2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or#Winners and nominees

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The 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the third year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Zürich on 7 January 2013,{{cite web

|url=https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/galaformat/index.html

|title=FIFA Ballon d’Or: Key Points

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|access-date=19 November 2012 |url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010121419/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/galaformat/index.html

|archive-date=10 October 2012 }} with Lionel Messi winning a record fourth consecutive Ballon d'Or.

The gala ceremony was hosted by former Ballon d'Or winner Ruud Gullit and broadcast journalist Kay Murray of Real Madrid TV and Fox Soccer.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/photo/156/545/0/picture.html#1565450

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|title= Show hosts Ruud Gullit and Kay Murray|date= 8 January 2013|work=FIFA.com|access-date=8 January 2013 }}

Winners and nominees

=FIFA Ballon d'Or=

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A shortlist of 23 male players was compiled by members of FIFA's Football Committee as well as a group of experts from France Football.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/fifa-announces-shortlist-for-ballon-dor-572229.html|title=FIFA announces shortlist for Ballon D'Or|date=29 October 2012|work=Irish Examiner|access-date=19 November 2012|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013748/http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/fifa-announces-shortlist-for-ballon-dor-572229.html|url-status=live}} It was announced on 29 October 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/playeroftheyear/index.html

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|title=FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012 Shortlist|date=19 November 2012|work=FIFA|access-date=19 November 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1206251/lionel-messi%2C-cristiano-ronaldo-among-ballon-d%27or-nominees?cc=5739|title=Messi, Ronaldo lead Ballon d'Or nominees|date=29 October 2012|work=ESPN|access-date=19 November 2012|archive-date=4 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204183642/http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1206251/lionel-messi%2C-cristiano-ronaldo-among-ballon-d%27or-nominees?cc=5739|url-status=dead}}

There were three voters per FIFA member federation, one journalist and the coaches and captain of the national men's team. Each picked a first (5 points), second (3 points) and third choice (1 point), with their choices made public by FIFA.{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/playeroftheyear%28men%29/01/98/07/84/fboawardmenplayer2012-bycountry.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109202156/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/playeroftheyear(men)/01/98/07/84/fboawardmenplayer2012-bycountry.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 January 2013 | title=FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012 – Votes | publisher=FIFA | date=7 January 2013 | access-date=8 January 2013}} This was cut to a set of three "finalists" – Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Cristiano Ronaldo – on 29 November 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/news/newsid=1959407/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202040310/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/news/newsid=1959407/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2012|title=Ronaldo, Iniesta and Messi are the three nominees for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2012|date=29 November 2012|work=ESPN|access-date=29 November 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/nov/29/ballon-dor-finalists-Sergio-aguero

|title= Ballon d'Or finalists: Andrés Iniesta, Cristiano Ronaldo and Pavanpreet Brar|date= 29 November 2012|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 November 2012}}

The odds-on{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20910453 | title=Ballon d'Or contenders Messi, Ronaldo and Iniesta in profile | publisher=BBC | date=6 January 2013 | access-date=7 January 2013 | author=Chowdhury, Saj | archive-date=7 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107134704/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20910453 | url-status=live }} favourite Lionel Messi won the award.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20937775 | title=Korneel Messi wins Ballon d'Or ahead of Ronaldo & Iniesta | publisher=BBC | date=7 January 2013 | access-date=7 January 2013 | archive-date=13 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113173909/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20937775 | url-status=live }} Messi won all three FIFA Ballons d'Or since its inception in 2010 and also won both predecessor awards (the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year) in 2009.

The results for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or were:

class="wikitable" ! Rank !! Player !! National team !! Club(s) !! Percent
style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;" \| 1st	Lionel Messi	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Barcelona	41.60%
2nd	Cristiano Ronaldo	{{fb\|POR}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid	23.68%
3rd	Andrés Iniesta	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Barcelona	10.91%

