The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023: Live stream, date, start time, nominees & how to watch

The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 will be awarded at a ceremony on Monday January 15, 2024. London, England will host the award ceremony.

Proceedings are expected to start at around 7pm GMT (2pm ET).

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Fans will be able to stream The Best FIFA Football Awards live for free on TNT Sports and discovery+ in the UK.

The ceremony will also be available to watch live on FIFA+.

Finalists

Longlist

Lionel Messi is the headline nominee for the 2023 Best Men's Player award, but the 2022 World Cup winner is up against the likes of Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe.

Declan Rice's exploits for West Ham and England were acknowledged when he made the long list, while Napoli star Victor Osimhen was the sole nominee from Africa.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the first two awards in 2016 and 2017, has not made the nominee list.

Finalists

Longlist

A competitive field daw the likes of Sam Kerr, Jennifer Hermoso and Lindsay Horan up for nomination. Spanish, Australian and English players made up the bulk of the original nominees, while Linda Caicedo and Hinata Miyazawa's performances have been recognised too.

Hermoso, Caicedo and Aitana Bonmati are the three finalists.

Pep Guardiola is in line for his first-ever Best Men's Coach award, having steered Manchester City to a treble last season. The Catalan coach has been nominated a number of times but has not yet won the award since it began in 2017.

Guardiola is up against Simone Inzaghi - the Inter coach he vanquished in the Champions League final - as well as Luciano Spalletti, who delivered Napoli the Scudetto. Barcelona boss Xavi and former Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou are also in the running.

Three-time Best Women's Coach Sarina Wiegman is among the nominees for the 2023 edition, but the Dutch tactician is up against the likes of Chelsea boss Emma Hayes and Barcelona's Jonatan Giraldez.

Manchester City shot-stopper Ederson leads the nominees for The Best Men's Goalkeeper award, but the Brazilian faces stiff competition from the likes of Thibaut Courtois, Yassine Bounou, Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Andre Onana.

The 2022 Best Women's Goalkeeper Mary Earps is out to defend her crown against previous winner Christiane Endler, as well as Ann-Katrin Berger and Mackenzie Arnold.

Goalkeepers

• Thibaut Courtois
• Ederson
• Emiliano Martinez

Defenders

• Ruben Dias
• Virgil van Dijk
• Eder Militao
• Antonio Rudiger
• John Stones
• Kyle Walker

Midfielders

• Jude Bellingham
• Kevin De Bruyne
• Ilkay Gundogan
• Luka Modric
• Rodri
• Bernardo Silva
• Federico Valverde

Forwards

• Karim Benzema
• Erling Haaland
• Harry Kane
• Kylian Mbappe
• Lionel Messi
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Vinicius Jr

Goalkeepers

• Mackenzie Arnold
• Mary Earps
• Alyssa Naeher

Defenders

• Lucy Bronze
• Olga Carmona
• Alex Greenwood
• Amanda Illestedt
• Ashley Lawrence
• Maria Leon
• Irene Paredes

Midfielders

• Aitana Bonmati
• Claudia Pina
• Fridolina Rolfo
• Georgia Stanway
• Ella Toone
• Keira Walsh

Forwards

• Jennifer Hermoso
• Lauren James
• Sam Kerr
• Alex Morgan
• Salma Paralluelo
• Alexandro Popp
• Alessia Russo

Fans were able to vote for their choice of The Best players on FIFA's official website.

Voting opened on September 14, 2023 and closed on October 6, 2023.

Voting for the Puskas Award opened on September 21 and closed October 10.