European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1998


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 2750 (22 December 1998).

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. Zinedine Zidane                   France             Juventus              244    45  4  1  -  -    50
  2. Davor Suker                       Croatia            Real Madrid            68     1  5  7  9  4    26
  3. Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima      Brazil             Internazionale         66     -  8  6  5  6    25
  4. Michael Owen                      England            Liverpool              51     -  3  7  6  6    22
  5. Vitor Barbosa Ferreira "Rivaldo"  Brazil             FC Barcelona           45     1  6  4  1  2    14
  6. Gabriel Batistuta                 Argentina          Fiorentina             43     1  2  6  4  4    17
  7. Lilian Thuram                     France             Parma                  36     -  5  4  1  2    12
  8. Edgar Davids                      Netherlands        Juventus               28     -  4  -  4  4    12
     Dennis Bergkamp                   Netherlands        Arsenal                28     -  3  2  3  4    12
 10. Marcel Desailly                   France             Chelsea                19     -  2  2  2  1     7
 11. Frank de Boer                     Netherlands        Ajax                   17     -  1  2  3  1     7
 12. Emmanuel Petit                    France             Arsenal                16     -  1  3  1  1     6
 13. Roberto Carlos da Silva           Brazil             Real Madrid            13     -  2  -  2  1     5
 14. Laurent Blanc                     France             Olympique Marseille    11     -  1  1  2  -     4
     Fabien Barthez                    France             AS Monaco              11     -  1  -  1  5     7
 16. Alessandro Del Piero              Italy              Juventus               10     1  -  1  1  -     3
     Predrag Mijatovic                 Yugoslavia         Real Madrid            10     -  -  2  2  -     4
 18. Didier Deschamps                  France             Juventus                9     1  -  -  2  -     3
     Oliver Bierhoff                   Germany            Milan AC                9     -  2  -  -  1     3
 20. Michael Laudrup                   Denmark            Ajax                    6     1  -  -  -  1     2
 21. Ronald de Boer                    Netherlands        Ajax                    4     -  1  -  -  -     1
     Raúl González                     Spain              Real Madrid             4     -  -  1  -  1     2
 23. Brian Laudrup                     Denmark            Chelsea                 3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Clarence Seedorf                  Netherlands        Real Madrid             3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Marc Overmars                     Netherlands        Arsenal                 3     -  -  -  1  1     2
 26. Christian Vieri                   Italy              Lazio Roma              2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Fernando Hierro                   Spain              Real Madrid             2     -  -  -  -  2     2
 28. David Beckham                     England            Manchester United       1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Luis Enrique Martínez             Spain              FC Barcelona            1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Bixente Lizarazu                  France             Bayern Munich           1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Nikos Mahlas                      Greece             Vitesse Arnhem          1     -  -  -  -  1     1
 
Eligible players who did not receive any votes: 
Tony Adams (Eng), Roberto Baggio (Eng), Zvonimir Boban (Cro), Fabio Cannavaro (Ita), 
Denilson de Oliveira (Bra), Tore-Andre Flo (Nor), Adrian Ilie (Rom), Filippo Inzaghi (Ita), 
Robert Jarni (Cro), Hidetoshi Nakata (Jap), Pavel Nedved (Cze), Sunday Oliseh (Nig), 
Ariel Ortega (Arg), Gianluca Pagliuca (Ita), Marcelo Salas (Chi), David Seaman (Eng), 
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukr), Juan Sebastián Verón (Arg) and Iván Zamorano (Chi)


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