Ousmane Dembele is the winner of “The Best” award. This award is given by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to the best player of the year in football. The French striker, Dembele, won the award for the successes he has achieved with PSG, which includes the triumph in the Champions League. In addition to the Champions League, PSG has also won the champion title and the French Cup.
Dembele earlier this year also won the Ballon d'Or, which remains the top individual award in football.
For "The Best," Dembele won against Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamali. The ceremony was held on Tuesday night in Doha, Qatar.
Mbappe excelled at Real Madrid, while Yamal excelled at France.
Among the female footballers, the best was declared the Spanish Aitana Bonmati. Bonmati also won the Golden Ball.
Although he was in contention for the main award, Kylian Mbappe did not make it to the best team of the year, according to FIFA.
In attack, Dembele and Yamal have been selected in the best team. The midfield consists of Jude Bellingham, Vitinha, Pedri and Cole Palmer. Meanwhile, Achraf Hakimi, William Pacho, Virgil van Dijk and Nuno Mendes have been selected in defense. Gianluigi Donnarumma is the best goalkeeper in the team of the year.
The Best Coach award went to PSG's Spanish coach Luis Enrique. He beat Barcelona's Hansi Flick and Liverpool's Arne Slot.
Among women's soccer players, the best coach was declared Sarina Wiegman, the Dutchwoman in charge of England.
The ceremony, unlike the draw for the 2026 World Cup, was not long. FIFA presented the six winners before the ceremony even began. Among other things, the best goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma, was also announced before the ceremony began.
FIFA has been giving out "The Best" awards since 2016. It decided to announce the best after parting ways with "France Football" magazine, with which it organized the FIFA Ballon d'Or from 2010 to 2015.
The winners of "The Best" awards are determined by votes from viewers, national team coaches, captains and sports journalists.
For Rrahmani, Courtois was goalkeeper of the year
FIFA has also published the voting for the best goalkeeper of the year. Gianluigi Donnarumma was declared the best of 2025.
Kosovo captain Amir Rrahmani gave Donnarumma three points. He gave Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois five and Bayern's Manuel Neuer one.
Donnarumma, Neuer, Courtois was the ranking of Kosovo coach Franco Foda.
Berat Gjimshiti rated Donnarumma with five, Neuer with three and Yann Sommer with one.
Meanwhile, Sylvinho gave maximum points to Alisson Becker, three to Donnarumma and one to Courtois.
Donnarumma, Courtois, Neuer was Granit Xhaka's order, while Enis Bardhi's was: Donnarumma, Courtois, Becker.
Which coach do Foda and Sylvinho appreciate the most?
Luis Enrique, Hansi Flick, Mikel Arteta. This is the ranking of the best coaches of 2025 according to Kosovo coach Franco Foda.
FIFA has published the selections for the best football coach for 2025.
Foda has rated PSG's Enrique with five points, Barcelona's Flick with three and Arsenal's Arteta with one.
Kosovo captain Amir Rrahmani also praises Enrique and Flick, followed by Chelsea's Enzo Maresca.
According to Albania coach Sylvinho, the best ranking of coaches is: Luis Enrique, Hansi Flick, Arne Slot (Liverpool).
Berat Gjimshiti's ranking for coaches, the captain of Albania, is: Enrique, Maresca, Arteta.
Meanwhile, Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka rated it this way: Luis Enrique five points, Mikel Arteta three, Arne Slot one.
Enrique, Arteta, Slot was also the ranking of Enis Bardhi, the captain of North Macedonia.
The Kosovo coach and captain did not vote for the best female footballer
Spanish Aitana Bonmati has been named the best female footballer in the world for the third time in a row according to FIFA. But not with the maximum votes from Kosovo.
Kosovo coach Sami Sermaxhaj gave Claudia Pina the maximum score of five. He gave Bonmati three points and Chloe Kelly one.
Kosovo captain Erëleta Memeti did not give Bonmati any points. She gave five points to Chloe Kelly of England, three to Lucy Bronzet and one to Temwa Chawingas.
Even Sweden's captain, Kosovare Asllani, did not have any votes for Bonmati. She gave Alessia Russo five votes, Mariona Caldentey three votes, and Lucy Bronze one vote.
The voting from Albania was also interesting. Selector Armir Grimaj rated Chloe Kelly with five, Leah Williamson with three and Ewa Pajor with one.
Captain Megi Doci gave five points to Poland's Ewa Pajor, three to Chloe Kelly and one to Bonmati.
Foda and Rrahman's votes for the best player of the year
Kosovo coach Franco Foda has named Ousmane Dembele as the best footballer of 2025.
And the French star won "The Best" award on Tuesday, given by FIFA for the best of the year.
