''France Football'' is a French weekly magazine containing

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

news from all over the world. It is considered to be one of the most reputable sports publications in Europe, mostly because of its photographic reports, in-depth and exclusive interviews and accurate statistics of the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

matches, and extensive coverage of the European leagues. The magazine was first published in 1946 and is headquartered in Paris. For more than six decades it has presented the

Ballon d'Or The Ballon d'Or (; ) is an annual football award presented by French news magazine ''France Football'' since 1956. Between 2010 and 2015, in an agreement with FIFA, the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year (fo ...

award to the best football player of the year.

Awards

Between 1956 and 2009, ''France Football'' presented the best player in Europe with the

("Golden Ball"), often referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award. Following the award's merger with the

FIFA World Player of the Year The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015 at the FIFA World Player Gala. Coaches and captains of international teams and media representati ...

award in 2010, the magazine awarded the

FIFA Ballon d'Or The FIFA Ballon d'Or ("Golden Ball") was an annual association football award presented to the world's best men's player from 2010 to 2015. Awarded jointly by FIFA and ''France Football'', the prize was a merger of the FIFA World Player of the Ye ...

to the world's best player in partnership with

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, the sport's governing body, until 2016, when it resumed full ownership of the trophy. Since 1959, ''France Football'' also elects the French Player of the Year and awarded the best club team in Europe since 1968 to 1990.

Awards presented by ''France Football''

Ballon d'Or Féminin The Ballon d'Or Féminin (), also known as the Women's Ballon d'Or, is an association football award presented by '' France Football'' that honours the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. It was first awarded in 20 ...

Kopa Trophy The Kopa Trophy is an association football award presented to the best performing player under the age of 21. It is organised by ''France Football.'' The award is named after former French footballer Raymond Kopa and the winner is selected by fo ...

Yashin Trophy The Yashin Trophy is an association football award presented annually by ''France Football'' to the best performing goalkeeper. The award is named former Soviet Union goalkeeper Lev Yashin, and the winner is selected by former Ballon d'Or ...

Gerd Müller Trophy The Gerd Müller Trophy, previously known as Striker of the Year or Best Striker Award in its first edition, is an association football award presented annually by ''France Football'' to the highest-scoring footballer in the previous season. It ...

# French Player of the Year In 2020, it also presented the

Ballon d'Or Dream Team The Ballon d'Or Dream Team is an all-time all-star team published by ''France Football'' on 14 December 2020 after conducting an internet poll of fans to select a football dream team starting from October 2020. The final team was selected by 140 ...

References

External links

Ballon d'Or - France Football
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Awards

Awards presented by ''France Football''

See also

References

External links