1983 Ballon d'Or

Summary

The 1983 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Michel Platini on 27 December 1983.[1]

1983 Ballon d'Or
1983 Ballon d'Or winner Michel Platini in 1978
Date27 December 1983
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Platini was the second French national to win the award after Raymond Kopa (in 1958), and the third player from Juventus after Omar Sívori and Paolo Rossi (in 1961 and 1982, respectively).[2]

Rankings edit

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Michel Platini   Juventus   France 110
2 Kenny Dalglish   Liverpool   Scotland 26
3 Allan Simonsen   Vejle   Denmark 25
4 Gordon Strachan   Aberdeen   Scotland 24
5 Felix Magath   Hamburger SV   West Germany 20
6 Jean-Marie Pfaff   Bayern Munich   Belgium 15
Rinat Dasayev   Spartak Moscow   Soviet Union 15
8 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge   Bayern Munich   West Germany 14
Jesper Olsen   Ajax   Denmark 14
10 Bryan Robson   Manchester United   England 13
11 Fernando Gomes   Porto   Portugal 10
Bernd Schuster   Barcelona   West Germany 10
Franky Vercauteren   Anderlecht   Belgium 10
Alain Giresse   Bordeaux   France 10
15 Safet Sušić   Paris Saint-Germain   Yugoslavia 8
Ian Rush   Liverpool   Wales 8
17 Morten Olsen   Anderlecht   Denmark 6
18 Norman Whiteside   Manchester United   Northern Ireland 5
19 Bruno Conti   Roma   Italy 4
Eric Gerets   Milan   Belgium 4
Erwin Vandenbergh   Anderlecht   Belgium 4
Michael Laudrup   Lazio   Denmark 4
23 Liam Brady   Sampdoria   Republic of Ireland 3
Antonio Cabrini   Juventus   Italy 3
Carlos Manuel   Benfica   Portugal 3
Vasilis Hatzipanagis   Iraklis   Greece 3
Glenn Hysén   IFK Göteborg   Sweden 3
Paolo Rossi   Juventus   Italy 3
Costică Ștefănescu   Universitatea Craiova   Romania 3
30 Zbigniew Boniek   Juventus   Poland 2
Fedor Cherenkov   Spartak Moscow   Soviet Union 2
Ruud Gullit   Feyenoord   Netherlands 2
33 Søren Lerby   Bayern Munich   Denmark 1
Stoycho Mladenov   CSKA Sofia   Bulgaria 1
Tibor Nyilasi   Austria Wien   Hungary 1
Rudi Völler   Werder Bremen   West Germany 1

References edit

  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1983". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ Di Maggio, Roberto; Moore, Rob; Stokkermans, Karel (5 December 2019). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

External links edit

  • France Football Official Ballon d'Or page