FIFA: Full list of 23 nominees for Ballon d’Or (World footballer of the year) award

A list of 23 players has been released by FIFA as nominees for this year’s Ballon d’Or award. The list does not have any English player but has five English Premier League players. It also does not include Barcelona’s Luis Suarez obviously due to his controversial biting of Italy’s Giogio Chiellini.

Germany, which won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, has six players on the list, the highest number from a single country.

The 23-man list will be pruned down to three on December 1 and the winner will be announced on January 12, 2015 in Zurich Switzerland

Check out the full list, and also the list of nominees for Coach of the year.

Ballon d’Or shortlist
Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid),
Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid),
Diego Costa (Spain/Atlético Madrid/Chelsea),
Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Atlético Madrid/Chelsea),
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid),
Ángel Di María (Argentina/Real Madrid/Manchester United),
Mario Götze (Germany/Bayern Munich),
Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea),
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/PSG),
Andrés Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona),
Toni Kroos (Germany/Bayern Munich/Real Madrid),
Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich),
Javier Mascherano (Argentina/Barcelona),
Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona),
Thomas Müller (Germany/Bayern Munich),
Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich),
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (Brazil/Barcelona),
Paul Pogba (France/Juventus),
Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid),
Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich),
James Rodríguez (Columbia/Monaco/Real Madrid),
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany/Bayern Munich),
Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast/Manchester City).

 
Coach of the year shortlist   
Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid),
Antonio Conte (Juventus/Italy national team),
Pep Guardiola (Bayern Munich),
Jürgen Klinsmann (USA national team),
Joachim Löw (Germany national team),
José Mourinho (Chelsea),
Manuel Pellegrini (Manchester City),
Alejandro Sabella (Argentina national team),
Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid),
Louis van Gaal (Netherlands national team/Manchester United).