Overview
- France Football unveiled the 30-player nominees for both men’s and women’s 2025 Ballon d’Or awards on August 7.
- Paris Saint-Germain leads the men’s shortlist with nine players, highlighted by forward Ousmane Dembélé alongside Barcelona’s rising star Lamine Yamal.
- Five members of England’s Euro 2025 champions—Hannah Hampton, Lucy Bronze, Alessia Russo, Chloe Kelly and Leah Williamson—make the women’s shortlist.
- For the first time, France Football published a women’s Kopa Trophy shortlist of five under-21 players, marking a new gender-inclusive category.
- Voting will be conducted by one journalist from each of the top 100 FIFA-ranked nations for the men’s awards and top 50 for the women’s, reflecting reforms aimed at merit-based selection.