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Ballon d'Or 2025: Official date, location and award details announced

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The Ballon d'Or 2025 , football's most significant individual award, is ready to thrill fans everywhere. It will happen on Monday, September 22, at the beautiful Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. UEFA and Groupe Amaury, who own France Football and L'Équipe, are teaming up to organize this special event. This year, new awards for women players make it even more exciting.
Ballon d'Or 2025 ceremony details revealedThe 69th Ballon d'Or will be held on September 22, 2025, at the lovely Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, which has hosted this event since 2019. UEFA and Groupe Amaury are working together to make this a huge celebration of football's best players, just like they did last year. France Football has given out this award since 1956, and it's the top honor for any footballer.


The ceremony will celebrate players' excellent work in the 2024-25 season, looking at their skills, team wins, and fair play. New awards like the Women's Kopa Trophy, Women's Yashin Trophy, and Women's Gerd Müller Trophy.


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New awards and top players for 2025The Ballon d'Or for this year has 12 awards including 3 new awards for women's football, in fact; The Men's Ballon d'Or, the Women's Ballon d'Or, the Men's Kopa trophy, the Women's Kopa trophy, the Yashin Trophy for goalkeepers, the Gerd Müller Trophy for top scorer, the Johan Cruyff Trophy for coaches and manager awards, the Men's Club of the Year, the Women's Club of the Year and the Sócrates award for contributing to help and others over any performance with the award.


In the Men's Ballon d'Or, Barcelona's Raphinha and PSG's Ousmane Dembele are early favorites for doing extraordinary things this season. Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid are likely candidates to win, pending their play in the Champions League. In the Women's Ballon d'Or, one of the favorites is Barcelona's Aitana Bonmatiera, as she won the same award in 2024.

One hundred journalists from big football countries will vote to pick the winners. The list of nominees will come out in early September, and fans will discuss it. The Ballon d'Or 2025 will be a big moment for football, with new awards for women showing everyone's talent matters. Adding trophies like the Women's Kopa and Yashin shows the event is growing to include more players. Stars like Raphinha, Dembele, and Bonmatí are getting attention, but anyone could win.

The Théâtre du Châtelet will be excited, celebrating great players, teams, and kind actions. Fans can't wait for the nominee list to start picking their favorites. With the season still going, every game could change who wins the Golden Ball.

Get ready for September 22, 2025, when the Ballon d'Or will bring unforgettable moments for football fans worldwide.
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