IFFHS AWARDS 2023 – THE MEN ANNOUNCEMENTS
Picture : in some days we will announce who succeed the IFFHS Awards winners 2022.
IFFHS AWARDS 2023 – THE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Since 1987, the IFFHS organize each year the votes and the statistics to crown the annual winners in all World categories. All our rankings are made for the civil year, not the season.
The international jury is composed by the members of the IFFHS (sport journalists, football experts) from 120 countries of all continents in the World .
The Awards for the categories of the World’s Best Goal Scorers, the Club World Ranking, the World Best Teams and the World Best Leagues are determined by IFFHS statistics ,recognized in the whole World and will be published at end January 2023.
The IFFHS was the first to create the Award for THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYER in 1988. Marco Van Basten (2) and Lothar Matthaus were the 3 winners (1988 to 1990) before FIFA President Sepp Blatter asked IFFHS to give this World Award to FIFA to become FIFA World Player of the Year. Since 2020, the IFFHS has decided to award again IFFHS WORLD’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR and in 2021, also added the IFFHS WORLD’S YOUTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR !
Here the announcements for all voting women and men categories before the statistical categories in January. The Results of all Awards from January 1, 2024 !
LIST OF CANDIDATES – IFFHS MEN AWARDS 2023
1 - IFFHS MEN’S WORLD BEST PLAYER 2023
Jude Bellingham England Real Madrid
Kevin De Bruyne Belgium Manchester City
Rúben Dias Portugal Manchester City
İlkay Gündoğan Germany Manchester City/ Barcelona
Erling Haaland Norway Manchester City
Rodri Spain Manchester City
Bernardo Silva Portugal Manchester City
Harry Kane England Tottenham Hotspur/ Bayern Munich
Kim Min-jae South Korea Napoli/ Bayern Munich
Lautaro Martínez Argentina Inter Milan
Nicolò Barella Italy Inter Milan
Kylian Mbappé France Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Messi Argentina Paris Saint-Germain/Inter Miami
Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich
Martin Ødegaard Norway Arsenal
Bukayo Saka England Arsenal
Victor Osimhen Nigeria Napoli
Vinícius Júnior Brazil Real Madrid
Bruno Fernandes Portugal Manchester United
Mohamed Salah Egypt Liverpool
Romelu Lukaku Belgium Inter/ Roma
Alphonso Davies Canada Bayern Munich
Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Al Nassr Jeddah
German Cano Argentina Fluminense
Antoine Griezmann France Atlético Madrid
2 - IFFHS MEN’S WORLD BEST YOUTH PLAYER (U20) 2023 (born after 1/1/2003
Jude Bellingham England Borussia Dortmund/ Real Madrid
Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich
Gavi Spain Barcelona
Florian Wirtz Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Xavi Simons Netherlands PSV/ RB Leipzig
Evan Ferguson Republic of Ireland Brighton & Hove Albion
Rasmus Højlund Denmark Atalanta/Manchester United
Lamine Yamal Spain Barcelona
Warren Zaïre-Emery France Paris Saint-Germain
Mathys Tel France Bayern Munich
Alejandro Balde Spain Barcelona
Roméo Lavia Belgium Southampton/ Chelsea
António Silva Portugal Benfica
Levi Colwill England Brighton & Hove Albion/ Chelsea
Benjamin Šeško Slovenia Red Bull Salzburg/ RB Leipzig
Vitor Roque Brazil Athletico Paranaense
Alejandro Garnacho Argentina Manchester United
Endrick Brazil Palmeiras
Julio Enciso Paraguay Brighton & Hove Albion
Sávio Brazil PSV/ Girona
Ricardo Pepi USA Groningen/ PSV
