Men’s shortlists for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014

The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014:

- Gareth Bale (Wales)
- Karim Benzema (France)
- Diego Costa (Spain)
- Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
- Angel Di Maria (Argentina)
- Mario Goetze (Germany)
- Eden Hazard (Belgium)
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)
- Andres Iniesta (Spain)
- Toni Kroos (Germany)
- Philipp Lahm (Germany)
- Javier Mascherano (Argentina)
- Lionel Messi (Argentina)
- Thomas Mueller (Germany)
- Manuel Neuer (Germany)
- Neymar (Brazil)
- Paul Pogba (France)
- Sergio Ramos (Spain)
- Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
- James Rodriguez (Colombia)
- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
- Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)

The following ten coaches (in alphabetical order, first nationality and then team) are in contention for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football 2014:

- Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid CF)
- Antonio Conte (Italy/Juventus FC/Italy national team)
- Pep Guardiola (Spain/FC Bayern Munich)
- Juergen Klinsmann (Germany/ USA national team)
- Joachim Loew (Germany/Germany national team)
- Jose Mourinho (Portugal/Chelsea FC)
- Manuel Pellegrini (Chile/Manchester City FC)
- Alejandro Sabella (Argentina/Argentina national team)
- Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atletico Madrid)
- Louis van Gaal (Netherlands/Netherlands national team/Manchester United FC)

On 1 December, FIFA and France Football will announce in a live show the names of the three women and three men, as well as the three coaches for women’s football and three coaches for men’s football, who have received the most votes (without unveiling the winners). The three nominees for the FIFA Puskás Award and the FIFA FIFPro World XI shortlist for the best forwards (15), midfielders (15), defenders (20) and goalkeepers (5) will be unveiled in the end of November and the beginning of December.