2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or

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The 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the third year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Zürich on 7 January 2013.,[1] with Lionel Messi winning a record fourth consecutive Ballon d'Or.

The gala ceremony was hosted by former Ballon d'Or winner Ruud Gullit and broadcast journalist Kay Murray of Real Madrid TV and Fox Soccer.[2]

Winners

FIFA Ballon d'Or

A shortlist of 23 male players was compiled by members of FIFA's Football Committee as well as a group of experts from France Football.[3] It was announced on 29 October 2012.[4][5] There were three voters per FIFA member federation, one journalist and the coaches and captain of the national men's team. Each picked a first (5pts), second (3pts) and third choice (1pt), with their choices made public by FIFA.[6] This was cut to a set of three "finalists" – Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Cristiano Ronaldo – on 29 November 2012.[7][8]

The odds-on[9] favourite Lionel Messi won the award.[10] Messi has won all three FIFA Ballons d'Or since its inception in 2010 and also won both predecessor awards (the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year) in 2009.

The results for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or were:

RankPlayer[11]NationalityClubVotes
1stLionel Messi ArgentinaSpain Barcelona41.60%
2ndCristiano Ronaldo PortugalSpain Real Madrid23.68%
3rdAndrés Iniesta SpainSpain Barcelona10.91%

The following 20 men were originally in contention for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d’Or:

RankPlayer[11]NationalityClubVotes
4thXavi SpainSpain Barcelona4.08%
5thRadamel Falcao ColombiaSpain Atlético Madrid3.67%
6thIker Casillas SpainSpain Real Madrid3.18%
7thAndrea Pirlo ItalyItaly Juventus2.66%
8thDidier Drogba Ivory CoastEngland Chelsea
China Shanghai Shenhua		2.60%
9thRobin van Persie NetherlandsEngland Arsenal
England Manchester United		1.45%
10thZlatan Ibrahimović SwedenItaly Milan
France Paris Saint-Germain		1.24%
11thXabi Alonso SpainSpain Real Madrid1.09%
12thYaya Touré Ivory CoastEngland Manchester City0.76%
13thNeymar BrazilBrazil Santos0.61%
14thMesut Özil GermanySpain Real Madrid0.41%
15thWayne Rooney EnglandEngland Manchester United0.39%
16thGianluigi Buffon ItalyItaly Juventus0.35%
17thSergio Agüero ArgentinaEngland Manchester City0.30%
18thSergio Ramos SpainSpain Real Madrid0.22%
19thManuel Neuer GermanyGermany Bayern Munich0.21%
20thSergio Busquets SpainSpain Barcelona0.20%
21stGerard Piqué[12] SpainSpain Barcelona0.11%
22ndKarim Benzema FranceSpain Real Madrid0.11%
23rdMario Balotelli ItalyEngland Manchester City0.07%

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

On 25 October 2012, a ten-player shortlist was unveiled for the FIFA's Women's Player of the Year, which was chosen by experts from FIFA's Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup and a group of experts from France Football.[13]

The voting system used was the same as that of the men's award (see above), with coaches and captains of women's national teams and persons from the media making public top-three selections.[14]

RankPlayer[15]NationalityClubVotes
1stAbby Wambach United States20.67%
2ndMarta BrazilSweden Tyresö FF13.50%
3rdAlex Morgan United StatesUnited States Seattle Sounders10.87%
RankPlayer[11]NationalityClubVotes
4thHomare Sawa JapanJapan INAC Kobe Leonessa10.85%
5thChristine Sinclair Canada10.33%
6thCarli Lloyd United States7.99%
7thCamille Abily FranceFrance Lyon Ladies7.70%
8thAya Miyama JapanJapan Yunogo Belle7.51%
9thMiho Fukumoto JapanJapan Yunogo Belle7.32%
10thMegan Rapinoe United StatesUnited States Seattle Sounders Women2.89%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football

This award was decided by the same voters and system as that of the men's player award.[16]

RankCoach[15]NationalityTeamVotes
1stVicente del Bosque SpainSpain Spain34.51%
2ndJosé Mourinho PortugalSpain Real Madrid20.49%
3rdPep Guardiola SpainSpain Barcelona12.91%
RankCoach[11]NationalityClubVotes
4thRoberto Di Matteo ItalyEngland Chelsea12.02%
5thAlex Ferguson ScotlandEngland Manchester United5.82%
6thJürgen Klopp GermanyGermany Borussia Dortmund4.78%
7thCesare Prandelli ItalyItaly Italy3.34%
8thRoberto Mancini ItalyEngland Manchester City3.10%
9thJoachim Löw GermanyGermany Germany1.15%
10thJupp Heynckes GermanyGermany Bayern Munich1.00%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football

