European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2004


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 3062 (14 December 2004).

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, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and Yugoslavia.

The columns are:
   Position
   Name of Player
   Name of Club
   Nationality
   Total Number of Points
   1P = First Places
   2P = Second Places
   3P = Third Places
   4P = Fourth Places
   5P = Fifth Places
   Votes = Number of Voters who nominated this player

Pos  Player                            Country            Club                Total    1P 2P 3P 4P 5P Votes
===========================================================================================================
  1. Andriy Shevchenko                 Ukraine            Milan AC              175    27  5  5  2  1    40
  2. Anderson Luis de Sousa "Deco"     Portugal           FC Barcelona          139    10 13  9  4  2    38
  3. Ronaldo de Assis "Ronaldinho"     Brazil             FC Barcelona          133     9 13  7  4  7    40
  4. Thierry Henry                     France             Arsenal                80     3  6  6 10  3    28
  5. Theodoros Zagorakis               Greece             Bologna                44     3  2  3  3  9    17
  6. Adriano Ribeiro Leite             Brazil             Internazionale         27     -  3  2  2  5    12
  7. Pavel Nedved                      Czech Republic     Juventus               23     -  -  4  4  3    11
  8. Wayne Rooney                      England            Manchester United      22     -  1  3  2  5    11
  9. Ricardo Carvalho                  Portugal           Chelsea                18     -  2  2  2  -     6
     Ruud van Nistelrooy               Netherlands        Manchester United      18     -  -  4  2  2     8
 11. Angelos Charisteas                Greece             Werder Bremen          15     -  1  1  2  4     8
 12. Cristiano Ronaldo                 Portugal           Manchester United      11     -  1  1  2  -     4
     Milan Baros                       Czech Republic     Liverpool              11     -  1  -  3  1     5
 14. Zlatan Ibrahimovic                Sweden             Juventus                8     -  -  -  3  2     5
 15. Samuel Eto’o                      Cameroon           FC Barcelona            7     -  1  1  -  -     2
     Ricardo Izecson Santos "Kaká"     Brazil             Milan AC                7     -  1  -  1  1     3
 17. Traianos Dellas                   Greece             AS Roma                 5     -  1  -  -  1     2
     Fernando Morientes                Spain              Real Madrid             5     -  1  -  -  1     2
     Frank Lampard                     England            Chelsea                 5     -  -  1  1  -     2
     Didier Drogba                     Ivory Coast        Chelsea                 5     -  -  1  -  2     3
     Gianluigi Buffon                  Italy              Juventus                5     -  -  1  -  2     3
 22. Luis Figo                         Portugal           Real Madrid             4     -  -  -  2  -     2
 23. Zinedine Zidane                   France             Real Madrid             3     -  -  1  -  -     1
 24. Rubén Baraja                      Spain              Valencia CF             2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Ludovic Giuly                     France             FC Barcelona            2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Nuno Oliveira "Maniche" Ribeiro   Portugal           FC Porto                2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Antonios Nikopolidis              Greece             Olympiakos              2     -  -  -  -  2     2
 28. Paolo Maldini                     Italy              Milan AC                1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Vicente Rodríguez                 Spain              Valencia CF             1     -  -  -  -  1     1
 
Eligible players who did not receive any votes: 
Ailton (Bra), Roberto Ayala (Arg), Fabien Barthez (Fra), David Beckham (Eng), Petr Cech (Cze), 
Emerson (Bra), Juninho Pernambucano (Bra), Mihalis Kapsis (Gre), Henrik Larsson (Swe), 
Johan Micoud (Fra), Miguel Mista (Spa), Alessandro Nesta (Ita), Andrea Pirlo (Ita), 
José Reyes (Spa), Ronaldo (Bra), Tomas Rosicky (Cze), Paul Scholes (Eng),
Clarence Seedorf (Ned), Giorgios Seitaridis (Gre), Francesco Totti (Ita) and 
Patrick Vieira (Fra)
 

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