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]
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]
Thomas Ravelli
Marcel Desailly Paolo Maldini Philippe Albert
Tomas Brolin Jari Litmanen Yordan Letchkov Gheorghe Hagi Roberto Baggio
Jürgen Klinsmann Hristo Stoichkov