JUST IN: Official Date For 2025 Ballon d’Or Ceremony Revealed

The date for the 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony has been revealed. This year’s ceremony is going to be competitive, considering a lot of sensational plays from these players and teams. 

The official date for the 2025 Ballon d’Or is 22nd September and will be held at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. This will be the 69th edition of the ceremony.

Since last year, both UEFA and the Groupe Amaury (owner of France Football and L’Equipe) have partnered to co-organize this top event. Before this, the award has been organized and presented annually by the France Football (since 1956).

The Ballon d’Or award is the most distinguished and prestigious individual award given to a football player at the end of every season. For this year’s award, three new categories have been added to celebrate female players as well.

What are the awards for the 2025 Ballon d’Or? 

The 2025 awards will include:

• Men’s and Women’s Ballon d’Or,
• Men’s and Women’s Kopa Trophy (best young player)
• Men’s and Women’s Yashin Trophy (best goalkeeper)
• Men’s and Women’s Gerd Müller Trophy (top scorer in club/national team)
• Men’s and Women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy (best coach in club/national team)
• Men’s and Women’s Club of the Year
• Sócrates Award

The Sócrates Award is presented by L’Équipe group and Peace and Sport, for solidarity actions or societal causes carried out by a committed champion.

Currently, according to the Bookmakers, these are the top 5 leading candidates to win the Ballon d’Or this year:

1. Lamine Yamal (FC Barcelona)
2. Ousmane Dembélé (PSG)
3. Raphinha Belloli (FC Barcelona)
4. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan)
5. Mohammed Salah (Liverpool)

The criteria for this year’s Ballon d’Or include:

• Individual performances, decisiveness, and influence
• Collective success and titles achieved
• Sportsmanship and Fair Play

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The previous winner of the Ballon d’Or (Rodrigo Cascante) won the award over Vinícius Jr after both having an incredible season with their respective club teams.