Four days after announcing the
names of the candidates for the
FIFA Women’s World Player of
the Year and the FIFA World
Coach of the Year for Women’s
Football for 2014 awards, FIFA
and France Football have today
revealed the names for the
men’s awards.
The candidates for the FIFA
Ballon d’Or and for the FIFA
World Coach of the Year for
Men’s Football awards have
been unveiled (see below). 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 revealed at the FIFA
Ballon d’Or as part of a televised
show at the Zurich
Kongresshaus on 12 January
2015, during which the FIFA
FIFPro World XI, the FIFA Puskás
Award – for the most beautiful
goal of the year – the FIFA
Presidential Award and the FIFA
Fair Play Award will also be
presented.
The list of 23 male candidates
has been drawn up by football
experts from the FIFA Football
Committee and by a group of
experts from France Football.
The list of ten coaches has been
drawn up by the Committee for
Women’s Football and FIFA
Women’s World Cup™ and by
the FIFA Football Committee, as
well as by a group of experts
from France Football.
On 1 December, FIFA and France
Football will announce in a live
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 unveiling the winners).
The three nominees for the FIFA
Puskás Award and the FIFA
FIFPro World XI shortlist for the
best forwards (15), midfielders
(15), defenders (20) and
goalkeepers (5) will be unveiled
in the end of November and the
beginning of December.
Men’s shortlists for the FIFA
Ballon d’Or 2014
The following 23 men (in
alphabetical order) are in
contention for the FIFA Ballon
d’Or 2014:
Gareth Bale (Wales), Karim
Benzema (France), Diego Costa
(Spain), Thibaut Courtois
(Belgium), Cristiano Ronaldo
(Portugal), Angel Di Maria
(Argentina), Mario Goetze
(Germany), Eden Hazard
(Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic
(Sweden), Andres Iniesta
(Spain), Toni Kroos (Germany),
Philipp Lahm (Germany), Javier
Mascherano (Argentina), Lionel
Messi (Argentina), Thomas
Mueller (Germany), Manuel
Neuer (Germany), Neymar
(Brazil), Paul Pogba (France),
Sergio Ramos (Spain), Arjen
Robben (Netherlands), James
Rodriguez (Colombia), Bastian
Schweinsteiger (Germany), Yaya
Toure (Côte d’Ivoire).
The following ten coaches (in
alphabetical order, first
nationality and then team) are
in contention for the FIFA World
Coach of the Year for Men’s
Football 2014:
Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid
CF), Antonio Conte (Italy/
Juventus FC/Italy national team),
Pep Guardiola (Spain/FC Bayern
Munich), Juergen Klinsmann
(Germany/ USA national team),
Joachim Loew (Germany/
Germany national team), Jose
Mourinho (Portugal/Chelsea FC),
Manuel Pellegrini (Chile/
Manchester City FC), Alejandro
Sabella (Argentina/Argentina
national team), Diego Simeone
(Argentina/Atletico Madrid),
Louis van Gaal (Netherlands/
Netherlands national team/
Manchester United FC).
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