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Ballon d’Or 2024 nominations: full player, team, coach confirmations, as it happened

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Evan Walker

The nominations are out for the 2024 Ballon d’Or Awards with the ceremony itself set to take place in Paris at the end of October.

📅 📍Join us on 28 October at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris for celebrate the world’s most prestigious individual Football player awards!#ballondor pic.twitter.com/JwET3KgwgP
— Ballon d'Or (@ballondor) June 6, 2024

Argentina and Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi was the surprise winner last year but injury has hampered the Argentine this season and the veteran striker is not expected to scoop a ninth award.

El fútbol es un deporte colectivo. Pero un colectivo lo forman varios individuos. 11, en el caso del balompié. Cada uno de estos individuos son vitales para que el conjunto
funcione, pero siempre destaca uno sobre los demás. Por eso se entrega el Balón de Oro al final de cada temporada al mejor individuo de todos. Y Lionel Messi, para muchos el mejor jugador de todos los tiempos, lo ha recibido en ocho ocasiones, el que más con amplio margen con el segundo, Cristiano Ronaldo, que tiene cinco.
Messi tiene muchos más récords individuales como las botas de oro, los goles en un año o asistencias totales, pero, sin duda, el de los ocho balones de oro no tiene pinta de que nadie lo alcance por el momento. Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini. — Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini.MOHAMMED BADRAEFE

Last year, Barcelona and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati secured the fifth edition of the Ballon d’Or Feminin with her 2023 win the first time the 25-year-old has received the award. Bonmati, who won the World Cup Golden Ball, helped Spain win the 2023 World Cup in Australia-New Zealand.

FC Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Aitana Bonmati poses with her Woman Ballon d'Or awardLLUIS GENEAFP

The Ballon d’Or Awards

Created by France Football in 1956, the Ballon d’Or is generally regarded as soccer’s most prestigious award. Blackpool and England’s Stanley Matthews was its first winner, while Lionel Messi is the record holder with eight wins.

The winner is selected following the votes of a select number of journalists from around the world and, up until 2022, was based on player performance during the calendar year. As of this year, however, jurors have been instructed to take into account the previous season with the event held in Paris since 2016.

The awards have branched out to also include prizes for the best young player, women’s player, goalkeeper...

2024 Nominations

Yashin trophy nominees:

Diogo Costa - FC Porto & Portugal

Gianluigi Donnarumma - PSG & Italy

Gregor Kobel - Borussia Dortmund & Switzerland

Andrei Lunin - Real Madrid & Ukraine

Mike Maignan - AC Milan & France

Giorgi Mamardachvili - Valencia & Georgia

Emiliano Martinez - Aston Villa & Argentina

Unai Simon - Athletic Club & Spain

Yann Sommer - Inter & Switzerland

Ronwen Williams - Mamelodi Sundowns & South Africa

Mike MaignanAssociated Press/LaPresseAPS

Kopa Trophy nominees:

Pau Cubarsi - Barça

Alejandro Garnacho - Man United

Arda Guler - Real Madrid

Karim Konate - RB Salzburg

Kobbie Mainoo - Man United

Joao Neves - Benfica

Savinho - Girona

Mathys Tel - Bayern Munich

Lamine Yamal - Barça

Warren Zaire-Emery - PSG

A #TrophéeKopa nomination 🌟

Well done, Kobbie Mainoo! pic.twitter.com/XLKThfjLXo
— England (@England) September 4, 2024

Men’s coach of the year nominees:

Carlo Ancelotti - Real Madrid

Xabi Alonso - Bayer Leverkusen

Luis de la Fuente - Spain

Gian Piero Gasperini - Atalanta

Pep Guardiola - Manchester City

Lionel Scaloni - Argentina

Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso Karina HesslandREUTERS

Men’s Club of the Year nominees:

Nominated for the Men's Club of the Year! @bayer04fussball @realmadrid @ManCity @BVB @GironaFC #ballondor #Clubdelannee pic.twitter.com/lOqQJdeL1R
— Ballon d'Or (@ballondor) September 4, 2024

Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Girona, Real Madrid and Manchester City have been shortlisted for the Men’s Club of the Year award.

Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt in DortmundINA FASSBENDERAFP

Women’s Ballon d’Or nominees:

Lauren Hemp - Man City

Trinity Rodman - Washington Spirit

Barbra Banda Shanghai - Shanghai RCB/Orlando Pride

Tarciane Lime - Houston Dash

Manuela Giugliano - Roma

Mallory Swanso - Chicago Red Stars

Glodis Viggosdottir - Bayern Munich

Mariona Caldentey - Barcelona/Arsenal

Lauren James - Chelsea

Patricia Guijarro - Barcelona

Lea Schuller - Bayern Munich

Gabi Portilho - Corinthians

Tabitha Chawinga - PSG

Caroline Graham Hansen - Barcelona

Lindsey Horan - Lyon

Lucy Bronze - Barcelona/Chelsea

Yui Hasegawa - Man City

Ada Hegerberg - Lyon

Sjoeke Nüsken - Chelsea

Aitana Bonmati - Barcelona

Alexia Putellas - Barcelona

Grace Geyoro - PSG

Khadija Shaw - Man City

Guilia Gwinn - Bayern Munich

Salma Paralluelo - Barcelona

Ewa Pajor - Wolfsburg/Barcelona

Sophie Smith - Portland Thorns

Marie-Antoinette Katoto - PSG

Mayra Ramirez - Chelsea

Alyssa Naeher - Chicago Red Stars

US' midfielder #10 Lindsey HoranOLIVIER CHASSIGNOLEAFP

Here's the full recap of the 2024 Women's Ballon d'Or nominees!#ballondor pic.twitter.com/xlleWGWw0I
— Ballon d'Or (@ballondor) September 4, 2024

2024 Women’s Club of the Year nominees:

Five clubs have been shortlisted for the prestigious award: FC Barcelona, NY-NJ Gotham, Chelsea FC, Lyon and PSG.

Nominated for the Women's Club of the Year @FCBfemeni @ChelseaFCW @GothamFC @OLfeminin @PSG_Feminines #ballondor #Clubdelannee pic.twitter.com/rGxMdyaEyb
— Ballon d'Or (@ballondor) September 4, 2024

2024 Women’s Team Coach of the Year nominees:

Sonia Bompastor - Lyon/Chelsea

Arthur Elias - Corinthians/Brazil

Jonatan Giraldez - Barcelona/Washington Spirit

Filipa Patao - Benfica

Sarina Wiegman - England

Emma Hayes - Chelsea

Nominated for the 2024 Women's Team Coach of the Year Trophy @wiegman_s @Lionesses #ballondor #coachdelannee pic.twitter.com/ZwEm0aJZvk
— Ballon d'Or (@ballondor) September 4, 2024

2024 Men’s Player of the Year nominees:

Jude Bellingham - Real Madrid & England

Phil Foden - Man City & England

Ruben Dias - Man City & Portugal

Federico Valverde - Real Madrid & Uruguay

Emiliano Martinez - Aston VIlla & Argentina

Artem Dovbik - Girona (AS Roma) & Ukraine

Erling Haaland - Man City & Norway

Nico Williams - Athletic Club & Spain

Toni Kroos - Real Madrid & Germany

Granit Xhaka - Bayer Leverkusen & Switzerland

Dani Olmo - RB Leipzig (Barça) & Spain

Florian Wirtz - Bayer Leverkusen & Germany

Mats Hummels - Dortmund (AS Roma) & Germany

Martin Odegaard - Arsenal & Norway

Vinicius Júnior - Real Madrid & Brazil

Rodri - Man City & Spain

Declan Rice- Arsenal & England

Harry Kane - Bayern Munich & England

Cole Palmer - Chelsea & England

Vitinha - Porto (PSG) & Portugal

Dani Carvajal - Real Madrid Spain

William Saliba - Arsenal & France

Lamine Yamal - Barcelona & Spain

Bukayo Saka - Arsenal & England

Hakan Calhanoglu - Inter & Turkey

Kylian Mbappé - PSG (Real Madrid) & France

Lautaro Martinez - Inter & Argentina

Ademola Lookman - Atalanta & Nigeria

Alejandro Grimaldo - Bayer Leverkusen & Spain

Antonio Rudiger - Real Madrid & Germany

Erling Haaland of Manchester CityDAVID CLIFFEFE

Don’t forget, the 2024 Ballon d’Or Awards ceremony itself is set to take place in Paris at the end of October (28th) at the Théâtre du Châtelet.