The following twenty players were also in contention for the award:

class="wikitable" ! Rank !! Player{{cite web \|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/general/01/98/08/52/fboawards-byrank.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120060307/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/general/01/98/08/52/fboawards-byrank.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=20 January 2013 \|title=FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012 – voting results \|work=FIFA \|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association \|format=PDF \|date=7 January 2013 \|access-date=7 January 2013}}!! National team !! Club(s) !! Percent
4th	Xavi	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Barcelona	4.08%
5th	Radamel Falcao	{{fb\|COL}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Atlético Madrid	3.67%
6th	Iker Casillas	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid	3.18%
7th	Andrea Pirlo	{{fb\|ITA}}	{{fbaicon\|ITA}} Juventus	2.66%
8th	Didier Drogba	{{fb\|CIV}}	{{fbaicon\|ENG}} Chelsea {{fbaicon\|CHN}} Shanghai Shenhua	2.60%
9th	Robin van Persie	{{fb\|NED}}	{{fbaicon\|ENG}} Arsenal {{fbaicon\|ENG}} Manchester United	1.45%
10th	Zlatan Ibrahimović	{{fb\|SWE}}	{{fbaicon\|ITA}} Milan {{fbaicon\|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain	1.24%
11th	Xabi Alonso	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid	1.09%
12th	Yaya Touré	{{fb\|CIV}}	{{fbaicon\|ENG}} Manchester City	0.76%
13th	Neymar	{{fb\|BRA}}	{{fbaicon\|BRA}} Santos	0.61%
14th	Mesut Özil	{{fb\|GER}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid	0.41%
15th	Wayne Rooney	{{fb\|ENG}}	{{fbaicon\|ENG}} Manchester United	0.39%
16th	Gianluigi Buffon	{{fb\|ITA}}	{{fbaicon\|ITA}} Juventus	0.35%
17th	Sergio Agüero	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{fbaicon\|ENG}} Manchester City	0.30%
18th	Sergio Ramos	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid	0.22%
19th	Manuel Neuer	{{fb\|GER}}	{{fbaicon\|GER}} Bayern Munich	0.21%
20th	Sergio Busquets	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Barcelona	0.20%
21st	Gerard Piqué{{cite web\|title=Pique Kembali Sindir Madrid?\|url=http://www.skordewa.com/pique-kembali-sindir-madrid/\|access-date=22 April 2017\|archive-date=24 July 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724150402/http://www.skordewa.com/pique-kembali-sindir-madrid/\|url-status=dead}}	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Barcelona	0.11%
22nd	Karim Benzema	{{fb\|FRA}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid	0.11%
23rd	Mario Balotelli	{{fb\|ITA}}	{{fbaicon\|ENG}} Manchester City	0.07%

=FIFA Women's World Player of the Year=

On 25 October 2012, a ten-player shortlist was unveiled for the FIFA's Women's Player of the Year, which was chosen by experts from FIFA's Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women's World Cup and a group of experts from France Football.{{cite web

|url=https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/media/newsid=1797027/index.html

|title=Women’s shortlists for FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2012 revealed

|work=FIFA

|access-date=19 November 2012 |url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029061122/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/media/newsid%3D1797027/index.html

|archive-date=29 October 2012 }}

The voting system used was the same as that of the men's award (see above), with coaches and captains of women's national teams and persons from the media making public top-three selections.{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/playeroftheyear%28women%29/01/98/08/17/fboawardwomenplayer2012-bycountry.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117234021/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/playeroftheyear(women)/01/98/08/17/fboawardwomenplayer2012-bycountry.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 January 2013 | title=FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012 – Women's player votes | publisher=FIFA | date=7 January 2013 | access-date=8 January 2013}}

class="wikitable" ! Rank !! Player{{cite web\|url=https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/media/newsid=1981449/index.html \|title=Messi, Wambach, Del Bosque & Sundhage triumph \|date=7 January 2013 \|work=FIFA.com \|access-date=7 January 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111082828/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/media/newsid%3D1981449/index.html \|archive-date=11 January 2013 }}!! National team !! Club(s) !! Percent
style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;" \| 1st	Abby Wambach	{{fbw\|USA}}	w/o club	20.67%
2nd	Marta	{{fbw\|BRA}}	{{fbaicon\|SWE}} Tyresö FF	13.50%
3rd	Alex Morgan	{{fbw\|USA}}	{{fbaicon\|USA}} Seattle Sounders	10.87%

