European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1996


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 2646 (24 December 1996).

There were 51 voters, from 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, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and Yugoslavia.

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
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  1. Matthias Sammer                   Germany            Borussia Dortmund     144    13 15  6  -  1    35 
  2. Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima      Brazil             Internazionale        143    16  9  4  5  5    39     [see note]
  3. Alan Shearer                      England            Newcastle United      107     6  7 11  7  2    33     [see note]
  4. Alessandro Del Piero              Italy              Juventus               69     4  6  5  4  2    21     [see note]
  5. Jürgen Klinsmann                  Germany            Bayern Munich          60     5  1  5  6  4    21
  6. Davor Suker                       Croatia            Real Madrid            38     1  1  5  4  6    17
  7. Eric Cantona                      France             Manchester United      24     -  3  1  4  1     9
  8. Marcel Desailly                   France             Milan AC               22     1  -  3  3  2     9
  9. Youri Djorkaeff                   France             Internazionale         20     1  2  -  3  1     7
 10. Karel Poborsky                    Czech Republic     Manchester United      15     -  2  2  -  1     5
 11. Nwankwo Kanu                      Nigeria            Internazionale         14     -  -  1  5  1     7
 12. George Weah                       Liberia            Milan AC               13     -  -  1  2  6     9     [see note]
 13. Alen Boksic                       Croatia            Juventus               12     1  -  2  -  1     4
     Gabriel Batistuta                 Argentina          Fiorentina             12     1  -  1  1  2     5
     Andreas Köpke                     Germany            Olympique Marseille    12     -  1  1  1  3     6
 16. Fabrizio Ravanelli                Italy              Middlesbrough           9     -  2  -  -  1     3
     Predrag Mijatovic                 Yugoslavia         Real Madrid             9     -  1  -  2  1     4
 18. Didier Deschamps                  France             Juventus                8     1  -  -  1  1     3
 19. Kubilay Turkyilmaz                Switzerland        Grasshoppers            5     1  -  -  -  -     1
 20. David Seaman                      England            Arsenal                 4     -  1  -  -  -     1
     Raúl González                     Spain              Real Madrid             4     -  -  1  -  1     2
 22. Paolo Maldini                     Italy              Milan AC                3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Christian Ziege                   Germany            Bayern Munich           3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Patrick Berger                    Czech Republic     Liverpool               3     -  -  -  1  1     2
     Trifon Ivanov                     Bulgaria           Rapid Wien              3     -  -  -  -  3     3
 26. Radek Bejbl                       Czech Republic     Atlético Madrid         2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Manuel Rui Costa                  Portugal           Fiorentina              2     -  -  -  1  -     1
 28. Ronald de Boer                    Netherlands        Ajax                    1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Luis Figo                         Portugal           FC Barcelona            1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Brian Laudrup                     Denmark            Glasgow Rangers         1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Sergi Barjuan                     Spain              FC Barcelona            1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Zinedine Zidane                   France             Juventus                1     -  -  -  -  1     1
 
Note: France-Football reports Ronaldo with 141 points, Shearer with 109, Del Piero with 65, and Weah with 17.
      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).
 
Eligible players who did not receive any votes: 
Oliver Bierhoff (Ger), Laurent Blanc (Fra), Zvonimir Boban (Cro), Enrico Chiesa (Ita), 
Edgar Davids (Ned), Robbie Fowler (Eng), Thomas Helmer (Ger), Bernard Lama (Fra), 
Jari Litmanen (Fin), Andreas Möller (Ger), Pavel Nedved (Cze), Austin Okocha (Nig), 
Raí Souza de Oliveira (Bra), Dejan Savicevic (Yug), Mehmet Scholl (Ger),
Diego Simeone (Arg), Gianluca Vialli (Ita) and Javier Zanetti (Arg)
 

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