FIFA Ballon d'Or

The FIFA Ballon d'Or ("Golden Ball") was an annual association football award presented to the world's best men's player from 2010 to 2015. Awarded jointly by FIFA and France Football, the prize was a merger of the FIFA World Player of the Year award and the Ballon d'Or, the two most prestigious individual honours in world football. Unlike the Ballon d'Or awarded by France Football, the FIFA Ballon d'Or, was not awarded based on votes from international journalists, but votes from national team coaches and captains, who selected the players they deemed to have performed the best in the previous calendar year.

FIFA Ballon d'Or
FIFA Ballon d'Or awarded to Messi in 2010
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing player of the calendar year
History
First award2010
Editions6
Final award2015
Most winsArgentina Lionel Messi
(4 awards)

The six editions of the FIFA Ballon d'Or were dominated by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as part of their ongoing rivalry.

Messi, who played for Barcelona, won the inaugural Ballon d'Or in 2010 and went on to win three in a row, after his wins in 2011 and 2012. Ronaldo, who played for Real Madrid, won successive awards in the next two years. The final FIFA Ballon d'Or was presented to Messi in 2015. Its awarding bodies subsequently ended their partnership; for 2016, France Football reintroduced the previous format of the Ballon d'Or, while FIFA created The Best FIFA Men's Player award.

Historyedit

FIFA President Sepp Blatter holds up the agreement creating the FIFA Ballon d'Or in Johannesburg in July 2010.

Historically, the leading individual awards in association football were the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year award.[1][2] The original Ballon d'Or, also known as the European Footballer of the Year award, had been awarded by the French publication France Football since 1956. The FIFA World Player of the Year award was presented by FIFA, the sport's governing body, from 1991.[3]

From 2005, the winners of the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award were identical each year. Following the introduction of a global Ballon d'Or format in 2007, France Football and FIFA opted to merge the two awards. The creation of the FIFA Ballon d'Or was subsequently announced during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[3] The inaugural award was presented that same year to the Argentine Lionel Messi.[4]

After a six-year partnership, France Football and FIFA terminated the joint award. Lionel Messi had received the final FIFA Ballon d'Or.[5] For historical purposes, both awarding bodies regard the six editions of the FIFA Ballon d'Or as a continuation of their respective awards.[6][7]

Votingedit

The winners of the FIFA Ballon d'Or were chosen by international journalists and the coaches and captains of the national teams under FIFA's jurisdiction.[3] In a system based on positional voting, each voter was allotted three votes, worth five points, three points and one point, and the three finalists were ordered based on total number of points. Voters were provided with a shortlist of 23 players from which they could select the three players they deemed to have performed the best in the previous calendar year.[8]

Winnersedit

YearRankPlayerTeamVotes
20101st Lionel Messi Barcelona22.65%
2nd Andrés Iniesta Barcelona17.36%
3rd Xavi Barcelona16.48%
20111st Lionel Messi Barcelona47.88%
2nd Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid21.60%
3rd Xavi Barcelona9.23%
20121st Lionel Messi Barcelona41.60%
2nd Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid23.68%
3rd Andrés Iniesta Barcelona10.91%
20131st Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid27.99%
2nd Lionel Messi Barcelona24.72%
3rd Franck Ribéry Bayern Munich23.36%
20141st Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid37.66%
2nd Lionel Messi Barcelona15.76%
3rd Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich15.72%
20151st Lionel Messi Barcelona41.33%
2nd Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid27.76%
3rd Neymar Barcelona7.86%

Wins by playeredit

#PlayerWinnerRunner-upThird place
1 Lionel Messi[note 1]4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)2 (2013, 2014)
2 Cristiano Ronaldo[note 2]2 (2013, 2014)3 (2011, 2012, 2015)
3 Andrés Iniesta1 (2010)1 (2012)
4 Xavi[note 3]2 (2010, 2011)
5 Franck Ribéry1 (2013)
Manuel Neuer1 (2014)
Neymar1 (2015)

Wins by countryedit

#CountryWinnerRunner-upThird place
1  Argentina4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)2 (2013, 2014)
2  Portugal2 (2013, 2014)3 (2011, 2012, 2015)
3  Spain1 (2010)3 (2010, 2011, 2012)
4  France1 (2013)
 Germany1 (2014)
 Brazil1 (2015)

Wins by clubedit

#ClubWinnerRunner-upThird place
1 Barcelona4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)3 (2010, 2013, 2014)4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)
2 Real Madrid2 (2013, 2014)3 (2011, 2012, 2015)
3 Bayern Munich2 (2013, 2014)

FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneuredit

In 2013, Brazilian forward Pelé was given an honorary Ballon d'Or, having won three FIFA World Cups with Brazil but never an individual award from FIFA, as during his playing career only Europe-based players were eligible to win the original Ballon d'Or.[11]

See alsoedit

Referencesedit

Notes
  1. ^ FIFA and France Football credit Messi, the recipient of the 2009 Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award, with six Ballons d'Or in total (2009–12, 2015, 2019).[6][7] Messi additionally placed as a finalist for both awards in 2007 and 2008.[9][10]
  2. ^ FIFA and France Football credit Ronaldo, the recipient of the 2008 Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award, with five Ballons d'Or in total (2008, 2013–14, 2016–17).[6][7] Ronaldo additionally placed as a finalist for both awards in 2007 and 2009.[9][10]
  3. ^ Xavi additionally placed in third place for the 2009 Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award.[9][10]
Citations
  1. ^ "World Cup 2010: Fifa and Ballon d'Or player awards to be merged". The Daily Telegraph. 5 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. ^ Wahl, Grant (15 September 2010). "Xavi, Messi are primary contenders for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "The FIFA Ballon d'Or is born". FIFA. 5 July 2010. Archived from the original on January 15, 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Argentina's Lionel Messi wins Fifa Ballon d'Or award". BBC Sport. 10 January 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Ballon d'Or: FIFA ends association with world player of the year award". BBC Sport. 16 September 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "FIFA Ballon d'Or: History". FIFA. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "Ballon d'Or Palmarès: La liste complête des lauréats du Ballon d'or, de 1956 à nos jours" [Ballon d'Or Winners: The full list of the winners of the Ballon d'Or, from 1956 to our days]. France Football. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Rules of allocation" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 12, 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  9. ^ a b c Pierrend, José Luis (12 February 2015). "FIFA Awards: World Player of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  10. ^ a b c Moore, Rob; Stokkermans, Karel (21 January 2011). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 May 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Pele receives FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur". FIFA. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014.

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