Few may have pictured Barcelona lifting a home treble initially of final season, much less so with swashbuckling soccer that blew away the vast majority of their opposition. It has earned Hansi Flick a nomination for the Johan Cruyff award, given to the very best coach of the earlier yr by France Soccer.
Actual Madrid and Barcelona function closely within the nominations for the Kopa trophy, whereas all three of Spain’s giants have illustration within the Yachine trophy nominations too. Flick will face robust competitors for the Cruyff award, not least from a former Barcelona coach.
Hansi Flick nominated for Coach of the 12 months
Flick has been named by France Soccer as certainly one of 5 nominees for the award, alongside Paris Saint-Germain’s Luis Enrique, Napoli’s Antonio Conte, Chelsea’s Enzo Maresca and Liverpool’s Arne Slot. In distinction to the opposite awards, there is no such thing as a illustration from Spain within the ladies’s coach of the yr award.
Slot took Liverpool to the title regardless of the departure of legendary supervisor Jurgen Klopp, whereas Antonio Conte secured only a second Scudetto for Napoli within the twenty first century. Flick’s stiffest competitors could also be from Luis Enrique although, who lastly bought PSG over the road within the Champions League, and enjoying a few of the finest soccer seen within the competitors for a while too.
Listed below are our 2025 nominees for the Males’s Group Coach of the 12 months Trophy!
Antonio Conte
Luis Enrique
Hansi Flick
Enzo Maresca
Arne Slot#ballondor pic.twitter.com/ES5OaOvP5n— Ballon d’Or (@ballondor) August 7, 2025
Flick revitalised Barcelona aspect after messy finish for Xavi Hernandez
Arriving to a Barcelona aspect in disarray, Flick revitalised a workforce with solely the additions of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor within the switch market. After Xavi Hernandez resigned, was reinstated, after which sacked within the house of 5 months, few have been predicting a lot for a Barcelona aspect that had struggled to compete the earlier yr.
Hansi Flick has been named for the 2025 Johan Cruyff trophy. Congratulations! ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/ukdqIp4vP3
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) August 7, 2025
Nonetheless with Raphinha, Pedri and Lamine Yamal main the way in which, Barcelona blew Actual Madrid away, successful all 4 Clasicos and scoring 16 targets in them, on their method to the title, Copa del Rey and Spanish Supercup. Solely a stoppage time equaliser from Inter disadvantaged them of an opportunity to dispute the Champions League remaining towards PSG.