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== Controversy ==
== Controversy ==
The ceremony for the Ballon d'Or is held every year during women's [[FIFA International Match Calendar#Women's International Match Calendar|international break]], meaning women nominated for the Ballon d'Or are often unable to attend.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garry |first=Tom |date=2021-11-22 |title=Ballon d'Or scheduling proves the women's game remains an afterthought |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/11/22/ballon-dor-scheduling-proves-womens-game-remains-afterthought/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> 2023 nominee [[Georgia Stanway]] expressed frustration she could not be present at this "potentially once-in-a-lifetime opportunity",<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-30 |title=Georgia Stanway disappointed to miss ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Ballon d’Or ceremony |url=https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/sport/national/23888383.georgia-stanway-disappointed-miss-once-in-a-lifetime-ballon-dor-ceremony/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=North Wales Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> having an [[Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|Olympic qualifier]] match in another country less than 24 hours from the ceremony. Only seven out of thirty women were able to be at the ceremony in 2023. These attendees had games the next day and missed training, but came to accept the award for best club team of 2023, given to [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barça, best women's team of 2023 |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/news/3761460/barca-best-womens-team-of-2023 |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=www.fcbarcelona.com |language=en}}</ref> Stanway called for better scheduling with women in mind so more female footballers could attend. [[England women's national football team|England]] manager [[Sarina Wiegman]] expressed disappointment that the players' hard work would not be properly rewarded due to this scheduling conflict with international duty.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sripad |date=2023-10-30 |title="It's a potentially once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" - Georgia Stanway rues fact that women's footballers can't attend 2023 Ballon d'Or ceremony |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/news-it-s-potentially-once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity-georgia-stanway-rues-fact-women-s-footballers-attend-2023-ballon-d-or-ceremony |access-date=2023-09-31 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>
The ceremony for the Ballon d'Or is held every year during women's [[FIFA International Match Calendar#Women's International Match Calendar|international break]], meaning women nominated for the Ballon d'Or are often unable to attend.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garry |first=Tom |date=2021-11-22 |title=Ballon d'Or scheduling proves the women's game remains an afterthought |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/11/22/ballon-dor-scheduling-proves-womens-game-remains-afterthought/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> 2023 nominee [[Georgia Stanway]] expressed frustration she could not be present at this "potentially once-in-a-lifetime opportunity",<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-30 |title=Georgia Stanway disappointed to miss ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Ballon d’Or ceremony |url=https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/sport/national/23888383.georgia-stanway-disappointed-miss-once-in-a-lifetime-ballon-dor-ceremony/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=North Wales Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> having an [[Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|Olympic qualifier]] match in another country less than 24 hours from the ceremony. Only seven out of thirty women were able to be at the ceremony in 2023. These attendees had games the next day and missed training, but came to accept the award for best club team of 2023, given to [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barça, best women's team of 2023 |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/news/3761460/barca-best-womens-team-of-2023 |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=www.fcbarcelona.com |language=en}}</ref> Stanway called for better scheduling with women in mind so more female footballers could attend. [[England women's national football team|England]] manager [[Sarina Wiegman]] expressed disappointment that the players' hard work would not be properly rewarded due to this scheduling conflict with international duty.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sripad |date=2023-10-30 |title="It's a potentially once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" - Georgia Stanway rues fact that women's footballers can't attend 2023 Ballon d'Or ceremony |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/news-it-s-potentially-once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity-georgia-stanway-rues-fact-women-s-footballers-attend-2023-ballon-d-or-ceremony |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>


