The 2025 Ballon d'Or ceremony began with a reminder of a new award being handed out: the Play of the Year Award.
The award will recognize the best team action of 2025—a moment of spectacular team play where players beautifully combined and crowned the action with a goal. The Play of the Year award shouldn’t be mistaken for the Puskás award, though, which recognizes the best goal scored over the past year.
