European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1988


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 2229 (27 December 1988).

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.

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
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  1. Marco van Basten                  Netherlands        Milan AC              129    23  2  2  -  -    27
  2. Ruud Gullit                       Netherlands        Milan AC               88     3 10  8  4  1    26
  3. Frank Rijkaard                    Netherlands        Milan AC               45     1  5  6  -  2    14
  4. Alexei Mikhailitchenko            Soviet Union       Dinamo Kiev            41     -  3  5  5  4    17
  5. Ronald Koeman                     Netherlands        PSV Eindhoven          39     -  5  2  6  1    14
  6. Lothar Matthäus                   West Germany       Bayern Munich          10     -  1  1  1  1     4
  7. Gianluca Vialli                   Italy              Sampdoria               7     -  -  -  2  3     5
  8. Alexander Zavarov                 Soviet Union       Juventus                5     -  -  1  -  2     3
     Jürgen Klinsmann                  West Germany       VfB Stuttgart           5     -  -  -  2  1     3
     Franco Baresi                     Italy              Milan AC                5     -  -  -  1  3     4
 11. Tanju Colak                       Turkey             Galatasaray             4     -  1  -  -  -     1
     Oleg Kuznetsov                    Soviet Union       Dinamo Kiev             4     -  -  -  1  2     3 
 13. Rinat Dassaev                     Soviet Union       FC Sevilla              3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Anatoli Demianenko                Soviet Union       Dinamo Kiev             3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Glenn Hysén                       Sweden             Fiorentina              3     -  -  -  1  1     2 
     Miguel Gonzáles "Michel"          Spain              Real Madrid             3     -  -  -  1  1     2
 17. Flemming Povlsen                  Denmark            FC Köln                 2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Michel Preud’homme                Belgium            KV Mechelen             2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Walter Zenga                      Italy              Internazionale          2     -  -  -  1  -     1
 20. Gheorghe Hagi                     Romania            Steaua Bucuresti        1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Roberto Mancini                   Italy              Sampdoria               1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Dejan Savicevic                   Yugoslavia         Crvena Zvezda           1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Neville Southall                  Wales              Everton                 1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Dragan Stojkovic                  Yugoslavia         Crvena Zvezda           1     -  -  -  -  1     1

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