2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or

2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or
2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or
	2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi
Date	6 January 2016
Location	Zürich, Switzerland
Country	Switzerland
Presented by	FIFA
Highlights
Won by	Lionel Messi (5th Ballon d'Or)
Website	www.francefootball.fr

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, Switzerland on 11 January 2016.

Lionel Messi won the award 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 shortlist 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

Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo

Neymar

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

Rank	Player	National team	Club(s)	Percent
1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona	41.33%
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid	27.76%
3	Neymar	Brazil	Barcelona	7.86%

The following twenty players were also in contention for the award:^[4]

Rank	Player	National team	Club(s)	Percent
4	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	Bayern Munich	4.17%
5	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	Barcelona	3.38%
6	Thomas Müller	Germany	Bayern Munich	2.21%
7	Manuel Neuer	Germany	Bayern Munich	1.97%
8	Eden Hazard	Belgium	Chelsea	1.33%
9	Andrés Iniesta	Spain	Barcelona	1.24%
10	Alexis Sánchez	Chile	Arsenal	1.18%
11	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain	1.13%
12	Yaya Touré	Ivory Coast	Manchester City	0.89%
13	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	Manchester City	0.86%
14	Javier Mascherano	Argentina	Barcelona	0.79%
15	Paul Pogba	France	Juventus	0.72%
16	Gareth Bale	Wales	Real Madrid	0.65%
17	Arturo Vidal	Chile	Juventus Bayern Munich	0.58%
18	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	VfL Wolfsburg Manchester City	0.47%
19	James Rodríguez	Colombia	Real Madrid	0.45%
20	Karim Benzema	France	Real Madrid	0.40%
21	Toni Kroos	Germany	Real Madrid	0.2931%
22	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	Bayern Munich	0.2930%
23	Ivan Rakitić	Croatia	Barcelona	0.05%

FIFA Puskás Award

The winner of the FIFA Puskás Award was:

Wendell Lira ( Goianésia), 1–2 vs Atlético Goianiense, Estádio Serra Dourada, 11 March 2015

The other nominees were:^[5]

Lionel Messi ( Barcelona), 0–1 vs Athletic Bilbao, Camp Nou, 30 May 2015
Alessandro Florenzi ( Roma), 1–1 vs Barcelona, Stadio Olimpico, 16 September 2015

FIFA/FIFPro World XI

Neuer

Ramos

Thiago Silva

Dani Alves

Marcelo

Pogba

Iniesta

Modrić

Ronaldo

Messi

Neymar

FIFA/FIFPro World XI 2015^[6]

Position	Player	National team	Club(s)
GK	Manuel Neuer	Germany	Bayern Munich
DF	Thiago Silva	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
DF	Marcelo	Brazil	Real Madrid
DF	Sergio Ramos	Spain	Real Madrid
DF	Dani Alves	Brazil	Barcelona
MF	Andrés Iniesta	Spain	Barcelona
MF	Luka Modrić	Croatia	Real Madrid
MF	Paul Pogba	France	Juventus
FW	Neymar	Brazil	Barcelona
FW	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
FW	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	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]

Rank	Player	National team	Club(s)	Percent
1	Carli Lloyd	United States	Houston Dash	35.28%
2	Célia Šašić	Germany	1. FFC Frankfurt	12.60%
3	Aya Miyama	Japan	Okayama Yunogo Belle	9.88%

The following seven players were also named to the shortlist for the award:^[7]

Player	National team	Club(s)
Nadine Angerer	Germany	Brisbane Roar Portland Thorns
Ramona Bachmann	Switzerland	FC Rosengård
Kadeisha Buchanan	Canada	West Virginia Mountaineers
Amandine Henry	France	Lyon
Eugénie Le Sommer	France	Lyon
Megan Rapinoe	United States	Seattle Reign
Hope Solo	United States	Seattle Reign

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football

The following were the final three nominees for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football:^[5]

Rank	Coach	Nationality	Team(s)	Percent
1	Luis Enrique	Spain	Barcelona	31.08%
2	Pep Guardiola	Spain	Bayern Munich	22.97%
3	Jorge Sampaoli	Argentina	Chile	9.47%

The following seven managers were also named to the shortlist for the award:^[4]

Coach	Nationality	Team(s)
Massimiliano Allegri	Italy	Juventus
Carlo Ancelotti	Italy	Real Madrid
Laurent Blanc	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Unai Emery	Spain	Sevilla
José Mourinho	Portugal	Chelsea
Diego Simeone	Argentina	Atlético Madrid
Arsène Wenger	France	Arsenal

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football

The following were the final three nominees for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football:^[5]

Rank	Coach	Nationality	Team(s)	Percent
1	Jill Ellis	England	United States	42.98%
2	Norio Sasaki	Japan	Japan	17.79%
3	Mark Sampson	Wales	England	10.68%

The following seven managers were also named to the shortlist for the award:^[7]

Coach	Nationality	Team(s)
Calle Barrling	Sweden	Sweden U19
Colin Bell	England	1. FFC Frankfurt
Farid Benstiti	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Laura Harvey	England	Seattle Reign
John Herdman	England	Canada
Gérard Prêcheur	France	Lyon
Thomas Wörle	Germany	Bayern Munich

References

^ "Lionwins Ballon d'Or foe". Guardian. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
^ "Fifa Ballon d'Or - live: Lionel Messi winh Ballon d'Or". Daily Telegraph. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
^ "FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 – voting results" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Men's Football shortlists for FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 revealed". FIFA. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Nominees for the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 awards revealed". FIFA. 30 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2 December 2015.
^ "2015 FIFA FIFPro World XI revealed". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Women's Football shortlists for FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 revealed". FIFA. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] "Lionwins Ballon d'Or foe". Guardian. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

[2] "Fifa Ballon d'Or - live: Lionel Messi winh Ballon d'Or". Daily Telegraph. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

[voting_results-3] "FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 – voting results" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[MenShortlist-4] "Men's Football shortlists for FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 revealed". FIFA. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015.

[Nominees-5] "Nominees for the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 awards revealed". FIFA. 30 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2 December 2015.

[6] "2015 FIFA FIFPro World XI revealed". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[WomenShortlist-7] "Women's Football shortlists for FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 revealed". FIFA. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015.

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