Dembele received the maximum points, five, for Foda. Lamine Yamal from Foda was awarded three points, while Harry Kane of Bayern was awarded one.
Kosovo captain Amir Rrahmani also gave maximum points to PSG striker Ousmane Dembele. Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe took Rrahmani's three points, while Lamine Yamal took one.
FIFA published the vote shortly after the ceremony.
Dembele was the best of the year according to Albania's coach, Sylvinho. The Brazilian gave three points to Lamine Yamali and one to Raphinha.
The Rossoneri captain, Berat Gjimshiti, gave Dembele five points, Nuno Mendes three and Harry Kane one.
Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka has rated two PSG stars. Xhaka gave five points to Dembele, three to Achraf Hakim and one to Lamine Yamali.
Captain Enis Bardhi also voted for North Macedonia. Dembele received five points from Bardhi. Bardhi gave three votes to Yamali and one to Nuno Mendes.
The best were announced with votes from selectors, captains of the representative teams, journalists and the public. All of them contributed 25 percent of the evaluation.
FIFA has awarded "The Best" awards since 2016. But the Ballon d'Or remains the most important individual award in football. Dembele has also won the Ballon d'Or.
Dembele, the best of 2025 according to FIFA
Ousmane Dembele is the winner of The Best award.
This award is given by FIFA to the best player in football of the year. Dembele won the award for his successes with PSG, which included the triumph in the Champions League.
He has also previously won the Ballon d'Or.
For The Best, Dembele won against Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamali. The ceremony was held on Tuesday night in Doha, Qatar.
Bonmati, the best soccer player of the year
After winning the Ballon d'Or, Aitana Bonmati also won The Best award, awarded by FIFA for the best female footballer of the year.
Bonmati has excelled this year and won another important individual award.
She plays for Barcelona.
Dembele and Yamal in the best team of the year according to FIFA
Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal have been selected in the best team of 2025, according to FIFA.
This duo is set to attack.
The midfield consists of Jude Bellingham, Vitinha, Pedri and Cole Palmer.
Achraf Hakimi, William Pacho, Virgil Van Dijk and Nuno Mendes have been selected in defence, while Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal.
Enrique, the best coach of the year
As expected, Luis Enrique has been declared the best coach of 2025.
Enrique won the FIFA award, The Best, on Tuesday night.
The award ceremony is being held in Doha, Qatar. Enrique won in competition with Hansi Flick and Arne Slot.
Among women's soccer players, the best coach was declared Sarina Wiegman, the England coach.
Iraqi club fans win FIFA award
Zakoho SC fans have won the FIFA Fans' Award for 2025.
The Iraqi club's supporters drew attention when, before the match against Al-Hudood on May 13, they threw thousands of toys onto the pitch. They were collected before the start of the match and donated to children suffering from various illnesses.
Meanwhile, the FIFA Fair Play Award for 2025 went to Andreas Harlas-Neuking, the doctor for German team Jahn Regensburg. He saved the life of a fan during a match in April.
Ovalle wins the award for the best goal of the year among female footballers
Lizbeth Ovalle has won the award for the best goal of the year in women's football.
The award, known as "Marta", named after the Brazilian football icon, was presented by FIFA on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old from Mexico, Ovalle, scored a super goal in the match between Tigres and Guadalajara. That match was played on March 3.
Montiel wins FIFA award for the best goal
Santiago Montiel is the winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2025 for the best goal scored this calendar year. He scored a superb goal with a scissor kick for the Argentine team Independiente.
Montiel scored the goal considered the best of the year in the match against Independiente Rivadavia.
The super goal was scored in the championship match in May.
"I didn't think about the goal, I just kicked the ball," Montiel said.
Last year, the best goal was scored by Alejandro Garnacho, who is also from Argentina.
Donnarumma, the best goalkeeper for 2025 according to FIFA
Gianluigi Donnarumma
Photo: Associated Press
FIFA has named Gianluigi Donnarumma the best goalkeeper for 2025.
Donnarumma beat goalkeepers such as Alisson Becker, Emiliano Martinez, Manuel Neuer, David Raya, Yann Sommer and Wojciech Szczesny in the competition for the best of the year.
Italian Donnarumma was a key figure in Paris Saint-Germain's success last season.
Donnarumma won the Champions League, the French Ligue 1 title, the French Cup and the French Super Cup last season with Paris.
26-year-old Donnarumma is already part of Manchester City.
"I feel incredibly proud to have been voted the best in the world and in front of such amazing goalkeepers for whom I have great respect and admiration. It has been an incredible year, one that will remain long in my memory. I will truly appreciate this recognition and look forward now to achieving more success with my new club, Manchester City," the tall goalkeeper said, writes "BBC".
Donnarumma has a contract with City until the summer of 2030.