1996 Ballon d'Or

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]

1996 Ballon d'Or winner Matthias Sammer

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Matthias Sammer Borussia Dortmund Germany144
2Ronaldo PSV Eindhoven
Barcelona
 Brazil143[note 1]
3Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United
 England107[note 2]
4Alessandro Del Piero Juventus Italy69[note 3]
5Jürgen Klinsmann Bayern Munich Germany60
6Davor Šuker Real Madrid Croatia38
7Eric Cantona Manchester United France24
8Marcel Desailly Milan France22
9Youri Djorkaeff Internazionale France20
10Karel Poborský Slavia Prague
Manchester United
 Czech Republic15
11Nwankwo Kanu Internazionale Nigeria14
12George Weah Milan Liberia13[note 4]
13Alen Bokšić Juventus Croatia12
Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina Argentina12
Andreas Köpke Marseille Germany12
16Fabrizio Ravanelli Middlesbrough Italy9
Predrag Mijatović Real Madrid Yugoslavia9
18Didier Deschamps Juventus France8
19Kubilay Türkyilmaz Grasshopper  Switzerland5
20David Seaman Arsenal England4
Raúl Real Madrid Spain4
22Paolo Maldini Milan Italy3
Christian Ziege Bayern Munich Germany3
Patrik Berger Borussia Dortmund
Liverpool
 Czech Republic3
Trifon Ivanov Rapid Wien Bulgaria3
26Radek Bejbl Slavia Prague
Atlético Madrid
 Czech Republic2
Rui Costa Fiorentina Portugal2
28Ronald de Boer Ajax Netherlands1
Luís Figo Barcelona Portugal1
Brian Laudrup Rangers Denmark1
Sergi Barcelona Spain1
Zinedine Zidane 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 14 March 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
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