No English footballer included among the Nominees??? What happened? Anyways, guys, the 2014 Ballon D'Or award shortlist has been released. As expectted Messi and Chrisitiano Ronaldo made it to the nominee table this year again! The 23-men list was unveiled by World football's governing body today and the winner will be announced in Zurich, Switzerland on January 12th 2015
Breakdown of Nominees
Bayern - 6 nominees
Real Madrid - 6 nominees
Barcelona - 4 nominees
Chelsea - 3 nominees
Manchester United - 1 nominee
Manchester City - 1 nominee
Paris Saint-Germain - 1 nominee
Juventus - 1 nominee
2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or shortlist:
Gareth Bale (Wales), Karim Benzema (France), Diego Costa (Spain), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Angel Di Maria (Argentina), Mario Gotze (Germany), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Toni Kroos (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Muller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Paul Pogba (France), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), James Rodriguez (Colombia), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)
Coach of the Year shortlist:
Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid), Antonio Conte (Italy/Juventus/Italy national team), Pep Guardiola (Spain/Bayern Munich), Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/ USA national team), Joachim Low (Germany/Germany national team), Jose Mourinho (Portugal/Chelsea), Manuel Pellegrini (Chile/Manchester City), Alejandro Sabella (Argentina/Argentina national team), Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atletico Madrid), Louis van Gaal (Netherlands/Netherlands national team/Manchester United) .