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The 23–player women's shortlist was announced on 13 February 2023. [40] The players chosen were Christiane Endler as goalkeeper, Lucy Bronze, Mapi León, Wendie Renard and Leah Williamson as defenders, Lena Oberdorf, Alexia Putellas and Keira Walsh as midfielders, and Sam Kerr, Beth Mead and Alex Morgan as forwards. [41] [42]
David Ginola won the inaugural award in 1994. Kylian Mbappé has the most wins by a single player in the history of the awards, with five.. This award has been presented 29 times as of 2023, with all winners being different aside from Pauleta who was the first two-time winner in 2001–02 and 2002–03, as well as the only other multiple-time winners Eden Hazard (in 2010–11 and 2011–12 ...
' 2022 Golden Ball ') was the 66th annual presentation of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, recognising the best footballers in the world during the 2021–22 season. For the first time in the history of the award, it was given based on the results of the European season, instead of the calendar year. [ 1 ]
Defender Laurent Blanc (97 caps, 16 goals) was declared the fourth best French player of all time by magazine France Football. [25] Roger Marche (63 caps, 1 goal) held the France national team record for appearance-making for 28 years, the longest time between the record being broken and set again.
The following article is a summary of the 2022–23 football season in France, which was the 89th season of competitive football in the country and will run from July 2022 to June 2023. National team [ edit ]
The France national football team was created in 1904, around the time of FIFA's foundation. [18] The team competed in its first official international match on 1 May 1904 against Belgium in Brussels, ending in a 3–3 draw. [19] The following year, on 12 February 1905, France contested their first-ever home match against Switzerland.
The French Player of the Year is an association football award presented annually by the French magazine France Football since 1959. Originally, only French players playing in France were eligible, but starting in 1996 French players playing abroad were in contention to win the trophy. Since 2001, former winners have elected the Player of the ...
' Golden Ball ') is an annual football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively on voting by football journalists up until 2006.