Ballon d’Or

Viktor Gyokeres won the Gerd Muller Trophy and finished 15th in the Ballon d’Or voting on Monday night, after a strong year for the 27-year-old striker.

Following a season that saw Arsenal return to the elite level by winning the Champions League, 17 years after winning it as the UEFA Women’s Cup, there was hope for a Ballon d’Or winner as England also won the 2025 Euros.

Arsenal’s outstanding 2024–25 campaign has been rewarded with a flood of Ballon d’Or nominations, as players and staff compete across every major women’s category.

Ballon d’Or 2025 moves to avoid women’s internationals, with equal awards for men and women for the first time.

Four Arsenal players have been nominated for the 2024 Men’s Ballon d’Or, with the nominees confirmed on Wednesday night.

3 Arsenal players, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, and Aaron Ramsdale, were up for the Ballon d’Or. The nominations reflect their contributions to Arsenal’s Premier League 2022/2023 campaign.

Aaron Ramsdale, Arsenal’s first-choice goalkeeper, is in the running for the Yashin Trophy, given annually to the world’s best goalkeeper. He faces competition from Premier League and international talents.

Four Arsenal players—Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Katie McCabe, Amanda Ilestedt—highlight the Ballon d’Or long lists, showcasing the club’s exceptional talent in both men’s and women’s football.

The Ballon d’Or was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic but it returns this year and I thought it worth talking about the greatest player to never win it – Thierry Henry.

France Football have named the 20 players selected for the Women’s Ballon d’Or 2019, so let’s look at them all and see who is likely to win.

Arsene Wenger has tipped Sadio Mane to win the Ballon D’Or ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as we wait for the nominees to be announced.

What do you ask the first ever woman to win the Ballon d’Or who has just given a rousing speech aimed at encouraging more women and girls to get involved with the sport? Well, if you’re a dick with a dick, you ask her to twerk, of course.

The Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg won the first ever women’s Ballon d’Or which was voted for by a panel of journalists.

France football have created the Women’s Ballon d’Or and, for the first Edition, there are 15 nominees.

Alexis Sanchez wasn’t nominated for the Ballon d’Or, but the likes of Philippe Coutinho were.

Earlier this week, Alexis was nominated for the Ballon d’Or. The greatest individual prize in football will end up in the hands of either Lionel…

Controversy is not far away when the annual FIFA Ballon d’Or pre-list is disclosed and this year is no exception with top players and coaches…