{"id":160815,"date":"2015-10-20T07:10:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T07:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=160815"},"modified":"2015-10-20T07:10:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T07:10:58","slug":"yaya-toure-shortlisted-for-fifa-ballon-dor-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/yaya-toure-shortlisted-for-fifa-ballon-dor-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Yaya Toure shortlisted for FIFA Ballon d\u2019Or 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FIFA and France Football have today announced the names of the nominees for the FIFA Ballon d\u2019Or and for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men\u2019s Football awards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The awards recognise the best in each category, without distinction of championship or nationality, for their respective achievements between 22 November 2014 and 20 November 2015 inclusive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The final decisions will be made by the captains and head coaches of the men\u2019s national teams as well as by international media representatives selected by France Football.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The winners of all of the awards will be announced at the FIFA Ballon d\u2019Or as part of a televised show at the Zurich Kongresshaus on 11 January 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The list of 23 male candidates has been drawn up by football experts from the FIFA Football Committee and a group of experts from France Football.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The list of ten coaches has been drawn up by the Committee for Women\u2019s Football and the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup\u2122 and by the FIFA Football Committee, as well as by a group of experts from France Football.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The voting period for the awards commences on 26 October 2015 and closes on 20 November 2015 (midnight CET).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the event that insufficient votes (less than two-thirds of all potential jury members) are cast during the voting period, FIFA and France Football may, at their discretion, extend the voting period by one week to allow only those participating jury members who have not yet cast their vote by 20 November 2015 (midnight CET) to do so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 30 November, FIFA and France Football will announce in a web show the names of the three women and three men, as well as the three coaches for women\u2019s football and three coaches for men\u2019s football, who have received the most votes (without announcing the winners).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The three nominees for the FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award (honouring the most beautiful goal of the year) will be also unveiled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Men\u2019s Football shortlists for the FIFA Ballon d\u2019Or 2015<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The following 23 players (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d\u2019Or 2015:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sergio Ag\u00fcero (Argentina\/Manchester City), Gareth Bale (Wales\/Real Madrid), Karim Benzema (France\/Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal\/Real Madrid), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium\/VfL Wolfsburg\/Manchester City), Eden Hazard (Belgium\/Chelsea), Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 (Sweden\/Paris Saint-Germain), Andr\u00e9s Iniesta (Spain\/FC Barcelona), Toni Kroos (Germany\/Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Poland\/FC Bayern Munich), Javier Mascherano (Argentina\/FC Barcelona), Lionel Messi (Argentina\/FC Barcelona), Thomas M\u00fcller (Germany\/FC Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Germany\/FC Bayern Munich), Neymar (Brazil\/FC Barcelona), Paul Pogba (France\/Juventus), Ivan Rakiti\u0107 (Croatia\/FC Barcelona), Arjen Robben (Netherlands\/FC Bayern Munich), James Rodr\u00edguez (Colombia\/Real Madrid), Alexis S\u00e1nchez (Chile\/Arsenal), Luis Su\u00e1rez (Uruguay\/FC Barcelona), Yaya Tour\u00e9 (C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire\/Manchester City), Arturo Vidal (Chile\/Juventus\/FC Bayern Munich).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The following ten coaches (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men\u2019s Football 2015:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Massimiliano Allegri (Italy\/Juventus), Carlo Ancelotti (Italy\/Real Madrid), Laurent Blanc (France\/Paris Saint-Germain), Unai Emery (Spain\/Sevilla FC), Pep Guardiola (Spain\/FC Bayern Munich), Luis Enrique Mart\u00ednez (Spain\/FC Barcelona), Jos\u00e9 Mourinho (Portugal\/Chelsea), Jorge Sampaoli (Argentina\/Chilean national team), Diego Simeone (Argentina\/Atl\u00e9tico Madrid), Ars\u00e8ne Wenger (France\/Arsenal).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSource: Fifa.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA and France Football have today announced the names of the nominees for the FIFA Ballon d\u2019Or and for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for 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