2004 Ballon d'Or

2004 Ballon d'Or
2004 Ballon d'Or winner Andriy Shevchenko
Date13 December 2004
Presented byFrance Football
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Ballon d'OrUkraine Andriy Shevchenko
(1st title)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 2004 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was delivered to the Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko on 13 December 2004.[1] On 9 November 2004, 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]

Andriy Shevchenko was the third Ukrainian to win the award after Oleh Blokhin (1975) and Igor Belanov (1986).[4] He finished top goalscorer in the 2003–04 Serie A, scoring 24 goals in 32 matches, as his team won the league title. The best ranked goalkeeper on the list was Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) with a 17th place (jointly with Traianos Dellas, Fernando Morientes, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba). Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) was the top ranked defender in the list, at ninth, while Deco (Portugal) was the top ranked midfielder at second place.[3]

Rankings

Voted players

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Total Votes by place Votes
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine Italy Milan 175 27 5 5 2 1 40
2nd Deco  Portugal Portugal Porto
Spain Barcelona 		139 10 13 9 4 2 38
3rd Ronaldinho  Brazil Spain Barcelona 133 9 13 7 4 7 40
4th Thierry Henry  France England Arsenal 80 3 6 6 10 3 28
5th Theodoros Zagorakis  Greece Greece AEK Athens
Italy Bologna 		44 3 2 3 3 6 17
6th Adriano  Brazil Italy Parma
Italy Internazionale 		27 - 3 2 2 5 12
7th Pavel Nedvěd  Czech Republic Italy Juventus 23 - - 4 4 3 11
8th Wayne Rooney  England England Everton
 22 - 1 3 2 5 11
9th Ricardo Carvalho  Portugal Portugal Porto
England Chelsea 		18 - 2 2 2 - 6
Ruud van Nistelrooy  Netherlands England Manchester United 18 - - 4 2 2 8
11th Angelos Charisteas  Greece Germany Werder Bremen 15 - 1 1 2 4 8
12th Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal England Manchester United 11 - 1 1 2 - 4
Milan Baroš  Czech Republic England Liverpool 11 - 1 - 3 1 5
14th Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden Netherlands Ajax
Italy Juventus 		8 - - - 3 2 5
15th Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon Spain Mallorca
Spain Barcelona 		7 - 1 1 - - 2
Kaká  Brazil Italy Milan 7 - 1 - 1 1 3
17th Traianos Dellas  Greece Italy Roma 5 - 1 - - 1 2
Fernando Morientes  Spain France Monaco
Spain Real Madrid 		5 - 1 - - 1 2
Frank Lampard  England England Chelsea 5 - - 1 1 - 2
Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast France Marseille
England Chelsea 		5 - - 1 - 2 3
Gianluigi Buffon  Italy Italy Juventus 5 - - 1 - 2 3
22nd Luís Figo  Portugal Spain Real Madrid 4 - - - 2 - 2
23rd Zinedine Zidane  France Spain Real Madrid 3 - - 1 - - 1
24th Rubén Baraja  Spain Spain Valencia 2 - - - 1 - 1
Ludovic Giuly  France France Monaco
Spain Barcelona 		2 - - - 1 - 1
Maniche  Portugal Portugal Porto 2 - - - 1 - 1
Antonios Nikopolidis  Greece Greece Panathinaikos
Greece Olympiacos 		2 - - - - 2 2
28th Paolo Maldini  Italy Italy Milan 1 - - - - 1 1
Vicente  Spain Spain Valencia 1 - - - - 1 1

Non-voted players

The following 21 players were originally in contention for the 2004 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:

Player Nationality Club(s)
Aílton  Brazil Germany Werder Bremen
Germany Schalke 04
Roberto Ayala  Argentina Spain Valencia
Fabien Barthez  France England Manchester United
France Marseille
David Beckham  England Spain Real Madrid
Petr Čech  Czech Republic England Chelsea
Emerson  Brazil Italy Roma
Italy Juventus
Juninho  Brazil France Lyon
Michalis Kapsis  Greece Greece AEK Athens
France Bordeaux
Henrik Larsson  Sweden Scotland Celtic
Spain Barcelona
Johan Micoud  France Germany Werder Bremen
Mista  Spain Spain Valencia
Alessandro Nesta  Italy Italy Milan
Andrea Pirlo  Italy Italy Milan
José Antonio Reyes  Spain Spain Sevilla
England Arsenal
Ronaldo  Brazil Spain Real Madrid
Djibril Cissé  France France Auxerre
England Liverpool
Paul Scholes  England England Manchester United
Clarence Seedorf  Netherlands Italy Milan
Giourkas Seitaridis  Greece Greece Panathinaikos
Portugal Porto
Francesco Totti  Italy Italy Roma
Patrick Vieira  France England Arsenal

References

  1. ^ The Guardian staff (13 December 2004). "Shevchenko wins Ballon d'Or". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Dias, Jorge. "Os cinco magnificos" [The five magnificent] (in Portuguese).
  3. ^ a b Pierrend, José (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2004". RSSSF.
  4. ^ Moore, Rob (21 January 2011). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF.
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