Ballon d’Or
On October 17, the prestigious France Football magazine is presenting awards at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
Traditionally, several awards were presented at the ceremony. In addition to the Ballon d’Or, the same award went to the best female footballer, the Raymond Kop trophy, the Lev Yashin trophy, the Gerd Müller trophy, the Socrates trophy and the Best Club of the Year trophy.
The Reds had six players in the final Ballon d’Or 2022 rankings, with Mo Salah coming in 5th place. No.11 improved on his 2021 ranking where he ended in the 7th place. Ex-Liverpool player Sadio Mane take a 2th place. The final 30 also included: Fabinho, Virgil van Dijk, Luis Diaz, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Darwin Nunez.
1th – Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
2th – Sadio Mane (Liverpool / Bayern Munich)
3th – Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
4th – Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich / Barcelona)
5th – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
6th – Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
7th – Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
8th – Vinícius Junior (Real Madrid)
9th – Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
10th – Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund / Manchester City)
11th – Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur)
12th – Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
13th – Sebastien Haller (Ajax / Borussia Dortmund)
14th – Fabinho (Liverpool) and Rafael Leão (AC Milan)
16th – Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
17th – Luis Diaz (Porto / Liverpool), Casemiro (Real Madrid / Manchester United) and Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina / Juventus)
20th – Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
21th – Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
22th – Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) and Phil Foden (Manchester City)
25th – Darwin Nunez (Benfica / Liverpool), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea / Real Madrid), Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) and Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
Other award
Ballon d’Or woman – Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
Raymond Kop trophy – Gavi (Barcelona)
Lev Yashin trophy – Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Gerd Müller trophy – Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich / Barcelona)
Socrates trophy – Sadio Mane (Liverpool / Bayern Munich)
Best Club of the Year trophy – Manchester City
