European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1997


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 2698 (23 December 1997).

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
===========================================================================================================
  1. Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima      Brazil             Internazionale        222    38  5  4  -  -    47
  2. Predrag Mijatovic                 Yugoslavia         Real Madrid            68     2 10  4  2  2    20     [see note]
  3. Zinedine Zidane                   France             Juventus               63     2  3  9  6  2    22
  4. Dennis Bergkamp                   Netherlands        Arsenal                57     2  8  3  1  4    18     [see note]
  5. Roberto Carlos da Silva           Brazil             Real Madrid            47     2  4  2  7  1    16  
  6. Andreas Möller                    Germany            Borussia Dortmund      40     1  5  2  3  3    14
  7. Raúl González                     Spain              Real Madrid            35     -  5  3  2  2    12
  8. Peter Schmeichel                  Denmark            Manchester United      19     -  -  4  2  3     9
  9. Matthias Sammer                   Germany            Borussia Dortmund      16     1  2  1  -  -     4
     Christian Vieri                   Italy              Atlético Madrid        16     -  -  2  3  4     9
 11. Youri Djorkaeff                   France             Internazionale         15     1  -  2  1  2     6
     Jürgen Köhler                     Germany            Borussia Dortmund      15     -  1  2  2  1     6     [see note]
 13. Luis Enrique Martínez             Spain              FC Barcelona           14     -  1  2  1  2     6
 14. Luis Figo                         Portugal           FC Barcelona           12     -  1  1  2  1     5
 15. Gianfranco Zola                   Italy              Chelsea                11     1  -  -  2  2     5
     Krassimir Balakov                 Bulgaria           VfB Stuttgart          11     -  1  1  1  2     5
 17. Didier Deschamps                  France             Juventus               10     -  2  -  -  2     4
     Fernando Hierro                   Spain              Real Madrid            10     -  1  1  1  1     4     [see note]
     Clarence Seedorf                  Netherlands        Real Madrid            10     -  1  1  1  1     4
 20. Alessandro Del Piero              Italy              Juventus                9     1  -  -  2  -     3
     Alan Shearer                      England            Newcastle United        9     -  -  2  1  1     4
     David Beckham                     England            Manchester United       9     -  -  1  2  2     5
 23. Gabriel Batistuta                 Argentina          Fiorentina              7     -  -  -  2  3     5
 24. Olaf Thön                         Germany            Schalke 04              6     -  1  -  1  -     2
 25. Oswaldo Giroldo "Juninho"         Brazil             Atlético Madrid         5     -  -  1  1  -     2
     Paulo Manuel Sousa                Portugal           Borussia Dortmund       5     -  -  -  2  1     3
     Lilian Thuram                     France             Parma                   5     -  -  -  1  3     4
 28. Ryan Giggs                        Wales              Manchester United       4     -  -  -  2  -     2
 29. Oliver Bierhoff                   Germany            Udinese                 3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Angelo Peruzzi                    Italy              Juventus                3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Raí Souza de Oliveira             Brazil             Paris Saint-Germain     3     -  -  1  -  -     1
 32. Victor Ikpeba                     Nigeria            AS Monaco               2     -  -  -  -  2     2
 33. Laurent Blanc                     France             Olympique Marseille     1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Ciro Ferrara                      Italy              Juventus                1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Vitor Barbosa Ferreira "Rivaldo"  Brazil             FC Barcelona            1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Bent Skammelsrud                  Norway             Rosenborg               1     -  -  -  -  1     1
 
Note: France-Football reports Mijatovic with 72 points, Bergkamp with 53, Köhler with 17, and Hierro with 8.
      After reviewing each voter’s vote, it seems that the vote from Scotland was counted backwards (1st choice 
      was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
 
Eligible players who did not receive any votes: 
Sonny Anderson (Bra), Enrico Chiesa (Ita), Hernán Crespo (Arg), Iván De La Peña (Spa), 
Robbie Fowler (Eng), Thomas Hässler (Ger), Thomas Helmer (Ger), Filippo Inzaghi (Ita), 
Gianluca Pagliuca (Ita), Robert Pires (Fra), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Ger), Sergi Barjuan (Spa),
Davor Suker (Cro) and Ian Wright (Eng)


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