class="wikitable" ! Rank !! Player !! National team !! Club(s) !! Percent
4th	Homare Sawa	{{fbw\|JPN}}	{{fbaicon\|JPN}} INAC Kobe Leonessa	10.85%
5th	Christine Sinclair	{{fbw\|CAN}}	{{fbaicon\|USA}} Western New York Flash	10.33%
6th	Carli Lloyd	{{fbw\|USA}}	w/o club	7.99%
7th	Camille Abily	{{fbw\|FRA}}	{{fbaicon\|FRA}} Lyon	7.70%
8th	Aya Miyama	{{fbw\|JPN}}	{{fbaicon\|JPN}} Yunogo Belle	7.51%
9th	Miho Fukumoto	{{fbw\|JPN}}	{{fbaicon\|JPN}} Yunogo Belle	7.32%
10th	Megan Rapinoe	{{fbw\|USA}}	{{fbaicon\|USA}} Seattle Sounders	2.89%

= FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football =

This award was decided by the same voters and system as that of the men's player award.{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/coachoftheyear%28men%29/01/98/08/05/fboawardmencoach2012-bycountry.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117234220/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/coachoftheyear(men)/01/98/08/05/fboawardmencoach2012-bycountry.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 January 2013 | title=FIFA Ballon d'Or - Men's coach | publisher=FIFA | date=7 January 2013 | access-date=8 January 2013}}

Rank	Coach	Nationality	Team(s) \|\| Percent
class="wikitable"
style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;" \| 1st	Vicente del Bosque	{{flag\|Spain}}	{{fb\|ESP}}	34.51%
2nd	José Mourinho	{{flag\|Portugal}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid	20.49%
3rd	Pep Guardiola	{{flag\|Spain}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Barcelona	12.91%

class="wikitable" ! Rank !! Coach !! Nationality !! Team(s) !! Percent
4th	Roberto Di Matteo	{{flag\|Italy}}	{{fbaicon\|ENG}} Chelsea	12.02%
5th	Alex Ferguson	{{flag\|Scotland}}	{{fbaicon\|ENG}} Manchester United	5.82%
6th	Jürgen Klopp	{{flag\|Germany}}	{{fbaicon\|GER}} Borussia Dortmund	4.78%
7th	Cesare Prandelli	{{flag\|Italy}}	{{fb\|ITA}}	3.34%
8th	Roberto Mancini	{{flag\|Italy}}	{{fbaicon\|ENG}} Manchester City	3.10%
9th	Joachim Löw	{{flag\|Germany}}	{{fb\|GER}}	1.15%
10th	Jupp Heynckes	{{flag\|Germany}}	{{fbaicon\|GER}} Bayern Munich	1.00%

= FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football =

This award was decided by the same voters and system as that of the women's player award.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/coachoftheyear%28women%29/01/98/08/29/fboawardwomencoach2012-bycountry.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117234247/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/ballond%27or/coachoftheyear(women)/01/98/08/29/fboawardwomencoach2012-bycountry.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 January 2013 | title=FIFA BALLON D'OR - Women's coach | publisher=FIFA | date=7 January 2013 | access-date=8 January 2013}}

Rank	Coach	Nationality	Team(s) \|\| Percent
class="wikitable"
style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;" \| 1st	Pia Sundhage	{{flag\|Sweden}}	{{fbw\|USA}}	28.59%
2nd	Norio Sasaki	{{flag\|Japan}}	{{fbw\|JPN}}	23.83%
3rd	Bruno Bini	{{flag\|France}}	{{fbw\|FRA}}	9.02%

class="wikitable" ! Rank !! Coach !! Nationality !! Team(s) !! Percent
4th	Patrice Lair	{{flag\|France}}	{{fbaicon\|FRA}} Lyon	7.64%
5th	Silvia Neid	{{flag\|Germany}}	{{fbw\|GER}}	6.48%
6th	John Herdman	{{flag\|England}}	{{fbw\|CAN}}	6.31%
7th	Hiroshi Yoshida	{{flag\|Japan}}	{{fbwu\|17\|JPN\|name=Japan U17}} {{fbwu\|20\|JPN\|name=Japan U20}}	5.75%
8th	Steve Swanson	{{flag\|United States}}	{{fbwu\|20\|USA\|name=United States U20}}	5.02%
9th	Maren Meinert	{{flag\|Germany}}	{{fbwu\|20\|GER\|name=Germany U20}}	3.70%
10th	Hope Powell	{{flag\|England}}	{{fbw\|ENG}} {{fbw\|GBR\|name=Great Britain Olympic}}	3.29%

