The 5^th year of FIFA awards for the top football male & female players and coaches has been schedule to take place on 12 January 2015. The 2014 FIFA Ballon d’Or award ceremony will be held in Zürich Kongresshaus at Switzerland.

2014 FIFA Ballon d’Or

Twenty players were originally qualified for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014 but the list was shortened and now three contenders are there for the final round. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Manuel Neuer are top three men nominees for 2014 FIFA Ballon d’Or.

PLAYER	COUNTRY	CLUB
Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid
Manuel Neuer	Germany	Bayern Munich

FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2014

There are a total of 10 nominations for FIFA Women’s World Player of the year 2014. Two-two from Germany, Japan and Sweden & rest four players come from France, United States, Brazil and Spain.

PLAYER	COUNTRY	CLUB
Nadine Angerer	Germany	Portland Thorns FC
Nadine Kessler	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg
Verónica Boquete	Spain	1. FFC Frankfurt
Nahomi Kawasumi	Japan	INAC Kobe Leonessa
Marta	Brazil	FC Rosengård
Nilla Fischer	Sweden	VfL Wolfsburg
Louisa Necib	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Abby Wambach	United States	Western New York Flash
Aya Miyama	Japan	Okayama Yunogo Belle
Lotta Schelin	Sweden	Olympique Lyonnais

FIFA World Coach of the year for Men’s Football 2014

A total number of 10 coaches are nominated for FIFA World Coach of the year for Men’s Football 2014. Two coaches from each country Italy, Germany and Argentina have nominated for the award. Rest 4 coaches come from Spain, Netherlands, Portugal and Chile.

COACH	COUNTRY	TEAMS
Antonio Conte	Italy	Italy national team, Juventus
Pep Guardiola	Spain	Bayern Munich
Carlo Ancelotti	Italy	Real Madrid
Joachim Löw	Germany	Germany National Team
Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	USA National Team
Louis van Gaal	Netherlands	Netherlands national team, Manchester United
Alejandro Sabella	Argentina	Argentina national team
José Mourinho	Portugal	Chelsea
Diego Simeone	Argentina	Atletico de Madrid
Manuel Pellegrini	Chile	Manchester City

FIFA World Coach of the year for Women’s Football 2014

The 10 female coaches from various countries have been nominated for FIFA World Coach of the year for Women’s Football 2014.

COACH	COUNTRY	TEAMS
Ralf Kellermann	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg
Peter Dedevbo	Nigeria	Nigeria U-20 National Team
Maren Meinert	Germany	Germany U-20 National Team
Philippe Bergeroo	France	France National Team
Asako Takemoto	Japan	Japan U-17 National Team
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg	Germany	Switzerland National Team
Jorge Vida	Spain	Spain U-17 National Team, Spain U-19 National Team
Pia Sundhage	Sweden	Sweden National Team
Laura Harvey	England	Seattle Reign FC
Norio Sasaki	Japan	Japan National Team