1994 Ballon d'Or
{{Short description|Annual association football award event in France}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 1994 Ballon d'Or
| image = Stoichkov in 2011.JPG
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| caption = 1994 Ballon d'Or winner Hristo Stoichkov in 2011
| date = 20 December 1994
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| presenter = France Football
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| website = {{URL|https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/|2=francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or}}
| award1_type = Ballon d'Or
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| previous = 1993
| main = Ballon d'Or
| next = 1995
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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.{{Cite web
| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy94.html
| title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1994
| first = José Luis
| last = Pierrend
| publisher = RSSSF
| date = 7 April 2005
| access-date = 23 December 2008
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090116142305/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy94.html| archive-date= 16 January 2009 | url-status= live}}
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).{{cite web
| title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")
| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html
| publisher = RSSSF
| date = 18 December 2008
| access-date = 24 December 2008
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081217034637/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html| archive-date= 17 December 2008 | url-status= live}}
Rankings
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank !Name !Club(s) !Nationality !Points |
| style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;"
|1 |align="left"|Hristo Stoichkov | align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | align="left" |{{flag|Bulgaria}} |210 |
| 2
|align="left"|Roberto Baggio | align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus | align="left" |{{flag|Italy}} |136 |
| 3
|align="left"|Paolo Maldini | align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Milan | align="left" |{{flag|Italy}} |109 |
| rowspan=2|4
|align="left"|Gheorghe Hagi | align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | align="left" |{{flag|Romania}} |68 |
| align="left"|Tomas Brolin
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Parma | align="left" |{{flag|Sweden}} |68 |
| 6
|align="left"|Jürgen Klinsmann | align="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur | align="left" |{{flag|Germany}} |43 |
| 7
|align="left"|Thomas Ravelli | align="left" |{{flagicon|SWE}} IFK Göteborg | align="left" |{{flag|Sweden}} |21 |
| 8
|align="left"|Jari Litmanen | align="left" |{{flagicon|NED}} Ajax | align="left" |{{flag|Finland}} |12 |
| rowspan="2"|9
|align="left"|Marcel Desailly | align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Milan | align="left" |{{flag|France}} |8 |
| align="left"|Dejan Savićević
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Milan | align="left" |{{flag|FR Yugoslavia}} |8 |
| rowspan="2"|11
|align="left"|Franco Baresi | align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Milan | align="left" |{{flag|Italy}} |7 |
| align="left"|Michel Preud'homme
| align="left" |{{flagicon|POR}} Benfica | align="left" |{{flag|Belgium}} |7 |
| rowspan="3"|13
|align="left"|Michael Laudrup | align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid | align="left" |{{flag|Denmark}} |4 |
| align="left"|Yordan Letchkov
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Hamburger SV | align="left" |{{flag|Bulgaria}} |4 |
| align="left"|Eric Cantona
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester United | align="left" |{{flag|France}} |4 |
| rowspan="5"|16
|align="left"|Krasimir BalakovFrance Football reports Balakov with 4 points. | align="left" |{{flagicon|POR}} Sporting CP | align="left" |{{flag|Bulgaria}} |3 |
| align="left"|José Luis Caminero
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid | align="left" |{{flag|Spain}} |3 |
| align="left"|Jean-Pierre Papin
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Bayern Munich | align="left" |{{flag|France}} |3 |
| align="left"|Giuseppe Signori
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Lazio | align="left" |{{flag|Italy}} |3 |
| align="left"|Lothar Matthäus
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Bayern Munich | align="left" |{{flag|Germany}} |3 |
| rowspan="3"|21
|align="left"|Philippe Albert | align="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Newcastle United | align="left" |{{flag|Belgium}} |2 |
| align="left"|Otto Konrad
| align="left" |{{flagicon|AUT}} Austria Salzburg | align="left" |{{flag|Austria}} |2 |
| align="left"|Ciriaco Sforza
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Kaiserslautern | align="left" |{{flag|Switzerland}} |2 |
| rowspan="5"|24
|align="left"|Kennet Andersson | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Caen | align="left" |{{flag|Sweden}} |1 |
| align="left"|Zvonimir Boban
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Milan | align="left" |{{flag|Croatia}} |1 |
| align="left"|Martin Dahlin
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Borussia Mönchengladbach | align="left" |{{flag|Sweden}} |1 |
| align="left"|Pep Guardiola
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | align="left" |{{flag|Spain}} |1 |
| align="left"|Andreas Möller
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Borussia Dortmund | align="left" |{{flag|Germany}} |1 |
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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:{{Cite news |last=Carbonell |first=Rafael |date=1994-12-19 |title=París corona a Stoichkov como rey de Europa |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1994/12/20/deportes/787878001_850215.html |access-date=2022-07-12 |issn=1134-6582}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Goalkeeper !Defenders !Midfielders !Forwards |
| valign=top|
{{flagicon|SWE}} Thomas Ravelli |valign=top| {{flagicon|FRA}} Marcel Desailly {{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Maldini {{flagicon|BEL}} Philippe Albert |valign=top| {{flagicon|SWE}} Tomas Brolin {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari Litmanen {{flagicon|BUL}} Yordan Letchkov {{flagicon|ROM}} Gheorghe Hagi {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Baggio |valign=top| {{flagicon|GER}} Jürgen Klinsmann {{flagicon|BUL}} Hristo Stoichkov |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090319142513/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/Ballon_Or_home.html France Football Official Ballon d'Or page]
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