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 13 January 2014, 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.
In
early December 2013, FIFA and France Football will announce the names of the
three men and three women, 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, goalkeepers, defenders
and midfielders will also be unveiled in early December.
Men’s shortlists for
the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013
Gareth
Bale (Wales), Edinson Cavani (Uruguay), Radamel Falcao (Colombia), Eden Hazard
(Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Philipp Lahm
(Germany), Robert Lewandowski (Poland), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Müller
(Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Mesut Özil (Germany),
Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Franck Ribéry (France), Arjen Robben (Netherlands),
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Luis Suárez
(Uruguay), Thiago Silva (Brazil), Yaya Touré (Côte d’Ivoire), Robin Van Persie
(Netherlands) and Xavi (Spain).
Who should win the 2013 Ballon d'Or???
Who should win the 2013 Ballon d'Or???
