Topics: Ballon d'Or 2013, FIFA Ballon d'Or, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ribery, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
A total of 33 world football personalities have been nominated for the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or awards. Here are the players and coaches nomination lists in full.

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery lead the way in the Ballon d'Or 2013 awards.The Players – Messi, Ribery, Ronaldo favourites

Bayern Munich’s treble success last season, as well as the team’s current great performances and results, have duly been rewarded. The German giants dominate the 23-man shortlist with as many as six players – four of which are homegrown talents. Arjen Robben (Netherlands) and Franck Ribery (France) complete Bayern’s bunch. 

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Barcelona, who were thrown out of the UEFA Champions League by Bayern on a 7-0 aggregate result, are the second most represented team in the freshly released FIFA Ballon d’Or awards list. 2013 Confederations Cup winner Neymar joins club icons Messi, Iniesta and Xavi.

 

PSG come next with three players. Flamboyant Swedish attacker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is in the running. The outcome of the World Cup qualifying playoff tie against Portugal might have a great impact on Ibra’s chance. However, the player himself has claimed that winning the Ballon d’Or is not his dream. 

For Real Madrid, there is ex-Spurs talisman Gareth Bale and of course, Cristiano Ronaldo. The 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or awards’ 23-man shortlist is completed by eight top players from eight other different teams. 

Remarkably, there is no Englishman on the list but there are a few English Premier League players such as Liverpool’s Luis Suarez and Chelsea’s Eden Hazard. Africa has one representative in the form of reigning African Footballer of the Year award winner Yaya Toure. The competition for the prize promises to be fierce considering the balance between silverware and individual performances among the nominees. 

The list will be cut down to three in early December, as per the amount of votes. 

Full list by teams:

• Arsenal (1): Mesut Özil

• Barcelona (4): Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Xavi

• Bayern Munich (6): Arjen Robben, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Franck Ribery, Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Müller

• Borussia Dortmund (1): Robert Lewandowski

• Chelsea (1): Eden Hazard

• Juventus (1): Andrea Pirlo

• Liverpool (1): Luis Suarez

• Manchester City (1): Yaya Toure

• Manchester United (1): Robin van Persie

• Monaco (1): Radamel Falcao

• PSG (3): Edinson Cavani, Thiago Silva, Zlatan Ibrahimovic

• Real Madrid (2): Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth BaleThe FIFA Ballon d'Or award

The coaches: Alex Ferguson to be honoured after retiring?

The list is made of big winners. Carlo Ancelotti (French Ligue 1 champion), Rafael Benitez (Europa League winner), Antonio Conte (Scudetto champion) and Jupp Heynckes (Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League and DFB Pokal champion) are some of the names favourite to land the prize.

Does celebrated and retired Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson have a chance of being named the best coach of the year?

Full list:

Carlo Ancelotti; Rafael Benitez; Antonio Conte; Vicente del Bosque; Alex Ferguson; Jupp Heynckes; Jurgen Klopp; Jose Mourinho; Luiz Felipe Scolari; Arsene Wenger

Which player and coach deserve to be crowned at the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala come January 13, 2014?