Nominees announced for the 2025 Ballon d'Or
Former Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay nominated - full list of nominees
Lionesses nominated for the Women's Ballon d'Or
Lewis-Skelly among Kopa Trophy nominees - full list of nominees for the best men's under-21 player
Agyemang nominated for Women's Kopa Trophy - for the best women's under-21 players
Hannah Hampton a nominee for best women's goalkeeper | Alisson Becker on the list for the best men's keeper
Sonia Bompastor and Sarina Wiegman shortlisted for women's coach of the year | Arne Slot and Enzo Maresca on the men's list
Arsenal and Chelsea on Women's Club of the Year shortlist | Liverpool and Chelsea on men's version
When will the 2025 Ballon d'Or winner be announced? | How is the winner decided?
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Alternatively, check out the recaps we've put together below for a full list of the nominees from each category.
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Image source, Getty ImagesA reminder that there are four English players in the 2025 Ballon d'Or shortlist.
Arsenal's Declan Rice and Chelsea's Cole Palmer are joined by Bayern Munich's Harry Kane and Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham in the 30-man list.
Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay, who won the Serie A title with Napoli last season, also finds a place in the nominations.
Image source, Getty ImagesThere are five of England's Euro 2025-winning squad in the Women's Ballon d'Or shortlist.
Captain Leah Williamson, Lucy Bronze, Alessia Russo, Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton all make the list after the Lionesses successfully defended their title in Switzerland this summer.
Scotland's Real Madrid midfielder Caroline Weir is along among the nominees.
Full list of Women's Ballon d'Or nominees:
Image source, Getty ImagesHere's a look at the players who will battle to become the best goalkeeper in the world in both the men's and women's categories.
Liverpool's Alisson Becker, Aston Villa's Emiliano Martinez, Arsenal's David Raya and Nottingham Forest's Matz Sels are named in the men's shortlist.
Meanwhile, England and Chelsea keeper Hannah Hampton looks one of the favourites to win it among the women.
Men's Yachine Trophy nominees:
Women's Yachine Trophy nominees:
Four managers who ply their trade in English domestic leagues are named - Premier League managers Enzo Maresca and Arne Slot as well as WSL bosses Sonia Bompastor and Renee Slegers along with Lionesses head coach Sarina Wiegman.
Men's Team Coach of the Year Trophy nominees:
Women's Team Coach of the Year nominees:
Image source, Getty ImagesSo let's take a look back at all the nominees from today, starting with the contenders for the best under-21 player in the world.
Some familiar names in there including Lionesses starlet Michelle Agyemang and Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly.
Men's Kopa Trophy nominees:
Women's Kopa Trophy nominees:
Ben Ramsdale
BBC Sport
Thanks for the message *checks notes* Feathers McGraw?????
That's enough live page for today.
Image source, ReutersBruno G for Jude B any day, what a top player, mentality giant and essential leader for the Toon army. What has Jude done this season?
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Among those is who is named the Ballon d'Or winner.
How is the Ballon d'Or winner decided?
The winner is chosen through a dual system of voting.
Firstly, journalists from France Football and fellow French publication L'Equipe work together to produce a combined list of 30 official nominees, based on players' performances in the previous season. This initial selection process sometimes also includes a small number of former players.
Then, one football journalist from each of the top 100 Fifa-ranked nations is invited to cast votes for their top 10 players in order from that shortlist. The 10 players are awarded 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point based on ranking.
Once all journalists have submitted their top 10s, points are tallied and the winner of the Ballon d'Or is the player who accrued the most points in the voting, while the rest are ranked from second to 30th.
Read more on how the Ballon d'Or is decided in our full piece here
Salah has been consistently a top performer since he joined the Reds, some seasons better than others, while others like Dembele have been great for just one or two seasons, to me Salah should get it for the consistent track record of excellence.
YSA, London
Can I just say how refreshing it is to not have Messi or Ronaldo on the list. Nice to see a more level playing field where you can pick 5-10 where you go "cor, they had a cracking season, they could get it!"
Ryan, Bracknell
Image source, Getty ImagesCould Chelsea's Cole Palmer get his hands on the Ballon d'Or for the first time?
The attacking midfielder may be cold in celebration but his displays on the field have been anything but with the former Man City man being regularly on fire for the Blues.
He rounded off a brilliant individual campaign by scoring in the Club World Cup final as Enzo Maresca's side saw off Paris St-Germain.
Palmer's 2024-25 statistics:
Ben Ramsdale
BBC Sport
The thumbs aren't a fan of that one, Mark.
I would get rid of: - Haaland - Rice - Palmer And replace them with: - Caicedo - Bruno - Isak Rest are fine.
Mark, Milton Keynes
Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport
Image source, Getty ImagesLancaster-born Scott McTominay spent 20 years at Manchester United for over 20 years until his summer departure.
It was a mutual decision to leave, for a fee of £25.7m. McTominay wanted a change of scenery, and the Premier League's PSR rules meant the deal made sense to United.
He joined Napoli on the same day as Scotland team-mate Billy Gilmour moved from Brighton for £12m.
But the move nearly did not happen. Another midfielder Marco Brescianini was having a medical at Napoli. But suddenly the Italy international completed a loan move to Atalanta, with an obligation to buy, and Napoli signed McTominay instead.
Reports vary on how it all unfolded. Some say Brescianini opted for Atalanta, or Napoli pulled out once McTominay became available, while others say Frosinone tried to change the deal.
Whatever happened, it has worked out well for Napoli and McTominay.
Ben Ramsdale
BBC Sport
I like the omission suggestions but you've got to remember that they would have had to replace someone in the list.
Who would you omit from the list to include your omission?
Omishception.
Does that even make sense?
Long day.
Gravenberch was arguably Liverpool's most important player after Salah last season, can't believe he's not in there given his stellar campaign...
Ben, Oxford
How has Bruno Fernandes not been nominated. He has 41g/a in 56 appearances.
Shrey
Gravenberch was arguably Liverpool's most important player after Salah last season, can't believe he's not in there given his stellar campaign...
Ben, Oxford
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's sometimes easy to forget that Jude Bellingham is still only 22-years-old.
Another season down with Real Madrid and another 50+ appearances to his name taking his appearances in senior football to close to 300.
It may not have been a successful as some have been in the past on a collective level but it still yet could be from a personal perspective.
Bellingham's 2024-25 statistics:
Isak not getting nominated is surprising to me, clearly one of the best strikers in the world, with an 150 million pound price tag on him, are we really saying players like guirassy are better than him?
Hughie, Southampton
Surprised to see no Musiala? Scored 12 goals last season, and is an exciting talent.
Sonny, Edinburgh
