Current laureate Cristiano Ronaldo faces competition from six German World Cup winners with Tuesday's announcement of the 23 nominees for the Ballon d'Or world footballer of the year.

Spain's La Liga dominated the FIFA list with 10 players including Ronaldo's Real Madrid teammates Gareth Bale of Wales and Colombia's James Rodriguez, but there was no room for new Barcelona signing Luis Suarez.

The Catalans did provide Neymar of Brazil, Adres Iniesta of Spain and Argentines Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano, though.

Despite a spectacular season at Liverpool in which he was named Premier League player of the year, earning his move to Barca, Suarez of Uruguay has seemingly paid dearly for his four-month biting ban from the World Cup.

Behind the dominant La Liga -- which provided the two Champions League finalists in May -- the German Bundesliga accounts for six of the players while five ply their trade in England -- although three of those were playing in Spain until May.

The only two players on the list not playing in one of three major leagues are Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, at France's Paris Saint-Germain, and Frenchman Paul Pogba, who plays for Juventus in Italy.

The list is striking for the absence of any English player or coach.

Germany's World Cup winning coach Joachim Loew and Real's Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, who guided the side to the 'decima' Champions League title in May, lead the 10-man coaches' list.

Ballon d'Or world player of the year nominations

Gareth Bale (Wales), Karim Benzema (France), Diego Costa (Spain), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Angel Di Maria (Argentina), Mario Goetze (Germany), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Toni Kroos (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Mueller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Paul Pogba (France), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), James Rodriguez (Colombia), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast).

FIFA world coach of the year nominations

Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid), Antonio Conte (Italy/Juventus FC/Italy national team), Pep Guardiola (Spain/FC Bayern Munich), Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/ USA national team), Joachim Loew (Germany/Germany national team), Jose Mourinho (Portugal/Chelsea), Manuel Pellegrini (Chile/Manchester City), Alejandro Sabella (Argentina/Argentina national team), Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atletico Madrid), Louis van Gaal (Netherlands/Netherlands national team/Manchester United).