2003 Ballon d'Or

The 2003 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 the Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd on 22 December 2003.[1] On 11 November 2003, was announced the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football.[2] There were 52 voters, from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and Yugoslavia. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).[3]

2003 Ballon d'Or winner Pavel Nedvěd

Nedvěd was the second Czech player to win the award after Josef Masopust (1962).[1] Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) was the top ranked goalkeeper in the list, at ninth place. Paolo Maldini (Italy) was the best ranked defender in third place, while Thierry Henry (France) was the top forward, at second place.[3]

Rankings

Voted players

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Total Votes by place Votes
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st Pavel Nedvěd  Czech Republic Juventus 190 27 9 2 6 1 45
2nd Thierry Henry  France Arsenal 128 8 9 14 4 2 37
3rd Paolo Maldini  Italy Milan 123 7 13 7 4 7 38
4th Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine Milan 67 3 8 3 4 3 21
5th Zinedine Zidane  France Real Madrid 64 4 1 5 9 7 26
6th Ruud van Nistelrooy  Netherlands Manchester United 61 1 4 5 11 3 24
7th Raúl  Spain Real Madrid 32 1 2 4 1 5 13
8th Roberto Carlos  Brazil Real Madrid 27 1 3 3 - 1 8
9th Gianluigi Buffon  Italy Juventus 19 - 1 2 3 3 9
10th David Beckham  England Manchester United
Real Madrid
17 - 2 1 2 2 7
11th Ronaldo  Brazil Real Madrid 11 - - 1 2 4 7
12th Henrik Larsson  Sweden Celtic 6 - - 2 - - 2
13th Alessandro Del Piero  Italy Juventus 4 - - 1 - 1 2
Dida  Brazil Milan 4 - - 1 - 1 2
Roy Makaay  Netherlands Deportivo La Coruña
Bayern Munich
4 - - 1 - 1 2
Alessandro Nesta  Italy Milan 4 - - - 2 - 2
Deco  Portugal Porto 4 - - - - 4 4
18th Nihat Kahveci  Turkey Real Sociedad 3 - - - 1 1 2
Francesco Totti  Italy Roma 3 - - - 1 1 2
20th Michael Ballack  Germany Bayern Munich 2 - - - 1 - 1
Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden Ajax 2 - - - 1 - 1
22nd Filippo Inzaghi  Italy Milan 1 - - - - 1 1
Jan Koller  Czech Republic Borussia Dortmund 1 - - - - 1 1
Adrian Mutu  Romania Parma
Chelsea
1 - - - - 1 1
Ronaldinho  Brazil Paris Saint-Germain
Barcelona
1 - - - - 1 1
Francesco Toldo  Italy Internazionale 1 - - - - 1 1

Non-voted players

The following 24 men were originally in contention for the 2003 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:

Player Nationality Club(s)
Pablo Aimar  Argentina Valencia
Sol Campbell  England Arsenal
Iker Casillas  Spain Real Madrid
Cristian Chivu  Romania Ajax
Roma
Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon Mallorca
Luís Figo  Portugal Real Madrid
Giovane Élber  Brazil Bayern Munich
Lyon
Ludovic Giuly  France Monaco
Oliver Kahn  Germany Bayern Munich
Patrick Kluivert  Netherlands Barcelona
Darko Kovačević  Serbia and Montenegro Real Sociedad
Claude Makélélé  France Real Madrid
Chelsea
Michael Owen  England Liverpool
Pauleta  Portugal Bordeaux
Paris Saint-Germain
Robert Pires  France Arsenal
Míchel Salgado  Spain Real Madrid
Paul Scholes  England Manchester United
Lilian Thuram  France Juventus
Hatem Trabelsi  Tunisia Ajax
David Trezeguet  France Juventus
Patrick Vieira  France Arsenal
Christian Vieri  Italy Internazionale
Sylvain Wiltord  France Arsenal
Gianluca Zambrotta  Italy Juventus

References

  1. BBC Sport staff (22 December 2003). "Nedved scoops top award". BBC Sport.
  2. Leite, Augusto (11 November 2003). "Deco na corrida à Bola de Ouro" [Deco racing for the Ballon D'or]. Record (in Portuguese).
  3. Pierrend, José (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2003". RSSSF.
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