Categories: Football

There will be no Ballon d'Or

The group L'Equipe, to which it belongs France Football and who has organized the Ballon d'Or award since 1956, has confirmed that it will not deliver the prestigious award in 2020. Pascal Ferré, editor-in-chief of the French magazine, has been the promoter of the decision.

We believe that in such a unique year it cannot and should not be treated as ordinary. In sports terms, only two months (January and February) are insufficient to assess, evaluate and judge, since there were many games that did not take place or will take place in other conditions. In addition, the five substitutions and the Final to 8 in Lisbon of the European Cup condition. It is not a decision that we liked, “said France Football in the statement.

Instead of the usual four winners (men's, women's, Kopa and Yashin trophies), France Football will designate the ideal eleven of the season at the end of the year, with the usual jury vote, that is, about 180 juries around the world. Last year, Leo Messi got his sixth Ballon d'Or, an award he won't be able to repeat until at least 2021.

Golden Ball (1956-2009, 2016-2019)

Year Winner Second Third
2019 Messi (Barcelona) Van Dijk (Liverpool) Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
2018 Luka modric (Real Madrid) Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) Griezmann (Athletic)
2017 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Messi (Barcelona) Neymar (PSG)
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Messi (Barcelona) Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid)
2009 Messi (Barcelona) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Xavi (Barcelona)
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) Messi (Barcelona) Torres (Liverpool)
2007 Kaka (Milan) Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd.) Messi (Barcelona)
2006 Cannavaro (Real Madrid) Buffon (Juvenus) Henry (Arsenal)
2005 Ronaldinho (Barcelona) Lampard (Chelsea) Gerrard (Liverpool)
2004 Shevchenko (Milan) Deco (Barcelona) Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2003 Nedved (Juventus) Henry (Arsenal) Maldini (Milan)
2002 Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid) Kahn (Bayern)
2001 Owen (Liverpool) Raúl (Real Madrid) Kahn (Bayern)
2000 Figo (Real Madrid) Zidane (Juventus) Shevchenko (Milan)
1999 Rivaled (Barcelona) Beckham (Manchester Utd.) Shevchenko (Milan)
1998 Zidane (Juventus) Suker (Real Madrid) Ronaldo (Inter)
1997 Ronaldo (Inter) Mijatovic (Real Madrid) Zidane (Juventus)
nineteen ninety six Sammer (B. Dortmund) Ronaldo (Barcelona) Shearer (Newcastle)
nineteen ninety five Weah (Milan) Klinsmann (Bayern) Litmanen (Ajax)
1994 Stoitchkov (Barcelona) R. Baggio (Juventus) Maldini (Milan)
1993 R. Baggio (Juventus) Bergkamp (Inter) Cantona (Manchester Utd.)
1992 Van basten (Milan) Stoitchkov (Barcelona) Bergkamp (Ajax)
1991 Papin (Marseilles) Savicevic (Red Star) Pancev (Red Star) Matthäus (Inter)
1990 Matthäus (Inter) Schillaci (Juventus) Brehme (Inter)
1989 Van basten (Milan) Baresi (Milan) Rijkaard (Milan)
1988 Van basten (Milan) Gullit (Milan) Rijkaard (Milan)
1987 Gullit (Milan) Futre (Athletic) Butragueño (Real Madrid)
1986 Belanov(Dynamo Kiev) Lineker (Barcelona) Butragueño (Real Madrid)
1985 Platini (Juventus) Elkjaer (Hellas Verona) Schuster (Barcelona)
1984 Platini (Juventus) Tigana (G. Bordeaux) Elkjaer (Hellas Verona)
1983 Platini(Juventus) Dalglish (Liverpool) Simonsen (Vejle)
1982 Rossi(Juventus) Giresse (G. Bordeaux) Boniek (Juventus)
nineteen eighty one Rummenigge (Bayern) Breitner (Bayern) Schuster (Barcelona)
1980 Rummenigge (Bayern) Schuster (Barcelona) Platini (Saint-Étienne)
1979 Keegan (Hamburg) Rummenigge (Bayern) Krol (Ajax)
1978 Keegan (Hamburg) Krankl (Barcelona) Rensenbrink (Anderlecht)
1977 Simonsen (B. Mönchengladbach) Keegan (Hamburg) Platini (Nancy)
1976 Beckenbauer (Bayern) Rensenbrink (Anderlecht) Viktor (Dukla Prague)
1975 Blokhin (Dynamo Kiev) Beckenbauer (Bayern) Cruyff (Barcelona)
1974 Cruyff (Barcelona) Beckenbauer (Bayern) Deyna (Legia Warsaw)
1973 Cruyff (Barcelona) Zoff (Juventus) Müller (Bayern)
1972 Beckenbauer (Bayern) Müller (Bayern) Netzer (B. Mónchengladbach)
1971 Cruyff (Ajax) Mazzola (Inter) Best (Manchester Utd.)
1970 Müller (Bayern) Moore (West Ham) Riva (Cagliari)
1969 Rivera (Milan) Riva (Cagliari) Müller (Bayern)
1968 Best (Manchster Utd.) B. Charlton (Manchester Utd.) Dzajic (Red Star)
1967 Albert (Ferencváros) B. Charlton (Manchester Utd.) J. Johnstone (Celtic)
1966 B. Charlton (Manchester Utd.) Eusebio (Benfica) Beckenbauer (Bayern)
1965 Eusebius (Benfica) Facchetti (Inter) Luis Suarez (Inter)
1964 D. Law (Manchester Utd.) Luis Suarez (Inter) Amancio (Real Madrid)
1963 Yashin (Dynamo Moscow) Rivera (Milan) Greaves (Tottenham)
1962 Masopust (Dukla Prague) Eusebio (Benfica) Schnellinger (Cologne)
1961 Sívori (Juventus) Luis Suarez (Inter) Haynes (Fulham)
1960 Luis Suarez (Barcelona) Puskas (Real Madrid) Seeler (Hamburg)
1959 Say Stéfano (Real Madrid) Kopa (Stade Reims) Charles (Juventus)
1958 Kopa (Real Madrid) Rahn (Rot-Weiss Essen) Fontaine (Stade Reims)
1957 Say Stéfano (Real Madrid) Wright (Wolverhampton) Kopa (Real Madrid) Edwards (Manchester Utd.)
1956 Matthews (Blackpool) Di Stéfano (Real Madrid) Kopa (Real Madrid)
Gabby Barker

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