2023 Ballon d'Or

2023 Ballon d'Or
Picture of Lionel Messi
2023 Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi
Date30 October 2023[1]
LocationThéâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Presented byFrance Football
Hosted bySandy Heribert
Didier Drogba[2]
Highlights
Ballon d'OrArgentina Lionel Messi
(8th award)
Ballon d'Or FémininSpain Aitana Bonmatí
(1st award)
Kopa TrophyEngland Jude Bellingham
(1st award)
Yashin TrophyArgentina Emiliano Martínez
(1st award)
Sócrates AwardBrazil Vinícius Júnior
(1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 2023 Ballon d'Or was the 67th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football magazine, recognising the best footballers in the world in the 2022–2023 season. For the second time in the history of the award, it was given based on the results of the season instead of the calendar year, with the season starting on 1 August 2022 and ending 31 July 2023.[3] The nominees were announced on 6 September 2023 and the ceremony took place on 30 October 2023.[1]

Lionel Messi won the award for a record-extending eighth time after leading Argentina in their victorious 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign.[4][5] Thus Messi became the only player in history to win the award with three different clubs (Barcelona, PSG, Inter Miami) and the only one to win it while playing outside Europe. Aitana Bonmatí won her first Ballon d'Or Féminin, after she won the 2022–23 Women's Champions League with FC Barcelona and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup with Spain.[6] In the other award categories, Jude Bellingham was given the Kopa Trophy, Emiliano Martínez won the Yashin Trophy, the Sócrates Award was given to Vinícius Júnior, Erling Haaland claimed the Gerd Müller Trophy,[7] the Men's Club of the Year award went to Manchester City for the second year in a row and FC Barcelona received the inaugural Women's Club of the Year award.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b "On connait la date de remise du Ballon d'or 2023". RMC Sport (in French). Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Ballon d'Or 2023: Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmatí named winners – as it happened". Guardian. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Ballon d'Or 2023 : la liste complète des nommés" [Ballon d'Or 2023 : the complete list of nominees]. L'Équipe (in French). 6 September 2023. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Ballon d'Or 2023: Lionel Messi wins record-extending eighth Ballon d'Or following World Cup success". Eurosport. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Lionel Messi Wins His 8th Ballon d'Or Award Recognizing Top Football Player of the Year". TIME. 30 October 2023. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmatí win men's and women's Ballon d'Or awards". CNN. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Erling Haaland wins the Gerd Muller Trophy at Ballon d'Or 2023". Goal.com. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  8. ^ "City win Men's Club of the Year award at 2023 Ballon d'Or". Manchester City. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Barça, best women's team of 2023". FC Barcelona. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.