The 2022 Ballon d’Or award ceremony takes place at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on Monday with a 20:30 CEST (2:30 pm. ET) start.
The red carpet will be full of the biggest names in global football in Paris on Monday night as the 2022 Ballon d’Or award winners will be announced.
This year there is a modification in the criteria with organisers France Football confirming that the player performances from the season and not the calendar year would be taken into account.
The 66th Ballon d’Or award ceremony will see the awarding of seven prestigious awards with both men’s and women’s players of the years to be recognised along with the Kopa Trophy (for the best performing player under the age of 21) and the Yashin Trophy (for the best goalkeeper).
The newly named Muller Award (after legendary German striker Gerd Muller) will also be confirmed for the best striker, along with the Socrates Award marking the best social initiatives within the game along with the club of the year prize.
The 30 man shortlist was confirmed by France Football back in August and Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema is highly tipped to scoop the men’s award.
2022 Ballon d’Or shortlist
Thibaut Courtois – Real Madrid
Rafael Leao – AC Milan
Christopher Nkunku – RB Leipzig
Mohamed Salah – Liverpool
Joshua Kimmich – Bayern Munich
Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid
Bernardo Silva – Manchester City
Luis Diaz – Porto/Liverpool
Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich/Barcelona
Riyad Mahrez – Manchester City
Casemiro – Real Madrid/Manchester United
Son Heung-min – Tottenham Hotspur
Fabinho – Liverpool
Karim Benzema – Real Madrid
Mike Maignan – AC Milan
Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur
Darwin Nunez – Benfica/Liverpool
Phil Foden – Manchester City
Sadio Mane – Liverpool/Bayern Munich
Sebastien Haller – Ajax/Borussia Dortmund
Luka Modric – Real Madrid
Antonio Rudiger – Chelsea/Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United
Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City
Dusan Vlahovic – Fiorentina/Juventus
Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool
Joao Cancelo – Manchester City
Kylian Mbappe – Paris Saint-Germain
Erling Haaland – Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City
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