The History of Ballon D'or in Football
When a footballer is the greatest player in the world for a calendar year, he usually wins the Ballon d'Or. Here is a look at the history of Ballon D'or in football.
The Ballon d'Or is a yearly football trophy introduced by French news magazine France Football. The award is viewed as the most important individual honor for soccer players.
It has been granted since 1956, in spite of the fact that somewhere in the range of 2010 and 2015, the honor was unified with the FIFA World Player of the Year as the FIFA Ballon d'Or.
Notwithstanding, the association finished in 2016, and the honor returned to the Ballon d'Or, while FIFA likewise returned to its own different yearly trophy The Best FIFA Men's Player.
Those footballers who awarded the joint FIFA Ballon d'Or are regarded as winners by both trophy organizations.
Brought about by sports author Gabriel Hanot, the Ballon d'Or trophy goes to the male soccer players regarded to have played out the greatest over the ongoing year, in light of voting by football writers till 2006.
Since 2007, head coaches and skippers of national sides were additionally given the option to vote.
Initially, it was an honor just for footballers from Europe and generally famous as the European Footballer of the Year trophy.
The Ballon d'Or included all footballers from any starting point that have been playing at European clubs since 1995.
In 2007, the honor turned into an international award with every professional soccer player across the globe being qualified.
The history of Ballon D'or in football
Here is a look at the history of Ballon D'or and ballon d'or rankings of all time.
History
The first winner of the Ballon d'Or was Stanley Matthews of Blackpool. Before 2007, the honor was commonly famous as the European Footballer of the Year trophy around the world.
Significantly after 2007, it was generally related to and alluded to by that name as a result of its beginning as an European honor, to the point when it was joint with FIFA's World Player trophy establishing its new international case.
In 1995, at the point when that rules of qualification were altered for the first time,
AC Milan's George Weah turned into the first non-European to win the trophy.
Two years after the fact, Ronaldo Nazario of Inter Milan was the only South American trophy winner.
The subsequent principle change in 2007 to involve footballers from all continents didn't raise new winners, as from that point forward all of them have still been playing in Europe during their success.
's Lionel Messi winning the honor a record 6 times gives him the edge over
Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo who has won five times (one with
Man United).
Three footballers have won the trophy thrice each: Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini, and Marco van Basten. German, Portuguese, and Dutch footballers have won the most Ballons d'Or with 7.
Additionally, soccer players from Germany and the
Netherlandswere the only ones to take every one of the three best positions in a single year. Real Madrid and Barcelona with twelve and eleven times lead the clubs for including the most winners.
Somewhere in the range of 2010 and 2015, the trophy was joint with a comparative one, the FIFA World Player of the Year trophy, to make the FIFA Ballon d'Or to the world's best male soccer player.
In order to keep up the convention of the first Ballon d'Or of explicitly awarding a soccer player from Europe UEFA made the UEFA Best Player in Europe in 2011.
Franz Beckenbauer, Ronaldinho, Bobby Charlton, Gerd Muller, Kaka, Rivaldo, Paolo Rossi, and Zinedine Zidane have won the European Cup, the
FIFA World Cup, and the Ballon d'Or.
The honor shows a predisposition for strikers that has expanded in recent years. Additionally, the trophy has gone to progressively exclusive clubs.
,
Italy,
Spain, and
Englandhave provided trophy winners since 1995 with Spain's La Liga having the most while Before 1995, 10 leagues provided Ballon d'Or winners.
After 1995, Real Madrid and Barcelona have provided the most Ballon d'Or winners.
In JUL 20 2020, the Group L'équipe concluded that no trophy would be allowed for the year because of the COVID-19 global epidemic affecting football clubs around the world.
