UEFA will organize the Ballon d’Or gala starting in 2024, announced this Friday the governing body of European football and the Amaury media group, owner of France Football magazine, which presents the award.
The group, which also owns the French newspaper L’Équipe, will continue to be responsible “for supervising the voting system” of the award that distinguishes the best footballer in the world in a given sporting season, which “will remain unaltered and independent.”
According to UEFA’s statement, the continental body will be responsible for managing global commercial rights and organizing the annual awards gala, which “for more than 70 years (…) remained the most prestigious individual award in the world.” world of football.”
“UEFA and the Ballon d’Or are synonymous with sporting excellence, so our association will be a natural mix of prominence and a synergy that promises to be nothing less than exceptional,” said the president of the body that brings together European football, the Slovenian. Aleksander Ceferin. .
Two new awards were also created, with the aim of rewarding the best coaches of men’s and women’s teams of the season, which are added to the existing eight: Ballon d’Or (men’s and women’s), Yashin Trophy (goalkeeper), Kopa ( young player), Gerd Müller (scorer), club (men’s and women’s) and Sócrates (solidarity initiative).
Source: TSF
