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1996 Ballon d'Or
1996 Ballon d'Or
	1996 Ballon d'Or winner Matthias Sammer in 1990
Date	24 December 1996
Presented by	France Football
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Won by	Matthias Sammer (1st award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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1996 Ballon d'Or

Last updated January 28, 2026

The 1996 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 Matthias Sammer on 24 December 1996.^[1]

Rankings

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Matthias Sammer	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	144
2	Ronaldo	PSV Eindhoven Barcelona	Brazil	143^{[note 1]}
3	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers Newcastle United	England	107^{[note 2]}
4	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	Italy	69^{[note 3]}
5	Jürgen Klinsmann	Bayern Munich	Germany	60
6	Davor Šuker	Real Madrid	Croatia	38
7	Eric Cantona	Manchester United	France	24
8	Marcel Desailly	Milan	France	22
9	Youri Djorkaeff	Internazionale	France	20
10	Karel Poborský	Slavia Prague Manchester United	Czech Republic	15
11	Nwankwo Kanu	Ajax Internazionale	Nigeria	14
12	George Weah	Milan	Liberia	13^{[note 4]}
13	Alen Bokšić	Juventus	Croatia	12
	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	Argentina	12
	Andreas Köpke	Marseille	Germany	12
16	Fabrizio Ravanelli	Middlesbrough	Italy	9
16	Predrag Mijatović	Real Madrid	Yugoslavia	9
18	Didier Deschamps	Juventus	France	8
19	Kubilay Türkyilmaz	Grasshopper	Switzerland	5
20	David Seaman	Arsenal	England	4
20	Raúl	Real Madrid	Spain	4
22	Paolo Maldini	Milan	Italy	3
	Christian Ziege	Bayern Munich	Germany	3
	Patrik Berger	Borussia Dortmund Liverpool	Czech Republic	3
	Trifon Ivanov	Rapid Wien	Bulgaria	3
26	Radek Bejbl	Slavia Prague Atlético Madrid	Czech Republic	2
26	Rui Costa	Fiorentina	Portugal	2
28	Ronald de Boer	Ajax	Netherlands	1
	Luís Figo	Barcelona	Portugal	1
	Brian Laudrup	Rangers	Denmark	1
	Sergi	Barcelona	Spain	1
	Zinedine Zidane	Juventus	France	1

Additionally, eighteen players were nominated but received no votes: Oliver Bierhoff (Udinese & Germany), Laurent Blanc (Auxerre/Barcelona & France), Zvonimir Boban (AC Milan & Croatia), Enrico Chiesa (Sampdoria/Parma & Italy), Edgar Davids (Ajax/AC Milan & Netherlands), Robbie Fowler (Liverpool & England), Thomas Helmer (Bayern Munich & Germany), Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain & France), Jari Litmanen (Ajax & Finland), Andreas Möller (Borussia Dortmund & Germany), Pavel Nedvěd (Sparta Parague/Lazio & Czech Republic), Jay-Jay Okocha (Eintracht Frankfurt/Fenerbahçe & Nigeria), Raí (Paris Saint-Germain & Brazil), Dejan Savićević (AC Milan & Yugoslavia), Mehmet Scholl (Bayern Munich & Germany), Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid & Argentina), Gianluca Vialli (Juventus/Chelsea & Italy) and Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan & Argentina).

Notes

↑ France Football reports Ronaldo with 141 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
↑ France Football reports Shearer with 109 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
↑ France Football reports Del Piero with 65 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
↑ France Football reports Weah with 17 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).

References

↑ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1996". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.

External links

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

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[2] France Football reports Ronaldo with 141 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).

[3] France Football reports Shearer with 109 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).

[4] France Football reports Del Piero with 65 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).

[5] France Football reports Weah with 17 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).

[1] Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1996". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.

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