FIFA have announced the nominees for a host of awards and fans have the chance to vote for our Blues players via links below.

Voting for the main player and manager awards will be equally weighted between fans, the current captains and coaches of all women’s and men’s national teams, plus media representatives.

Alongside the main player and manager of the year awards, there are also gender-specific prizes for the leading goalkeepers, goals scored and a fan award. You can learn more about them all and their respective voting processes here.

Bronze among The Best FIFA Women's Player nominees

Lucy Bronze is one of 16 players in the running for The Best FIFA Women's Player, an award our summer signing from Barcelona won back in 2020.

The Best FIFA Women's Player nominees are:

- Aitana Bonmati (Spain), Barcelona
- Barbra Banda (Zambia), Shanghai Shengli/Orlando Pride
- Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway), Barcelona
- Keira Walsh (England), Barcelona
- Khadija Shaw (Jamaica), Manchester City
- Lauren Hemp (England), Manchester City
- Lindsey Horan (USA), Olympique Lyonnais
- Lucy Bronze (England), Barcelona/Chelsea
- Mallory Swanson (USA), Chicago Red Stars
- Mariona Caldentey (Spain), Barcelona/Arsenal
- Naomi Girma (USA), San Diego Wave
- Ona Batlle (Spain), Barcelona
- Salma Paralluelo (Spain), Barcelona
- Sophia Smith (USA), Portland Thorns
- Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi), Paris Saint-Germain/Olympique Lyonnais
- Trinity Rodman (USA), Washington Spirit

You can vote for Bronze by clicking on this link.

Bompastor included in The Best FIFA Women's Coach nominees

Another of our summer arrivals, Sonia Bompastor, will be hoping she can claim The Best FIFA Women's Coach title for the first time after being one of eight nominated, alongside our former manager and now USA boss Emma Hayes.

The Best FIFA Women's Coach nominees are:

- Arthur Elias (Brazil), Brazil
- Elena Sadiku (Sweden), Celtic
- Emma Hayes (England), Chelsea/USA
- Futoshi Ikeda (Japan), Japan
- Gareth Taylor (England), Manchester City
- Jonatan Giraldez (Spain), Barcelona/Washington Spirit
- Sandrine Soubeyrand (France), Paris FC
- Sonia Bompastor (France), Olympique Lyonnais/Chelsea

You can vote for Bompastor here.

Chelsea players up for The Best FIFA Women's XI

There are 13 Chelsea Women's players included in the 77-player shortlist for the The Best FIFA Women's XI, with 11 goalkeepers plus 22 defenders, midfielders and forwards listed.

The Blues nominated for The Best FIFA Women's XI are:

- Hannah Hampton
- Zecira Musovic
- Lucy Bronze
- Millie Bright
- Nathalie Bjorn
- Kadeisha Buchanan
- Niamh Charles
- Ashley Lawrence
- Sjoeke Nusken
- Erin Cuthbert
- Guro Reiten
- Lauren James
- Mayra Ramirez

You can chose your favourite XI from 2024 via the FIFA website here and votes will be weighted equally between fans and an expert panel.

Cole Palmer nominated for The Best FIFA Men's XI

Like the women's side, there are 77 players nominated for the men's standout XI from the last year and Palmer is one of those selected.

Jamal Musiala and Declan Rice, who both spent time in Chelsea's academy, and former Blues Antonio Rudiger, Christian Pulisic and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have also been put forward for voting.

You can see the rest of the nominees, chose your XI and vote for Cole to be included here.

Voting is open via FIFA's website until 22:59 GMTT on Tuesday, 10 December.