FIFA announces the Ballon d'or nominees

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FIFA and France Football have today announced the names
of the nominees for the FIFA Ballon d’ Or and for the FIFA
World Coach of the Year for Men’ s Football awards .
The awards recognise the best in each category , without
distinction of championship or nationality , for their respective
achievements between 22 November 2014 and 20 November
2015 inclusive .
The final decisions will be made by the captains and head
coaches of the men’ s national teams as well as by
international media representatives selected by France
Football. The winners of all of the awards will be announced
at the FIFA Ballon d’ Or as part of a televised show at the
Zurich Kongresshaus on 11 January 2016 .
The list of 23 male candidates has been drawn up by football
experts from the FIFA Football Committee and a group of
experts from France Football. The list of ten coaches has
been drawn up by the Committee for Women ’ s Football and
the FIFA Women ’ s World Cup™ and by the FIFA Football
Committee, as well as by a group of experts from France
Football.
The voting period for the awards commences on 26 October
2015 and closes on 20 November 2015 ( midnight CET ) . In
the event that insufficient votes ( less than two- thirds of all
potential jury members ) are cast during the voting period ,
FIFA and France Football may, at their discretion , extend the
voting period by one week to allow only those participating
jury members who have not yet cast their vote by 20
November 2015 ( midnight CET ) to do so .
On 30 November , FIFA and France Football will announce in
a web show the names of the three women and three men,
as well as the three coaches for women’ s football and three
coaches for men’ s football , who have received the most
votes ( without announcing the winners ) . The three nominees
for the FIFA Puskás Award ( honouring the most beautiful
goal of the year) will be also unveiled.
The following 23 players ( in alphabetical order) are in
contention for the FIFA Ballon d’ Or 2015:
Sergio Agüero ( Argentina /Manchester City) , Gareth Bale
( Wales /Real Madrid ) , Karim Benzema ( France /Real Madrid ) ,
Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal/Real Madrid) , Kevin De Bruyne
( Belgium /VfL Wolfsburg /Manchester City ) , Eden Hazard
( Belgium /Chelsea) , Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Sweden /Paris Saint-
Germain ) , Andrés Iniesta ( Spain /FC Barcelona) , Toni Kroos
( Germany /Real Madrid) , Robert Lewandowski ( Poland /FC
Bayern Munich ) , Javier Mascherano ( Argentina /FC
Barcelona) , Lionel Messi ( Argentina /FC Barcelona) , Thomas
Müller ( Germany /FC Bayern Munich ) , Manuel Neuer
( Germany /FC Bayern Munich) , Neymar ( Brazil /FC Barcelona) ,
Paul Pogba ( France /Juventus ) , Ivan Rakitić ( Croatia/FC
Barcelona) , Arjen Robben ( Netherlands/FC Bayern Munich) ,
James Rodríguez ( Colombia /Real Madrid ) , Alexis Sánchez
( Chile/Arsenal ) , Luis Suárez ( Uruguay /FC Barcelona) , Yaya
Touré ( Côte d’ Ivoire/Manchester City) , Arturo Vidal ( Chile /
Juventus/FC Bayern Munich ) .

FIFA

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