Desk Report:
It was predicted a few hours before the ceremony that the homegrown player Ousmane Dembele would win the Ballon d’Or. Dembele took to the stage at the Théâtre du Chatel in Paris and accepted the trophy. The French forward could not contain his emotions after winning the Ballon d’Or for the first time in his career.
Dembele played 53 matches for PSG in all competitions in the 2024-25 season. He scored 35 goals and assisted 16 goals. His contribution to PSG’s treble last season – Ligue 1, French Cup, Champions League – was immense. The biggest thing was that PSG won the Champions League title for the first time in the 2024-25 season. Dembele scored 6 goals in the Champions League. He won the award in front of his mother last night in Paris. A section of the audience then cheered, “Ousman, Osman.” Spain’s Aitana Bonmati scored a hat-trick on the night of Dembele’s Ballon d’Or victory. Bonmati has won the Women’s Ballon d’Or three times in a row.
It was announced shortly before the Ballon d’Or award ceremony at the Theatre du Châtelet in Paris that the fight has come down to two people from 30. Those two footballers are Dembele and Lamine Yamal. Although he could not win the Ballon d’Or, the Paris stage did not disappoint Yamal. Yamal won the Copa Trophy. In the 2024-25 season, Yamal played 55 matches in all competitions for Barca. He scored 18 goals and assisted 25 goals. He won three major tournaments last season – La Liga, Spanish Super Cup, Copa del Rey.\
Gianluigi Donnarumma received the Yacine Trophy. He guarded PSG’s goalposts like a vigilant watchman in the 2024-25 season. After winning the Champions League with the Parisians, Donnarumma is playing for Manchester City in the 2025-26 season. PSG, who won the treble last season, won the men’s club of the year award. That team’s coach Luis Enrique won the Johan Cruyff Trophy. It was his extraordinary technique that allowed PSG to win the Champions League for the first time in the 2024-25 season. Arsenal won the women’s club of the year award. Sarina Wiegman won the women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy.
The Socrates Award is given as an award for humanitarian work on the Ballon d’Or award night. This time, the Jana Foundation won this award for supporting children with terminal illnesses and their families. Jana is the daughter of PSG coach Luis Enrique. Jana died in 2019 after a five-month battle with bone cancer. She was nine years old at the time. Ronaldinho announced the winner of the 2025 Ballon d’Or at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris last night. The Brazilian legend himself has won the Ballon d’Or. He also played for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) from 2001 to 2003. He (Ronaldinho) had to hand over the Ballon d’Or award to the club’s young forward Dembele.
Who won the 2025 Ballon d’Or?
Ballon d’Or (Men): Ousmane Dembele (PSG, France)
Ballon d’Or (Women): Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain)
Yassin Trophy (Men): Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG, Manchester City, Italy)
Yassin Trophy (Women): Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, England)
Johan Cruyff Trophy (Men): Luis Enrique (PSG)
Johan Cruyff Trophy (Women): Sarina Wiegman (England)
Kopa Trophy (Men): Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
Kopa Trophy (Women): Vicky Lopez (Barcelona, Spain)
Club of the Year (Men): PSG
Club of the Year (Women): Arsenal
Jard Muller Trophy (Men): Viktor Giocorres (Arsenal, Sweden)
Jard Muller Trophy (Women): Eja Pajor (Barcelona, Poland)
Socrates Award: Jana Foundation
