1996 Ballon d'Or

1996 Ballon d'Or winner Matthias Sammer

The 1996 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Matthias Sammer on 24 December 1996.[1]

Rankings

Rank Name Club Nationality Points
1Matthias SammerGermany Borussia Dortmund Germany144
2RonaldoNetherlands PSV
Spain Barcelona
 Brazil143[note 1]
3Alan ShearerEngland Newcastle United England107[note 2]
4Alessandro Del PieroItaly Juventus Italy69[note 3]
5Jürgen KlinsmannGermany Bayern Munich Germany60
6Davor ŠukerSpain Real Madrid Croatia38
7Eric CantonaEngland Manchester United France24
8Marcel DesaillyItaly Milan France22
9Youri DjorkaeffItaly Internazionale France20
10Karel PoborskýEngland Manchester United Czech Republic15
11Nwankwo KanuItaly Internazionale Nigeria14
12George WeahItaly Milan Liberia13[note 4]
13Alen BokšićItaly Juventus Croatia12
Gabriel BatistutaItaly Fiorentina Argentina12
Andreas KöpkeFrance Marseille Germany12
16Fabrizio RavanelliEngland Middlesbrough Italy9
Predrag MijatovićSpain Real Madrid Yugoslavia9
18Didier DeschampsItaly Juventus France8
19Kubilay TürkyilmazSwitzerland Grasshoppers  Switzerland5
20David SeamanEngland Arsenal England4
RaúlSpain Real Madrid Spain4
22Paolo MaldiniItaly Milan Italy3
Christian ZiegeGermany Bayern Munich Germany3
Patrick BergerEngland Liverpool Czech Republic3
Trifon IvanovAustria Rapid Wien Bulgaria3
26Radek BejblSpain Atlético Madrid Czech Republic2
Rui CostaItaly Fiorentina Portugal2
28Ronald de BoerNetherlands Ajax Netherlands1
Luís FigoSpain Barcelona Portugal1
Brian LaudrupScotland Rangers Denmark1
SergiSpain Barcelona Spain1
Zinedine ZidaneItaly Juventus France1

Additionally, 18 players were nominated but received no votes: Oliver Bierhoff, Laurent Blanc, Zvonimir Boban, Enrico Chiesa, Edgar Davids, Robbie Fowler, Thomas Helmer, Bernard Lama, Jari Litmanen, Andreas Möller, Pavel Nedvěd, Jay-Jay Okocha, Raí, Dejan Savićević, Mehmet Scholl, Diego Simeone, Gianluca Vialli and Javier Zanetti.

Notes

  1. France-Football reports Ronaldo with 141 points. 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).
  2. France-Football reports Shearer with 109 points. 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).
  3. France-Football reports Del Piero with 65 points. 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).
  4. France-Football reports Weah with 17 points. 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).

References

  1. Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1996". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 26 March 2005. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
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