The 2025 version of the Ballon d’Or, probably the most prestigious particular person soccer prize, will happen on Monday in Paris reside on Paramount+. After the 2024 version, when Manchester Metropolis’s Rodri received the prize whereas Actual Madrid’s Vinicius Jr. determined to not attend the occasion that takes place on the Theatre du Chatelet, there are much more expectations this 12 months as PSG striker Ousmane Dembele is taken into account the frontrunner to get the Ballon d’Or however may not be there.
On high of probably the most notable particular person prize on the boys’s aspect, there may even be a model for the most effective feminine participant, in addition to younger skills, goalkeepers, high scorers, coaches, golf equipment, and in addition the humanitarian Socrates Award, a particular honor that acknowledges a footballer (male or feminine) for his or her humanitarian and social initiatives off the pitch. This is all that you must know forward of Monday’s ceremony:
The world’s greatest soccer gamers shall be honored on the 2025 Ballon d’Or in Paris on Monday. Golazo Community will start with crimson carpet protection at 2PM ET adopted by the ceremony at 3PM ET which can function CBS Sports activities’ personal Kate Scott as a number.
The way to watch the 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony
- Date: Monday, Sept. 22 | Time: Purple Carpet: 2 p.m. ET; Ceremony: 3 p.m. ET
- Location: Theatre du Chatelet — Paris, France
- Watch: Paramount+
Voting system: How does it work?
The voting system relies on three components: particular person performances, crew achievements and profession. A panel of 100 sports activities journalists for the boys’s award and 50 for the ladies’s choose their high 10 picks for every award. Every spot within the high 10 earns a particular variety of factors which can be then tallied.
- 15 factors
- 12 factors
- 10 factors
- 8 factors
- 7 factors
- 5 factors
- 4 factors
- 3 factors
- 2 factors
- 1 level
Moreover, the Kopa Trophy, awarded to the most effective younger participant, has a unique voting system with a jury made up of former Ballon d’Or winners.
All of the classes
The 2025 version’s largest change is the overall parity between women and men trophies. All of the awards shall be introduced to each women and men with no variations. Let’s check out all of the prizes that shall be awarded in Paris:
- Males’s Ballon d’Or (greatest male participant, 2024-25 season)
- Girls’s Ballon d’Or (greatest feminine participant, 2024-25 season)
- Males’s Kopa Trophy (greatest male U21 participant)
- Girls’s Kopa Trophy (greatest feminine younger participant)
- Males’s Yashin Trophy (greatest male goalkeeper)
- Girls’s Yashin Trophy (greatest feminine goalkeeper)
- Males’s Gerd Müller Trophy (high male goalscorer for membership/nationwide crew)
- Girls’s Gerd Müller Trophy (high feminine goalscorer)
- Males’s Johan Cruyff Trophy (greatest male coach, membership/nationwide crew)
- Girls’s Johan Cruyff Trophy (greatest feminine coach)
- Males’s Membership of the Yr Trophy
- Girls’s Membership of the Yr Trophy
- Socrates Award
What occurred in 2024?
The 2024 version of the Ballon d’Or was deeply affected by what occurred with Actual Madrid because the Spanish aspect’s delegation determined to not attend the ceremony as soon as it emerged that Rodri would develop into Metropolis’s first-ever Ballon d’Or winner, creating lots of noise across the occasion particularly as they had been awarded as Crew of the Yr and Carlo Ancelotti was additionally named as Coach of the Yr. The crew owned by Spanish businessman Florentino Perez publicly expressed disagreements with how French Soccer dealt with the ceremony and awards, and issued an announcement saying that “if the award standards does not give it to Vinicius because the winner, then those self same standards ought to level to Carvajal because the winner. As this was not the case, it’s clear that Ballon d’Or-Uefa doesn’t respect Actual Madrid. And Actual Madrid doesn’t go the place it’s not revered.”
Will Dembele attend the occasion?
The seemingly winner of the 2025 version may not attend the occasion on Monday, as PSG’s away match towards Olympique Marseille was postponed to the identical day as a consequence of storms forecasted within the area on Sunday. Based on a number of stories, Dembele’s presence on the Theatre du Chatelet is doubtful even when he is at present injured and he isn’t anticipated to play the match towards Roberto De Zerbi’s aspect. Particularly after what occurred final 12 months with Actual Madrid, the nominees will not know who received the award till Monday evening, which might make the presence of Dembele much more essential.
