1989 Ballon d'Or

The 1989 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 Marco van Basten on 26 December 1989.[1]

There were 27 voters, from Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.

Van Basten was awarded to Ballon d'Or for the second time.

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Marco van Basten Milan Netherlands119
2Franco Baresi Milan Italy80
3Frank Rijkaard Milan Netherlands43
4Lothar Matthäus Internazionale West Germany24
5Peter Shilton Derby County England22
6Dragan Stojković Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia19
7Ruud Gullit Milan Netherlands16
8Gheorghe Hagi Steaua București Romania11
Jürgen Klinsmann Internazionale West Germany11
10Jean-Pierre Papin Marseille France10
Michel Preud'homme Mechelen Belgium10
12Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union6
13Míchel Real Madrid Spain5
14Andreas Brehme Internazionale West Germany3
Paulo Futre Atlético Madrid Portugal3
Karl-Heinz Riedle Werder Bremen West Germany3
17John Barnes Liverpool England2
Packie Bonner Celtic Republic of Ireland2
Glenn Hysén Liverpool Sweden2
Oleh Kuznetsov Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union2
Andreas Möller Borussia Dortmund West Germany2
Julio Salinas Barcelona Spain2
23Thomas Häßler 1. FC Köln West Germany1
Ronald Koeman Barcelona Netherlands1
Robby Langers Nice Luxembourg1
Gary Lineker Tottenham Hotspur England1
Paolo Maldini Milan Italy1
Theo Snelders Aberdeen Netherlands1
Gianluca Vialli Sampdoria Italy1
Oleksandr Zavarov Juventus Soviet Union1

Super Ballon D'Or

France Football awarded Alfredo Di Stéfano with the Super Ballon d'Or as the Argentinian legend came out on top beating Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini in the vote. All the previous winners of the award since 1956 were considered eligible for the nomination.

References
  1. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1989". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 26 March 2005.
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