The Ballon d'Or is the only award for women during this event, with no women's equivalent of the Kopa Trophy, Yashin Trophy, and Gerd Müller Trophy that are given to men.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Caoimhe |title=Novak Djokovic and the women’s Ballon d’Or award - a mistake but not a surprise |url=https://theathletic.com/5016481/2023/10/31/novak-djokovic-aitana-bonmati-ballon-dor/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref> 2022 second place Ballon d'Or nominee [[Beth Mead]] said, "[The Ballon d’Or] is such a prestigious award. But then it was a tick box to have women there but they weren't doing it right.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lacey-Hatton |first=Jack |date=2023-10-31 |title=Arsenal star slams Ballon d'Or organisers amid Novak Djokovic criticism |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-jen-beattie-ballon-dor-31327634 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}</ref>
The Ballon d'Or is the only award for women during this event, with no women's equivalent of the Kopa Trophy, Yashin Trophy, and Gerd Müller Trophy that are given to men.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Caoimhe |title=Novak Djokovic and the women’s Ballon d’Or award - a mistake but not a surprise |url=https://theathletic.com/5016481/2023/10/31/novak-djokovic-aitana-bonmati-ballon-dor/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref> 2022 second place Ballon d'Or nominee [[Beth Mead]] said, "[The Ballon d’Or] is such a prestigious award. But then it was a tick box to have women there but they weren't doing it right.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lacey-Hatton |first=Jack |date=2023-10-31 |title=Arsenal star slams Ballon d'Or organisers amid Novak Djokovic criticism |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-jen-beattie-ballon-dor-31327634 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}</ref>

Revision as of 21:26, 28 October 2024

Ballon d'Or Féminin
Women's Ballon d'Or
2024 Ballon d'Or winner Aitana Bonmatí
Date3 December 2018; 6 years ago (2018-12-03)
LocationParis
CountryFrance
Presented byFrance Football
First awarded2018
Current holderSpain Aitana Bonmatí
(2nd award)
Most awardsSpain Alexia Putellas
Spain Aitana Bonmatí
(2 awards)
Most nominationsAustralia Sam Kerr
(5 nominations)
Websitefrancefootball.fr
RelatedBallon d'Or

The Ballon d'Or Féminin (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ feminɛ̃]), also known as the Women's Ballon d'Or, is an association football award presented by France Football that honours the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season.

Overview

The Ballon d'Or was first awarded in 2018, with Ada Hegerberg[1] of Norway becoming the inaugural recipient of the award.[2]

Australian striker Sam Kerr and French defender Wendie Renard were the only players to have been nominated for the award every year since its inception until 2023. Sam Kerr was the only player to place in the top 20 nominations every year, and was consistently in the top 7, until her ACL injury in January 2024.[3]

In 2022, Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas became the first to win the award twice and in consecutive years.[4][5][6] Aitana Bonmatí matched her teammate's achievement by winning the Ballon d'Or in 2023 and 2024.

Mary Earps won the highest ever rank for a goalkeeper at fifth place in 2023.[7]

Winners

Alexia Putellas, is the only player to have ever won the Ballon d'Or Féminin twice and in consecutive years.
Ada Hegerberg, the first winner of the award.

Wins by player

Year Rank Player Club(s) Points
2018 1st Norway Ada Hegerberg France Lyon 136
2nd Denmark Pernille Harder Germany VfL Wolfsburg 130
3rd Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán France Lyon 86
2019 1st United States Megan Rapinoe United States Reign FC[a] 230
2nd England Lucy Bronze France Lyon 94
3rd United States Alex Morgan United States Orlando Pride 68
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8][9]
2021 1st Spain Alexia Putellas (1) Spain Barcelona 186
2nd Spain Jenni Hermoso Spain Barcelona 84
3rd Australia Sam Kerr England Chelsea 46
2022 1st Spain Alexia Putellas (2) Spain Barcelona 178
2nd England Beth Mead England Arsenal 152
3rd Australia Sam Kerr England Chelsea 74
2023 1st Spain Aitana Bonmatí Spain Barcelona 266
2nd Australia Sam Kerr England Chelsea 87
3rd Spain Salma Paralluelo Spain Barcelona 49
2024 1st Spain Aitana Bonmatí Spain Barcelona
2nd Mahdi Bouaziz
3rd Mahdi balota

