The 2025 Ballon d'Or, the 69th edition of football's most prestigious individual accolade, is set to ignite fervent debate as the nominees are announced today ahead of the grand ceremony on September 22 at Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet.
With the award now judged on performances across the 2024-25 season, from August 1st 2024, to July 31st 2025, a new generation of stars is vying to succeed 2024 winner Rodri, who is sidelined by injury and unable to defend his crown.
Below we have listed every English Clubs' 2025 ballon d'Or nominees in every category which will be presented on the night in September.
Chelsea
Women's Club of the Year: Chelsea Women
Men's Club of the Year: Chelsea Men
Women’s Coach of the Year: Sonia Bompastor
Men’s Coach of the Year: Enzo Maresca
Women’s Yachine Trophy: Hannah Hampton
Women’s Kopa Trophy: Wieke Kaptein
Men's Kopa Trophy: Estevao
Women's ballon d'Or Trophy: Hannah Hampton, Lucy Bronze, Sandy Baltimore, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd
Men's ballon d'Or Trophy: Cole Palmer
🚨🌎 OFFICIAL: Chelsea nominated for both Men's and Women's #BallonDor Team of the Year. pic.twitter.com/UyBAnrKZmK
— CFC-Blues (@CFCBlues_com) August 7, 2025
Arsenal
Women's Club of the Year: Arsenal Women
Women’s Coach of the Year: Renée Slegers
Women’s Yachine Trophy: Daphne van Domselaar
Men's Yachine Trophy: David Raya
Women’s Kopa Trophy: Michelle Agyemang
Men's Kopa Trophy: Myles Lewis-Skelly
Women's ballon d'Or Trophy: Mariona Caldentey, Steph Catley, Emily Fox, Chloe Kelly, Frida Maanum, Alessia Russo, Leah Williamson
Men's ballon d'Or Trophy: Viktor Gyökeres, Declan Rice
🏴Leah Williamson
— Arsenal Fans Nigeria 🇳🇬 (@ArsenalNigeria_) August 7, 2025
🏴Alessia Russo
🇪🇸 Mariona Caldentey
🏴Chloe Kelly
🇳🇴Frida Maanum
🇺🇸Emily Fox
🇦🇺Steph Catley
7 of our Champions League winners are in the Women #BallonDor list, all the best to our girls! pic.twitter.com/DGnqIVEhAQ
Liverpool
Men's Club of the Year: Liverpool Men
Men’s Coach of the Year: Arne Slot
Men's Yachine Trophy: Alisson Becker
Men's ballon d'Or Trophy: Alexis Mac Allister, Virgil van Dijk, Mo Salah, Florian Wirtz
The Liverpool players nominated for the #BallonDor are
— Madupros 👑 (@madupros) August 7, 2025
MoSalah 👑
Virgil Vandijk 🧱
Florian Wirtz 🪄
Alexis MacAllister 🪄 pic.twitter.com/S0Ylmx8e2y
Manchester City
Men's ballon d'Or Trophy: Erling Haaland
Erling Haaland has been nominated for the 2025 Ballon d’Or. 🌟🇳🇴 pic.twitter.com/BI9AbaqNyG
— City Report (@cityreport_) August 7, 2025
Aston Villa
Men's Yachine Trophy: Emi Martinez
Nottingham Forest
Men's Yachine Trophy: Matz Sels
Emiliano Martinez
— Ballon d'Or (@ballondor) August 7, 2025
Jan Oblak
David Raya
Matz Sels
Yann Sommer
2/2#ballondor pic.twitter.com/Sf2o18DgeU
