Ballon d’Or 2025: where and when to watch the awards ceremony in Ukraine

Today, September 22, the 69th Ballon d’Or 2025 ceremony will take place in Paris. This year, a new laureate is guaranteed to receive the award, as none of the previous winners are among the contenders.

The Ballon d’Or is a prestigious individual football award given annually to the best player in the world. In addition to the main prize for men and women, the ceremony will also announce the winners in two other categories: the Kopa Trophy for the best player under 21 and the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper.

The event will take place at the Théâtre de la Chatelet in Paris and will be hosted by legendary football player Ruud Gullit, who won the Ballon d’Or in 1987, and British journalist Kate Scott.

Where and when to watch?

The ceremony will begin at 21:00 Kyiv time. In Ukraine, the broadcast can be watched on the Megogo media service (with Sport, Maximal and MEGOPACK N+S subscriptions), the Megogo Sport channel, as well as live on YouTube . Vadym Shevyakin and Vitaliy Kravchenko will comment on the event in Ukrainian.

Award nominees

The shortlist for the 2025 Ballon d’Or includes 30 football players, including:

• Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG/Manchester City).
• Defenders: Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Nuno Mendes (PSG).
• Midfielders: Ousmane Dembele (PSG, France), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid, England), Desiree Due (PSG, France), Hvicha Kvaratskhelia (PSG, Georgia), Alexis McAllister (Liverpool, Argentina), Scott McTominay (Napoli, Scotland), Joao Neves (PSG, Portugal), Pedri (Barcelona, Spain), Cole Palmer (Chelsea, England), Michael Oliseh (Bayern, France), Rafinha (Barcelona, Brazil), Declan Rice (Arsenal, England), Fabian Ruiz (PSG, Spain), Vinicius (Real Madrid, Brazil), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt), Florian Wirtz (Bayer/Liverpool, Germany), Vitinha (PSG, Portugal), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain).
• Forwards: Serou Girassi (Borussia Dortmund, Guinea), Erling Haaland (Manchester City, Norway), Victor Dekeres (Sporting/Arsenal, Sweden), Harry Kane (Bayern, England), Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona, Poland), Lautaro Martinez (Inter, Argentina), Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid, France).

Bookmakers’ predictions

The main favorite to win the trophy is Ousmane Dembele from PSG and the French national team – his chances are estimated at 1.15. In second place is 17-year-old Barcelona talent Lamine Yamal with an indicator of 5.00. Third on the list of favorites is the leader of Liverpool and the Egyptian national team Mohamed Salah (21.00).

Dembele has the strongest arguments: last season he played 49 matches, scored 33 goals, made 15 assists and helped PSG win the French championship, the Cup and the Champions League.

The current winner of the 2024 Ballon d’Or, Rodrigo Hernández Cascante, better known as simply Rodri, shared his expectations with Manchester City.

“This year I will watch the ceremony on TV, but I hope that one of my teammates will win – Yamal (Lamin Yamal – ed.), Pedri, whoever. This is a celebration of football and let the best win. A Spaniard with the Ballon d’Or for the second year in a row? That would be incredible,” he said.

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