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Ballon d'Or winners list from 1956 to 2019
Ballon d’Or 1956
1st
Stanley Matthews -Blackpool
2nd
Alfredo Di Stefano -Real Madrid
3rd
Raymond Kopa -Real Madrid
Ballon d’Or 1957:
1st
Alfredo Di Stefano -Real Madrid
2nd
Billy Wright -Wolverhampton Wanderers
3rd
Duncan Edwards -Manchester United
Raymond Kopa -Real Madrid
Ballon d’Or 1958:
1st
Raymond Kopa -Real Madrid
2nd
Helmut Rahn -West Rot-Weiss Essen
3rd
Just Fontaine -Stade de Reims
Ballon d’Or 1959:
1st
Alfredo Di Stefano -Real Madrid
2nd
Raymond Kopa -Stade de Reims
3rd
John Charles -Juventus
Ballon d’Or 1960:
1st
Luis Suarez -Barcelona
2nd
Ferenc Puskas -Real Madrid
3rd
Uwe Seeler -Hamburg
Ballon d’Or 1961:
1st
Omar Sivori -Juventus
2nd
Luis Suarez -Internazionale
3rd
Johnny Haynes -Fulham
Ballon d’Or 1962:
1st
Josef Masopust -Dukla Prague
2nd
Eusebio -Benfica
3rd
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger -Koln
Ballon d’Or 1963:
1st
Lev Yashin -Dynamo Moscow
2nd
Gianni Rivera -Milan
3rd
Jimmy Greaves -Tottenham Hotspur
Ballon d’Or 1964:
1st
Denis Law -Manchester United
2nd
Luis Suárez -Internazionale
3rd
Amancio -Real Madrid
Ballon d’Or 1965:
1st
Eusebio -Benfica
2nd
Giacinto Facchetti -Internazionale
3rd
Luis Suarez -Internazionale
Ballon d’Or 1966:
1st
Bobby Charlton -Manchester United
2nd
Eusébio -Benfica
3rd
Franz Beckenbauer -Bayern Munich
Ballon d’Or 1967:
1st
Florian Albert -Ferencvaros
2nd
Bobby Charlton -Manchester United
3rd
Jimmy Johnstone -Celtic
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Ballon d’Or 1968:
1st
George Best -Manchester United
2nd
Bobby Charlton -Manchester United
3rd
Dragan Dzajic -Red Star Belgrade
Ballon d’Or 1969:
1st
Gianni Rivera -Milan
2nd
Luigi Riva -Cagliari
3rd
Gerd Müller -Bayern Munich
Ballon d’Or 1970:
1st
Gerd Müller -Bayern Munich
2nd
Bobby Moore -West Ham United
3rd
Luigi Riva -Cagliari
Ballon d’Or 1971:
1st
Johan Cruyff -Ajax
2nd
Sandro Mazzola -Internazionale
3rd
George Best -Manchester United
Ballon d’Or 1972:
1st
Franz Beckenbauer -Bayern Munich
2nd
Gerd Muller -Bayern Munich
3rd
Gunter Netzer -Borussia Monchengladbach
Ballon d’Or 1973:
1st
Johan Cruyff -Barcelona
2nd
Dino Zoff -Juventus
3rd
Gerd Muller -Bayern Munich
Ballon d’Or 1974:
1st
Johan Cruyff -Barcelona
2nd
Franz Beckenbauer -Bayern Munich
3rd
Kazimierz Deyna -Legia Warsaw
Ballon d’Or 1975:
1st
Oleg Blokhin -Dynamo Kyiv
2nd
Franz Beckenbauer -Bayern Munich
3rd
Johan -Cruyff Barcelona
Ballon d’Or 1976:
1st
Franz Beckenbauer -Bayern Munich
2nd
Rob Rensenbrink -Anderlecht
3rd
Ivo Viktor -Dukla Prague
Ballon d’Or 1977:
1st
Allan Simonsen -Borussia Monchengladbach
2nd
Kevin Keegan -Hamburg
3rd
Michel Platini -Nancy
Ballon d’Or 1978:
1st
Kevin Keegan -Hamburg
2nd
Hans Krank -Barcelona
3rd
Rob Rensenbrink -Anderlecht
Ballon d’Or 1979:
1st
Kevin Keegan -Hamburg
2nd
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge -Bayern Munich
3rd
Ruud Krol -Ajax
Ballon d’Or 1980:
1st
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge -Bayern Munich
2nd
Bernd Schuster -Barcelona
3rd
Michel Platini -Saint-Etienne
Ballon d’Or 1981:
1st
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge -Bayern Munich
2nd
Paul Breitner -Bayern Munich
3rd
Bernd Schuster -Barcelona
Ballon d’Or 1982:
1st
Paolo Rossi -Juventus
2nd
Alain Giresse -Bordeaux
3rd
Zbigniew Boniek -Juventus
Ballon d’Or 1983:
1st
Michel Platini -Juventus
2nd
Kenny Dalglish -Liverpool
3rd
Allan Simonsen -Vejle
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Ballon d’Or 1984:
1st
Michel Platini -Juventus
2nd
Jean Tigana -Bordeaux
3rd
Preben Elkjaer -Hellas Verona
Ballon d’Or 1985:
1st
Michel Platini -Juventus
2nd
Preben Elkjaer -Hellas Verona
3rd
Bernd Schuster -Barcelona
Ballon d’Or 1986:
1st
Igor Belanov -Dynamo Kyiv
2nd
Gary Lineker -Barcelona
3rd
Emilio Butragueño -Real Madrid
Ballon d’Or 1987:
1st
Ruud Gullit -Milan
2nd
Paulo Futre -Atletico Madrid
3rd
Emilio Butragueño -Real Madrid
Ballon d’Or 1988:
1st
Marco van Basten -Milan
2nd
Ruud Gullit -Milan
3rd
Frank Rijkaard -Milan
Ballon d’Or 1989:
1st
Marco van Basten -Milan
2nd
Franco Baresi -Milan
3rd
Frank Rijkaard -Milan
Ballon d’Or 1990:
1st
Lothar Matthaus -Internazionale
2nd
Salvatore Schillaci -Juventus
3rd
Andreas Brehme -Internazionale
Ballon d’Or 1991:
1st
Jean-Pierre Papin -Marseille
2nd
Dejan Savićevic -Red Star Belgrade
Darko Pančev -Red Star Belgrade
Lothar Matthaus -Internazionale
Ballon d’Or 1992:
1st
Marco van Basten -Milan
2nd
Hristo Stoichkov -Barcelona
3rd
Dennis Bergkamp -Ajax
Ballon d’Or 1993:
1st
Roberto Baggio -Juventus
2nd
Dennis Bergkamp -Internazionale
3rd
Eric Cantona -Manchester United
Ballon d’Or 1994:
1st
Hristo Stoichkov -Barcelona
2nd
Roberto Baggio -Juventus
3rd
Paolo Maldini -Milan
Ballon d’Or 1995:
1st
George Weah -Milan
2nd
Jurgen Klinsmann -Bayern Munich
3rd
Jari Litmanen -Ajax
Ballon d’Or 1996:
1st
Matthias Sammer -Borussia Dortmund
2nd
Ronaldo -Barcelona
3rd
Alan Shearer -Newcastle United
Ballon d’Or 1997:
1st
Ronaldo -Internazionale
2nd
Predrag Mijatovic -Real Madrid
3rd
Zinedine Zidane -Juventus
Ballon d’Or 1998:
1st
Zinedine Zidane -Juventus
2nd
Davor Suker -Real Madrid
3rd
Ronaldo -Internazionale
Ballon d’Or 1999:
1st
Rivaldo -Barcelona
2nd
David Beckham -Manchester United
3rd
Andriy Shevchenko -Milan
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Ballon d’Or 2000:
1st
