The 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or: When is it? Live TV, odds, ceremony start time, contenders on shortlist

The ceremony takes place at 5.30pm GMT (6.30pm CET) on Monday 11th January, 2016.

The glitzy awards take place at Zurich's Kongresshaus, a famous concert hall in the Swiss city.

The ceremony is being broadcast LIVE on Eurosport from 5.30pm GMT on Monday 11th January.

Lionel Messi, of Barcelona and Argentina; Cristiano Ronaldo, of Real Madrid and Portugal; and Neymar of Barcelona and Brazil.

Oh yes. Messi and Ronaldo have split the award between them every year since 2008, with Messi winning four times and Ronaldo winning three. The year before that, 2007, Ronaldo finished second to Kaka while Messi was third. And both men have been in the top three every year since, apart from 2010, when Spanish World Cup winners Andres Iniesta and Xavi bumped Ronaldo out of the final three (Iniesta and Xavi both lost out to Messi for the award, however).

Not much drama expected: Messi is a staggering 1-40 on to claim the title for the fifth time. Neymar is 16-1, while Ronaldo is a distant 33-1.

Normally, you'd think that the presence of two Barcelona players might split the vote and let Ronaldo through. But with Real Madrid being trophyless in 2015, all the Portuguese star has to bolster his claim is that fact that he overtook Raul's Real Madrid scoring record a few months ago.

Just being nominated is a good result for him - he's the first Brazilian to make the final three since Kaka won the title in 2007. And if he carries on developing as he has been, there's a fair chance he'll be in the top three for the next seven years.

There is the women's player of the year award; the coach of the year awards (one each for men's and women's football); and the best moment of the night, the Puskas Award for the greatest goal of the year.

Lionel Messi better have two speeches ready: the other goals in the top 10 are outstanding, but Messi's strike in the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao was arguably the finest of his dazzling career, and he's 3-10 on with bookies; the other two in the final shortlist of three are Alessandro Florenzi's long-range effort at 9/2 and Wendell Lira's volley at 13/2.

But given that it's decided by public vote Messi's popularity makes this a no-contest. You can watch Messi's goal here:

The nominees are Carli Lloyd of the USA, Aya Miyama of Japan and Celia Sasic of Germany. But Lloyd is a shoo-in: the USA's talismanic striker earned the Golden Ball at the Women's World Cup last summer. She was unlucky that her strike from half-way in the World Cup final did not to make the final three of the Puskas award, but she won't leave Zurich empty-handed.

The three nominees are Barcelona's treble-winning Luis Enrique; Bayern Munich's title-winning Pep Guardiola; and Chile's Copa America-winning Jorge Sampaoli. Enrique is a huge favourite after guiding his men to the treble, but Sampaoli might sneak in for his achievement in derailing Argentina in that Copa America final.

The USA's Jill Ellis is as much of a shoo-in as Carli Lloyd, having guided her players to a third Women's World Cup. England coach Mark Sampson is rightly in the final three, having got England all the way to the semi-finals when the national side had never previously won a match in the tournament's knockout stages. The other contender is Japan's Norio Sasaki, who made it three major finals in a row having led his team to the 2011 World Cup final (which Japan won) and the 2012 Olympic football final.

It's on Eurosport at 5.30pm GMT on Monday 11th January - or you can watch live on www.eurosportplayer.co.uk.