1983 Ballon d'Or

The 1983 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 Michel Platini on 27 December 1983.[1]

Platini was the second French national to win the award after Raymond Kopa (in 1958), and the third player from Juventus after Omar Sívori and Paolo Rossi (in 1961 and 1982, respectively).[2]

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Michel Platini Juventus France110
2Kenny Dalglish Liverpool Scotland26
3Allan Simonsen Vejle Denmark25
4Gordon Strachan Aberdeen Scotland24
5Felix Magath Hamburger SV West Germany20
6Jean-Marie Pfaff Bayern Munich Belgium15
Rinat Dasayev Spartak Moscow Soviet Union15
8Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich West Germany14
Jesper Olsen Ajax Denmark14
10Bryan Robson Manchester United England13
11Fernando Gomes Porto Portugal10
Bernd Schuster Barcelona West Germany10
Franky Vercauteren Anderlecht Belgium10
Alain Giresse Bordeaux France10
15Safet Sušić Paris Saint-Germain Yugoslavia8
Ian Rush Liverpool Wales8
17Morten Olsen Anderlecht Denmark6
18Norman Whiteside Manchester United Northern Ireland5
19Bruno Conti Roma Italy4
Eric Gerets Milan Belgium4
Erwin Vandenbergh Anderlecht Belgium4
Michael Laudrup Lazio Denmark4
23Liam Brady Sampdoria Republic of Ireland3
Antonio Cabrini Juventus Italy3
Carlos Manuel Benfica Portugal3
Vasilis Hatzipanagis Iraklis Greece3
Glenn Hysén IFK Göteborg Sweden3
Paolo Rossi Juventus Italy3
Costică Ștefănescu Universitatea Craiova Romania3
30Zbigniew Boniek Juventus Poland2
Fedor Cherenkov Spartak Moscow Soviet Union2
Ruud Gullit Feyenoord Netherlands2
33Søren Lerby Bayern Munich Denmark1
Stoycho Mladenov CSKA Sofia Bulgaria1
Tibor Nyilasi Austria Wien Hungary1
Rudi Völler Werder Bremen West Germany1

References
  1. Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1983". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. Di Maggio, Roberto; Moore, Rob; Stokkermans, Karel (5 December 2019). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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