2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or

April 2024 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or Leo Messi (cropped).jpg 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or winner, Lionel Messi 2016 01 11 y Zürich, Switzerland Switzerland FIFA ballondor.com Won by ARG Lionel Messi (5th Ballon d'Or) 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or 2016 (France Football) / 2016 (FIFA) The 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or (2015 FIFA Golden Ball), 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.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/11/lionel-messi-ballon-dor-cristiano-ronaldo-barcelona Lionwins Ballon d'Or foe 11 January 2016 Guardian 12 January 2016 13 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180113150422/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/11/lionel-messi-ballon-dor-cristiano-ronaldo-barcelona live The ceremony was hosted by Kate Abdo and James Nesbitt.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/players/lionel-messi/12093475/Fifa-Ballon-dOr-live-Lionel-Messi-will-win-top-prize-admits-Cristiano-Ronaldo.html Fifa Ballon d'Or - live: Lionel Messi winh Ballon d'Or 11 January 2016 Daily Telegraph 12 January 2016 11 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160111230927/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/players/lionel-messi/12093475/Fifa-Ballon-dOr-live-Lionel-Messi-will-win-top-prize-admits-Cristiano-Ronaldo.html live This edition concluded the joint collaboration between France Football and FIFA for the presentation of the award. 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 right vertical 165 2015 UEFA Super Cup 64 crop.jpg thumb Lionel Messi 165 Shahter-Reak M 2015 (18).jpg thumb Cristiano Ronaldo 165 Neymar2015.jpg thumb Neymar The results for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or were:FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 – voting results http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/ballon-dor/playeroftheyear-men/02/75/50/67/fboaward_rankingpresslist2015_neutral.pdf FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 11 January 2016 11 January 2016 28 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170628214150/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/ballon-dor/playeroftheyear-men/02/75/50/67/fboaward_rankingpresslist2015_neutral.pdf dead Rank Player National team Club(s) Percent 1 Lionel Messi ARG ESP Barcelona 41.33% 2 Cristiano Ronaldo POR ESP Real Madrid 27.76% 3 Neymar BRA ESP Barcelona 7.86% The following twenty players were also in contention for the award:https://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2015/m=10/news=men-s-football-shortlists-for-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-revealed-2719188.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151021220908/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2015/m=10/news=men-s-football-shortlists-for-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-revealed-2719188.html dead 21 October 2015 Men's Football shortlists for FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 revealed FIFA 20 October 2015 Rank Player National team Club(s) Percent 4 Robert Lewandowski POL GER Bayern Munich 4.17% 5 Luis Suárez URU ESP Barcelona 3.38% 6 Thomas Müller GER GER Bayern Munich 2.21% 7 Manuel Neuer GER GER Bayern Munich 1.97% 8 Eden Hazard BEL ENG Chelsea 1.33% 9 Andrés Iniesta ESP ESP Barcelona 1.24% 10 Alexis Sánchez CHI ENG Arsenal 1.18% 11 Zlatan Ibrahimović SWE FRA Paris Saint-Germain 1.13% 12 Yaya Touré CIV ENG Manchester City 0.89% 13 Sergio Agüero ARG ENG Manchester City 0.86% 14 Javier Mascherano ARG ESP Barcelona 0.79% 15 Paul Pogba FRA ITA Juventus0.72% 16 Gareth Bale WAL ESP Real Madrid 0.65% 17 Arturo Vidal CHI ITA JuventusGER Bayern Munich 0.58% 18 Kevin De Bruyne BEL GER VfL WolfsburgENG Manchester City 0.47% 19 James Rodríguez COL ESP Real Madrid 0.45% 20 Karim Benzema FRA ESP Real Madrid 0.40% 21 Toni Kroos GER ESP Real Madrid 0.2931% 22 Arjen Robben NED GER Bayern Munich 0.2930% 23 Ivan Rakitić CRO ESP Barcelona 0.05% FIFA Puskás Award The winner of the FIFA Puskás Award was: BRA Wendell Lira (BRA Goianésia), 1–2 vs BRA Atlético Goianiense, Estádio Serra Dourada, 11 March 2015 The other nominees were:https://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2015/m=11/news=nominees-for-the-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-awards-revealed-2735884.