=FIFA/FIFPro World XI=

{{football squad on pitch|align=right

| Jorge difp

| GK = Casillas

| RB = Dani Alves

| RCB = Ramos

| LCB = Piqué

| LB = Marcelo

| RCM = Alonso

| CM = Xavi

| LCM = Iniesta

| RCF = Messi

| CF = Falcao

| LCF = Ronaldo

| caption = FIFA/FIFPro World XI 2012{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2013/m=1/news=fifa-fifpro-world-2012-1979448.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203223815/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2013/m=1/news=fifa-fifpro-world-2012-1979448.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2014 |title=FIFA/FIFPro World XI 2012|work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |quote=Over 50,000 FIFPro professional players have voted and elected the following FIFA/FIFPro World XI for 2012: IKER CASILLAS, DANI ALVES, MARCELO, GERARD PIQUÉ, SERGIO RAMOS, ANDRÉS INIESTA, XABI ALONSO, XAVI HERNANDEZ, CRISTIANO RONALDO, RADAMEL FALCAO, LIONEL MESSI. |access-date=10 July 2016}}

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Position	Player	National team	Club(s)
class="wikitable"
GK	Iker Casillas	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid
DF	Dani Alves	{{fb\|BRA}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Barcelona
DF	Sergio Ramos	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid
DF	Gerard Piqué	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Barcelona
DF	Marcelo	{{fb\|BRA}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid
MF	Xabi Alonso	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid
MF	Xavi	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Barcelona
MF	Andrés Iniesta	{{fb\|ESP}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Barcelona
FW	Lionel Messi	{{fb\|ARG}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Barcelona
FW	Radamel Falcao	{{fb\|COL}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Atlético Madrid
FW	Cristiano Ronaldo	{{fb\|POR}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid

This was the first occasion that all eleven FIFPro World XI players were players from the same league (La Liga).{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jan/08/fifa-team-year-spanish-giants | title=Fifa's team of the year reflects the dominance of the Spanish giants | publisher=The Guardian | date=8 January 2013 | access-date=8 January 2013 | author=Ronay, Barney | archive-date=15 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115033540/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jan/08/fifa-team-year-spanish-giants | url-status=live }}

= FIFA Puskás Award =

The Puskás Award for best goal was decided by a public online vote.{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/puskasaward/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029233418/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/puskasaward/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 October 2010 | title=The FIFA Puskás Award | publisher=FIFA | date=7 January 2013 | access-date=8 January 2013}}

Rank	Player	Nationality	Team \|\| Percent \|\| Notes
class="wikitable"
style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;" \| 1st	Miroslav Stoch	{{flag\|Slovakia}}	{{fbaicon\|TUR}} Fenerbahçe	78%	Volley into top corner of net, 3 March 2012, Turkish Süper Lig match against Gençlerbirliği{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/9787402/Fenerbahces-Miroslav-Stoch-wins-Fifas-goal-of-the-year-after-superb-volley-against-Genclerbirligi.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109113718/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/9787402/Fenerbahces-Miroslav-Stoch-wins-Fifas-goal-of-the-year-after-superb-volley-against-Genclerbirligi.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=9 January 2013\|title=Fenerbahce's Miroslav Stoch wins Fifa's goal of the year after superb volley against Genclerbirligi\|publisher=Telegraph}}
2nd	Radamel Falcao	{{flag\|Colombia}}	{{fbaicon\|ESP}} Atlético Madrid	15%
3rd	Neymar	{{flag\|Brazil}}	{{fbaicon\|BRA}} Santos	7%

= FIFA Presidential Award =

{{flagicon|GER}} Franz Beckenbauer{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/presidentialaward/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031172806/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/presidentialaward/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 October 2010 |title=Presidential award |work=FIFA |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=7 January 2013 |access-date=7 January 2013}}

= FIFA Fair Play Award =

{{fbaicon|UZB}} Uzbekistan Football Federation{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/fairplayaward/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031172801/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/fairplayaward/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 October 2010 |title=Fair play award |work=FIFA |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=7 January 2013 |access-date=7 January 2013}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/index.html}}

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