Luis Figo (Barcelona and Real Madrid)
2nd
Zinedine Zidane (Juventus)
3rd
Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
4th
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
5th
Alessandro Nesta (Lazio)
6th
Rivaldo (Barcelona)
7th
Gabriel Batistuta (Roma)
8th
Gaizka Mendieta (Valencia)
9th
Raul (Real Madrid)
10th
Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)
10th
David Beckham (Manchester United)
Ballon d’Or 2001:
1st
Michael Owen (Liverpool)
2nd
Raul (Real Madrid)
3rd
Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)
4th
David Beckham (Manchester United)
5th
Francesco Totti (Roma)
6th
Luis Figo (Real Madrid)
7th
Rivaldo (Barcelona)
8th
Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
9th
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
10th
Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
Ballon d’Or 2002:
1st
Ronaldo (Inter Milan and Real Madrid)
2nd
Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
3rd
Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)
4th
Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
5th
Michael Ballack (Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich)
6th
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
7th
Raul (Real Madrid)
8th
Rivaldo (Barcelona and AC Milan)
9th
Yildiray Basturk (Bayer Leverkusen)
10th
Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
Ballon d’Or 2003:
1st
Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
2nd
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
3rd
Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)
4th
Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
5th
Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
6th
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
7th
Raul (Real Madrid)
8th
Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
9th
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
10th
David Beckham (Manchester United and Real Madrid)
Ballon d’Or 2004:
1st
Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
2nd
Deco (Porto and Barcelona)
3rd
Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
4th
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
5th
Theodoros Zagorakis (AEK Athens and Bologna)
6th
Adriano (Parma and Inter Milan)
7th
Pavel Naved (Juventus)
8th
Wayne Rooney (Everton and Manchester United)
9th
Ricardo Carvalho (Porto and Chelsea)
10th
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
Ballon d’Or 2005:
1st
Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2nd
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
3rd
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
4th
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
5th
Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
6th
Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)
7th
Adriano (Inter Milan)
8th
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus)
9th
Kaka (AC Milan)
10th
Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona)
10th
John Terry (Chelsea)
Ballon d’Or 2006:
1st
Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus and Real Madrid)
2nd
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
3rd
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
4th
Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
5th
Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
6th
Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona)
7th
Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen)
8th
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
9th
Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)
10th
Jens Lehmann (Arsenal)
Ballon d’Or 2007:
1st
Kaka (AC Milan)
2nd
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
3rd
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
4th
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
5th
Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)
6th
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid)
7th
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan)
8th
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
9th
Robinho (Real Madrid)
10th
Francesco Totti (Roma)
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1st
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
2nd
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
3rd
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
4th
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
5th
Xavi (Barcelona)
6th
Andrey Arshavin (Zenit Saint Petersburg)
7th
David Villa (Valencia)
8th
Kaka (AC Milan)
9th
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan)
10th
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Ballon d’Or 2009:
1st
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2nd
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United and Real Madrid)
3rd
Xavi (Barcelona)
4th
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
5th
Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona)
6th
Kaka (AC Milan and Real Madrid)
7th
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan and Barcelona)
8th
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
9th
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
10th
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Ballon d’Or 2010:
1st
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2nd
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
3rd
Xavi (Barcelona)
4th
Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan)
