1994 Ballon d'Or

1994 Ballon d'Or
1994 Ballon d'Or winner Hristo Stoichkov in 2011
Date20 December 1994
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1994 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 Hristo Stoichkov on 20 December 1994.[1]

Stoichkov was the first Bulgarian national to win the award. He was the third Barcelona player to win the trophy after Luis Suárez (1960), and Johan Cruyff (1973, 1974).[2]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Hristo Stoichkov Spain Barcelona  Bulgaria 210
2 Roberto Baggio Italy Juventus  Italy 136
3 Paolo Maldini Italy Milan  Italy 109
4 Gheorghe Hagi Spain Barcelona  Romania 68
Tomas Brolin Italy Parma  Sweden 68
6 Jürgen Klinsmann England Tottenham Hotspur  Germany 43
7 Thomas Ravelli Sweden IFK Göteborg  Sweden 21
8 Jari Litmanen Netherlands Ajax  Finland 12
9 Marcel Desailly Italy Milan  France 8
Dejan Savićević Italy Milan  FR Yugoslavia 8
11 Franco Baresi Italy Milan  Italy 7
Michel Preud'homme Portugal Benfica  Belgium 7
13 Michael Laudrup Spain Real Madrid  Denmark 4
Yordan Letchkov Germany Hamburger SV  Bulgaria 4
Eric Cantona England Manchester United  France 4
16 Krasimir Balakov[notes 1] Portugal Sporting CP  Bulgaria 3
José Luis Caminero Spain Atlético Madrid  Spain 3
Jean-Pierre Papin Germany Bayern Munich  France 3
Giuseppe Signori Italy Lazio  Italy 3
Lothar Matthäus Germany Bayern Munich  Germany 3
21 Philippe Albert England Newcastle United  Belgium 2
Otto Konrad Austria Austria Salzburg  Austria 2
Ciriaco Sforza Germany Kaiserslautern   Switzerland 2
24 Kennet Andersson France Caen  Sweden 1
Zvonimir Boban Italy Milan  Croatia 1
Martin Dahlin Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach  Sweden 1
Pep Guardiola Spain Barcelona  Spain 1
Andreas Möller Germany Borussia Dortmund  Germany 1
  1. ^ France Football reports Balakov with 4 points.

Team of the Year

Apparently there was also a European Team of the Year chosen at the Ballon d'Or presentation. The team reported by El País was as follows:[3]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Sweden Thomas Ravelli

France Marcel Desailly
Italy Paolo Maldini
Belgium Philippe Albert

Sweden Tomas Brolin
Finland Jari Litmanen
Bulgaria Yordan Letchkov
Romania Gheorghe Hagi
Italy Roberto Baggio

Germany Jürgen Klinsmann
Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov

References

  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (7 April 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1994". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  3. ^ Carbonell, Rafael (1994-12-19). "París corona a Stoichkov como rey de Europa". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2022-07-12.