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 2013 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 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
The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013:
Gareth
Bale (Wales), Edinson Cavani (Uruguay), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal),
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),
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Luis Suárez (Uruguay), Thiago Silva
(Brazil), Yaya Touré (Côte d’Ivoire), Robin Van Persie (Netherlands),
Xavi (Spain).
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 2013:
Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Paris Saint-Germain FC/Real Madrid CF), Rafael
Benítez (Spain/Chelsea FC/SSC Napoli), Antonio Conte (Italy/Juventus),
Vicente Del Bosque (Spain/Spain national team), Sir Alex Ferguson
(Scotland/Manchester United FC former coach), Jupp Heynckes (Germany/FC
Bayern München former coach), Jürgen Klopp (Germany/Borussia Dortmund),
José Mourinho (Portugal/Real Madrid CF/Chelsea FC), Luiz Felipe Scolari
(Brazil/Brazil national team), Arsène Wenger (France/Arsenal FC).
The official FIFA Ballon d’Or Facebook page has also been launched:
To discuss who YOU think should win this year’s prizes on Twitter, use the hashtag #BallondOr