2025 Males’s Ballon d’Or nominees
Jude Bellingham (England, Actual Madrid)
Ousmane Dembélé (France, Paris Saint-Germain)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy, Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester Metropolis)
Désiré Doué (France, Paris Saint-Germain)
Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands, Inter)
Serhou Guirassy (Guinea, Borussia Dortmund)
Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden, Sporting CP/Arsenal)
Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester Metropolis)
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco, Paris Saint-Germain)
Harry Kane (England, Bayern)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia, Napoli/Paris Saint-Germain)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Barcelona)
Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina, Liverpool)
Lautaro Martínez (Argentina, Inter)
Kylian Mbappé (France, Actual Madrid)
Scott McTominay (Scotland, Napoli)
Nuno Mendes (Portugal, Paris Saint-Germain)
João Neves (Portugal, Paris Saint-Germain)
Michael Olise (France, Bayern)
Cole Palmer (England, Chelsea)
Pedri (Spain, Barcelona)
Raphinha (Brazil, Barcelona)
Declan Rice (England, Arsenal)
Fabián Ruiz (Spain, Paris Saint-Germain)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool)
Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands, Liverpool)
Vinícius Júnior (Brazil, Actual Madrid)
Vitinha (Portugal, Paris Saint-Germain)
Florian Wirtz (Germany, Leverkusen/Liverpool)
Lamine Yamal (Spain, Barcelona)
2026 Girls’s Ballon d’Or nominees
Sandy Baltimore (France, Chelsea)
Barbra Banda (Zambia, Orlando Pleasure)
Aitana Bonmatí (Spain, Barcelona)
Lucy Bronze (England, Chelsea)
Klara Bühl (Germany, Bayern)
Mariona Caldentey (Spain, Arsenal)
Sofia Cantore (Italy, Juventus/Washington Spirit)
Steph Catley (Australia, Arsenal)
Temwa Chawinga (Malawi, Kansas Metropolis)
Melchie Dumornay (Haiti, OL Lyonnes)
Emily Fox (United States, Arsenal)
Cristiana Girelli (Italy, Juventus)
Esther González (Spain, Gotham FC)
Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway, Barcelona)
Patri Guijarro (Spain, Barcelona)
Amanda Gutierres (Brazil, Palmeiras)
Hannah Hampton (England, Chelsea)
Pernille Tougher (Denmark, Bayern)
Lindsey Heaps (United States, OL Lyonnes)
Chloe Kelly (England, Manchester Metropolis/Arsenal)
Frida Leonhardsen Maanum (Norway, Arsenal)
Marta (Brazil, Orlando Pleasure)
Clara Mateo (France, Paris FC)
Ewa Pajor (Poland, Barcelona)
Clàudia Pina (Spain, Barcelona)
Alexia Putellas (Spain, Barcelona)
Alessia Russo (England, Arsenal)
Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Sweden, Chelsea)
Caroline Weir (Scotland, Actual Madrid)
Leah Williamson (England, Arsenal)
Males’s Kopa Trophy nominees
Ayyoub Bouaddi (France, Lille)
Pau Cubarsí (Spain, Barcelona)
Désiré Doué (France, Paris Saint-Germain)
Estêvão (Brazil, Palmeiras/Chelsea)
Dean Huijsen (Spain, Bournemouth/Actual Madrid)
Myles Lewis-Skelly (England, Arsenal)
Rodrigo Mora (Portugal, Porto)
João Neves (Portugal, Paris Saint-Germain)
Lamine Yamal (Spain, Barcelona)
Kenan Yıldız (Türkiye, Juventus)
Girls’s Kopa Trophy nominees
Michelle Agyemang (England, Brighton)
Linda Caicedo (Colombia, Actual Madrid)
Wieke Kaptein (Netherlands, Chelsea)
Vicky López (Spain, Barcelona)
Claudia Martínez Ovando (Paraguay, Membership Olimpia)
Males’s Yashin Trophy 2025 nominees
Alisson Becker (Brazil, Liverpool)
Yassine Bounou (Morocco, Al Hilal)
Lucas Chevalier (France, Lille/Paris Saint-Germain)
Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, Actual Madrid)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy, Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester Metropolis)
Emiliano Martínez (Argentina, Aston Villa)
Jan Oblak (Slovenia, Atlético de Madrid)
David Raya (Spain, Arsenal)
Matz Sels (Belgium, Nottingham Forest)
Yann Sommer (Switzerland, Inter)
Girls’s Yashin Trophy 2025 nominees
Ann-Katrin Berger (Germany, Gotham FC)
Cata Coll (Spain, Barcelona)
Hannah Hampton (England, Chelsea)
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC/Brighton)
Daphne van Domselaar (Netherlands, Arsenal)
Males’s Johan Cruyff Trophy 2025 nominees
Antonio Conte (Italy, Napoli)
Luis Enrique (Spain, Paris Saint-Germain)
Hansi Flick (Germany, Barcelona)
Enzo Maresca (Italy, Chelsea)
Arne Slot (Netherlands, Liverpool)
Girls’s Johan Cruyff Trophy 2025 nominees
Sonia Bompastor (France, Chelsea)
Arthur Elias (Brazil, Brazil nationwide crew)
Justine Madugu (Nigeria, Nigeria nationwide crew)
Renée Slegers (Netherlands, Arsenal)
Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands, England nationwide crew)
Males’s Membership of the Yr Trophy 2025 nominees
Barcelona (Spain)
Botafogo (Brazil)
Chelsea (England)
Liverpool (England)
Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Girls’s Membership of the Yr Trophy 2025 nominees
Arsenal (England)
Barcelona (Spain)
Chelsea (England)
OL Lyonnes (France)
Orlando Pleasure (United States)
