Ballon d'Or 2009
The 54th Ballon d'Or ( French for Golden Ball ) by France Football magazine was awarded for the third time in 2009 for the world's best footballer of the year . From 1956 to 2006 this trophy was awarded to Europe's Footballer of the Year . It is not identical to the FIFA World Player of the Year award, which has been awarded by FIFA since 1991 . France Football announced the result of the vote on December 1, 2009. The winner was last year's runner-up Lionel Messi , and it was very clear: never before has a Ballon d'Or winner had such a big lead over the runner-up. He was only seven points short of reaching the maximum possible 480. At the same time, 2009 was the year of FC Barcelona , whose shirt five of the top ten wore in the past twelve months.
Voting procedure
The prize was awarded again by a 96-member jury, which was composed as follows:
- One sports journalist from each of the 53 member associations of UEFA
- One sports journalist each from the currently 43 countries of those non-European associations that have participated in at least one World Cup finals.
Each juror gave five, four, three, two or one point to five players from the list of 30 suggestions given by the France Football editorial team. The entire performance of the players in the respective calendar year should be recognized. If two or more players had received the highest total score, there would have been a runoff.
Result
- Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) with 473 points
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United / Real Madrid) (233)
- Xavi (FC Barcelona) (170)
- Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona) (149)
- Samuel Eto'o (FC Barcelona / Inter Milan) (75)
- Kaká (AC Milan / Real Madrid) (58)
- Zlatan Ibrahimović (Inter Milan / FC Barcelona) (50)
- Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) (35)
- Didier Drogba (Chelsea FC) (33)
- Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC) (32)
Bosnian Edin Džeko , who plays for VfL Wolfsburg, came in 13th (12 points). Ex-Bremen Diego was 25th with three and Bayern Munich's Franck Ribéry was penultimate with one point.
Candidates
In mid-October 2009, the editorial team suggested the following 30 players, including six Spaniards, five Brazilians and four English and four French:
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The seven candidates marked with an * appear for the first time on a list of proposals for the Ballon d'Or. For Thierry Henry, however, this is already the ninth candidacy (since 1995), Samuel Eto'o was proposed for the seventh time in a row; Ryan Giggs reappears in the nominee circle for the first time in twelve years. With the two winners from 2007 (Kaká) and 2008 (Cristiano Ronaldo), only two of the eight former laureates still active appear on this list.
statistics
All information from France Football of December 1, 2009, pp. 4–43
Election results of the editors from German-speaking countries
- Belgium ( La Dernière Heure ): 1st Messi, 2nd Iniesta, 3rd Henry, 4th Ibrahimović, 5th Casillas
- Germany ( sports information service ): 1. Messi, 2. Iniesta, 3. Ronaldo, 4. Rooney, 5. Kaká
- Liechtenstein ( Liechtenstein Fatherland ): 1. Iniesta, 2. Messi, 3. Arshawin, 4. Xavi, 5. Kaká
- Luxembourg ( La Voix du Luxembourg ): 1st Messi, 2nd Eto'o, 3rd Ronaldo, 4th Iniesta, 5th Ibrahimović
- Austria ( ORF Sport ): 1st Messi, 2nd Ronaldo, 3rd Iniesta, 4th Drogba, 5th Giggs
- Switzerland ( TSR ): 1st Messi, 2nd Eto'o, 3rd Ronaldo, 4th Iniesta, 5th Rooney
Remarkable
- Messi was rated on all 96 ballot papers, 90 times on the first, five times on the second and only once - by North Korea - on the third place. Ronaldo was given 76 votes, Xavi 59 and Iniesta 57 votes.
- In addition to the winner, four other players from a total of six juries were awarded the highest number of points: Iniesta and Eto'o two each, Kaká and Gerrard one each. In contrast, the second-placed Ronaldo had 32 second places as the best result.
- Only seven editorial offices named all five top overall, but none in the exact order of the overall ranking. These were: Algeria, Angola, China, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Nigeria and Tunisia. Another 31 jurors awarded points to four of the top 5 players.
- Conversely, there was only one of these five best on two ballots: this was the case with Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
Most successful nations
This year there was only one candidate, the French Karim Benzema, who went completely without a point.
- Argentina: 473 points for the only candidate
- Spain: 364 points, spread over six players
- Portugal: 233 points for the only candidate
- Brazil: 78 points, shared between five players
- Cameroon: 75 points for the only candidate
- England: 74 points, divided between four players
- Sweden: 50 points for the only candidate
- Ivory Coast: 34 points shared between two players
- France: 16 points, divided between three of the four candidates
- Bosnia-Herzegovina: 12 points for the only candidate
Remarks
- ↑ after France Football ( Memento of December 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Indonesia (for the Dutch East Indies, World Cup participants from 1938) is just as unrepresented in the jury as no longer existing states.
- ↑ Complete ranking here ( Memento from March 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Les trente nommés sont ... ( Memento from October 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ France Football, October 20, 2009, pp. 10-17
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