Ballon d’Or
On October 30, 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 Lev Yashin trophy, the Raymond Kop trophy, the Socrates trophy, the Gerd Müller trophy and the Best Club of the Year trophy. The accolade is decided by journalists from FIFA’s 100 top-ranked member nations and is based on individuals’ performances across world football during the 2022-23 season.
Liverpools had one players in the final Ballon d’Or 2023 rankings, with Mo Salah was voted into 11th place. The Egyptian is lower in the ranking than in 2022, where he took 5th place.
1th – Lionel Messi (Inter Miami / Paris Saint-Germain)
2th – Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
3th – Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
4th – Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
5th – Rodri (Manchester City)
6th – Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
7th – Julian Alvarez (Manchester City)
8th – Victor Osimhen (Napoli)
9th – Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
10th – Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
11th – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
12th – Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich / Barcelona)
13th – Yassine Bounou (Sevilla)
14th – Ilkay Gundogan (Barcelona / Manchester City)
15th – Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
16th – Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad / Real Madrid)
17th – Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)
18th – Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid / Borussia Dortmund)
19th – Harry Kane (Bayern Munich / Tottenham Hotspur)
20th – Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
21th – Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
22th – Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich / Napoli)
23th – Andre Onana (Manchester United / Inter)
24th – Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
25th – Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City / RB Leipzig)
26th – Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
27th – Nicolo Barella (Inter)
28th – Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint-Germain)
30th – Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
Other award
Ballon d’Or woman – Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
Raymond Kop trophy – Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid / Borussia Dortmund)
Lev Yashin trophy – Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Gerd Müller trophy – Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Socrates trophy – Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
Men’s Club of the Year trophy – Manchester City
Women Club of the Year trophy – Barcelona
