The "ballon d'or" is a Football award, created in 1956 by the french football magazine "France Football". Today it's certainly one of the most respected award a player can earn.

It rewards each year the best player, playing in europeans clubs, based on his perfomances in nationals and internationals competitions through one year.

The judges are a set of Europeans football journalists.

Ballon d'or Winners:

  • 1956 Matthews
  • 1957 Di Stefano
  • 1958 Kopa
  • 1959 Di Stefano
  • 1960 Suarez
  • 1961 Sivori
  • 1962 Masopust
  • 1963 Yachine
  • 1964 Law
  • 1965 Eusebio
  • 1966 B.Charlton
  • 1967 Albert
  • 1968 Best
  • 1969 Rivera
  • 1970 G.Muller
  • 1971 Cruyff
  • 1972 Beckenbauer
  • 1973 Cruyff
  • 1974 Cruyff
  • 1975 Blokhine
  • 1976 Beckenbauer
  • 1977 Simonsen
  • 1978 Keegan
  • 1979 Keegan
  • 1980 Rummenigge
  • 1981 Rummenigge
  • 1982 Rossi
  • 1983 Platini
  • 1984 Platini
  • 1985 Platini
  • 1986 Belanov
  • 1987 Gullit
  • 1988 Van Basten
  • 1989 Van Basten
  • 1990 Matthäus
  • 1991 Papin
  • 1992 Van Basten
  • 1993 R.Baggio
  • 1994 Stoitchkov
  • 1995 Weah
  • 1996 Sammer
  • 1997 Ronaldo
  • 1998 Zidane
  • 1999 Rivaldo
  • 2000 Figo
  • 2001 Owen
  • 2002 Ronaldo
  • 2003 Nedved