-placed participant.
In fact, it is not nearly males’s Ballon d’Or award, which has a protracted checklist of illustrious recipients: France Soccer additionally hand out different awards on the evening, together with Ballon d’Or Feminin for one of the best girls’s participant on the earth, The Kopa Trophy for one of the best younger participant beneath 21, The Gerd Muller Trophy for one of the best striker on the earth proper now, The Yashin Trophy given to one of the best goalkeeper on the earth proper now and The Socrates Award for one footballer’s contribution to society as particular person prizes.
In a brand new flip for the awards, there’s the Johan Cruyff Trophy – renamed from Coach of the Yr (additionally out there for males’s and ladies’s) – and Membership of the Yr (additionally males’s and ladies’s), in a glitzy ceremony. So who’s within the working this time round?
Ballon d’Or 2025 nominees
The Ballon d’Or 2025 nominees in full
- Ousmane Dembele (Paris-Saint-Germain, France)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris-Saint-Germain, Italy)
- Jude Bellingham (Actual Madrid, England)
- Want Doue (Paris-Saint-Germain, France)
- Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan, Netherlands)
- Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund, Guinea)
- Erling Haaland (Manchester Metropolis, Norway)
- Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal, Sweden)
- Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain, Morocco)
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich, England)
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain, Georgia)
- Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona, Poland)
- Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool, Argentina)
- Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan, Argentina)
- Scott McTominay (Napoli, Scotland)
- Kylian Mbappe (Actual Madrid, France)
- Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal)
- Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal)
- Pedri (Barcelona, Spain)
- Cole Palmer (Chelsea, England)
- Michael Olise (Bayern Munich, France)
- Raphinha (Barcelona, Brazil)
- Declan Rice (Arsenal, England)
- Fabian Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain, Spain)
- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands)
- Vinicius Jr (Actual Madrid, Brazil)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)
- Florian Wirtz (Liverpool, Germany)
- Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal)
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain)
Ballon d’Or Feminin 2025 nominees
The Ballon d’Or Feminin 2025 nominees in full
- Lucy Bronze (Chelsea, England)
- Barbra Banda (Orlando Delight, Zambia)
- Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain)
- Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea, France)
- Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal, Spain)
- Klara Buhl (Bayern Munich, Germany)
- Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit, Italy)
- Steph Catley (Arsenal, Australia)
- Melchie Dumornay (Lyon, Haiti)
- Temwa Chawinga (Kansas Metropolis Present, Malawi)
- Emily Fox (Arsenal, USA)
- Cristiana Girelli (Juventus, Italy)
- Esther Gonzalez (Gotham, Spain)
- Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona, Norway)
- Patri Guijarro (Barcelona, Spain)
- Amanda Gutierres (Palmeiras, Brazil)
- Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, England)
- Pernille Tougher (Bayern Munich, Denmark)
- Lindsey Heaps (Lyon, USA)
- Chloe Kelly (Arsenal, England)
- Marta (Orlando Delight, Brazil)
- Frida Leonhardsen Maanum (Arsenal, Norway)
- Ewa Pajor (Barcelona, Poland)
- Clara Mateo (Paris FC, France)
- Alessia Russo (Arsenal, England)
- Claudia Pina (Barcelona, Spain)
- Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, Spain)
- Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea, Sweden)
- Caroline Weir (Actual Madrid, Scotland)
- Leah Williamson (Arsenal, England)
Kopa Trophy 2025 nominees
The Kopa Trophy 2025 nominees in full
Males’s
- Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona, Spain)
- Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille, France)
- Want Doue (Paris Saint-Germain, France)
- Estevao Willian (Chelsea, Brazil)
- Dean Huijsen (Actual Madrid, Spain)
- Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal, England)
- Rodrigo Mora (Porto, Portugal)
- Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal)
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain)
- Kenan Yildiz (Juventus, Turkey)
Ladies’s
- Michelle Agyemang (Arsenal, England)
- Linda Caicedo (Actual Madrid, Colombia)
- Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea, Netherlands)
- Claudia Martinez Ovando (Membership Olimpia, Paraguay)
- Vicky Lopez (Barcelona, Spain)
Yashin Trophy 2025 nominees
The Yashin Trophy 2025 nominees in full
Males’s
- Alisson Becker (Liverpool, Brazil)
- Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal, Morocco)
- Lucas Chevalier (Lille, France)
- Thibaut Courtois (Actual Madrid, Belgium)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain, Italy)
- Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa, Argentina)
- Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid, Slovenia)
- David Raya (Arsenal, Spain)
- Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest, Belgium)
- Yann Sommer (Inter Milan, Switzerland)
Ladies’s
- Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC, Germany)
- Cata Coll (Barcelona, Spain)
- Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, England)
- Chiamaka Nnadozie (Brighton, Nigeria)
- Daphne van Domselaar (Arsenal, Netherlands)
Gerd Muller Trophy 2025 nominees
Who’s nominated for the Gerd Muller Trophy?
There isn’t any shortlist for the Gerd Muller Trophy, with the award as a substitute simply going to the participant with probably the most objectives in Europe, for membership and nation.
Final yr, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe shared the award.
The Socrates Award 2025 nominees
Who’s nominated for the Socrates Award?
There isn’t any nominee checklist for the Socrates Award: as a substitute the trophy is awarded for one of the best humanitarian work by a footballer worldwide.
The trophy was received by Jenni Hermoso final yr.
Johan Cruyff Trophy 2025 nominees
The Johan Cruyff Trophy 2025 nominees in full
Males’s
- Antonio Conte (Napoli)
- Luis Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Hansi Flick (Barcelona)
- Enzo Maresca (Chelsea)
- Arne Slot (Liverpool)
Ladies’s
- Sonia Bompastor (Chelsea)
- Arthur Elias (Brazil)
- Justine Madugu (Nigeria)
- Renee Slegers (Arsenal)
- Sarina Wiegman (England)
Membership of the Yr 2025 nominees
The Membership of the Yr 2025 nominees in full
Males’s
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Botafogo (Brazil)
- Chelsea (England)
- Liverpool (England)
- Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Ladies’s
- Arsenal (England)
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Chelsea (England)
- OL Lyonnes (France)
- Orlando Delight (United States)
