FIFA 'The Best' 2023 awards came to an end with the crowning of Messi as 'The Best' in the men's category and Aitana Bonmati as the best women's player of 2023. In addition, Ederson was chosen as best goalkeeper and Mary Earps, best goalkeeper. Guardiola won the award for best coach and Wiegman, as best female coach.
FIFA The Best 2023 Awards: As it happened
Relive the live coverage of FIFA's The Best awards 2023, where the best players were crowned for their performances.
The Best 2023 LIVE: The Best' awards gala comes to an end
The end of a gala that has been quite strange in every sense of the word. When Messi's name was heard as the winner of The Best, there was silence and Henry, as there was no one representing Leo, kept it to give it to Leo or someone close to him. Argentinian star Leo Messi and playmaker Aitana Bonmati are the big winners of the night.
The Best 2023 LIVE: Aitana Bonmati named The Best women's player 2023!
Aitana Bonmati wins Best Women's Player of 2023.
"I am proud of being part of a powerful generation of women, part of changing the rules of the game, and the world," said Bonmati when she picked up 'The Best' women's player award.
The Best 2023 LIVE: The FIFA Fan Award goes to the Club Atletico Colon fan
The winner is Hugo Daniel 'Toto' Iniguez, who was caught on camera at a Colón match feeding his son a baby bottle.
The Best 2023 LIVE: tributes to Sir Bobby Charlton, Franz Beckenbauer and Mario Zagallo
Sir Bobby Charlton, Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer are being remembered in a film being played now.
The Best 2023 LIVE: Brazil wins the FIFA fair play award 2023
The Brazilian national team wins the award for its fight against racism, represented in the black jersey in the friendly against Guinea at the Santiago Bernabeu in June 2023.
The Best 2023 LIVE: Mary Earps named The Best women's GK
Mary Earps is named The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper 2023. The Manchester United and England goalkeeper retains the award.
The Best 2023, LIVE: the FIFA FIFFPRO Best XI
The FIFA Best XI is revealed. Manchester City are in the spotlight with six players.
Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois
Defence: John Stones, Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias
Midfield: Bernardo Silva, Jude Bellingham, Kevin De Bruyne
Forwards: Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi, Vinicius Jr
The Best 2023, LIVE: The Gala kicks off!
Reshmin Chowdhury and Thierry Henry, have arrived on stage. The ceremony is about to get underway.
In The Best best player award, it seemed that the favourite was Leo Messi, but 'DSports' has reported that he will not be attending the gala in London, raising suspicions that he knows he will not be picking up the award. It would go to either Erling Haaland or Kylian Mbappe with more options for the Norwegian, who won the Champions League with Manchester City.
It's getting closer to the start of the ceremony, but there's still a while to go, so why don't we take a look at the awards and their finalists?
The Best 2023, LIVE: Those are all the nominees
Take a look at all the nominees for tonight's award ceremony, as we can only have one winner from each category.
Best men's player
- Erling Haaland - Kylian Mbappe - Leo Messi
Best Female player
- Aitana BonmatI - Linda Caicedo - Jenni Hermoso
Puskas Trophy
- Julio Enciso - Guilherme Madruga - Nuno Santos
Best men's coach
- Pep Guardiola - Simone Inzaghi - Luciano Spalletti
Best women's coach
- Jonatan Giráldez - Emma Hayes - Sarina Wiegman
Best men's GK:
- Yassine Bono - Thibaut Courtois - Ederson
Best women's GK short-list
- Mackenzie Arnold - Cata Coll - Mary Earps.
The Best 2023, LIVE: who voted for the awards?
FIFA has released a list of some of the voters for the men's and women's awards. Their panel of experts includes Petr Cech, Didier Drogba, Brett Emerton, Rio Ferdinand, Asamoah Gyan, Kaka, Mario Kempes, Alexi Lalas, Jon Obi Mikel, Park Ji-Sung and Ivan Vicelich.
The Best Gala LIVE
The gala will be hosted by Reshmin Chowdhury. He has been presenting the awards for the last three years, in 2020, and will be joined by football legend Thierry Henry, who needs no introduction.
Good afternoon! We are now live with all the updated information about The Best awards gala. The event will take place this evening at 20:30 CET, but we can already concentrate on the preview, the list of favourites and trophies and other important aspects of these FIFA awards.