On Monday, France Football magazine published the list of candidates for the title of Best Footballer of Europe. Among the 50 selected footballers are the current title holder Andriy Shevchenko and the winner of the 2003 vote, Pavel Nedved. The name of the winner of the Ballon d'Or-2005 award will be announced on November 28.
List of candidates:
Adriano ("Inter"), Michael Ballack ("Bayern"), David Beckham ("Real"), Gianluigi Buffon ("Juventus"), Mauro Camoranesi ("Juventus"), Fabio Cannavaro ("Juventus"), Jamie Carragher ("Liverpool"), Petr Cech ("Chelsea"), Andriy Shevchenko ("Milan"), Coupet ("Lyon"), Cris ("Lyon"), Deco ("Barcelona"), Dida ("Milan"), Didier Drogba ("Chelsea"), Emerson ("Juventus"), Michael Essien ("Lyon"/"Chelsea"), Samuel Eto'o ("Barcelona"), Luis Figo ("Inter"), Diego Forlan ("Villarreal"), Luis Garcia ("Liverpool"), Steven Gerrard ("Liverpool"), Thierry Henry ("Arsenal"), Zlatan Ibrahimovic ("Juventus"), Juninho Pernambucano ("Lyon"), Kaka ("Milan"), Frank Lampard ("Chelsea"), Roy Makaay ("Bayern"), Claude Makelele ("Chelsea"), Paolo Maldini ("Milan"), Pavel Nedved ("Juventus"), Michael Owen ("Real"/"Newcastle"), Park Ji-sung (PSV/"Manchester United"), Andrea Pirlo ("Milan"), Raul ("Real"), Juan Roman Riquelme ("Villarreal"), Arjen Robben ("Chelsea"), Roberto Carlos ("Real"), Robinho ("Real"), Ronaldinho ("Barcelona"), Ronaldo ("Real"), Cristiano Ronaldo ("Manchester United"), Wayne Rooney ("Manchester United"), John Terry ("Chelsea"), Lilian Thuram ("Juventus"), David Trezeguet ("Juventus"), Mark van Bommel (PSV/"Barcelona"), Ruud van Nistelrooy ("Manchester United"), Patrick Vieira ("Arsenal"/"Juventus"), Xavi ("Barcelona"), Zinedine Zidane ("Real").