It’s another time of the year when the world of football has to crown the best in the sport. This comes at a time when we are nearing the beginning of a new era – both Messi and Ronaldo are missing from the Ballon d’Or list for the first time since 2003. Messi is the reigning winner having won it in 2023. A new winner awaits to be crowned king of football for the year 2023/2024.
The Ballon d’Or Shortist 2024 top 30 list is heavily represented by the Premier League with 10 players featuring in the list. The top performers in the EPL, Man City and Arsenal are well represented and Chelsea got to have one player – Cole Palmer on the list. Manchester City’s, Rodri, and Vinicius Jr. of Real Madrid looks as the favourites to win the award.
In the women’s Ballon d’Or, Aitana Bonmati looks clear favourite of retaining her crown. Kopa Trophy also seems to have a clear favourite in the form of Lamine Yamal. Therefore, FC Barcelona, by the looks of it, seems to be having at least two winners at the cermony this year.
Men’s Ballon d’Or 2024 Nominees
- Antonio Rudiger – Real Madrid
- Kylian Mbappe – Real Madrid
- Lautaro Martinez – Inter
- Ademola Lookman – Atalanta
- Alejandro Grimaldo – Bayer Leverkusen
- Dani Carvajal – Real Madrid
- William Saliba – Arsenal
- Lamine Yamal – Barcelona
- Bukayo Saka – Arsenal
- Hakan Calhanoglu – Inter
- Rodri – Man City
- Declan Rice- Arsenal
- Harry Kane – Bayern Munich
- Cole Palmer – Chelsea
- Vitinha – PSG
- Vinicius Jr – Real Madrid
- Martin Odegaard – Arsenal
- Dani Olmo – Barcelona
- Florian Wirtz – Bayer Leverkusen
- Mats Hummels – Roma
- Erling Haaland – Man City
- Nicolas Williams – Athletic Bilbao
- Granit Xhaka – Bayer Leverkusen
- Artem Dovbik – Roma
- Toni Kroos – Real Madrid
- Jude Bellingham – Real Madrid
- Phil Foden – Man City
- Ruben Dias – Man City
- Federico Valverde – Real Madrid
- Emiliano Martinez – Aston VIlla
Women’s Ballon d’Or 2024 Nominees
- Lauren Hemp – Man City
- Trinity Rodman – Washington Spirit
- Barbra Banda Shanghai – Shanghai RCB/Orlando Pride
- Tarciane Lime – Houston Dash
- Manuela Giugliano – Roma
- Mallory Swanson – Chicago Red Stars
- Glodis Viggosdottir – Bayern Munich
- Mariona Caldentey – Barcelona/Arsenal
- Lauren James – Chelsea
- Patricia Guijarro – Barcelona
- Lea Schuller – Bayern Munich
- Gabi Portilho – Corinthians
- Tabitha Chawinga – PSG
- Caroline Graham Hansen – Barcelona
- Lindsey Horan – Lyon
- Lucy Bronze – Barcelona/Chelsea
- Yui Hasegawa – Man City
- Ada Hegerberg – Lyon
- Sjoeke Nüsken – Chelsea
- Aitana Bonmati – Barcelona
- Alex Putellas – Barcelona
- Grace Geyoro – PSG
- Khadija Shaw – Man City
- Guilia Gwinn – Bayern Munich
- Salma Paralluelo – Barcelona
- Ewa Pajor – Wolfsburg/Barcelona
- Sophie Smith – Portland Thorns
- Marie-Antoinette Katoto – PSG
- Mayra Ramirez – Chelsea
- Alyssa Naeher – Chicago Red Stars
Not only do we get the players nominations, but, we also have nominations for the best clubs during the calendar year. The nominees for the best clubs in the Ballon d’Or Shortist 2024 are as follows;
Men’s Cub Of The Year 2024 Nominees
- Borussia Dortmund
- Girona
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Real Madrid
- Manchester City
Women’s Cub Of The Year 2024 Nominees
- Bareclona
- Chelsea
- NY/NJ Gotham
- Lyon
- PSG
Meanwhile, most of these players didn’t just perform the way they did without some form of guidance from their coaches. Here’s a list of the nominees for the best club coaches in 2024.
Men’s Coach Of The Year 2024 Nominees
- Carlo Ancelotti
- Xabi Alonso
- Luis de la Fuente
- Gian Piero Gasperini
- Pep Guardiola
- Lionel Scaloni
Women’s Coach Of The Year 2024 Nominees
- Sonia Bompastor – Lyon/Chelsea
- Arthur Elias – Corinthians/Brazil
- Jonatan Giraldez – Barcelona/Washington Spirit
- Filipa Patao – Benfica
- Sarina Wiegman – England
- Emma Hayes – Chelsea/ United States
Also, as mentioned earlier, the footballing world also gets to award the young and promising players. Below is a list of the young players nominees.
Kopa Trophy (Best Young Player) 2024 Nominees
- Pau Cubarsi
- Alejandro Garnacho
- Arda Guler
- Karim Konate
- Kobbie Mainoo
- Joao Neves
- Savinho
- Mathys Tel
- Lamine Yamal
- Warren Zaire-Emery
What Is The Yashin Trophy?
Most people accept the fact that the Ballon d’Or tends to be won by attacking players, who naturally attract more attention from fans, pundits, journalists, players and ex-pros than their teammates stationed in less glamorous defensive or midfield positions. In a way, the Yashin Trophy exists to counteract this notion — because this award is reserved for goalkeepers only.
Therefore, we have a list for the goalkeepers as well since they’re not left out.
Lev Yashin/Yachine Trophy Ballon d’Or Shortist 2024 Nominees
- Diogo Costa
- Gianluigi Donnarumma
- Gregor Kobel
- Andrei Lunine
- Mike Maignan
- Giorgi Mamardachvili
- Emiliano Martinez
- Unai Simon
- Yann Sommer
- Ronwen Williams