Kevin de Bruyne, Karim Benzema and Thibaut Courtois are Uefa Player of the Year nominees

The nominees for the men's Uefa Player of the Year award are Kevin de Bruyne, Thibaut Courtois, and Karim Benzema.

On August 25th, the winner will be announced.

Goalkeeper Courtois and Benzema were both named Player of the Season by the Uefa for their performances during the season.

The player of the match was Courtois.

The player of the season is the player who had the best season.

A list of 15 players was used to pick the top three nominees.

The men's Manager of the Year award will be decided by Uefa, with Real's Carlo Ancelotti, City'sPep Guardiola andLiverpool's Juergen Klopp nominated.

At a later date, the women's Player of the Year and Manager of the Year nominees will be announced.

The winners of the group stage will be announced at the draw.