Ousmane Diomande Ivory Coast Sporting Lisbon
Carlos Baleba Cameroon Lille/ Brighton & Hove Albion
Ernest Nuamah Ghana Nordsjælland/ Lyon
Karim Konaté Ivory Coast Liefering/ Red Bull Salzburg
Abbosbek Fayzullaev Uzbekistan Pakhtakor/ CSKA Moscow
3 - IFFHS MEN’S WORLD BEST PLAYMAKER 2023
Kevin De Bruyne Belgium Manchester City
Bernardo Silva Portugal Manchester City
Bruno Fernandes Portugal Manchester United
Hakan Çalhanoğlu Turkey Inter Milan
Christian Eriksen Denmark Manchester United
Dušan Tadić Serbia Ajax/Fenerbahçe
Sergej Milinković-Savić Serbia Lazio/ Al Hilal Riyadh
Pedri Spain Barcelona
Toni Kroos Germany Real Madrid
Lionel Messi Argentina Paris Saint-Germain
Ángel Di María Argentina Juventus/ Benfica
Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich
Martin Ødegaard Norway Arsenal
Jude Bellingham England Real Madrid
Trent Alexander-Arnold England Liverpool
Nicolò Barella Italy Inter Milan
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa Cameroon Napoli
Daichi Kamada Japan Eintracht Frankfurt/ Lazio
Federico Valverde Uruguay Real Madrid
Giovanni Reyna USA Borussia Dortmund
4 - IFFHS MEN’S WORLD BEST GOALKEEPER 2023
Matt Turner USA Arsenal/ Nottingham Forest
Emiliano Martínez Argentina Aston Villa
Ederson Brazil Manchester City
Alisson Brazil Liverpool
André Onana Cameroon Manchester United
Mathew Ryan Australia AZ
Jan Oblak Slovenia Atlético Madrid
Gianluigi Donnarumma Italy PSG
Diogo Costa Portugal Porto
Mike Maignan France Milan
Thibaut Courtois Belgium Real Madrid
Marc-André ter Stegen Germany Barcelona
David Raya Spain Brentford/ Arsenal
Aaron Ramsdale England Arsenal
Kevin Trapp Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
5 - IFFHS MEN’S WORLD BEST NATIONAL COACH 2023
Luis de la Fuente Spain
Steve Clarke Scotland
Didier Deschamps France
Gareth Southgate England
Sylvinho Italy – Team Albania
Domenico Tedesco Germany – Team Belgium
Marco Rossi Italy – Team Hungary
Roberto Martínez Spain – Team Portugal
Lionel Scaloni Argentina
Marcelo Bielsa Argentina – Team Uruguay
Fernando Batista Argentina – Team Venezuela
Félix Sánchez Spain – Team Ecuador
Jaime Lozano Mexico
Thomas Christiansen Spain – Team Panama
Gregg Berhalter USA
Hajime Moriyasu Japan
Jürgen Klinsmann Germany – Team South Korea
Rui Vitória Portugal – Team Egypt
Avram Grant Israel – Team Zambia
Chris Hughton Republic of Ireland – Team Ghana
6 - IFFHS MEN’S WORLD BEST CLUB COACH 2023
Pep Guardiola Spain Manchester City
David Moyes Scotland West Ham United
Mikel Arteta Spain Arsenal
Simone Inzaghi Italy Inter Milan
Stefano Pioli Italy Milan
Luciano Spalletti Italy Napoli
Carlo Ancelotti Italy Real Madrid
Xavi Spain Barcelona
Fernando Diniz Brazil Fluminense
Jorge Almirón Argentina Boca Juniors
Luis Zubeldía Argentina LDU Quito
Luís Castro Portugal Botafogo Rio de Janeiro/Al Nassr Riyadh
Steve Cherundolo USA Los Angeles FC
Marcel Koller Switzerland Al Ahly Kairo
Albert Riera Spain Auckland City
7 - IFFHS MEN’S WORLD BEST REFEREE 2023
Clément Turpin (France)
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Daniele Orsato (Italy)
István Kovács (Romania)
Michael Oliver (England)
Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Anthony Taylor (England)
Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
François Letexier (France)
Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Iván Barton (El Salvador)
César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
Walter López (Guatemala)
Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Ma Ning (China)