First phase for the attribution of 2025 Golden Ballthe magazine France FootballOrganizer of the award created in 1956, the candidates for the awards, elected for their writing and will begin to receive the votes of an international jury of journalists, reveals this Thursday. A gala that will be held on September 22 and will have new awards.
In total, the magazine will deliver 13 awards in a ceremony that will take place in Paris on September 22, among which will be the successors of the Spaniards Rodas a male golden ball, and Aitana Bonmati In the female.
Awards will also be awarded Askof best male young man and, for the first time, also feminine; he Lightningto the best goalkeeper, who will also open the section for women; and that of the top scorers, which bears the name of Gerd Müllerand that also incorporates the female for the first time.
The awards will be completed Johan Cruyff To the best coaches and the two best clubs, in addition to the trophy Socratesthat distinguishes the social work carried out by one or a footballer. The writings of France Football and of The team They have selected the list of candidates, which will be communicated this Thursday, which will be 30 for each of the two Gold balls and less than ten for the other individual awards.
From there the voting period opens by the different jurors, a journalist of each of the hundred countries best located in the classification of the FIFA for the masculine and 50 in the case of the female.
Each of the jury members will choose, in order, ten of the candidates, to which they will be granted, depending on the position, 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points. That list of the candidates will begin to be made public at 12 noon and, gradually, all their names will be known.
In the last edition, in addition to Rodri and Aitana, which revalidated title, Spanish were awarded Lamine Yamal with the Kopa trophy; The Argentine goal Emiliano Martínez with Yashin; The English Harry Kane and the French Kylian Mbappé as top scorers; and the Spanish Beautiful Jennifer As a Socrates Award.
For its part, the Cruyff trophy fell to the Italian Carlo Ancelotti and in the English Emma Hayes; he Real Madrid He was chosen the best male club and the Barcelona The best feminine.
