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Official nominees for the 2024 Ballon D'OR awards

Sep 5, 2024 - 09:25

Sep 5, 2024 - 09:27

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Thursday, 5 September, 2023

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The Ballon d'Or nominees list has been released with both Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo missing out.

It is the first time since 2003 that neither Messi, 37, and Ronaldo, 39, have made the nominations.

Messi who won the precious award, has won the prestigious award a record 8 times while Ronaldo has won it on five occasions.

Manchester city's Rodi and Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jnr are considered as top favorites for the award while former Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has been nominated despite hanging up his boots.

Ballon d'Or men nominees

1.Jude Bellingham (England/ Real Madrid)

2.Ruben Dias (Portugal / Manchester City)

3.Phil Foden (England / Manchester City)

4.Federico Valverde(Uruguay / Real Madrid)

5.Emiliano Martinez(Argentina /Aston Villa)

6.Erling Haaland(Norway/Manchester City)

7.Nico Williams (Spain / Athletic Bilbao)

8.Granit Xhaka (Switzerland / Bayer Leverkusen)

8.Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine / Roma)

10.Toni Kroos(former Germany/Real Madrid)

11.Vinicius Jr (Brazil / Real Madrid)

12.Dani Olmo (Spain / Barcelona)

13.Florian Wirtz (Germany /Bayer Leverkusen)

14.Martin Odegaard (Norway / Arsenal)

15.Mats Hummels (Germany/ free agent)

16.Rodri (Spain / Manchester City)

17.Harry Kane (England / Bayern Munich)

18.Declan Rice (England / Arsenal)

19.Vitinha (Portugal / Paris St-Germain)

20.Cole Palmer (England / Chelsea)

21.Dani Carvajal (Spain /Real Madrid)

22.Lamine Yamal (Spain / Barcelona)

23.Bukayo Saka (England / Arsenal)

24.Hakan Calhanoglu (Turkey/ Inter Milan)

25.William Saliba (France / Arsenal)

26.Kylian Mbappe (France / Real Madrid)

27.Lautaro Martinez(Argentina/Inter Milan)

28.Ademola Lookman (Nigeria /Atalanta)

29.Antonio Rudiger (Germany/ Real Madrid)

30.Alejandro Grimaldo (Spain/ Bayer Leverkusen)

Ballon d'Or Feminin nominees 2024

Nominees for the Ballon d'Or Feminin were revealed on the same live stream. Barcelona and Spain sensation Anita Bonmati scooped the prize last time around, and she leads the list of candidates again.

1.Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona / Spain)

2.Barbra Banda(Orlando Pride / Zambia)

3.Tarciane(Houston Dash / Brazil)

4.Lauren Hemp(Manchester City/ England)

5.Trinity Rodman(Washington Spirit / USA)

6.Ada Hegerberg( Lyon / Norway)

7.Manuela Giugliano (Roma /Italy)

8.Mallory Swanson (Chicago Red Stars/ USA)

9.Glodis Viggosdottir (Bayern Munich/ Iceland)

10.Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal / Spain)

11.Lauren James (Chelsea / England)

12.Lea Schuller (Bayern Munich/Germany)

13.Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona / Spain)

14.Gabi Portilho (Corinthians / Brazil)

15.Tabitha Chawinga ((PSG / Malawi)

16.Caroline Graham Hansen( Barcelona/ Norway)

17. Lindsey Horan( Lyon/USA)

18.Sjoeke Nusken( Chelsea / Germany)

19.Yui Hasegawa(Manchester City /Japan)

20.Lucy Bronze( Chelsea / England)

21.Salma Paralluelo(Barcelona / Spain)

22.Giulia Gwinn(Bayern Munich/Germany)

23.Khadija Shaw(Manchester City/ Jamaica)

24.Grace Geyoro(PSG /France)

25.Alexia Putellas(Barcelona / Spain)

26.Sophia Smith(Portland Thorns / USA)

27.Ewa Pajor(Barcelona / Poland)

28.Alyssa Naehe (Chicago Red Star/USA)

29.Mayra Ramirez(Chelsea / Colombia)

30.Marie-Antoinette Katoto(PSG/France)

2024 Kopa Trophy Nominees

This award recognizes the best young U-21 player in the world for the year 2024. And the nominees are as follows:

Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)

Arda Güler (Real Madrid)

Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona)

Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)

Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United)

Karim Konaté (RB Salzburg)

Joao Neves (Benfica and PSG)

Savinho (Girona and Manchester City)

Mathys Tel (Bayern Munich)

Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG)

The winner who will succeed Jude Bellingham who is the 2023 recipient.

Kylian Mbappé was the first recipient of this award in 2018, followed by Matthijs de Ligt (2019), Pedri (2021), Gavi (2022), and Bellingham (2023).

Lamine Yamal is the leading contender, having already achieved significant success with Spain at the Euro and leading Barcelona, who started the current season with a perfect record at just 17 years old.

Arda Güler, with less prominence at Real Madrid, is also a strong candidate for the award. His undeniable quality impressed the world during the latter part of last season and the Euro with Turkey.

2024 Yacine trophy nominees

Only one goalkeeper has ever won the Ballon d'Or: Lev Yashin, in 1963. So, in a bid to ensure more shot-stoppers were recognised at their annual ceremonies in Paris, France Football introduced the Yashin Trophy in 2019 to recognise the best goalkeeper from the previous season.

Voted for by past Ballon d'Or winners, previous recipients of the award include Alisson Becker, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Thibaut Courtois and Emiliano Martinez, and it is sure to be hotly-contested again in 2024.

Here is the full list:

1.Diogo Costa (Porto/Portugal)

2.Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG/Italy)

3.Gregor Kobel (Dortmund/Switzerland)

4.Andrei Lunin (Real Madrid/Ukraine)

5.Mike Maignan (Milan/France)

6.Giorgi Mamardachvili (Valenica/Georgia)

7.Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa/Argentina)

8.Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao/Spain)

9.Yann Sommer (Inter/Switzerland)

10.Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns/South Africa)

Best coaches 2024

France Football announced the nominees for the newly introduced Ballon d'Or Coach of the Year awards, marking a new era for the award gala.

The coach's award includes recognition for both men's and women's coaches. It's a new prize that will be a part of the expanded Ballon d'Or event, co-organized by UEFA and Groupe Amaury, the owner of France Football.

"Together, UEFA and Groupe Amaury aim to enhance the stature and global reach of the awards while fostering a sense of unity and collaboration within the football community," a UEFA statement read last winter.

The awards will maintain their "unchanged and independent" voting system, with UEFA contributing its expertise and managing global commercial rights.

Men's coach of the year nominees 2024

1.Xabi Alonso -Bayer Leverkusen

2.Carlo Ancelotti - Real Madrid

3.Luis de la Fuente - Spain

4.Gian Piero Gasperini - Atalanta

5.Pep Guardiola - Manchester City

6.Lionel Scaloni - Argentina

Women's coach of the year nominees 2024

1.Sonia Bompastor - Lyon/Chelsea

2.Arthur Elias - Corinthians/Brazil

3.Jonatan Giraldez - Barcelona/Washington Spirit