3 Barca players make 2025 Ballon d’Or shortlist

France Football have announced the 2025 Men’s Ballon d’Or nominees.

3 players from the Barcelona squad made the 30-man shortlist.

The trio of Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha. Yamal and Raphinha are expected to fight for the award after an extraordinary season with Barcelona.

See the full shortlist below:

– Ousmane Dembele (PSG);

– Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG);

– Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid);

– Desire Doue (PSG);

– Denzel Dumfries (Inter);

– Serhou Guirassy (Dortmund);

– Erling Haaland (Man City);

– Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal);

– Achraf Hakimi (PSG);

– Harry Kane (Bayern);

– Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (PSG);

– Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona);

– Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool);

– Lautaro Martinez (Inter);

– Scott McTominay (Napoli);

– Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid);

– Nuno Mendes (PSG);

– Joao Neves (PSG);

– Pedri (Barcelona);

– Cole Palmer (Chelsea);

– Michael Olise (Bayern);

– Raphinha (Barcelona);

– Declan Rice (Arsenal);

– Fabian Ruiz (PSG);

– Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool);

– Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid);

– Mohamed Salah (Liverpool);

– Florian Wirtz (Liverpool);

– Vitinha (PSG);

– Lamine Yamal (Barcelona).

Manchester City’s Rodri won the award last year.

The 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony will take place in Paris on September 22.