1983 Ballon d'Or

The 1983 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 Michel Platini on 27 December 1983.[1]

Platini was the second French national to win the award after Raymond Kopa (in 1958), and the third player from Juventus after Omar Sívori and Paolo Rossi (in 1961 and 1982, respectively).[2]

Rankings
Rank Name Club Nationality Points
1Michel PlatiniJuventus France110
2Kenny DalglishLiverpool Scotland26
3Allan SimonsenVejle Denmark25
4Gordon StrachanAberdeen Scotland24
5Felix MagathHamburg West Germany20
6Jean-Marie PfaffBayern Munich Belgium15
Rinat DasayevSpartak Moscow Soviet Union15
8Karl-Heinz RummeniggeBayern Munich West Germany14
Jesper OlsenAjax Denmark14
10Bryan RobsonManchester United England13
11Fernando GomesPorto Portugal10
Bernd SchusterBarcelona West Germany10
Franky VercauterenAnderlecht Belgium10
Alain GiresseBordeaux France10
15Safet SušićParis Saint-Germain Yugoslavia8
Ian RushLiverpool Wales8
17Morten OlsenAnderlecht Denmark6
18Norman WhitesideManchester United Northern Ireland5
19Bruno ContiRoma Italy4
Eric GeretsMilan Belgium4
Erwin VandenberghAnderlecht Belgium4
Michael LaudrupLazio Denmark4
23Liam BradySampdoria Republic of Ireland3
Antonio CabriniJuventus Italy3
Carlos ManuelBenfica Portugal3
Vasilis HatzipanagisIraklis Greece3
Glenn HysénIFK Göteborg Sweden3
Paolo RossiJuventus Italy3
Costică ȘtefănescuUniversitatea Craiova Romania3
30Zbigniew BoniekJuventus Poland2
Fedor CherenkovSpartak Moscow Soviet Union2
Ruud GullitFeyenoord Netherlands2
33Søren LerbyBayern Munich Denmark1
Stoycho MladenovCSKA Sofia Bulgaria1
Tibor NyilasiAustria Wien Hungary1
Rudi VöllerWerder Bremen West Germany1

References
  1. Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1983". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. Di Maggio, Roberto; Moore, Rob; Stokkermans, Karel (5 December 2019). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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