1996 Ballon d'Or

Summary

The 1996 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 Matthias Sammer on 24 December 1996.[1]

1996 Ballon d'Or
1996 Ballon d'Or winner Matthias Sammer in 1990
Date24 December 1996
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rankings edit

Rank Player Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Matthias Sammer   Borussia Dortmund   Germany 144
2 Ronaldo   PSV Eindhoven
  Barcelona
  Brazil 143[note 1]
3 Alan Shearer   Blackburn Rovers
  Newcastle United
  England 107[note 2]
4 Alessandro Del Piero   Juventus   Italy 69[note 3]
5 Jürgen Klinsmann   Bayern Munich   Germany 60
6 Davor Šuker   Real Madrid   Croatia 38
7 Eric Cantona   Manchester United   France 24
8 Marcel Desailly   Milan   France 22
9 Youri Djorkaeff   Internazionale   France 20
10 Karel Poborský   Slavia Prague
  Manchester United
  Czech Republic 15
11 Nwankwo Kanu   Internazionale   Nigeria 14
12 George Weah   Milan   Liberia 13[note 4]
13 Alen Bokšić   Juventus   Croatia 12
Gabriel Batistuta   Fiorentina   Argentina 12
Andreas Köpke   Marseille   Germany 12
16 Fabrizio Ravanelli   Middlesbrough   Italy 9
Predrag Mijatović   Real Madrid   Yugoslavia 9
18 Didier Deschamps   Juventus   France 8
19 Kubilay Türkyilmaz   Grasshopper    Switzerland 5
20 David Seaman   Arsenal   England 4
Raúl   Real Madrid   Spain 4
22 Paolo Maldini   Milan   Italy 3
Christian Ziege   Bayern Munich   Germany 3
Patrik Berger   Borussia Dortmund
  Liverpool
  Czech Republic 3
Trifon Ivanov   Rapid Wien   Bulgaria 3
26 Radek Bejbl   Slavia Prague
  Atlético Madrid
  Czech Republic 2
Rui Costa   Fiorentina   Portugal 2
28 Ronald de Boer   Ajax   Netherlands 1
Luís Figo   Barcelona   Portugal 1
Brian Laudrup   Rangers   Denmark 1
Sergi   Barcelona   Spain 1
Zinedine Zidane   Juventus   France 1

Additionally, eighteen players were nominated but received no votes: Oliver Bierhoff, Laurent Blanc, Zvonimir Boban, Enrico Chiesa, Edgar Davids, Robbie Fowler, Thomas Helmer, Bernard Lama, Jari Litmanen, Andreas Möller, Pavel Nedvěd, Jay-Jay Okocha, Raí, Dejan Savićević, Mehmet Scholl, Diego Simeone, Gianluca Vialli and Javier Zanetti.

Notes edit

  1. ^ France Football reports Ronaldo with 141 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
  2. ^ France Football reports Shearer with 109 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
  3. ^ France Football reports Del Piero with 65 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
  4. ^ France Football reports Weah with 17 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).

References edit

  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1996". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.

External links edit

  • France Football Official Ballon d'Or page