Five England Players Nominated For Women’s Ballon D’or After Euro 2025 Triumph

Five of England’s European Championship-winning squad person been nominated for this year’s women’s Ballon d’Or, including 3 Arsenal players who claimed a nine and state double of European titles this summer.

Leah Williamson, Alessia Russo and Chloe Kelly each shared Champions League and Euros triumphs, and are joined connected nan nominees database by Lucy Bronze and Hannah Hampton, who some won home trebles pinch Chelsea and clinched back-to-back European titles with triumph complete Spain successful Basel past month.

For nan men’s Ballon d’Or, 4 English players person been nominated, pinch Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Cole Palmer and Declan Rice each connected nan database alongside Scotland’s Scott McTominay, who has been recognised aft his wide lauded publication to Napoli’s Serie A triumph. The Arsenal and England full-back Myles Lewis-Skelly made nan young players’ list.

Sarina Wiegman, nan Lionesses’ coach, has been nominated for nan women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy, for nan champion coach, alongside Arsenal’s Renée Slegers and Chelsea’s Sonia Bompastor. Nigeria’s Justine Madugu and Brazil’s Arthur Elias person besides been nominated aft their triumphs successful their respective continental competitions.

The 19-year-old England striker, Michelle Agyemang, is nominated for nan young subordinate grant – nan Kopa Trophy. Her 2 precocious equalisers successful nan knockout stages of Euro 2025 were instrumental successful England reaching nan final. The Chelsea youngster Wieke Kaptein is besides connected that five-player list.

Leah Williamson claimed a nine and state European double this summer. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA

Hampton, who saved 2 penalties successful nan Euro 2025 final, is besides nominated for nan Yashin Trophy for goalkeepers, on pinch Arsenal’s Daphne van Domselaar.

Seven Arsenal players are among nan women’s Ballon d’Or prize list, aft their Champions League last triumph complete Barcelona successful Lisbon, pinch Spain’s Mariona Caldentey, Australia’s Steph Catley, nan USA’s Emily Fox and Norway’s Frida Maanum joining Williamson, Russo and Kelly. Chelsea person 2 further representatives successful Sandy Baltimore and Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, while nan Scotland and Real Madrid midfielder, Caroline Weir, has besides made nan list, alongside Brazil’s Marta and past year’s winner, Aitana Bonmatí of Spain.

As expected, nan men’s Ballon d’Or database besides includes big-name nominees specified arsenic Kylian Mbappé, Mohamed Salah and Vinícius Júnior, on pinch Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and nan caller Arsenal signing Viktor Gyökeres. Arne Slot and Enzo Maresca are among 5 nominees for nan men’s coach prize.

Chelsea and Liverpool person some been nominated for men’s nine of nan year, while Arsenal and Chelsea are successful nan moving for nan women’s nine of nan year.