2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or

2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or

The 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the sixth year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Zürich on 11 January 2016.

Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or as the World Player of the Year for the fifth time, extending his own record of five wins. Carli Lloyd was named as the Women's World Player of the Year, while Luis Enrique received the World Coach of the Year for Men's Football and Jill Ellis the World Coach of the Year for Women's Football.[1]

The ceremony was hosted by Kate Abdo and James Nesbitt.[2]

Winners and nominees

In late October 2015, FIFA revealed shortlists for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, FIFA Women's World Player of the Year and FIFA World Coaches of the Year. The shortlists for the women's awards were revealed on 19 October and the men's on 20 October.

FIFA Ballon d'Or

The results for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or were:[3]

PlayerNationalityClubVotes
Lionel Messi ArgentinaSpain Barcelona41.33%
Cristiano Ronaldo PortugalSpain Real Madrid27.76%
Neymar BrazilSpain Barcelona7.86%

The following 20 men were originally in contention for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or:[4]

RankPlayerNationalityClubVotes
4Robert Lewandowski PolandGermany Bayern Munich4.17%
5Luis Suárez UruguaySpain Barcelona3.38%
6Thomas Müller GermanyGermany Bayern Munich2.21%
7Manuel Neuer GermanyGermany Bayern Munich1.97%
8Eden Hazard BelgiumEngland Chelsea1.33%
9Andrés Iniesta SpainSpain Barcelona1.24%
10Alexis Sánchez ChileEngland Arsenal1.18%
11Zlatan Ibrahimović SwedenFrance Paris Saint-Germain1.13%
12Yaya Touré Ivory CoastEngland Manchester City0.89%
13Sergio Agüero ArgentinaEngland Manchester City 0.86%
14Javier Mascherano ArgentinaSpain Barcelona0.79%
15Paul Pogba FranceItaly Juventus 0.72%
16Gareth Bale WalesSpain Real Madrid0.65%
17Arturo Vidal ChileItaly Juventus
Germany Bayern Munich		0.58%
18Kevin De Bruyne BelgiumGermany VfL Wolfsburg
England Manchester City		0.47%
19James Rodríguez ColombiaSpain Real Madrid0.45%
20Karim Benzema FranceSpain Real Madrid0.40%
21Toni Kroos GermanySpain Real Madrid0.2931%
22Arjen Robben NetherlandsGermany Bayern Munich0.2930%
23Ivan Rakitić CroatiaSpain Barcelona0.05%

FIFA Puskás Award

The winner of the FIFA Puskás Award was:

The other nominees were:[5]

FIFA/FIFPro World XI

PositionPlayerNational teamClub
GKManuel Neuer GermanyGermany Bayern Munich
DFThiago Silva BrazilFrance Paris Saint-Germain
DFMarcelo BrazilSpain Real Madrid
DFSergio Ramos SpainSpain Real Madrid
DFDani Alves BrazilSpain Barcelona
MFAndrés Iniesta SpainSpain Barcelona
MFLuka Modrić CroatiaSpain Real Madrid
MFPaul Pogba FranceItaly Juventus
FWNeymar BrazilSpain Barcelona
FWLionel Messi ArgentinaSpain Barcelona
FWCristiano Ronaldo PortugalSpain Real Madrid

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

The results for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year were:[5]

PlayerNationalityClubVotes
Carli Lloyd United StatesUnited States Houston Dash35.28%
Célia Šašić GermanyGermany 1. FFC Frankfurt12.60%
Aya Miyama JapanJapan Okayama Yunogo Belle9.88%

The following 7 players were also named to the shortlist for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award:[7]

PlayerNationalityClub
Nadine Angerer GermanyAustralia Brisbane Roar
United States Portland Thorns
Ramona Bachmann  SwitzerlandSweden FC Rosengård
Kadeisha Buchanan CanadaUnited States West Virginia Mountaineers
Amandine Henry FranceFrance Lyon
Eugénie Le Sommer FranceFrance Lyon
Megan Rapinoe United StatesUnited States Seattle Reign
Hope Solo United StatesUnited States Seattle Reign

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football

The following are the final 3 nominees for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football:[5]

CoachNationalityTeam(s)Votes
Luis Enrique SpainSpain Barcelona31.08%
Pep Guardiola SpainGermany Bayern Munich22.97%
Jorge Sampaoli Argentina Chile9.47%

The following 7 managers were also named to the shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football:[4]

CoachNationalityTeam(s)
Massimiliano Allegri ItalyItaly Juventus
Carlo Ancelotti ItalySpain Real Madrid
Laurent Blanc FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain
Unai Emery SpainSpain Sevilla
José Mourinho PortugalEngland Chelsea
Diego Simeone ArgentinaSpain Atlético Madrid
Arsène Wenger FranceEngland Arsenal

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football

The following are the final 3 nominees for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football:[5]

CoachNationalityTeam(s)Votes
Jill Ellis England United States42.98%
Norio Sasaki Japan Japan17.79%
Mark Sampson Wales England10.68%

The following 7 managers were also named to the shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football:[7]

CoachNationalityTeam(s)
Calle Barrling Sweden Sweden U19
Colin Bell EnglandGermany 1. FFC Frankfurt
Farid Benstiti FranceFrance Paris Saint-Germain
Laura Harvey EnglandUnited States Seattle Reign
John Herdman England Canada
Gérard Prêcheur FranceFrance Lyon
Thomas Wörle GermanyGermany Bayern Munich

References

  1. ↑ "Lionwins Ballon d'Or foe". Guardian. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Fifa Ballon d'Or - live: Lionel Messi winh Ballon d'Or". Daily Telegraph. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 – voting results" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Men's Football shortlists for FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 revealed". FIFA. 20 October 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Nominees for the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 awards revealed". FIFA. 30 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "2015 FIFA FIFPro World XI revealed". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Women's Football shortlists for FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 revealed". FIFA. 19 October 2015.
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