1996 Ballon d'Or | |
Date: | 24 December 1996 |
Presenter: | France Football |
Award1 Type: | Ballon d'Or |
Previous: | 1995 |
Main: | Ballon d'Or |
Next: | 1997 |
The 1996 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 Matthias Sammer on 24 December 1996.[1]
Rank | Player | Club(s) | Nationality | Points |
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1 | 144 | |||
2 | 143[2] | |||
3 | Blackburn Rovers Newcastle United | 107[3] | ||
4 | 69[4] | |||
5 | 60 | |||
6 | 38 | |||
7 | 24 | |||
8 | 22 | |||
9 | 20 | |||
10 | 15 | |||
11 | 14 | |||
12 | 13[5] | |||
13 | 12 | |||
12 | ||||
12 | ||||
16 | 9 | |||
9 | ||||
18 | 8 | |||
19 | 5 | |||
20 | 4 | |||
4 | ||||
22 | 3 | |||
3 | ||||
3 | ||||
3 | ||||
26 | 2 | |||
2 | ||||
28 | 1 | |||
1 | ||||
1 | ||||
1 | ||||
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Additionally, eighteen players were nominated but received no votes: Oliver Bierhoff, Laurent Blanc, Zvonimir Boban, Enrico Chiesa, Edgar Davids, Robbie Fowler, Thomas Helmer, Bernard Lama, Jari Litmanen, Andreas Möller, Pavel Nedvěd, Jay-Jay Okocha, Raí, Dejan Savićević, Mehmet Scholl, Diego Simeone, Gianluca Vialli and Javier Zanetti.