World record signing Gareth Bale is on the 23-man
shortlist for the Fifa men's world footballer of the
year award.
Wales forward Bale, 24, scored 26 goals for Tottenham
last season before an £85m move to Real Madrid in the
summer.
Five Premier League players in Eden Hazard, Mesut
Ozil, Luis Suarez, Yaya Toure and Robin van Persie have
also been nominated for the Ballon d'Or.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi will be looking to retain the
award he has won for four years running.
Messi's club team-mates Andres Iniesta, Neymar - who
moved to the Nou Camp from Santos in the summer -
and Xavi also make the shortlist, as does Cristiano
Ronaldo of Real Madrid.
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney made the
shortlist last year but has failed to do so this time, with
no player from England, Scotland or Northern Ireland
represented in the final 23.
Bayern Munich beat Barcelona on the way to winning
the Champions League last season and they have six
players up for the award.
The 23-man list will be whittled down to three in
December before the winners will be announced on 13
January, 2014 in Zurich.
In terms of countries, Germany have the most players
nominated with five, while Brazil, Netherlands, Spain
and Uruguay have two apiece.
Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, France, Italy, Ivory
Coast, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Wales each have
one of their players in contention.
Bayern claimed the German league title and German
Cup as they completed the treble in 2012-13 and their
coach Jupp Heynckes, who has since been replaced by
Pep Guardiola, is up for the coach of the year award.
Former Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson,
Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, Chelsea's Jose Mourinho and
Napoli's Rafael Benitez are also part of the 10-man list
in the running for coach of the year.
Benitez led Chelsea to the Europa League trophy last
season before leaving for Napoli and being replaced at
Stamford Bridge by Mourinho, who left Real Madrid in
the summer after failing to win the La Liga or
Champions League.
The winners will be voted for by the captains and head
coaches of the men's national teams as well as by
international media representatives selected by France
Football magazine.
France Football started the Ballon d'Or to honour the
European footballer of the year and England's Stanley
Matthews was the first winner in 1956.
In 2007 the award became a world player gong and
three years later it merged with Fifa's own world player
honour.
Fifa world men's player of the year shortlist:
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales), Edinson Cavani (Paris
St-Germain/Uruguay), Radamel Falcao (Monaco/
Colombia), Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Belgium), Zlatan
Ibrahimovic (Paris St-Germain/Sweden), Andres Iniesta
(Barcelona/Spain), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich/
Germany), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund/
Poland), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina), Thomas
Muller (Bayern Munich/Germany), Manuel Neuer
(Bayern Munich/Germany), Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil),
Mesut Ozil (Arsenal/Germany), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus/
Italy), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/France), Arjen
Robben (Bayern Munich/Netherlands), Cristiano
Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal), Bastian Schweinsteiger
(Bayern Munich/Germany), Luis Suarez (Liverpool/
Uruguay), Thiago Silva (Paris St-Germain/Brazil), Yaya
Toure (Manchester City/Ivory Coast), Robin Van Persie
(Manchester United/Netherlands), Xavi (Barcelona/
Spain).
Fifa coach of the year shortlist: Carlo Ancelotti (Real
Madrid), Rafael BenÃtez (Napoli), Antonio Conte
(Juventus), Vicente Del Bosque (Spain), Sir Alex
Ferguson (Manchester United's former manager), Jupp
Heynckes (Bayern Munich's former coach), Jurgen
Klopp (Borussia Dortmund), Jose Mourinho (Chelsea),
Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil), Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).
shortlist for the Fifa men's world footballer of the
year award.
Wales forward Bale, 24, scored 26 goals for Tottenham
last season before an £85m move to Real Madrid in the
summer.
Five Premier League players in Eden Hazard, Mesut
Ozil, Luis Suarez, Yaya Toure and Robin van Persie have
also been nominated for the Ballon d'Or.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi will be looking to retain the
award he has won for four years running.
Messi's club team-mates Andres Iniesta, Neymar - who
moved to the Nou Camp from Santos in the summer -
and Xavi also make the shortlist, as does Cristiano
Ronaldo of Real Madrid.
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney made the
shortlist last year but has failed to do so this time, with
no player from England, Scotland or Northern Ireland
represented in the final 23.
Bayern Munich beat Barcelona on the way to winning
the Champions League last season and they have six
players up for the award.
The 23-man list will be whittled down to three in
December before the winners will be announced on 13
January, 2014 in Zurich.
In terms of countries, Germany have the most players
nominated with five, while Brazil, Netherlands, Spain
and Uruguay have two apiece.
Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, France, Italy, Ivory
Coast, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Wales each have
one of their players in contention.
Bayern claimed the German league title and German
Cup as they completed the treble in 2012-13 and their
coach Jupp Heynckes, who has since been replaced by
Pep Guardiola, is up for the coach of the year award.
Former Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson,
Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, Chelsea's Jose Mourinho and
Napoli's Rafael Benitez are also part of the 10-man list
in the running for coach of the year.
Benitez led Chelsea to the Europa League trophy last
season before leaving for Napoli and being replaced at
Stamford Bridge by Mourinho, who left Real Madrid in
the summer after failing to win the La Liga or
Champions League.
The winners will be voted for by the captains and head
coaches of the men's national teams as well as by
international media representatives selected by France
Football magazine.
France Football started the Ballon d'Or to honour the
European footballer of the year and England's Stanley
Matthews was the first winner in 1956.
In 2007 the award became a world player gong and
three years later it merged with Fifa's own world player
honour.
Fifa world men's player of the year shortlist:
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales), Edinson Cavani (Paris
St-Germain/Uruguay), Radamel Falcao (Monaco/
Colombia), Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Belgium), Zlatan
Ibrahimovic (Paris St-Germain/Sweden), Andres Iniesta
(Barcelona/Spain), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich/
Germany), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund/
Poland), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina), Thomas
Muller (Bayern Munich/Germany), Manuel Neuer
(Bayern Munich/Germany), Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil),
Mesut Ozil (Arsenal/Germany), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus/
Italy), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/France), Arjen
Robben (Bayern Munich/Netherlands), Cristiano
Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal), Bastian Schweinsteiger
(Bayern Munich/Germany), Luis Suarez (Liverpool/
Uruguay), Thiago Silva (Paris St-Germain/Brazil), Yaya
Toure (Manchester City/Ivory Coast), Robin Van Persie
(Manchester United/Netherlands), Xavi (Barcelona/
Spain).
Fifa coach of the year shortlist: Carlo Ancelotti (Real
Madrid), Rafael BenÃtez (Napoli), Antonio Conte
(Juventus), Vicente Del Bosque (Spain), Sir Alex
Ferguson (Manchester United's former manager), Jupp
Heynckes (Bayern Munich's former coach), Jurgen
Klopp (Borussia Dortmund), Jose Mourinho (Chelsea),
Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil), Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).
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