Ballon d’Or nominees will be announced throughout today, starting at 12:30 and ending at 18:15 CEST.
Today is the day: the Ballon d’Or nominees will be announced on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The ceremony will take place on September 22, 2025, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and it will be then when we’ll know who will succeed Rodri Hernández as best footballer in men’s football, and whether Aitana Bonmatí will manage to win her third consecutive trophy.
Remember that the time frame used by voters is the season between August 1, 2024, and July 31, 2025, matching the European calendar. That means it also includes men’s Club World Cup and women’s Euro and women’s Copa América last month.
For men’s award, there doesn’t seem to be a clear favourite: with Rodri out of the question due to his season-long injury, Lamine Yamal, Ousmane Dembélé, Raphinha, Vitinha, Mohamed Salah, all sound like firm candidates with enough merits.
