The Best FIFA awards gala has kicked off in London, with Pep Guardiola walking away with the first award.
The Spaniard won the treble with Manchester City, guiding them to the Premier League, the FA Cup as well as their first ever Uefa Champions League title.
Meanwhile, the Brazil national team won the FIFA Fair Play award for saying no to racism and playing with a completely black kit for the first time in their history after their winger Vinicius Junior received racial abuse in LALIGA.
The main men’s award was won by Lionel Messi after he guided Argentina to the FIFA World Cup and Inter Miami to their first-ever trophy, beating Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe to the award.
All awards winners:
The Best FIFA Men’s Player
- Lionel Messi
- Erling Haaland
- Kylian Mbappe
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach
- Pep Guardiola
- Simone Inzaghi
- Luciano Spalletti
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach
- Sarina Wiegman
- Jonatan Giraldez
- Emma Hayes
The Best FIFA Women’s Player
- Aitana Bonmati
- Linda Caicedo
- Jennifer Hermoso
FIFA Puskás Award
- Guilherme Madruga
- Julio Enciso
- Nuno Santos
The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper
- Ederson
- Yassine Bounou
- Thibaut Courtois
The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper
- Mary Earps
- Mackenzie Arnold
- Catalina Coll
The qualifying period for the women’s awards – The Best Women’s Player, The Best Women’s Coach and The Best Women’s Goalkeeper – was from 1 August 2022 to 20 August 2023, the date of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final.
For the men’s awards – The Best Men’s Player, The Best Men’s Coach and The Best Men’s Goalkeeper – the qualifying period was between 19 December 2022 and 20 August 2023.
The FIFA Puskás Award will be presented to the scorer of the best goal in the relevant qualifying period – between 19 December 2022 and 20 August 2023.
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.
The FIFA Puskás Award finalists were determined by a combination of fan votes and expert panelists.
