All you need to know ahead of The Best FIFA Football Awards

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Football fans are gearing up for Monday's Best FIFA Football Awards in London.

London's Royal Festival Hall will welcome the whole football fraternity to this year's Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony. For the third year running FIFA will seek to honor the individuals who stood out for both club and country in the calendar year.

For the Best Men's FIFA Player of the Year accolade, winner of last year's edition Cristiano Ronaldo will be in the running to compete against his former teammate Luka Modric and Liverpool's Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah. The Portuguese forward will, however, be aiming for a third successive win of the award outside the walls of the Royal Festival Hall as Marca has confirmed that he will not be attending the ceremony.

His arch-nemesis Lionel Messi who narrowly missed out on the final three for the first time in the award's history will, however, be present. All in all, winner of this year's UEFA Player of the Year award Luka Modric has been tipped as the frontrunner in the three-man shortlist.

For the women's category, Lyon pair Ada Hegerberg and Dzsenifer Maroszan, who fired their side to the UEFA Women's Champions League and also aided the French outfit stage an unbeaten run in the Division 1 Feminin league last season will compete against Brazilian superstar Marta for the award.

Winner of the 2018 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane is in the running to defend his Best Men's Coach of the Year accolade. He will face stiff competition from his compatriot Didier Deschamps and Croatia's head coach Zlatko Dalic after both managers fired their respective nations to the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in France.

On Monday in London, the finalists for #TheBest #FIFAFootballAwards were unveiled!

Who do you think will win at London's Royal Festival Hall on 24 September?! pic.twitter.com/NJDLeYUtPK
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) September 3, 2018

The Best Women's Coach of the Year award category features Reynald Pedros of Olympique Lyon Feminine team, Asako Takakura of the Japan women's national team) and defending champion Sarina Wiegman of the Netherlands women's national team.

Below are the other categories and with the final shortlist:

The Best FIFA Goalkeeper Award: Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Real Madrid, formerly Chelsea), Hugo Lloris (France/Tottenham Hotspur), Kasper Schmeichel (Denmark/Leicester City)
Puskás Award: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Denis Cheryshev (Russia), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (AEK Athens), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro), Riley McGree (Newcastle Jets), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Benjamin Pavard (France), Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

Fan Award: Sebastián Carrera (CD Puerto Montt), Japan, Senegal and Peru supporters.

The FIFA Fair Play Award will also be handed to an individual or team in recognition of exemplary fair play behavior whereas a selected 11 from the 55 players in contention for a spot in the FIFA/FIFPro World 11 will also be revealed.

The 55 players selected (home country/club):

Goalkeepers (5): Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Paris Saint-Germain/Juventus FC), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Real Madrid CF/Chelsea FC), David De Gea (Spain/Manchester United FC), Keylor Navas (Costa Rica/Real Madrid CF), Marc-André ter Stegen (Germany/FC Barcelona).

Defenders (20): Jordi Alba (Spain/FC Barcelona), Daniel Carvajal (Spain/Real Madrid CF), Giorgio Chiellini (Italy/Juventus FC), Dani Alves (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain), Diego Godin (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid), Mats Hummels (Germany/FC Bayern Munich), Joshua Kimmich (Germany/FC Bayern Munich) Dejan Lovren (Croatia/Liverpool FC), Marcelo (Brazil/Real Madrid CF), Yerry Mina (Colombia/Everton FC/FC Barcelona), Benjamin Pavard (France/VfB Stuttgart), Gerard Pique (Spain/FC Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid CF), Thiago Silva (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain), Kieran Trippier (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Samuel Umtiti (France/FC Barcelona), Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool FC), Raphael Varane (France/Real Madrid CF), Sime Vrsaljko (Croatia/Internazionale/Atletico Madrid), Kyle Walker (England/Manchester City FC).

Midfielders (15): Sergio Busquets (Spain/FC Barcelona), Casemiro (Brazil/Real Madrid CF), Philippe Coutinho (Brazil/FC Barcelona), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City FC), Eden Hazard (Belgium, Chelsea FC), Andres Iniesta (Spain/Vissel Kobe/FC Barcelona), Isco (Spain/Real Madrid CF), N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea FC), Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid CF), Nemanja Matic (Serbia/Manchester United FC), Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid CF), Paul Pogba (France/Manchester United FC), Ivan Rakitic (Croatia/FC Barcelona), David Silva (Spain/Manchester City FC), Arturo Vidal (Chile/FC Barcelona/FC Bayern Munich).

Forwards (15): Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid CF), Edinson Cavani (Uruguay/Paris Saint-Germain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus FC/Real Madrid CF), Paulo Dybala (Argentina/Juventus FC), Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid), Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/FC Bayern Munich), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium/Manchester United FC), Mario Mandzukic (Croatia/Juventus FC), Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool FC), Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris Saint-Germain), Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona), Neymar (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain), Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool FC), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/FC Barcelona).

Actor Idris Elba will be the host of the 2018 The Best FIFA Football Awards while Anne-Laure Bonnet will come in as the co-host.