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|- ! Player ! scope=col style="background-color: gold"| Winner ! scope=col style="background-color: silver"| Second place ! scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"| Third place |- ! scope="row" |Spain Aitana Bonmatí |2 (2023, 2024) | – | - |- ! scope="row" |Spain Alexia Putellas |2 (2021, 2022) | – | – |- !scope=row|Norway Ada Hegerberg |1 (2018) | – | – |- !scope=row|United States Megan Rapinoe |1 (2019) | – | – |- !scope=row|Australia Sam Kerr | – |1 (2023) |2 (2021, 2022) |- !scope=row|Denmark Pernille Harder | – |1 (2018) | – |- !scope=row|England Lucy Bronze | – |1 (2019) | – |- !scope=row|Spain Jenni Hermoso | – |1 (2021) | – |- !scope=row|England Beth Mead | – |1 (2022) | – |- !scope=row|Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán | – | – |1 (2018) |- !scope=row|United States Alex Morgan | – | – |1 (2019) |- !scope=row|Spain Salma Paralluelo | – | – |1 (2023) |}

Wins by country

Country Players Wins
 Spain 2 4
 Norway 1 1
 United States 1 1

Wins by club

Club Players Wins
Spain Barcelona 2 4
France Lyon 1 1
United States Reign FC 1 1

Controversy

The ceremony for the Ballon d'Or is held every year during women's international break, meaning women nominated for the Ballon d'Or are often unable to attend.[10] 2023 nominee Georgia Stanway expressed frustration she could not be present at this "potentially once-in-a-lifetime opportunity",[11] having an Olympic qualifier match in another country less than 24 hours from the ceremony. Only seven out of thirty women were able to be at the ceremony in 2023. These attendees had games the next day and missed training, but came to accept the award for best club team of 2023, given to Barcelona.[12] Stanway called for better scheduling with women in mind so more female footballers could attend. England manager Sarina Wiegman expressed disappointment that the players' hard work would not be properly rewarded due to this scheduling conflict with international duty.[13]

The Ballon d'Or is the only award for women during this event, with no women's equivalent of the Kopa Trophy, Yashin Trophy, and Gerd Müller Trophy that are given to men.[14] 2022 second place Ballon d'Or nominee Beth Mead said, "[The Ballon d’Or] is such a prestigious award. But then it was a tick box to have women there but they weren't doing it right.[15]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ OL Reign were known as Reign FC during 2019.

Citations

  1. ^ Hub, Her Football (6 September 2023). "2023 Women's Ballon d'Or: All nominees revealed as award is set for new winner". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  2. ^ Aarons, Ed (4 December 2018). "Ada Hegerberg: first women's Ballon d'Or marred as winner is asked to twerk". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Embarrassing new blow for Sam Kerr and Matildas as eye-opening six-year first emerges". Yahoo Sports. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas wins the 2022 Women's Ballon d'Or". Goal.com. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Alexia Putellas Becomes First Spanish-Born Player To Win Ballon D'Or Twice". Forbes. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Alexia Putellas remporte son deuxième Ballon d'Or féminin" [Alexia Putellas wins her second Ballon d'Or]. L'Équipe (in French). 17 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Earps makes history at Ballon d'Or awards". www.manutd.com. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Coronavirus: Ballon d'Or cancelled for first time in award's history". ESPN. 20 July 2020. ISSN 1097-1998. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  9. ^ Ferré, Pascal (20 July 2020). "Il n'y aura pas de Ballon d'Or France Football en 2020" [There will be no France Football Ballon d'Or in 2020]. France Football (in French). ISSN 0015-9557. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  10. ^ Garry, Tom (22 November 2021). "Ballon d'Or scheduling proves the women's game remains an afterthought". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Georgia Stanway disappointed to miss 'once-in-a-lifetime' Ballon d'Or ceremony". North Wales Chronicle. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Barça, best women's team of 2023". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  13. ^ Sripad (30 October 2023). ""It's a potentially once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" - Georgia Stanway rues fact that women's footballers can't attend 2023 Ballon d'Or ceremony". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  14. ^ O'Neill, Caoimhe. "Novak Djokovic and the women's Ballon d'Or award - a mistake but not a surprise". The Athletic. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  15. ^ Lacey-Hatton, Jack (31 October 2023). "Arsenal star slams Ballon d'Or organisers amid Novak Djokovic criticism". The Mirror. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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