The Ballon d’Or gala took place on Monday night in the Teatre du Chatelet, with all eyes on Lamine Yamal from a Spanish perspective, as he sought to become the youngest ever winner of the award. There were plenty of La Liga stars involved though throughout the rankings.
The manager of year in the women’s game was Sarina Wiegman, who masterminded England’s Euros final victory over Spain this past summer, while the men’s award was handed to Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique. The former Barcelona man was just the second manager to win the Champions League with a French side.
Kopa Trophy
Barcelona were highly successful in the Kopa trophy, awarded to the best young player of the year. Lamine Yamal won the award for a second year running in the men’s section, while his women’s counterpart Vicky Lopez won it after a successful year with the Blaugrana and Spain. She beat out Real Madrid’s Linda Caicedo, who finished second.
Here is the 2025 Kopa Trophy full ranking!
1️⃣ Yamal Lamine
2️⃣ Désiré Doué
3️⃣ Joao Neves
4️⃣ Estevao
5️⃣ Kenan Yildiz
6️⃣ Dean Huijsen
7️⃣ Pau Cubarsi
8️⃣ Rodrigo Mora
9️⃣ Ayyoub Bouaddi
9️⃣ Myles Lewis-Skelly#TrophéeKopa #ballondor
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Real Madrid and Barcelona also had entrants in the top-10 for the Kopa trophy, as Dean Huijsen came sixth, just ahead of Pau Cubarsi in seventh. PSG duo Desire Doue and Joao Neves completed the podium. After
“Thank you, first of all to France Football to the award. I’d like to thank my club too, Futbol Club Barcelona, without which I would not be here. Thanks to my family, who I’m very happy could accompany me here. And well, how can I forget my teammates?”
“Like Cubarsi, who has traveled here today. Rafa [Raphinha], who helped me a lot to get here. And that’s it. I want to keep on working to win many more.”
Yachin Trophy
The Yachin Trophy, given to the best goalkeeper of the year, had two La Liga representatives, with Zamora-winner Jan Oblak placing 7th, and Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois, in fourth. Spain international and Arsenal number one David Raya was between them in sixth, while former Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou finished fifth
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On the women’s side, England’s Euro 2025 victory was rewarded again, with Hannah Hampton’s penalty saves in the final contributing to her win. Opposite number Cata Coll finished third.
Ballon d’Or rankings – Men
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Real Madrid had nominees in the Ballon d’Or rankings, with Jude Bellingham coming 23rd, Vinicius Junior in 16th and Kylian Mbappe in 7th place.
Barcelona’s representation meanwhile began with Robert Lewandowski, whose 42-goal season last year was good enough for 17th spot. Pedri narrowly missed out on the top 10, finishing 11th in the voting, while Raphinha came in 5th. Lamine Yamal missed out narrowly, placing second.
Ballon d’Or rankings – Women
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On the women’s side, Aitana Bonmati picked up the award for a third year running, with teammate Alexia Putellas narrowly missing out on the podium, finishing fourth. Fellow Spain forward Mariona Caldentey came second.
Patri Guijarro (6th), Ewa Pajor (8th), Claudio Pina (11th) and Caroline Graham Hansen (13th) made it six Barcelona players in the rankings. On the Real Madrid side, Caroline Weir finished 30th, while Spain number nine Esther Gonzalez, who plies her trade at Gotham City, came 22nd. Pajor also collected the Gerd Muller trophy for the top scorer over last season.
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