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151202214344/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2015/m=11/news=nominees-for-the-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-awards-revealed-2735884.html dead 2 December 2015 Nominees for the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 awards revealed FIFA 30 November 2015 ARG Lionel Messi (ESP Barcelona), 0–1 vs ESP Athletic Bilbao, Camp Nou, 30 May 2015 ITA Alessandro Florenzi (ITA Roma), 1–1 vs ESP Barcelona, Stadio Olimpico, 16 September 2015 FIFA/FIFPro World XI right Neuer Dani Alves Ramos Thiago Silva Marcelo Iniesta Pogba Modrić Messi Ronaldo Neymar FIFA/FIFPro World XI 2015https://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=2015-fifa-fifpro-world-xi-revealed-2754606.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160112200959/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=2015-fifa-fifpro-world-xi-revealed-2754606.html dead 12 January 2016 2015 FIFA FIFPro World XI revealed FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 11 January 2016 10 July 2016 Position Player National team Club(s) GK Manuel Neuer GER GER Bayern Munich DF Thiago Silva BRA FRA Paris Saint-Germain DF Marcelo BRA ESP Real Madrid DF Sergio Ramos ESP ESP Real Madrid DF Dani Alves BRA ESP Barcelona MF Andrés Iniesta ESP ESP Barcelona MF Luka Modrić CRO ESP Real Madrid MF Paul Pogba FRA ITA Juventus FW Neymar BRA ESP Barcelona FW Lionel Messi ARG ESP Barcelona FW Cristiano Ronaldo POR ESP Real Madrid FIFA Women's World Player of the Year The results for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year were: Rank Player National team Club(s) Percent 1 Carli Lloyd USA USA Houston Dash 35.28% 2 Célia Šašić GER GER 1. FFC Frankfurt 12.60% 3 Aya Miyama JPN JPN Okayama Yunogo Belle 9.88% The following seven players were also named to the shortlist for the award:https://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2015/m=10/news=women-s-football-shortlists-for-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-revealed-2719030.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151021222238/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2015/m=10/news=women-s-football-shortlists-for-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-revealed-2719030.html dead 21 October 2015 Women's Football shortlists for FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 revealed FIFA 19 October 2015 Player National team Club(s) Nadine Angerer GER AUS Brisbane Roar USA Portland Thorns Ramona Bachmann SUI SWE FC Rosengård Kadeisha Buchanan CAN USA West Virginia Mountaineers Amandine Henry FRA FRA Lyon Eugénie Le Sommer FRA FRA Lyon Megan Rapinoe USA USA Seattle Reign Hope Solo USA USA 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: Rank Coach Nationality Team(s) Percent 1 Luis Enrique Spain ESP Barcelona 31.08% 2 Pep Guardiola Spain GER Bayern Munich 22.97% 3 Jorge Sampaoli Argentina CHI 9.47% The following seven managers were also named to the shortlist for the award: Coach Nationality Team(s) Massimiliano Allegri Italy ITA Juventus Carlo Ancelotti Italy ESP Real Madrid Laurent Blanc France FRA Paris Saint-Germain Unai Emery Spain ESP Sevilla José Mourinho Portugal ENG Chelsea Diego Simeone Argentina ESP Atlético Madrid Arsène Wenger France ENG 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: Rank Coach Nationality Team(s) Percent 1 Jill Ellis England USA 42.98% 2 Norio Sasaki Japan JPN 17.79% 3 Mark Sampson Wales ENG 10.68% The following seven managers were also named to the shortlist for the award: Coach Nationality Team(s) Calle Barrling sv Sweden 19 SWE Sweden U19 Colin Bell England GER 1. FFC Frankfurt Farid Benstiti France FRA Paris Saint-Germain Laura Harvey England USA Seattle Reign John Herdman England CAN Gérard Prêcheur France FRA Lyon Thomas Wörle Germany GER Bayern Munich References External links https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/index.html FIFA Ballon Category:FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 FIFA Ballon