🏆 Ballon d'Or 2022: Men's, Women's, Yachine and Kopa nominees confirmed

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Alex Mott·12 August 2022

🏆 Ballon d'Or 2022: Men's, Women's, Yachine and Kopa nominees confirmed

The Ballon d’Or nominations for the men’s and women’s game in 2022 have been revealed.

Here’s the full list of nominees, including those for the Kopa Award and Yachine Trophy.

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Men’s Ballon d’Or

The 30 names on the shortlist for this year’s Men’s Ballon d’Or has been confirmed by France Football.

They are:

Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
Sebastian Haller (Borussia Dortmund)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Harry Kane (Tottenham)
Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Sadio Mané (Bayern Munich)
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
Casemiro (Real Madrid)
Heung-min Son (Tottenham)
Fabinho (Liverpool)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Vinicius Jnr (Real Madrid)
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Luis Diaz (Liverpool)
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Rafael Leao (Milan AC)
Christopher Nkunku (Leipzig)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)

Women’s Ballon d’Or

France Football also announced the nominees for the 2022 Women’s Ballon d’Or.

They are:

Selma Bacha (Lyon)
Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona)
Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal)
Lucy Bronze (Barcelona)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
Christiane Endler (Lyon)
Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg)
Kadidiatou Diani (PSG)
Catarina Macario (Lyon)
Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg)
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
Wendie Renard (Lyon)
Alex Morgan (San Diego)
Beth Mead (Arsenal)
Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG)
Millie Bright (Chelsea)
Trinity Rodman (Washington)
Ada Hegerberg (Lyon)

Yachine Award

They confirmed the nominees for the 2022 Yachine award for best goalkeeper, named in honour of Russian legend Lev Yachine.

Among the Yachine Trophy nominees ⤵️ 🇲🇦 Yassine Bounou @SevillaFC 🇧🇷 Alisson Becker @LFC 🇧🇪 Thibaut Courtois @realmadrid 🇧🇷 Ederson @ManCity 🇫🇷 Mike Maignan @acmilan #TropheeYachine #ballondor
– Friday, 12 August 2022

Thibaut Courtois is naturally included having been the Man of the Match in the Champions League final earlier this year.

Brazilian pair Alisson Becker and Ederson are also in the shortlist.

Among the Yachine Trophy nominees ⤵️ 🇸🇳 Edouard Mendy @ChelseaFC 🇩🇪 Manuel Neuer @FCBayern 🇸🇮 Jan Oblak @Atleti 🇩🇪 Kevin Trapp @Eintracht 🇫🇷 Hugo Lloris @SpursOfficial #TropheeYachine #ballondor
– Friday, 12 August 2022

Two Germans also are named with Manuel Neuer and Kevin Trapp in consideration.

Kopa Trophy

The venerable managzine first revealed the Kopa Trophy nominees for the best under 21 player in the world.

Among the ten Kopa Trophy nominees ⤵️ 🇩🇪 Karim Adeyemi @BVB 🏴 Jude Bellingham @BVB 🇫🇷 Eduardo Camavinga @realmadrid 🇪🇸 Gavi @FCBarcelona_es 🇳🇱 Ryan Gravenberch @FCBayern #TropheeKopa #Ballondor
– Friday, 12 August 2022

Barcelona sensation Gavi is there alongside Jude Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid’s Eduardo Camavinga.

Among the ten Kopa Trophy nominees ⤵️ 🇵🇹 Nuno Mendes @PSG_inside 🇩🇪 Jamal Musiala @FCBayern 🇭🇷 Joško Gvardiol @RBLeipzig 🏴 Bukayo Saka @Arsenal 🇩🇪 Florian Wirtz @bayer04fussball #TropheeKopa #ballondor
– Friday, 12 August 2022

Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka gets the nod as does Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala.

It’s a properly packed shortlist.

🏆 Ballon d'Or 2022: Men's, Women's, Yachine and Kopa nominees confirmed