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Ballon d’Or 2023 candidates: Messi leads full list of candidates and potential finalists | Sports New Spain

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September 6, 2023

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Ballon d’Or 2023 candidates: Messi leads full list of candidates and potential finalists | Sports New Spain

On the day of Wednesday, September 6, it’s time to meet the nominated for the Golden Ball awards 2023, both male and female. In addition, candidates for the Cup Trophyto the best player under the age of 21 and over Yashin Trophyto the best goalkeeper in the world.

Among the candidates for the men’s Ballon d’Or, his presence Lionel Messiwho will look for his own eighth prize of this kind. your countrymen Lautaro Martinez, Julian Alvarez and Emiliano Martinezis also among the selected, while Drew appears among the ten candidates for the Yashin Trophy.

In turn, the young Colombian Linda Caicedo She also represents South American football well, among those selected for the Women’s Ballon d’Or.

Among the players from Spain, the names of Pedri, Gavi, and Alejandro Balde for the Kopa Trophy, as well Alba Redondo, Olga Carmona, Patricia Guijarro, Aitana Bonmatí and Mapi León.

Who are the candidates for the 2023 Ballon d’Or?

Below is a review of it featured players and groups they represented during the current award cycle. In italicsthe groups they are no longer a part of.

Andre Onana (Manchester United and between)
Josko Guardiol (Manchester City and RB Leipzig)
Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad and Real Madrid)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund)
Bucayo Saka (Arsenal)
Randall Kolo Muani (PSG and Frankfurt)
Kevin DeBruyne (City of Manchester)
Bernardo Silva (City of Manchester)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Naples)
Nikolo Barela (between)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Ruben Dias (City of Manchester)
Erling Haaland (City of Manchester)
Yasin Bunou (Al Hilal and Seville)
Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
Julian Alvarez (City of Manchester)
Ilkay Gundogan (Barcelona and City of Manchester)
Vinicius (Real Madrid)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami and psg)
Lautaro Martinez (Between)
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico MADRID)
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Rhodri (City of Manchester)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich and Tottenham)
Killian Babe (PSG)
Kim Min Jae (Bayern Munich and Naples)
Victor Osimhen (Naples)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Who are the candidates for the 2023 Ballon d’Or?

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Kadidiatou Dianis (Lyon and psg)
Rachel Daly (Aston Villa)
Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid)
Fridolina Rolfö (Barcelona)
Amanda Ilestedt (Arsenal and psg)
Olga Carmona (Real Madrid)
hayley satin (Real Madrid and City of Manchester)
Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich)
Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)
Hinata Miyazawa (Mynavi Sendai)
Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona)
Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg)
Milly Bright (Chelsea)
Daphne Van Domselaar (Aston Villa and Twente)
Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
Ewa Pajor (Wolfsburg)
Debinha (Kansas City and North Carolina)
Guru Raiten (Chelsea)
Yui Hasegawa (City of Manchester)
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
Jill Roord (Manchester City and Wolfsburg)
Alexandra Pop (Wolfsburg)
Katie McCabe (Arsenal)
Mary Earps (Manchester United)
Wendy Renard (Lyon)
Mapi Leon (Barcelona)
Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
Khadija Shaw (City of Manchester)

Who are the nominees for the remaining awards?

Kopa Trophy (best under-21 footballer)

Rasmus Hojlund (Manchester UnitedSturm Graz and Atalanta)
Alejandro Balde (Barcelona)
Pedro (Barcelona)
Eduardo Kamavinga (Real Madrid)
Xavi Simmons (RB Leipzig and PSV)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund)
Antonio Silva (Benfica)
Gavi (Barcelona)
elye wahi (Lens and Montpellier)

Yashin Trophy (best goalkeeper in the world)

brice samba (Lens)
Dominic Livakovic (Fenerbahce and Dinamo Zagreb)
Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)
Andre Onana (Manchester United and between)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Anderson (City of Manchester)
Marc-André Ter Stegen (Barcelona)
Mike Maignan (Milan)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Yasin Bunou (Al Hilal and Seville)

When is the Ballon d’Or 2023 awarded?

The 2023 Ballon d’Or gala will take place at Parisday Monday, October 30.

How many Ballon d’Ors has Messi won?

Throughout his career, Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or seven times, being the player to hold that distinction the most times. The Argentine won it in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2021.

