Madrid 6 now officially been nominated to win the Ballon d'Or 2012 (Team with most candidates, followed by Barcelona with 5).

Madrid 6 now officially been nominated to win the Ballon d'Or 2012 (Team with most candidates, followed by Barcelona with 5).

Cristiano Ronaldo, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Xabi Alonso, Mesut Ozil and Karim Benzema are now officially nominated for the Golden Ball.

23 candidates for the Golden Ball are: 12 player from La Liga, 5 from the Premier League, 2 from Serie A, 1 from Chinese Championship, 1 from Brazilian, 1 French and 1 from the Bundesliga championship.

23 candidates for the Ballon d'belong to teams: 6 to Real Madrid, Barcelona 5, 3 Manchester City, Juventus 2 of 2 Manchester United, and 1 to (PSG, Santos, B.Munich, At.Madrid and Guangzhou Evergrand).

Jose Mourinho is the first candidate from the 10 finalists to win the award 'Best Coach of the Year'. After his coming: Del Bosque, Di Matteo, Ferguson, Guardiola, Heynckes, Klopp, Low, Mancini and Prandelli.