2004 Ballon d'Or | ||||
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![]() 2004 Ballon d'Or winnerAndriy Shevchenko | ||||
Date | 13 December 2004 | |||
Presented by | France Football | |||
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Ballon d'Or | ![]() (1st title) | |||
Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or | |||
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The2004 Ballon d'Or, given to the bestfootball player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists fromUEFA member countries, was delivered to the UkrainianstrikerAndriy Shevchenko on 13 December 2004.[1] On 9 November 2004, was announced the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts fromFrance Football.[2] 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 andYugoslavia. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).[3]
Andriy Shevchenko was the thirdUkrainian to win the award afterOleh Blokhin (1975) andIgor Belanov (1986).[4] He finished top goalscorer in the2003–04 Serie A, scoring 24 goals in 32 matches, as his team won the league title. The best ranked goalkeeper on the list wasGianluigi Buffon (Italy) with a 17th place (jointly withTraianos Dellas,Fernando Morientes,Frank Lampard andDidier Drogba).Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) was the top rankeddefender in the list, at ninth, whileDeco (Portugal) was the top rankedmidfielder at second place.[3]
The following 21 players were originally in contention for the 2004 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:
Player | Nationality | Club(s) |
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Aílton | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Roberto Ayala | ![]() | ![]() |
Fabien Barthez | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
David Beckham | ![]() | ![]() |
Petr Čech | ![]() | ![]() |
Emerson | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Juninho | ![]() | ![]() |
Michalis Kapsis | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Henrik Larsson | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Johan Micoud | ![]() | ![]() |
Mista | ![]() | ![]() |
Alessandro Nesta | ![]() | ![]() |
Andrea Pirlo | ![]() | ![]() |
José Antonio Reyes | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Ronaldo | ![]() | ![]() |
Djibril Cissé | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Paul Scholes | ![]() | ![]() |
Clarence Seedorf | ![]() | ![]() |
Giourkas Seitaridis | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Francesco Totti | ![]() | ![]() |
Patrick Vieira | ![]() | ![]() |