1982 Ballon d'Or

The 1982 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 Paolo Rossi on 28 December 1982.[1]

Rossi was the third Italian national to win the award after Omar Sívori in 1961 and Gianni Rivera in 1969. Rossi was also the second Juventus player to win the trophy, after Sívori in 1961.[2]

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Paolo Rossi Juventus Italy115
2Alain Giresse[notes 1] Bordeaux France64
3Zbigniew Boniek Juventus Poland53
4Karl-Heinz Rummenigge[notes 2] Bayern Munich West Germany51
5Bruno Conti Roma Italy48
6Rinat Dasayev Spartak Moscow Soviet Union17
7Pierre Littbarski 1. FC Köln West Germany10
8Dino Zoff Juventus Italy9
9Michel Platini Juventus France5
10Bernd Schuster Barcelona West Germany4
11Giancarlo Antognoni Fiorentina Italy3
12Bruno Pezzey Eintracht Frankfurt Austria2
Gaetano Scirea Juventus Italy2
Eric Gerets Standard Liège Belgium2
15Paul Breitner Bayern Munich West Germany1
Torbjörn Nilsson IFK Göteborg Sweden1
Walter Schachner Cesena Austria1
Marco Tardelli Juventus Italy1
Marius Trésor Bordeaux France1

Notes
  1. France Football reports Giresse with 68 points.
  2. France Football reports Rummenigge with 47 points.

References
  1. Pierrend, José Luis (7 Apr 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1982". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
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