Finalists confirmed for The Best FIFA Awards

2024.01.09

The three finalists for seven different awards have been revealed, with the winners to be crowned in London on 15 January.

The Best FIFA Football AwardsTM 2023 finalists have been announced. These awards recognize the exceptional players in the most popular sport in the world.

Three finalists in seven categories have been chosen from the original list of nominations, which was released in September. The winners will be revealed at an extravagant awards event on January 15, 2024, in London.

The names of all the finalists are shown below. You may click on the links to learn more about the men and women vying for each esteemed award.

The Best FIFA Men’s Player finalists

• Erling Haaland
• Kylian Mbappe
• Lionel Messi

The Best FIFA Women’s Player finalists.

• Aitana Bonmati
• Linda Caicedo
• Jennifer Hermoso

FIFA Puskás Award finalists

• Julio Enciso
• Guilherme Madruga
• Nuno Santos

The Best FIFA Men’s Coach finalists

• Pep Guardiola
• Simone Inzaghi
• Luciano Spalletti

The Best FIFA Women’s Coach finalists

• Jonatan Giraldez
• Emma Hayes
• Sarina Wiegman

The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper finalists

• Yassine Bounou
• Thibaut Courtois
• Ederson

The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper finalists

• Mackenzie Arnold
• Catalina Coll
• Mary Earps

Regardless of championship or nationality, the Best FIFA Football Awards honor the exceptional contenders in each category for their individual accomplishments over the allotted qualification time.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup Final took place on August 20, 2023, which was the qualifying date for the women’s awards, which included Best Women’s Player, Best Women’s Coach, and Best Women’s Goalkeeper.

The qualification period for the men’s awards, which included Best Men’s Player, Best Men’s Coach, and Best Men’s Goalkeeper, ran from December 19, 2022, to August 20, 2023.

The player who scores the best goal during the relevant qualification period, which runs from December 19, 2022, to August 20, 2023, will receive the FIFA Puskás Award.

The three finalists in the majority of categories were selected by an international jury comprising of four groups: national team coaches, national team captains, football journalists, and fans who voted on FIFA’s official website, with over one million fan votes recorded worldwide.

Selections from the four voting groups – coaches, captains, journalists, and fans – each count for 25 per cent of the total vote, irrespective of the number of voters from each group.

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