France Football magazine announced on Wednesday evening the identity of the nominees for its various awards, most notably the 2024 Ballon d’Or.
The announcement included the nominees for the Lev Yashin (Best Goalkeeper), Kopa (Best Young Player), Best Coach, Best Club, and the Ballon d’Or awards.
The following is a review of the announced lists of nominees, with these lists being reduced to shortlists of only 3 names, and the awards will be handed out on October 28.
2024 Ballon d’Or nominees
- Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
- Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
- Phil Foden (Manchester City)
- Fede Valverde (Real Madrid)
- Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
- Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao)
- Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Artem Dovbyk (Atletico Madrid)
- Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
- Mats Hummels (Roma)
- Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
- Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Dani Olmo (Barcelona)
- Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
- Declan Rice (Arsenal)
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
- Rodri (Manchester City)
- Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
- William Saliba (Arsenal)
- Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter)
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
- Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
- Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)
- Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
- Ademola Lookman (Atalanta)
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
- Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
Nominees for the Kopa Trophy “The Best Young Player in the World” 2024
- Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona)
- Arda Guler (Real Madrid)
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
- Karim Konate (Salzburg)
- Kobi Maino (Manchester United)
- Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Savinho (Manchester City)
- Matthias Tel (Bayern Munich)
- Zaire-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain)
Nominees for the Lev Yashin Trophy “The Best Goalkeeper in the World” 2024
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund)
- Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid)
- Diogo Costa (Porto)
- Yann Sommer (Inter)
- Mike Maignan (Milan)
- Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao)
- Giorgi Mamardashvili (Valencia)
- Ronwen Williams (Sundowns)
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach 2024 nominees
- Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid)
- Luis de la Fuente (Spain)
- Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta)
- Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
- Lionel Scaloni (Argentina)
The Best FIFA Club 2024 nominees
- Borussia Dortmund
- Girona
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Real Madrid
- Manchester City
