France Football officials have announced the nominees for the 2024 Ballon d’or “Best Men’s Club of the Year” award. The nominees include Borussia Dortmund, Girona, Bayern Leverkusen, Real Madrid, and Manchester City.
The criteria used to select the teams are the clubs who dominated local and European leagues throughout the 2023-2024 season.
Borrusia Dortmund surely got it onto the list due to their remarkable performance in both domestic and European competitions.
Last season, Germany advanced to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League before losing to Bayern Munich.
As for Girona, the second Spanish club on the list, is in contention to win the France Football Team of the Year award.
The Catalan club had one of their best and most remarkable performances, defeating premier clubs in both La Liga and European competitions. Girona finished third in La Liga, behind Atletico Madrid.
Nonetheless, Manchester City had notable performances, and Cytizens won the EPL reaching UCL finals.
Bayer Leverkusen, led by coach Xabi Alonso, went 35 matches unbeaten in 15 months of Bundesliga dominance before being upset 3-2 by Leipzig.
Real Madrid who are currently the La Liga, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Super Cup champions, are the favourites to win the highly coveted award following their great performance in the 2023-2024 season, which included a treble.
Nominated for the Men’s Club of the Year! @bayer04fussball @realmadrid @ManCity @BVB @GironaFC #ballondor #Clubdelannee pic.twitter.com/lOqQJdeL1R
— Ballon d’Or (@ballondor) September 4, 2024
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