Kopa Trophy

Kopa Trophy
Trophée Kopa
Lamine Yamal
Lamine Yamal, the current award holder
Awarded forThe best performing footballer worldwide under the age of 21.
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
First award3 December 2018 (2018-12-03)
Current holderSpain Lamine Yamal
(2nd award)
Most awardsSpain Lamine Yamal
(2 awards)
Most nominationsGermany Jamal Musiala
(3 nominations)
Websitefrancefootball.fr
RelatedBallon d'Or

The Kopa Trophy is an association football award presented by French newspaper France Football that is given to the best young performing player in the world under the age of 21, during a joint ceremony with their senior Ballon d'Or award. The award is named after late French footballer Raymond Kopa, the winner of the 1958 Ballon d'Or. The winner is selected by a jury of all former Ballon d'Or winners and is open to all young players worldwide throughout the six FIFA confederations.

Kylian Mbappé became the award's first recipient during the 2018 Ballon d'Or presentation. As of 2025, Lamine Yamal has won the most awards with 2 and Jamal Musiala has the most nominations with 3. In 2025, the award was expanded with the Women's Kopa Trophy for female youth players.

Men's winners

Kylian Mbappé, the inaugural award winner
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had won the award at that time (for players with multiple wins)
Year Rank Player Club Points
2018 1st France Kylian MbappéFrance Paris Saint-Germain 110
2nd United States Christian PulisicGermany Borussia Dortmund 31
3rd Netherlands Justin Kluivert Italy Roma[note 1] 18
2019 1st Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt Italy Juventus[note 2] 58
2nd England Jadon Sancho Germany Borussia Dortmund 49
3rd Portugal João Félix Spain Atlético Madrid[note 3] 41
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1][2]
2021 1st Spain Pedri Spain Barcelona 89
2nd England Jude Bellingham Germany Borussia Dortmund 39
3rd Germany Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich 38
2022 1st Spain Gavi Spain Barcelona 59
2nd France Eduardo Camavinga Spain Real Madrid[note 4] 51
3rd Germany Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich 47
2023 1st England Jude Bellingham Germany Borussia Dortmund[note 5] 90
2nd Germany Jamal Musiala Germany Bayern Munich 42
3rd Spain Pedri Spain Barcelona 33
2024 1st Spain Lamine Yamal (1) Spain Barcelona 113
2nd Turkey Arda Güler Spain Real Madrid 26
3rd England Kobbie Mainoo England Manchester United 20
2025 1st Spain Lamine Yamal (2) Spain Barcelona 124
2nd France Désiré Doué France Paris Saint-Germain 72
3rd Portugal João Neves France Paris Saint-Germain 23
Notes
  1. ↑ Kluivert was signed by Roma from Ajax midway through 2018
  2. ↑ de Ligt was signed by Juventus from Ajax midway through 2019
  3. ↑ Félix was signed by Atlético Madrid from Benfica midway through 2019
  4. ↑ Camavinga was signed by Real Madrid from Rennes midway through 2022
  5. ↑ Although Bellingham was signed by Real Madrid from Borussia Dortmund during the award period, he did not make his debut until after the award period ended

Wins by player

Player Winner Second place Third place
Spain Lamine Yamal 2 (2024, 2025) – –
England Jude Bellingham 1 (2023) 1 (2021) –
Spain Pedri 1 (2021) – 1 (2023)
France Kylian Mbappé 1 (2018) – –
Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt 1 (2019) – –
Spain Gavi 1 (2022) – –
Germany Jamal Musiala – 1 (2023) 2 (2021, 2022)
United States Christian Pulisic – 1 (2018) –
England Jadon Sancho – 1 (2019) –
France Eduardo Camavinga – 1 (2022) –
Turkey Arda Güler – 1 (2024) –
France Désiré Doué – 1 (2025) –
Netherlands Justin Kluivert – – 1 (2018)
Portugal João Félix – – 1 (2019)
England Kobbie Mainoo – – 1 (2024)
Portugal João Neves – – 1 (2025)

Wins by country

Country Players Wins
Spain 3 4
England 1 1
France 1 1
Netherlands 1 1

Wins by club

Club Players Wins
Spain Barcelona 3 4
Germany Borussia Dortmund 1 1
Italy Juventus 1 1
France Paris Saint-Germain 1 1

Women's winners

Vicky López, the women's inaugural award winner
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had won the award at that time (for players with multiple wins)
Year Rank Player Club Points
2025 1st Spain Vicky López Spain Barcelona 15
2nd Colombia Linda Caicedo Spain Real Madrid 12
3rd Netherlands Wieke Kaptein England Chelsea 8

Wins by player

Player Winner Second place Third place
Spain Vicky López 1 (2025) – –
Colombia Linda Caicedo – 1 (2025) –
Netherlands Wieke Kaptein – – 1 (2025)

Wins by country

Country Players Wins
Spain 1 1

Wins by club

Club Players Wins
Spain Barcelona 1 1

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Coronavirus: Ballon d'Or cancelled for first time in award's history". ESPN. 20 July 2020. ISSN 1097-1998. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Ferré, Pascal (20 July 2020). "Il n'y aura pas de Ballon d'Or France Football en 2020" [There will be no France Football Ballon d'Or in 2020]. France Football (in French). ISSN 0015-9557. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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