FIFA has announced the three man list for FIFA Ballon Dor 2015 award. Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo makes the top 3. Luis Suarez narrowly missed out from the top 3 spot. Ronaldo will be hoping to win Ballon dór for the third year running but Lionel Messi will be favourite having won Champions League, La Liga and Copa Del Rey.
This is the time of the year when discussion about who will win “FIFA player of the year” award and FIFA has reduced the nominees to last three players (Neymar, Messi and Ronaldo) after shortlisting 23 players earlier in the month. The ballon dor ceremony will take on in Zurich, Switzerland on Monday, 11th January 2016 where several award winners will be announced.
FIFA Guidelines for Ballon d’Ord Award: here are some of the guidelines defind by FIFA for the Ballon d’Or award.
- Voted by the national team coaches & Captains along-with with one journalist from top football nations around the world.
- Performance period from 22 November 2014 to 20 November 2015 is taken into consideration.
- Voting started on 26th October 2015 and completed on 20th November 2015.
- The winners will be announced on 11 January 2016 in the Ballon d’Or ceremony.
This is how the top three players faired in 2015 calendar year. Lionel Messi and Neymar won the treble scoring loads of goals while Ronaldo was one man show with Real Madrid throughout the year. Ronaldo and Messi scored 48 goals each in 2015 while Neymar is just 3 behind with 45. Messi however assisted 24 goals compared to 14 and 13 by Ronaldo and Neymar respectively.
Here is the shortlist of players announced for the Ballon D’or Award 2015. This list will be trimmed down to top 3 players before the ceremony after the voting has been finalized. Every national team coach, captain and renouned football jounalists will be voting and once the voting period is over FIFA Will announce the top 3 players a week before the ceremony while the winner will be announced during traditional player of the year gala.
| NO# | DEFENDERS & KEEPRS | MIDFIELDERS | FORWARDS |
| 1 | Manuel Neuer (GK) | Kevin De Bruyne | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2 | Javier Mascherano | Eden Hazard | Lionel Messi |
| 3 | Toni Kroos | Sergio Aguero | |
| 4 | Paul Pogba | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | |
| 5 | Andreas Iniesta | Luis Suarez | |
| 6 | James Rodriguez | Gareth Bale | |
| 7 | Yaya Toure | Alexis Sanchez | |
| 8 | Arturo Vidal | Thomas Muller | |
| 9 | Ivan Rakitic | Neymar | |
| 10 | Arjan Robben | Robert Lewandowski |
When Ballon d’Or Ceremony Will Take Place ?
FIFA world player of the year will be announced on Monday, 11th January 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. There are number of other awards also up for grabs with the likes of FIFA Puskas (best goal of the year), Women player of the year, manager of the year and FIFpro Team of the year.
It is highly likely that Neymar, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will be in the running for this years Ballon d’Or award. While Messi’s performances last season where he contributed 56 goals and helped Barcelona win the treble and reach Copa America final with Argentina might be enough to earn him his 5th Ballon d’Or Award. All this will be revealed on 11th January 2015
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