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2003 Ballon d'Or

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

{{Infobox award

| name = 2003 Ballon d'Or

| image = Pavel Nedvěd.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = 2003 Ballon d'Or winner Pavel Nedvěd

| date = 22 December 2003

| location =

| presenter = France Football

| host =

| website = {{URL|https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/|2=francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or}}

| award1_type = Ballon d'Or

| award1_winner =

| award2_type =

| award2_winner =

| award3_type =

| award3_winner =

| award4_type =

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| previous = 2002

| main = Ballon d'Or

| next = 2004

}}

The 2003 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 the Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd on 22 December 2003.{{cite web |last= BBC Sport staff | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3341645.stm | title = Nedved scoops top award | date = 22 December 2003 | work = BBC Sport }} On 11 November 2003, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced.{{cite news|last= Leite |first= Augusto |url= http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Porto/interior.aspx?content_id=178657 |title= Deco na corrida à Bola de Ouro |trans-title= Deco racing for the Ballon D'or |language= pt |date= 11 November 2003 | work = Record}} There were 52 voters, from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and Yugoslavia. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).{{cite web |last= Pierrend |first= José | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy03.html | title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2003 | date = 26 March 2005 | work = RSSSF }}

Nedvěd was the second Czech player to win the award after Josef Masopust (1962). Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) was the top ranked goalkeeper in the list, in ninth place. Paolo Maldini (Italy) was the best ranked defender in third place, while Thierry Henry (France) was the top forward, in second place.

Rankings

=Voted players=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"| Rank

! rowspan="2" style="width:125px;"| Player

! rowspan="2" style="width:130px;"| Nationality

! rowspan="2" style="width:225px;"| Club(s)

! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"| Total

! colspan="5" | Votes by place

! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"| Votes

style="width:33px;"| 1st

! style="width:33px;"| 2nd

! style="width:33px;"| 3rd

! style="width:33px;"| 4th

! style="width:33px;"| 5th

style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;"

|1st

|align="left"|Pavel Nedvěd

|align="left"|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|190

|27

|9

|2

|6

|1

|45

2nd

|align="left"|Thierry Henry

|align="left"|{{flag|France}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|128

|8

|9

|14

|4

|2

|37

3rd

|align="left"|Paolo Maldini

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|123

|7

|13

|7

|4

|7

|38

colspan="11"|
4th

|align="left"|Andriy Shevchenko

|align="left"|{{flag|Ukraine}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|67

|3

|8

|3

|4

|3

|21

5th

|align="left"|Zinedine Zidane

|align="left"|{{flag|France}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|64

|4

|1

|5

|9

|7

|26

6th

|align="left"|Ruud van Nistelrooy

|align="left"|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United

|61

|1

|4

|5

|11

|3

|24

7th

|align="left"|Raúl

|align="left"|{{flag|Spain}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|32

|1

|2

|4

|1

|5

|13

8th

|align="left"|Roberto Carlos

|align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|27

|1

|3

|3

| -

|1

|8

9th

|align="left"|Gianluigi Buffon

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|19

| -

|1

|2

|3

|3

|9

10th

|align="left"|David Beckham

|align="left"|{{flag|England}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United
{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|17

| -

|2

|1

|2

|2

|7

colspan="11"|
11th

|align="left"|Ronaldo

|align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|11

| -

| -

|1

|2

|4

|7

12th

|align="left"|Henrik Larsson

|align="left"|{{flag|Sweden}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic

|6

| -

| -

|2

| -

| -

|2

rowspan="5"|13th

|align="left"|Alessandro Del Piero

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

|4

| -

| -

|1

| -

|1

|2

align="left"|Dida

|align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|4

| -

| -

|1

| -

|1

|2

align="left"|Roy Makaay

|align="left"|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Deportivo La Coruña
{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|4

| -

| -

|1

| -

|1

|2

align="left"|Alessandro Nesta

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|4

| -

| -

| -

|2

| -

|2

align="left"|Deco

|align="left"|{{flag|Portugal}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|POR}} Porto

|4

| -

| -

| -

| -

|4

|4

rowspan="2"|18th

|align="left"|Nihat Kahveci

|align="left"|{{flag|Turkey}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Sociedad

|3

| -

| -

| -

|1

|1

|2

align="left"|Francesco Totti

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

|3

| -

| -

| -

|1

|1

|2

rowspan="2"|20th

|align="left"|Michael Ballack

|align="left"|{{flag|Germany}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|2

| -

| -

| -

|1

| -

|1

align="left"|Zlatan Ibrahimović

|align="left"|{{flag|Sweden}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax

|2

| -

| -

| -

|1

| -

|1

rowspan="5"|22nd

|align="left"|Filippo Inzaghi

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

|1

| -

| -

| -

| -

|1

|1

align="left"|Jan Koller

|align="left"|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Borussia Dortmund

|1

| -

| -

| -

| -

|1

|1

align="left"|Adrian Mutu

|align="left"|{{flag|Romania}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Parma
{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

|1

| -

| -

| -

| -

|1

|1

align="left"|Ronaldinho

|align="left"|{{flag|Brazil}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain
{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|1

| -

| -

| -

| -

|1

|1

align="left"|Francesco Toldo

|align="left"|{{flag|Italy}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale

|1

| -

| -

| -

| -

|1

|1

=Non-voted players=

The following 24 men were originally in contention for the 2003 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"
style="width:164px;"| Player

! style="width:125px;"| Nationality

! style="width:235px;"| Club(s)

Pablo Aimar

|{{flag|Argentina}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

Sol Campbell

|{{flag|England}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

Iker Casillas

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

Cristian Chivu

|{{flag|Romania}}

|{{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax
{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

Samuel Eto'o

|{{flag|Cameroon}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Mallorca

Luís Figo

|{{flag|Portugal}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

Giovane Élber

|{{flag|Brazil}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich
{{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon

Ludovic Giuly

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Monaco

Oliver Kahn

|{{flag|Germany}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

Patrick Kluivert

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

Darko Kovačević

|{{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Sociedad

Claude Makélélé

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid
{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

Michael Owen

|{{flag|England}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool

Pauleta

|{{flag|Portugal}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Bordeaux
{{fbaicon|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain

Robert Pires

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

Míchel Salgado

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

Paul Scholes

|{{flag|England}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United

Lilian Thuram

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

Hatem Trabelsi

|{{flag|Tunisia}}

|{{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax

David Trezeguet

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

Patrick Vieira

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

Christian Vieri

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale

Sylvain Wiltord

|{{flag|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

Gianluca Zambrotta

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

References

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External links

  • [http://www.francefootball.fr/ France Football Official website]
  • [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy03.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - "Ballon d'Or" 2003 voting results]

{{Ballon d'Or recipients}}

2003

Category:2003–04 in European football