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France Football has revealed the names of the candidates and clubs that will apply for the awards at the Ballon d’Or ceremony on October 28.
The winners of the Ballon d’Or ceremony will be announced on Monday, October 28, 2024, during an event organized once again at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. While individual awards will still be the center of attention, with the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or, or the Kopa (best young player) or Yachine (best goalkeeper) Trophies.
But this ceremony will also be an opportunity to reward the most prominent clubs during the 2024-25 season. And France Football revealed this Monday the names of the teams selected for the category ” Men’s Club of the Season” .
PSG snubbed
Champions League winners Real Madrid are logically the favourites for this distinction. The Spanish club is nominated alongside the finalist, Borussia Dortmund, but also Manchester City, English champion and previous winner. Two sensations of European football complete this top 5: Bayer Leverkusen, who put an end to Bayern Munich’s hegemony in Germany by winning the Bundesliga, and Girona, third in the last season of La Liga.
One absence is notable in this list: Paris Saint-Germain. French champion and winner of the Coupe de France, the capital club has rebuilt its national standings, something it hasn’t done for several seasons. But it has also and above all offered itself an epic run to the semi-finals of the Champions League. A performance superior to that of Manchester City, for example, despite a rather affordable run (Real Sociedad, FC Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund).
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