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2004 Ballon d'Or

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

{{Infobox award

| name = 2004 Ballon d'Or

| image = Andriy Shevchenko - 2004 - AC Milan (3).jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = 2004 Ballon d'Or winner Andriy Shevchenko

| date = 13 December 2004

| 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 = {{fbicon|UKR}} Andriy Shevchenko
(1st title)

| award2_type =

| award2_winner =

| award3_type =

| award3_winner =

| award4_type =

| award4_winner =

| award5_type =

| award5_winner =

| previous = 2003

| main = Ballon d'Or

| next = 2005

}}

The 2004 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was delivered to the Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko on 13 December 2004.{{cite web |last= The Guardian staff | url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/dec/13/newsstory.sport7 | title = Shevchenko wins Ballon d'Or | date = 13 December 2004 | work = The Guardian }} On 9 November 2004, was announced the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football.{{cite news|last= Dias |first= Jorge |url= http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=216213 |title= Os cinco magnificos |trans-title= The five magnificent |language= pt |date= }} There were 52 voters, from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-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, 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-poy04.html | title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2004 | date = 26 March 2005 | work = RSSSF }}

Andriy Shevchenko was the third Ukrainian to win the award after Oleh Blokhin (1975) and Igor Belanov (1986).{{cite web |last= Moore |first= Rob | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html | title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") | date = 21 January 2011 | work = RSSSF }} He finished top goalscorer in the 2003–04 Serie A, scoring 24 goals in 32 matches, as his team won the league title. The best ranked goalkeeper on the list was Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) with a 17th place (jointly with Traianos Dellas, Fernando Morientes, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba). Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) was the top ranked defender in the list, at ninth, while Deco (Portugal) was the top ranked midfielder at second place.

Rankings

=Voted players=

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

! rowspan="2" | Player

! rowspan="2" | Nationality

! rowspan="2" | Club(s)

! rowspan="2" | Total

! colspan="5" | Votes by place

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

1st

! 2nd

! 3rd

! 4th

! 5th

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

|1st

|align="left"|Andriy Shevchenko

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

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

|175

|27

|5

|5

|2

|1

|40

2nd

|align="left"|Deco

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

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

|139

|10

|13

|9

|4

|2

|38

3rd

|align="left"|Ronaldinho

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

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|133

|9

|13

|7

|4

|7

|40

4th

|align="left"|Thierry Henry

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

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

|80

|3

|6

|6

|10

|3

|28

5th

|align="left"|Theodoros Zagorakis

|align="left"|{{flagu|Greece}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GRE}} AEK Athens
{{fbaicon|ITA}} Bologna

|44

|3

|2

|3

|3

|6

|17

6th

|align="left"|Adriano

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

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

|27

| -

|3

|2

|2

|5

|12

7th

|align="left"|Pavel Nedvěd

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

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

|23

| -

| -

|4

|4

|3

|11

8th

|align="left"|Wayne Rooney

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

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

|22

| -

|1

|3

|2

|5

|11

rowspan="2"|9th

|align="left"|Ricardo Carvalho

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

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

|18

| -

|2

|2

|2

| -

|6

align="left"|Ruud van Nistelrooy

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

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

|18

| -

| -

|4

|2

|2

|8

11th

|align="left"|Angelos Charisteas

|align="left"|{{flagu|Greece}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GER}} Werder Bremen

|15

| -

|1

|1

|2

|4

|8

rowspan="2"|12th

|align="left"|Cristiano Ronaldo

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

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

|11

| -

|1

|1

|2

| -

|4

align="left"|Milan Baroš

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

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

|11

| -

|1

| -

|3

|1

|5

14th

|align="left"|Zlatan Ibrahimović

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

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

|8

| -

| -

| -

|3

|2

|5

rowspan="2"|15th

|align="left"|Samuel Eto'o

|align="left"|{{flagu|Cameroon}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Mallorca
{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|7

| -

|1

|1

| -

| -

|2

align="left"|Kaká

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

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

|7

| -

|1

| -

|1

|1

|3

rowspan="5"|17th

|align="left"|Traianos Dellas

|align="left"|{{flagu|Greece}}

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

|5

| -

|1

| -

| -

|1

|2

align="left"|Fernando Morientes

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

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

|5

| -

|1

| -

| -

|1

|2

align="left"|Frank Lampard

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

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

|5

| -

| -

|1

|1

| -

|2

align="left"|Didier Drogba

|align="left"|{{flagu|Ivory Coast}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Marseille
{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

|5

| -

| -

|1

| -

|2

|3

align="left"|Gianluigi Buffon

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

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

|5

| -

| -

|1

| -

|2

|3

22nd

|align="left"|Luís Figo

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

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

|4

| -

| -

| -

|2

| -

|2

23rd

|align="left"|Zinedine Zidane

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

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

|3

| -

| -

|1

| -

| -

|1

rowspan="4"|24th

|align="left"|Rubén Baraja

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

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|2

| -

| -

| -

|1

| -

|1

align="left"|Ludovic Giuly

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

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Monaco
{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|2

| -

| -

| -

|1

| -

|1

align="left"|Maniche

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

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

|2

| -

| -

| -

|1

| -

|1

align="left"|Antonios Nikopolidis

|align="left"|{{flagu|Greece}}

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos
{{fbaicon|GRE}} Olympiacos

|2

| -

| -

| -

| -

|2

|2

rowspan="2"|28th

|align="left"|Paolo Maldini

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

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

|1

| -

| -

| -

| -

|1

|1

align="left"|Vicente

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

|align="left"|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

|1

| -

| -

| -

| -

|1

|1

=Non-voted players=

The following 21 players were originally in contention for the 2004 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:

class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"
Player

! Nationality

! Club(s)

Aílton

|{{flagu|Brazil}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Werder Bremen
{{fbaicon|GER}} Schalke 04

Roberto Ayala

|{{flagu|Argentina}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

Fabien Barthez

|{{flagu|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United
{{fbaicon|FRA}} Marseille

David Beckham

|{{flagu|England}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

Petr Čech

|{{flagu|Czech Republic}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Chelsea

Emerson

|{{flagu|Brazil}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma
{{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus

Juninho

|{{flagu|Brazil}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon

Michalis Kapsis

|{{flagu|Greece}}

|{{fbaicon|GRE}} AEK Athens
{{fbaicon|FRA}} Bordeaux

Henrik Larsson

|{{flagu|Sweden}}

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} Celtic
{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

Johan Micoud

|{{flagu|France}}

|{{fbaicon|GER}} Werder Bremen

Mista

|{{flagu|Spain}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia

Alessandro Nesta

|{{flagu|Italy}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

Andrea Pirlo

|{{flagu|Italy}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

José Antonio Reyes

|{{flagu|Spain}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Sevilla
{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

Ronaldo

|{{flagu|Brazil}}

|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

Djibril Cissé

|{{flagu|France}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Auxerre
{{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool

Paul Scholes

|{{flagu|England}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United

Clarence Seedorf

|{{flagu|Netherlands}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan

Giourkas Seitaridis

|{{flagu|Greece}}

|{{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos
{{fbaicon|POR}} Porto

Francesco Totti

|{{flagu|Italy}}

|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma

Patrick Vieira

|{{flagu|France}}

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.francefootball.fr/ France Football Official website]
  • [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy04.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - "Ballon d'Or" 2004 voting results]

{{Ballon d'Or recipients}}

2004

Category:2004–05 in European football