2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or

The 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the fifth year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Zürich on 12 January 2015.

2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or
2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo
Date	12 January 2015 (2015-01-12)
Location	Zürich, Switzerland
Country	Switzerland
Presented by	FIFA
Highlights
Won by	Cristiano Ronaldo (3rd Ballon d'Or)
Website	www.francefootball.fr
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Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d'Or as the World Player of the Year for a second consecutive time, having won it previously last year.^[1] This was his third Ballon d'Or win overall, placing him second to only Lionel Messi for the most wins in the history of the award. Nadine Keßler was named as the Women's World Player of the Year, while Joachim Löw received the World Coach of the Year for Men's Football and Ralf Kellermann the World Coach of the Year for Women's Football.^[2] The ceremony was hosted by Kate Abdo.^[3]

Winners and nominees

In late October 2014, the FIFA revealed shortlists for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, and FIFA World Coaches of the Year. The shortlists for the women's awards were revealed on 24 October, and the men's shortlists were revealed on 28 October.

FIFA Ballon d'Or

Cristiano Ronaldo presenting his second FIFA Ballon d'Or to fans at the Santiago Bernabéu in January 2015

Lionel Messi

Manuel Neuer

The results for the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or were:^[4]

Rank	Player	National team	Club(s)	Percent
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid	37.66%
2	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona	15.76%
3	Manuel Neuer	Germany	Bayern Munich	15.72%

The following twenty players were also in contention for the award:^[5][4]

Rank	Player	National team	Club(s)	Percent
4	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	Bayern Munich	7.17%
5	Thomas Müller	Germany	Bayern Munich	5.42%
6	Philipp Lahm	Germany	Bayern Munich	2.90%
7	Neymar	Brazil	Barcelona	2.21%
8	James Rodríguez	Colombia	Monaco Real Madrid	1.47%
9	Toni Kroos	Germany	Bayern Munich Real Madrid	1.43%
10	Ángel Di María	Argentina	Real Madrid Manchester United	1.29%
11	Diego Costa	Spain	Atlético Madrid Chelsea	1.02%
12	Gareth Bale	Wales	Real Madrid	1.00%
13	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain	1.00%
14	Yaya Touré	Ivory Coast	Manchester City	0.86%
15	Mario Götze	Germany	Bayern Munich	0.84%
16	Karim Benzema	France	Real Madrid	0.75%
17	Andrés Iniesta	Spain	Barcelona	0.67%
18	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Germany	Bayern Munich	0.57%
19	Javier Mascherano	Argentina	Barcelona	0.55%
20	Thibaut Courtois	Belgium	Atlético Madrid Chelsea	0.51%
21	David Luiz	Brazil	Chelsea	0.47%
22	Paul Pogba	France	Juventus	0.40%
23	Sergio Ramos	Spain	Real Madrid	0.33%

FIFA Puskás Award

External videos
James Rodriguez Goal: WINNER FIFA Puskas Award 2014 on YouTube
James Rodriguez: FIFA Puskas Award Reaction on YouTube

• James Rodríguez, 1–0 vs  Uruguay, Maracanã Stadium, 28 June 2014^[6]

FIFA Presidential Award

• Hiroshi Kagawa, former Japanese footballer and current sports journalist.^[7]

FIFA Fair Play Award

• 2014 FIFA World Cup volunteers^[8][9]

FIFA/FIFPro World XI

Neuer

David Luiz

Thiago Silva

Ramos

Lahm

Iniesta

Kroos

Di María

Messi

Robben

Ronaldo

FIFA/FIFPro World XI 2014^[10]

Position	Player	National team	Club(s)
GK	Manuel Neuer	Germany	Bayern Munich
DF	Sergio Ramos	Spain	Real Madrid
DF	David Luiz	Brazil	Chelsea Paris Saint-Germain
DF	Thiago Silva	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
DF	Philipp Lahm	Germany	Bayern Munich
MF	Andrés Iniesta	Spain	Barcelona
MF	Toni Kroos	Germany	Bayern Munich Real Madrid
MF	Ángel Di María	Argentina	Real Madrid Manchester United
FW	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	Bayern Munich
FW	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
FW	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

The following ten players were named to the shortlist for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award:^[11][4]

Rank	Player	National team	Club(s)	Percent
1	Nadine Keßler	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	17.52%
2	Marta	Brazil	Tyresö FF FC Rosengård	14.16%
3	Abby Wambach	United States	Western New York Flash	13.33%
4	Nadine Angerer	Germany	Portland Thorns Brisbane Roar	13.16%
5	Aya Miyama	Japan	Okayama Yunogo Belle	10.48%
6	Louisa Necib	France	Lyon	7.18%
7	Nahomi Kawasumi	Japan	Seattle Reign INAC Kobe Leonessa	6.51%
8	Verónica Boquete	Spain	Portland Thorns 1. FFC Frankfurt	6.15%
9	Lotta Schelin	Sweden	Lyon	6.06%
10	Nilla Fischer	Sweden	VfL Wolfsburg	5.45%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football

The following ten managers were named to the shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football:^[5][4]

Rank	Coach	Nationality	Team(s)	Percent
1	Joachim Löw	Germany	Germany	36.23%
2	Carlo Ancelotti	Italy	Real Madrid	22.06%
3	Diego Simeone	Argentina	Atlético Madrid	19.02%
4	Pep Guardiola	Spain	Bayern Munich	8.67%
5	José Mourinho	Portugal	Chelsea	6.16%
6	Louis van Gaal	Netherlands	Netherlands Manchester United	3.15%
7	Alejandro Sabella	Argentina	Argentina	2.21%
8	Antonio Conte	Italy	Juventus  Italy	1.12%
9	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	United States	0.71%
10	Manuel Pellegrini	Chile	Manchester City	0.67%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football

The following ten managers were named to the shortlist for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football:^[11][4]

Rank	Coach	Nationality	Team(s)	Percent
1	Ralf Kellermann	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	17.06%
2	Maren Meinert	Germany	Germany U20	13.16%
3	Norio Sasaki	Japan	Japan	13.06%
4	Pia Sundhage	Sweden	Sweden	11.22%
5	Philippe Bergeroo	France	France	9.81%
6	Peter Dedevbo	Nigeria	Nigeria U20	9.62%
7	Martina Voss-Tecklenburg	Germany	Switzerland	9.45%
8	Asako Takemoto	Japan	Japan U17	8.47%
9	Jorge Vilda	Spain	Spain U17  Spain U19	4.17%
10	Laura Harvey	England	Seattle Reign	3.98%