2001 Ballon d'Or

{{Short description|Annual association football award event in France}}

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| name = 2001 Ballon d'Or

| image = Michael Owen 072007 cropped.jpg

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| caption = 2001 Ballon d'Or winner Michael Owen in 2007

| date = 18 December 2001

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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 = Won by

| award1_winner = {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Owen (1st award)

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| previous = 2000

| main = Ballon d'Or

| next = 2002

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The 2001 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 Michael Owen on 18 December 2001.{{Cite web

| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy01.html

| title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2001

| first = José Luis

| last = Pierrend

| publisher = RSSSF

| date = 26 March 2005

| access-date = 3 February 2009

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090216092548/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy01.html| archive-date = 16 February 2009 | url-status=live}}

Owen was the fourth English national to win the award after Stanley Matthews (1956), Bobby Charlton (1966) and Kevin Keegan (1978, 1979).