European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2008


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 3269 (2 December 2008).

Any worldwide player coming from a pre-determined list of 30 players (50 players until 2007) was eligible. The jury remained at 96 voters (all 53 UEFA members plus another 43 voters coming from all other countries having at least qualified once to the World Cup).

Those 96 voters were:


a)    53 UEFA voters: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria,
      Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
      Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
      England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia,
      Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy,
      Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
      Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands,
      Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
      Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia,
      Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
      Ukraine, and Wales.

b)    13 Africa  voters: Angola, Algeria, Cameroon, Congo D.R.,
      Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal,
      South Africa, Togo, and Tunisia

c)    10 CONCACAF voters: Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador,
      Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,Mexico, United States, and
      Trinidad Tobago.

d)    9 Conmebol voters: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
      Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

e)    9 Asia voters: China, Irak, Iran, Japan, Kuwait,
      North Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and United Arab
      Emirates

f)    2 Oceania voters: Australia, and New Zealand.

The columns are:
   Position
   Name of Player
   Name of Club
   Nationality
   Total Number of Points
   1P = First Places
   2P = Second Places
   3P = Third Places
   4P = Fourth Places
   5P = Fifth Places
   Votes = Number of Voters who nominated this player

Pos  Player                            Country            Club                    Total    1P 2P 3P 4P 5P Votes
===============================================================================================================
  1. Cristiano Ronaldo                 Portugal           Manchester United         446    77 11  4  1  3    96
  2. Lionel Messi                      Argentina          FC Barcelona              281     6 33 27 14 10    90
  3. Fernando Torres                   Spain              Liverpool                 179     5 13 24  9 12    63
  4. Iker Casillas                     Spain              Real Madrid               133     2 16 12  8  7    45
  5. Xavier Hernández "Xavi"           Spain              FC Barcelona               97     3  9  4 15  4    35
  6. Andrei Arshavin                   Russia             Zenith St-Petersburg       64     -  3  4 10 20    37
  7. David Villa                       Spain              Valencia                   55     1  2  4 10 10    27
  8. Ricardo Izecson Santos "Kaká"     Brazil             Milan AC                   31     -  4  2  4  1    11
  9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic                Sweden             Internazionale Milan       30     -  1  4  5  4    14
 10. Steven Gerrard                    England            Liverpool                  28     -  2  2  5  4    13
 11. Marcos Senna                      Spain              Villarreal                 16     1  -  2  1  3     7
 12. Emmanuel Adebayor                 Togo               Arsenal                    12     -  1  -  2  4     7
 13. Wayne Rooney                      England            Manchester United          11     -  -  1  2  4     7
 14. Sergio Agüero                     Argentina          Atlético Madrid            10     -  1  1  1  1     4
 15. Frank Lampard                     England            Chelsea                     8     -  -  -  4  -     4
 16. Franck Ribéry                     France             Bayern Munich               7     -  -  1  1  2     4
 17. Samuel Eto’o                      Cameroon           FC Barcelona                6     -  -  1  1  1     3
 18. Gianluigi Buffon                  Italy              Juventus                    5     1  -  -  -  -     1
 19. Francesc Fabregas                 Spain              Arsenal                     4     -  -  1  -  1     2
     Michael Ballack                   Germany            Chelsea                     4     -  -  -  1  2     3
 21. Sergio Ramos                      Spain              Real Madrid                 3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Nemanja Vidic                     Serbia             Manchester United           3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Didier Drogba                     Ivory Coast        Chelsea                     3     -  -  -  1  1     2
 24. Edwin van der Sar                 Netherlands        Manchester United           2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Ruud van Nistelrooy               Netherlands        Real Madrid                 2     -  -  -  -  2     2


Eligible players who did not receive any votes: 
Karim Benzema (Fra), Pepe (Por), Luca Toni (Ita), Rafael van der Vaart (Ned), and Yuri Zhirkov (Rus).

 

 

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