Overview
- Ousmane Dembélé was named Ballon d’Or 2025 at the Théâtre du Châtelet, becoming the sixth French winner after a Champions League-winning season with PSG.
- Dembélé delivered an emotional speech, thanking his family, PSG and coach Luis Enrique, and he was joined on stage by his mother.
- PSG’s dominance in the voting was underscored by five players placing in the top 10 of the Ballon d’Or rankings, including Vitinha, Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes.
- In Ligue 1 on the same night, Marseille defeated PSG 1-0 at the Vélodrome through an early Nayef Aguerd goal, ending Paris’s league unbeaten run there dating back to 2011.
- OM coach Roberto De Zerbi called the win a dream but urged focus on Strasbourg, while Luis Enrique said the defeat came from simple errors and noted it is normal to lose some matches; PSG players watched Dembélé’s coronation from the dressing room.