Every category and Serie A nominee at the Gran Gala del Calcio
The annual Gran Galà del Calcio is due to take place in Milan on Monday evening, when the Italian players’ association (AIC) will reveal the team of the season for the 2023-24 Serie A campaign, as well as the winners of a long list of categories including the coach and team of the year.
The awards are handed out based on achievements from the 2023-24 season, so there are some candidates on the list who no longer play in Serie A, such as former Bologna pair Riccardo Calafiori and Joshua Zirkzee, and former Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot.
Here are all the categories and every nominee ahead of Monday night’s ceremony.
Serie A: Men’s Top 11
Goalkeepers: Michele Di Gregorio (Monza, now Juventus), Yann Sommer (Inter), Mike Maignan (Milan)
Defenders: Raoul Bellanova (Torino, now at Atalanta), Denzel Dumfries (Inter), Bremer (Juventus), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino, now at Atalanta), Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna, now at Arsenal), Theo Hernandez (Milan), Federico Dimarco (Inter)
Midfielders: Teun Koopmeieners (Atalanta, now at Juventus), Nicolo Barella (Inter), Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus, now at Marseille), Paulo Dybala (Roma)
Forwards: Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Marcus Thuram (Inter), Rafael Leao (Milan), Albert Gudmundsson (Genoa, now at Fiorentina), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna, now at Manchester United)
Coach of the Year
Thiago Motta (Bologna, Juventus), Simone Inzaghi (Inter), Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta)
Club of the Year
Atalanta, Inter, Juventus
Referee of the Year
Daniele Orsato, Marco Di Bello, Marco Guida
Serie B Young Player
Francesco Pio Esposito (Spezia, on loan from Inter), Daniele Ghilardi (Sampdoria, on loan from Hellas Verona), Gianluca Busio (Venezia)
Goal of the Year
Hassane Kamara (Udinese vs Salernitana), Rafael Leao (Milan vs Atalanta), Ruslan Malinovskyi (Frosinone vs Genoa), Dany Mota (Genoa vs Monza), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna vs Empoli), Matteo Politano (Monza vs Napoli), Gianluca Scamacca (Empoli vs Atalanta), Marcus Thuram (Inter vs Milan), Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus vs Sassuolo), Mattia Zaccagni (Verona vs Lazio)