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The former president of the Ukrainian Football Federation is wanted in Ukraine

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December 25, 2025

Jon

The former president of the Ukrainian Football Federation is wanted in Ukraine

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has placed the former president of the Ukrainian Football Federation (UAF) on the wanted list. Andrei Pavelko. This comes from Ukrainian data Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to the database, Pavelko is accused of two criminal articles: embezzlement, misappropriation of property or misappropriation of property through abuse of office, committed on a large scale or by an organized group, as well as official forgery.

On October 9, it became known that the former UAF president had been indicted on new charges. As clarified by the Strana publication, the investigation believes that Pavelko and a group of other Ukrainian football officials took possession of 9.32 million euros, which UAF received from the Union of European Football Associations (of UEFA) in 2015-2016.

Pavelko had previously been accused of carrying out bribery schemes during the construction of a plant to produce artificial turf for football pitches. In this case, the president of the association was arrested in November 2022, but managed to get bail. In June 2023 he was arrested again; only in February 2024 did he win the appeal and was released. In the same year, according to Ukrainian AveragePavelko traveled abroad, submitting a certificate of disability. Then “Strana” associated the persecution of Pavelko with the fact that Vladimir Zelensky was pressuring him to force him to hand over the position of president of the association to Ukrainian footballer Andrei Shevchenko, who eventually led the UAF in January 2024.

Source: Soccer Ru

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I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

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The RFU does not rule out Karpin merging the posts again

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December 25, 2025

Jon

The RFU does not rule out Karpin merging the posts again

Russian Football Federation (RFU) does not rule out an agreement with the coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin reconciling work in the national team and the club. The Secretary General spoke about it in an interview RFU Maxim Mitrofanov.

In November Karpin announced his departure from Dinamo Moscow; he had been working at the club since June. Later, in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel, he ruled out a future combination.

“Never say ‘never’, everything happens in life,” Mitrofanov said in response to the question of whether he agreed RFU once again combining Karpin. — Basic RFU against the combination of the work of the national team and club coaches. But during the period of exclusion from official competitions this combination is in some cases possible; several coaches, even at the helm of the national teams, combine their work with that of the club”.

“If we talk about the normal competitive period in which the federation and its team should exist, the combination is impossible, the coach and his staff must be completely focused on the team and solving the assigned tasks. We do not know whether Valery Georgievich will ever contact us again with the question of the combination. I don’t think he knows it either. But it seems to me that he himself has drawn important conclusions and expressed them. The combination places a greater burden on the football team. There, too, they must correctly evaluate their capabilities. When a coach is in the national team, objectively he cannot deal with club matters,” Mitrofanov added.

Previously, Karpin also combined work in the national team and Rostov, but left the club in February this year.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

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Europa League

Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?

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December 25, 2025

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Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?

The two countries with the highest UEFA coefficient at the end of a season will gain an additional entry. Champions League 2026/27.

Like last year, 36 clubs will compete in the main stage of the European Cup main tournament. Two of these will be determined by rating.

All important moments of the match are available in LIVE mode Telegram Sport.ua

The two best-ranked countries in the 2025/26 season will each send one more team to the 2026/27 Champions League.

Next single season rankings:

P.Olsha (13,625), England (13,486), Germany (12,285), Cyprus (11,406), Italy (11,250), Spain (11,218), France (10,714), Portugal (10,600), Greece (9,500), Denmark (9,500)

The top two countries on this list will be given an additional place in the 2026/27 Champions League.

Leadership Poland It’s about getting bonuses in the Conference League. Three Polish clubs reached the LK play-offs at the same time: Rakow, Lech and Jagiellonia. And only Legia Warsaw withdrew from the tournament.

Ukrainian It ranks 15th among 55 countries in the UEFA single season rankings with 6,812. Shakhtar Donetsk advanced directly to the 1/8 finals of the Conference League and Dynamo Kiev was eliminated from the tournament.

UEFA coefficient For national associations, it is calculated based on the total number of points scored by all clubs in the country. 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw, and bonus points are also taken into account. Points received in the qualifying rounds are multiplied by 0.5 times. The total amount is divided by the number of teams representing the country in the European Cup season.

Race for two additional places in the 2026/27 Champions League (top 10)

Top 15 countries in the UEFA rankings for the 2025/26 season

UEFA five-year rankings

Source: Sport UA

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