This award was decided by the same voters and system as that of the women's player award.[17]

RankCoach[15]NationalityTeamVotes
1stPia Sundhage SwedenUnited States United States28.59%
2ndNorio Sasaki JapanJapan Japan23.83%
3rdBruno Bini FranceFrance France9.02%
RankCoach[11]NationalityClubVotes
4thPatrice Lair FranceFrance Lyon7.64%
5thSilvia Neid GermanyGermany Germany6.48%
6thJohn Herdman EnglandCanada Canada6.31%
7thHiroshi Yoshida JapanJapan Japan U17
Japan Japan U20		5.75%
8thSteve Swanson United StatesUnited States United States U205.02%
9thMaren Meinert GermanyGermany Germany U203.70%
10thHope Powell EnglandEngland England
United Kingdom Great Britain Olympic		3.29%

FIFA/FIFPro World XI

PositionPlayer[15]NationalityClub
GKIker Casillas SpainSpain Real Madrid
DFDani Alves BrazilSpain Barcelona
DFSergio Ramos SpainSpain Real Madrid
DFGerard Piqué SpainSpain Barcelona
DFMarcelo BrazilSpain Real Madrid
MFXabi Alonso SpainSpain Real Madrid
MFXavi SpainSpain Barcelona
MFAndrés Iniesta SpainSpain Barcelona
FWLionel Messi ArgentinaSpain Barcelona
FWRadamel Falcao ColombiaSpain Atlético Madrid
FWCristiano Ronaldo PortugalSpain Real Madrid

This was the first occasion that all 11 FIFPro World XI players were players from the same league (La Liga).[19]

FIFA Puskás Award

The Puskás Award for best goal was decided by a public online vote.[20]

RankPlayer[15]NationalityTeamNotes
1stMiroslav Stoch SlovakiaTurkey FenerbahçeVolley into top corner of net, 3 March 2012, Turkish Süper Lig match against Gençlerbirliği[21]
2ndRadamel Falcao ColombiaSpain Atlético Madrid
3rdNeymar BrazilBrazil Santos

FIFA Presidential Award

FIFA Fair Play Award

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Ballon d'Or: Key Points". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Show hosts Ruud Gullit and Kay Murray". FIFA.com. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "FIFA announces shortlist for Ballon D'Or". Irish Examiner. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012 Shortlist". FIFA. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Messi, Ronaldo lead Ballon d'Or nominees". ESPN. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012 – Votes" (PDF). FIFA. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ronaldo, Iniesta and Messi are the three nominees for the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012". ESPN. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Ballon d'Or finalists: Andrés Iniesta, Cristiano Ronaldo and Pavanpreet Brar". The Guardian. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  9. ↑ Chowdhury, Saj (6 January 2013). "Ballon d'Or contenders Messi, Ronaldo and Iniesta in profile". BBC. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Korneel Messi wins Ballon d'Or ahead of Ronaldo & Iniesta". BBC. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012 – voting results" (PDF). FIFA. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "Pique Kembali Sindir Madrid?".
  13. ↑ "Women's shortlists for FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2012 revealed". FIFA. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  14. ↑ "FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012 – Women's player votes" (PDF). FIFA. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 "Messi, Wambach, Del Bosque & Sundhage triumph". FIFA.com. 7 January 2013. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  16. ↑ "FIFA Ballon d'Or - Men's coach" (PDF). FIFA. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  17. ↑ "FIFA BALLON D'OR - Women's coach" (PDF). FIFA. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  18. ↑ "FIFA/FIFPro World XI 2012". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 10 July 2016. Over 50,000 FIFPro professional players have voted and elected the following FIFA/FIFPro World XI for 2012: IKER CASILLAS, DANI ALVES, MARCELO, GERARD PIQUÉ, SERGIO RAMOS, ANDRÉS INIESTA, XABI ALONSO, XAVI HERNANDEZ, CRISTIANO RONALDO, RADAMEL FALCAO, LIONEL MESSI. Check out if you picked the correct FIFA/FIFPro World XI and if so, you could, perhaps, win a jersey signed by the FIFA/FIFPro World XI players.
  19. ↑ Ronay, Barney (8 January 2013). "Fifa's team of the year reflects the dominance of the Spanish giants". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "The FIFA Puskás Award". FIFA. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  21. ↑ "Fenerbahce's Miroslav Stoch wins Fifa's goal of the year after superb volley against Genclerbirligi".
  22. ↑ "Presidential award". FIFA. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  23. ↑ "Fair play award". FIFA. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
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