The Ballon d’Or ceremony for 2025 was held at the beginning of the week, where all the winners of the multiple prestigious awards and the title of the best player in the world were announced.
The Ballon d’Or has officially taken place, and we have discovered the winners of all the different categories.
Going into the event, everyone wondered who would be the triumphant players. The candidates for the Ballon d'Or being Paris Saint-Germain’s Ousmane Dembele and Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal as the choices to claim this year’s prize.
Among the awards were the Kopa trophy, the Yashin trophy, the Johan Cruyff trophy, and club of the year, alongside the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or.
Let’s take a look at the winners and who won the Ballon d’Or.
2025 Winners from the Ballon d’Or ceremony
Kopa men’s (Best young player)
Winner: Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
Second: Desire Doue (Paris Saint-Germain)
Third: Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)
Kopa women’s (Best young player)
Winner: Vicky Lopez (Barcelona)
Second: Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid)
Third: Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea)
Yashin men’s (Best goalkeeper)
Winner: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester City)
Second: Alisson (Liverpool)
Third: Yann Sommer (Inter Milan)
Yashin women’s (Best goalkeeper)
Winner: Hannah Hampton (Chelsea)
Second: Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham)
Third: Cata Coll (Barcelona)
Johan Cruyff men’s (Best manager)
Winner: Luis Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain)
Johan Cruyff women’s (Best manager)
Winner: Sarina Wiegman (England)
Club of the year men
Winner: Paris Saint-Germain
Club of the year women
Winner: Arsenal
Ballon d’Or women
Winner: Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
Second: Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal)
Third: Alessia Russo (Arsenal)
Ballon d’Or men
Winner: Ousmane Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain)
Second: Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
Third: Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)
And that is the full list of winners from the big night. Aitana Bonmati and Ousmane Dembele pick up the biggest titles in football, and now have the privilege of being named the best players in the world.