Ballon d'Or 2025: French players Sandy Baltimore and Clara Mateo, Spanish players Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmati... Discover the list of the 30 nominees

Aside from the 30 nominees for the Ballon d'Or, revealed on Thursday, Chelsea's French coach, Sonia Bompastor, is included in the list of the best coaches of the season.

Will an Englishwoman succeed in shaking up Spain's dominance thanks to Arsenal's Champions League victory and the Lionesses ' Euro 2020 triumph? Among the 30 nominees for the Ballon d'Or, two French players are present, as are five players who participated in the 2023 World Cup rematch in Switzerland at the end of July. They will be competing against Barcelona's Alexia Putellas (2021, 2022) and Aitana Bonmati (2023, 2024), who have shared the trophy for the past four years.

Gunners Alessia Russo, who scored in the final against La Roja (1-1, 3-1 on penalties), Leah Williamson - captain and defender - and attacking Chloe Kelly, who has been decisive in every knockout match at the Euro, appear to be strong contenders for the top prize. They could thus succeed Michael Owen, England's last Ballon d'Or winner in 2001, if the Spanish pay for their two defeats in major competition finals this year. Unless Mariona Caldentey, a Champions League winner, pulls off a winning start.

On the French side, we only find Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea) and Clara Mateo (Paris FC) in the contenders. A logical consequence of PSG's absence from the Champions League final phase, Lyon's exit from the last four and above all, the summer disappointment of the Blues , eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Euro despite 107 minutes of numerical superiority against Germany (1-1, 6-5 tab).

Haitian Melchie Dumornay and American Lindsey Heaps are nominated for OL Lyonnes, which is among the five women's clubs of the year. Finally, it is worth noting that the French coach of the Blues , Sonia Bompastor, is nominated in her category after her team's domestic treble: WSL, Cup and League Cup.

• Lucy Bronze (Chelsea, ENG)
• Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride, ZAM)
• Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, ESP)
• Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea, FRA)
• Klara Bühl (Bayern Munich, ALL)
• Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal, ESP)
• Sofia Cantore (Juventus and Washington Spirit, ITA)
• Steph Catley (Arsenal, AUS)
• Melchie Dumornay (OL Lyonnes, HAI)
• Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current, MLW)
• Emily Fox (Arsenal, USA)
• Cristiana Girelli (Juventus, ITA)
• Esther Gonzalez (Gotham FC, ESP)
• Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona, NOR)
• Patri Guijarro (Barcelona, ESP)
• Amanda Gutierres (Palmeiras, BRE)
• Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, ENG)
• Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich, DAN)
• Lindsey Heaps (OL Lyonnes, USA)
• Chloe Kelly (Manchester City and Arsenal, ENG)
• Marta (Orlando Pride, BRE)
• Frida Leonhardsen Maanum (Arsenal, NOR)
• Ewa Pajor (Barcelona, POL)
• Clara Mateo (Paris FC, FRA)
• Alessia Russo (Arsenal, ENG)
• Claudia Pina (Barcelona, ESP)
• Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, ESP)
• Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea, SUE)
• Caroline Weir (Real Madrid, ECO)
• Leah Williamson (Arsenal, ENG)

• Michelle Agyemang (Brighton and Arsenal, ENG)
• Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid, COL)
• Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea, PB)
• Vicky Lopez (Barcelona, ESP)
• Claudia Martinez Ovando (Club Olimpia, PAR)

• Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, ENG)
• Cata Coll (Barcelona, ESP)
• Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC, ALL)
• Daphne Van Domselaar (Arsenal, PB)
• Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC and Brighton, NIG)

• Sarina Wiegman (England)
• Renée Slegers (Arsenal)
• Sonia Bompastor (Chelsea)
• Arthur Elias (Brazil)
• Justine Madugu (Nigeria)

• Arsenal
• Barcelona
• Chelsea
• OL Lyonnes
• Orlando Pride