5th
Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid)
6th
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
7th
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
8th
David Villa (Valencia and Barcelona)
9th
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
10th
Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)
Ballon d’Or 2011:
1st
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2nd
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
3rd
Xavi (Barcelona)
4th
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
5th
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
6th
Luis Suarez (Ajax and Liverpool)
7th
Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan)
8th
Samuel Eto’o (Inter Milan and Anzhi Makhachkala)
9th
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
10th
Neymar (Santos)
Ballon d’Or 2012:
1st
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2nd
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
3rd
Xavi (Barcelona)
4th
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
5th
Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid)
6th
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
7th
Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)
8th
Didier Drogba (Chelsea and Atletico Madrid)
9th
Robin van Persie (Arsenal and Manchester United)
10th
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain)
Ballon d’Or 2013:
1st
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2nd
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
3rd
Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)
4th
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain)
5th
Neymar (Santos and Barcelona)
6th
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
7th
Robin van Persie (Manchester United)
8th
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
9th
Gareth Bale (Tottenham and Real Madrid)
10th
Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)
Ballon d’Or 2014:
1st
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2nd
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
3rd
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
4th
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
5th
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
6th
Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
7th
Neymar (Barcelona)
8th
James Rodriguez (Monaco and Real Madrid)
9th
Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich and Real Madrid)
10th
Angel di Maria (Real Madrid and Manchester United)
Ballon d’Or 2015:
1st
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2nd
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
3rd
Neymar (Barcelona)
4th
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
5th
Paul Pogba (Juventus)
6th
Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
7th
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
8th
Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
9th
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
10th
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)
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Ballon d’Or 2016:
1st
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2nd
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
3rd
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
4th
Luis Suarez (Barcelona)
5th
Neymar (Barcelona)
6th
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)
7th
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester)
8th
Jamie Vardy (Leicester)
9th
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
10th
Pepe (Real Madrid)
Ballon d’Or 2017:
1st
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2nd
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
3rd
Neymar (Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain)
4th
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
5th
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
6th
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
7th
Kylian Mbappe (Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain)
8th
N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)
9th
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
10th
Harry Kane (Tottenham)
Ballon d’Or 2018:
1st
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
2nd
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
3rd
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
4th
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
5th
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
6th
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
7th
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
8th
Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
9th
Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
10th
Harry Kane (Tottenham)
Ballon d’Or 2019:
1st
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2nd
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
3rd
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
4th
Sadio Mane (Liverpool)
5th
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
6th
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
7th
Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
8th
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
9th
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
10th
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
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