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Revision as of 18:19, 25 April 2004 by Calexico (talk | contribs) (+rewrite to better English (although mine can easily be improved) and wikified the names of the winners)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The "Ballon d'or" is a football award, created in 1956 by the French football magazine France Football.
The award is given annually to the player considered to have performed the best over the previous year. In order to qualify for selection, the player must have been playing for a club based within U.E.F.A.'s jurisdiction. Voting for the award is undertaken by a group of European football journalists.
Ballon d'or Winners:
- 1956 Stanley Matthews
- 1957 Alfredo Di Stefano
- 1958 Raymond Kopa
- 1959 Alfredo Di Stefano
- 1960 Luis Suarez
- 1961 Omar Sivori
- 1962 Josef Masopust
- 1963 Lev Yashin
- 1964 Dennis Law
- 1965 Eusebio
- 1966 Bobby Charlton
- 1967 Florian Albert
- 1968 George Best
- 1969 Gianni Rivera
- 1970 Gerd Muller
- 1971 Johann Cruyff
- 1972 Franz Beckenbauer
- 1973 Johann Cruyff
- 1974 Johann Cruyff
- 1975 Oleg Blokhin
- 1976 Franz Beckenbauer
- 1977 Allan Simonsen
- 1978 Kevin Keegan
- 1979 Kevin Keegan
- 1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
- 1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
- 1982 Paolo Rossi
- 1983 Michel Platini
- 1984 Michel Platini
- 1985 Michel Platini
- 1986 Igor Belanov
- 1987 Ruud Gullit
- 1988 Marco Van Basten
- 1989 Marco Van Basten
- 1990 Lothar Matthäus
- 1991 Jean-Pierre Papin
- 1992 Marco Van Basten
- 1993 Roberto Baggio
- 1994 Hristo Stoitchkov
- 1995 George Weah
- 1996 Matthias Sammer
- 1997 Ronaldo
- 1998 Zinedine Zidane
- 1999 Rivaldo
- 2000 Luis Figo
- 2001 Michael Owen
- 2002 Ronaldo
- 2003 Pavel Nedved