The 2015

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Gala was the sixth year for

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's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Zürich, Switzerland on 11 January 2016.

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won the award as the World Player of the Year for the fifth time, extending his own record of five wins. Carli Lloyd was named as the Women's World Player of the Year, while Luis Enrique received the World Coach of the Year for Men's Football and Jill Ellis the World Coach of the Year for Women's Football. The ceremony was hosted by Kate Abdo and James Nesbitt.

Winners and nominees

In late October 2015, FIFA revealed shortlist for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, FIFA Women's World Player of the Year and FIFA World Coaches of the Year. The shortlists for the women's awards were revealed on 19 October and the men's on 20 October.

FIFA Ballon d'Or

The results for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or were: The following twenty players were also in contention for the award:

FIFA Puskás Award

The winner of the FIFA Puskás Award was: * Wendell Lira (

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), 1–2 vs Atlético Goianiense, Estádio Serra Dourada, 11 March 2015 The other nominees were: *

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), 0–1 vs

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, Camp Nou, 30 May 2015 * Alessandro Florenzi ( Roma), 1–1 vs

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, 16 September 2015

FIFA/FIFPro World XI

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

The results for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year were: The following seven players were also named to the shortlist for the award:

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football

The following were the final three nominees for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football: The following seven managers were also named to the shortlist for the award:

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football

The following were the final three nominees for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football: The following seven managers were also named to the shortlist for the award:

References

External links

* {{FIFA Puskás Award FIFA Ballon FIFA Ballon d'Or

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