Ballon d’Or: All Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City Nominations in 2025

Four of England’s biggest football clubs combine for 35 nominations across multiple categories

The 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony takes place Sept. 22. / IMAGO/MAXPPP

The Ballon d’Or 2025 conversation officially kicked into gear on Thursday with the nominees reveal across multiple categories.

Players, clubs and coaches were shortlisted for the biggest honors in the sport with some of England’s biggest sides dominating the conversation. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City combined for 35 total nominations across the Ballon d’Or, Kopa Trophy, Yashin Trophy, Club and Coach of the Year categories for both the men’s and women’s game.

Ballon d’Or 2025 Nominees: Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City

1. Arsenal Ballon d’Or 2025 Nominations
2. Liverpool Ballon d’Or 2025 Nominations
3. Chelsea Ballon d'Or 2025 Nominations
4. Manchester City Ballon d’Or 2025 Nominations
5. Other English Sides to Receive Nominations

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Arsenal Ballon d’Or 2025 Nominations

Club/Player/Coach	Award Nomination
Michelle Agyemang	Women’s Kopa Trophy
Myles Lewis-Skelly	Men’s Kopa Trophy
Daphne van Domselaar	Women’s Yashin Trophy
David Raya	Men’s Yashin Trophy
Renée Slegers	Women’s Coach of the Year
Arsenal	Women’s Club of the Year
Declan Rice	Men’s Ballon d’Or
Viktor Gyökeres	Men’s Ballon d’Or
Mariona Caldentey	Women’s Ballon d’Or
Steph Catley	Women’s Ballon d’Or
Emily Fox	Women’s Ballon d’Or
Chloe Kelley	Women’s Ballon d’Or
Frida Maanum	Women’s Ballon d’Or
Alessia Russo	Women’s Ballon d’Or
Leah Williamson	Women’s Ballon d’Or

Arsenal received the most nominations of any club across men’s and women’s categories with 15 total. It’s the second most of any club in Europe behind just Barcelona who were nominated 17 times.

While Arsenal men are unlikely winners across multiple categories, the women’s team capped off their season by becoming two-time UEFA Women’s Champions League winners defeating Barcelona in the final. Some of the Arsenal Women’s nominees, Alessia Russio, Leah Williamson and Chloe Kelly, went on to lift the UEFA Women’s Euro trophy this summer as well with England.

The debate around Arsenal Women nominees is likely to go down until the ceremony in September.

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Liverpool Ballon d’Or 2025 Nominations

Club/Player/Coach	Award Nomination
Florian Wirtz	Men’s Ballon d’Or
Virgil van Dijk	Men’s Ballon d’Or
Alexis Mac Allister	Men’s Ballon d’Or
Mohamed Salah	Men’s Ballon d’Or
Alisson	Men’s Yashin Trophy
Arne Slot	Men’s Coach of the Year
Liverpool	Men’s Club of the Year

Liverpool received seven total nominations across four different categories. Mohamed Salah made an early claim for the Ballon d’Or with a spectacular start to the season, but the club’s shortcomings in domestic competitions and Europe likely affect players, staff and Liverpool as a whole from winning any category.

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Chelsea Ballon d'Or 2025 Nominations

Club/Player/Coach	Award Nomination
Cole Palmer	Men’s Ballon d’Or
Sandy Baltimore	Women’s Ballon d’Or
Lucy Bronze	Women’s Ballon d’Or
Hannah Hampton	Women’s Ballon d’Or
Johanna Rytting Kaneryd	Women’s Ballon d’Or
Estêvão	Men’s Kopa Trophy
Wieke Kaptein	Women’s Kopa Trophy
Hannah Hampton	Women’s Yashin Trophy
Enzo Maresca	Men’s Coach of the Year
Sonia Bompastor	Women’s Coach of the Year
Chelsea	Men’s Club of the Year
Chelsea	Women’s Club of the Year

Chelsea are one of two clubs to be nominated for both men’s and women’s Club of the Year. The other? Barcelona. Chelsea Women completed a domestic treble conquering the Women’s Super League once again along with the FA and League Cups. On the men’s side, Chelsea completed an unlikely double in the end winning both the UEFA Conference League and FIFA Club World Cup.

Chelsea received the second most nominations of any English club with 12, second to only Arsenal but good enough for fourth-most overall by any club across Europe.

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Manchester City Ballon d’Or 2025 Nominations

Player	Award Nomination
Erling Haaland	Men’s Ballon d’Or

Manchester City, after a disappointing campaign that saw the Cityzens fail to win a trophy, only received one nomination: Erling Haaland for the men’s Ballon d’Or. The Norwegian striker remains one of the best in the world, but the odds of him following Rodri as a Ballon d’Or winner are slim.

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Other English Sides to Receive Nominations

Three more English clubs received nominations: all in the Yashin Trophy categories:

• Brighton Women goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie
• Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels
• Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez

Lionesses coach Sarina Wiegman was also nominated for women’s Coach of the Year.

• Read the full Ballon d’Or 2025 nominees here
• Read the full club breakdown of Ballon d’Or 2025 nominees here

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