The time has finally come: This Monday the Ballon d’Or, the most prestigious individual award in the football business, will be awarded. Here at SPOX you can follow the ceremony in the live ticker.
Erling Haaland or Lionel Messi – who will grab the Ballon d’Or 2023? You can find out here in the live ticker.
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Ballon d’Or 2023: The award ceremony in the live ticker
Next break: And before the final award, the men’s Ballon d’Or, we go into another break.
Ballon d’Or Feminine Winner: Here too there is no surprise. Aitana Bonmati wins the Ballon d’Or for the best female footballer of the year. Among other things, she won the Champions League with FC Barcelona and won the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand with the Spanish national team. Afterwards she says a few words of thanks to the team, her supporters and her family. During her speech, Bonmati also indirectly touched on current issues such as the Rubiales case or the wars and spoke out in favor of values - and that these should also be exemplified by football.
Ballon d’Or Feminine: Now it’s getting exciting: Tennis star Novak Djokovic has the honor of awarding the best female soccer player of the year. We’ll soon know which woman will take home the Ballon d’Or.
Ballon d’Or Top 4: Julian Álvarez, Vinicius Jr. and Rodri are in seventh to fifth place in the men’s top ten. Conversely, this means that the men’s trophy is at stake between Kevin de Bruyne, Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé.
Musical interruption: By the way, DFB striker Alexandra Popp ended up in seventh place in the women’s Ballon d’Or, as a short clip on the monitor shows. Now there is the first musical interruption before we continue.
Best men’s team winner: We are slowly moving forward into the much anticipated part of the evening. Before the individual awards for the best player are announced, the title for the best team will first be awarded. Manchester City wins the trophy here. Some stars have also arrived for the English club: Julian Álvarez, Ederson, Bernardo Silva, Rúben Dias and Rodri.
Best Goalscorer Winner: England legend Gary Lineker comes on stage as the presenter of the Gerd Müller Trophy for the best goalscorer of the year. After a few jokes with Drogba, Lineker unsurprisingly announces Erling Haaland as the winner. The Norwegian scored 56 goals last season, surpassing Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski, among others. “A special thank you goes to my family, friends and everyone who supported me,” says Haaland and then watches his goal highlights from last season on the monitor.
Best Goalkeeper Winner: The next award is much quicker. Emiliano Martínez receives the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper. His walk onto the podium is again accompanied by boos from the audience. Didier Drogba tries to calm the crowd and appeals for the necessary fairness.
Part two: We start the second part of the event. In one clip we repeatedly see the two Ballon d’Ors approaching the Théâtre du Châtelet. We start the second part of the event.
Break: We’re taking our first break of the evening. After a short break things will hopefully continue again in Paris.
Best women’s team winner: Also less surprisingly, the FC Barcelona women’s team was named the best team of the year. A total of six Catalan players also made it onto the Ballon d’Or list.
Remembering legends of football: Now we are thinking about football greats who have passed away – including, of course, the recently deceased Man United and England hero Sir Bobby Charlton. Luis Suarez Miramontes (FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Sampdoria Genoa, Spain’s national team) and Brazil legend Pelé are also remembered.
Socrates Award winner: The award goes to Vinicius Jr., whose organization he founded improves the lives of young, disadvantaged children in his home country of Brazil.
Next award: Next, the Socrates Award will be presented in Paris. Now it’s about the personality of the year.
Musiala greets: Greetings then come from the runner-up, none other than Jamal Musiala from FC Bayern Munich. “You absolutely deserve the title and I’m very proud of how we’ve both developed,” he said.
Kopa Trophy Winner: Not surprisingly, ex-Dortmund Jew Bellingham can prevail. He inherits Pedri, who won last year. In his speech, the Englishman thanks his family and his teammates and announces that he is not yet at the end of his journey.
Kopa trophy: Now it’s about the first trophy of the evening. Eden Hazard, who recently retired, will soon announce the winner of the Kopa Award. This is about the best player under the age of 21.
Ballon d’Or top ten: The nominees for the Ballon d’Or will now be presented individually. From Julian Álvarez to Erling Haaland to Lionel Messi, the top ten are presented.
The nominees come: After a short welcome, the nominees are called onto the stage. Haaland, Messi, Bellingham, Bonmati and Co. enter the parquet.
Begin: And now it’s officially starting. After a short introductory trailer, ex-professional Didier Drogba and presenter Sandy Héribert come onto the stage and greet the audience.
Before start: Little news from the arrival on the red carpet: There the Argentinian Emiliano Martínez was booed by some French fans. The background: The Aston Villa keeper secured the South Americans’ victory in the World Cup final with strong saves. Among other things, he brilliantly saved a shot from Randal Kolo Muani in stoppage time.
Before start: There are still a few minutes until the official start of the award ceremony. Players will then be honored in a total of eight categories. These are: Ballon d’Or best footballer, Ballon d’Or best female footballer, best goalkeeper, Gerd Müller Trophy (most goals club and national team), best men’s team, best women’s team, best U21 player and an award for special social commitment .
Before start: Slowly but surely we are approaching the top ten. Ranks 15 to 11: Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Ilkay Gündogan (FC Barcelona), Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal), Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC).
Before start: It continues with places 20 to 16, which are occupied by the following players: Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Harry Kane (FC Bayern), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (SSC Napoli) and Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad) .
Before start: And the next placements are coming in the corner. Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), André Onana (Manchester United), Min-Jae Kim (FC Bayern) and Antione Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) are ranked 25th to 21st.
Before start: The final places in the ranking are announced almost three hours before the start of the official ceremony. Ruben Dias (Manchester City), Randal Kolo Muani (PSG), Martin Odegaard (Arsenal FC), Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan) and Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern) are ranked 30 to 26.
Before start: Erling Haaland from Manchester City and Lionel Messi from Inter Miami are the big favorites. While the Norwegian scored a strong 36 goals in 35 games in the Premier League last year, the Argentine particularly impressed at the World Cup in Qatar, when he led his team to their first World Cup title since 1986.
Before start: The ceremony starts at 8:45 p.m. at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
Before start: Hello and welcome to the live ticker of the 2023 Ballon d’Or award ceremony.
Ballon d’Or 2023: The award ceremony on TV and live stream
Sky will broadcast the 2023 Ballon d’Or award ceremony this Monday evening exclusively on TV and live stream. On the one hand, the station will show the event live and in full length on pay TV from 8:30 p.m Sky Sports News (HD). The team today consists of moderator Thomas Fleischmann, expert Kai Dittmann and Sven Töllner as an on-site reporter.
Furthermore, offers you Sky the opportunity to watch the award ceremony in a free live stream skysport.de to pursue. All customers can also watch the award ceremony WOW or in the SkyGo-See app.