FIFA’s 23 Man List for 2015 Ballon d’Or

The nominee list for the Fifa 2015 Ballon d’Or has been announced. FIFA and France Football made the list which comprises 23 players who have been outstanding in the world of football for the 2015 year.

A list of 10 coaches was also drawn up for the coach of the year award.

Voting commences on the 26th of October and ends on the 20th of November where votes are being counted to reduce the number of nominees to the final 3 from which the winner of 2015 Ballon d’Or will be selected by votes casted by head coaches and captains of the male national teams.

This year’s Ballon d’Or  will hold at the Zurich Kongresshaus on 11 January 2016.

Here are the full list of nominees below-
Andrés Iniesta – (Spain/FC Barcelona)
Toni Kroos – (Germany/Real Madrid)
Robert Lewandowski – (Poland/FC Bayern Munich)
Javier Mascherano – (Argentina/FC Barcelona)
Lionel Messi – (Argentina/FC Barcelona)

Sergio Agüero – (Argentina/Manchester City)
Gareth Bale – (Wales/Real Madrid)
Karim Benzema – (France/Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo – (Portugal/Real Madrid)
Kevin De Bruyne – (Belgium/VfL Wolfsburg/Manchester City)
Eden Hazard – (Belgium/Chelsea)
Zlatan Ibrahimović – (Sweden/Paris Saint-Germain)
Thomas Müller – (Germany/FC Bayern Munich)
Manuel Neuer – (Germany/FC Bayern Munich)
Neymar – (Brazil/FC Barcelona)
Paul Pogba – (France/Juventus)
Ivan Rakitić – (Croatia/FC Barcelona)
Arjen Robben – (Netherlands/FC Bayern Munich)
James Rodríguez – (Colombia/Real Madrid)
Alexis Sánchez – (Chile/Arsenal)
Luis Suárez – (Uruguay/FC Barcelona)
Yaya Touré – (Côte d’Ivoire/Manchester City)
Arturo Vidal – (Chile/Juventus/FC Bayern Munich).

For coach of the year –
Massimiliano Allegri – (Italy/Juventus)
Carlo Ancelotti – (Italy/Real Madrid)
Laurent Blanc – (France/Paris Saint-Germain)
Unai Emery – (Spain/Sevilla FC)
Pep Guardiola – (Spain/FC Bayern Munich)
Luis Enrique Martínez – (Spain/FC Barcelona)
José Mourinho – (Portugal/Chelsea)
Jorge Sampaoli – (Argentina/Chilean national team)
Diego Simeone – (Argentina/Atlético Madrid)
Arsène Wenger – (France/Arsenal)