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, the 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 BastenItaly AC Milan Netherlands119
2Franco BaresiItaly Milan Italy80
3Frank RijkaardItaly Milan Netherlands43
4Lothar MatthäusItaly Internazionale West Germany24
5Peter ShiltonEngland Derby County England22
6Dragan StojkovićSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia19
7Ruud GullitItaly Milan Netherlands16
8Gheorghe HagiRomania Steaua București Romania11
Jürgen KlinsmannItaly Internazionale West Germany11
10Jean-Pierre PapinFrance Marseille France10
Michel Preud'hommeBelgium Mechelen Belgium10
12Oleksiy MykhaylychenkoSoviet Union Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union6
13MíchelSpain Real Madrid Spain5
14Andreas BrehmeItaly Internazionale West Germany3
Paulo FutreSpain Atlético Madrid Portugal3
Karl-Heinz RiedleWest Germany Werder Bremen West Germany3
17John BarnesEngland Liverpool England2
Packie BonnerScotland Celtic Republic of Ireland2
Glenn HysénEngland Liverpool Sweden2
Oleh KuznetsovSoviet Union Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union2
Andreas MöllerWest Germany Borussia Dortmund West Germany2
Julio SalinasSpain Barcelona Spain2
23Thomas HäßlerWest Germany 1. FC Köln West Germany1
Ronald KoemanSpain Barcelona Netherlands1
Robby LangersFrance Nice Luxembourg1
Gary LinekerEngland Tottenham Hotspur England1
Paolo MaldiniItaly Milan Italy1
Theo SneldersScotland Aberdeen Netherlands1
Gianluca VialliItaly Sampdoria Italy1
Oleksandr ZavarovItaly 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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