2005 Ballon D'or

The 2005 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 Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho on 28 November 2005.

On 24 October 2005, was announced the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football. 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, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).

2005 Ballon d'Or
2005 Ballon D'or
2005 Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldinho
Date28 November 2005 (2005-11-28)
LocationParis, France
CountryFrance
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won byBrazil Ronaldinho (1st award)
Websitewww.francefootball.fr
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Ronaldinho was the third Brazilian to win the award after Rivaldo (1999) and Ronaldo. Paolo Maldini (Italy) was the best ranked defender, at sixth, while Thierry Henry (France) was the top-ranked forward, at fourth place.

Rankings

Voted players

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Votes by place Votes
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st Ronaldinho 2005 Ballon D'or  Brazil 2005 Ballon D'or  Barcelona 33 11 4 2 - 50
2nd Frank Lampard 2005 Ballon D'or  England 2005 Ballon D'or  Chelsea 6 13 15 10 1 45
3rd Steven Gerrard 2005 Ballon D'or  England 2005 Ballon D'or  Liverpool 8 18 7 3 3 39
4th Thierry Henry 2005 Ballon D'or  France 2005 Ballon D'or  Arsenal 2 1 6 3 3 15
5th Andriy Shevchenko 2005 Ballon D'or  Ukraine 2005 Ballon D'or  Milan - 3 3 4 4 14
6th Paolo Maldini 2005 Ballon D'or  Italy 2005 Ballon D'or  Milan 1 1 2 1 6 11
7th Adriano 2005 Ballon D'or  Brazil 2005 Ballon D'or  Internazionale - - 4 2 6 12
8th Zlatan Ibrahimović 2005 Ballon D'or  Sweden 2005 Ballon D'or  Juventus - 1 2 4 3 10
9th Kaká 2005 Ballon D'or  Brazil 2005 Ballon D'or  Milan - 2 1 4 - 7
10th Samuel Eto'o 2005 Ballon D'or  Cameroon 2005 Ballon D'or  Barcelona - 1 2 3 2 8
11th John Terry 2005 Ballon D'or  England 2005 Ballon D'or  Chelsea - 1 - 3 8 12
12th Juninho 2005 Ballon D'or  Brazil 2005 Ballon D'or  Lyon - - 1 3 6 10
13th Claude Makélélé 2005 Ballon D'or  France 2005 Ballon D'or  Chelsea 1 - 1 - - 2
14th Juan Román Riquelme 2005 Ballon D'or  Argentina 2005 Ballon D'or  Villarreal - - 1 2 - 3
Petr Čech 2005 Ballon D'or  Czech Republic 2005 Ballon D'or  Chelsea - - 1 1 2 4
Didier Drogba 2005 Ballon D'or  Ivory Coast 2005 Ballon D'or  Chelsea - - 1 1 2 4
Michael Ballack 2005 Ballon D'or  Germany 2005 Ballon D'or  Bayern Munich - - - 3 1 4
18th Zinedine Zidane 2005 Ballon D'or  France 2005 Ballon D'or  Real Madrid 1 - - - - 1
19th Gianluigi Buffon 2005 Ballon D'or  Italy 2005 Ballon D'or  Juventus - - - 1 2 3
20th Jamie Carragher 2005 Ballon D'or  England 2005 Ballon D'or  Liverpool - - 1 - - 1
Cristiano Ronaldo 2005 Ballon D'or  Portugal 2005 Ballon D'or  Manchester United - - - 1 1 2
22nd Michael Essien 2005 Ballon D'or  Ghana 2005 Ballon D'or  Lyon
2005 Ballon D'or  Chelsea
- - - 1 - 1
23rd Luis García 2005 Ballon D'or  Spain 2005 Ballon D'or  Liverpool - - - - 1 1
Pavel Nedvěd 2005 Ballon D'or  Czech Republic 2005 Ballon D'or  Juventus - - - - 1 1

Non-voted players

The following 26 players were originally in contention for the 2005 Ballon d’Or, but did not receive any votes:

Player Nationality Club(s)
David Beckham 2005 Ballon D'or  England 2005 Ballon D'or  Real Madrid
Mauro Camoranesi 2005 Ballon D'or  Italy 2005 Ballon D'or  Juventus
Fabio Cannavaro 2005 Ballon D'or  Italy 2005 Ballon D'or  Juventus
Grégory Coupet 2005 Ballon D'or  France 2005 Ballon D'or  Lyon
Cris 2005 Ballon D'or  Brazil 2005 Ballon D'or  Lyon
Deco 2005 Ballon D'or  Portugal 2005 Ballon D'or  Barcelona
Dida 2005 Ballon D'or  Brazil 2005 Ballon D'or  Milan
Emerson 2005 Ballon D'or  Brazil 2005 Ballon D'or  Juventus
Luís Figo 2005 Ballon D'or  Portugal 2005 Ballon D'or  Real Madrid
2005 Ballon D'or  Internazionale
Diego Forlán 2005 Ballon D'or  Uruguay 2005 Ballon D'or  Villarreal
Roy Makaay 2005 Ballon D'or  Netherlands 2005 Ballon D'or  Bayern Munich
Michael Owen 2005 Ballon D'or  England 2005 Ballon D'or  Real Madrid
2005 Ballon D'or  Newcastle United
Park Ji-sung 2005 Ballon D'or  South Korea 2005 Ballon D'or  PSV Eindhoven
2005 Ballon D'or  Manchester United
Andrea Pirlo 2005 Ballon D'or  Italy 2005 Ballon D'or  Milan
Raúl 2005 Ballon D'or  Spain 2005 Ballon D'or  Real Madrid
Arjen Robben 2005 Ballon D'or  Netherlands 2005 Ballon D'or  Chelsea
Roberto Carlos 2005 Ballon D'or  Brazil 2005 Ballon D'or  Real Madrid
Robinho 2005 Ballon D'or  Brazil 2005 Ballon D'or  Real Madrid
Ronaldo 2005 Ballon D'or  Brazil 2005 Ballon D'or  Real Madrid
Wayne Rooney 2005 Ballon D'or  England 2005 Ballon D'or  Manchester United
Lilian Thuram 2005 Ballon D'or  France 2005 Ballon D'or  Barcelona
David Trezeguet 2005 Ballon D'or  France 2005 Ballon D'or  Juventus
Mark van Bommel 2005 Ballon D'or  Netherlands 2005 Ballon D'or  PSV Eindhoven
2005 Ballon D'or  Barcelona
Ruud van Nistelrooy 2005 Ballon D'or  Netherlands 2005 Ballon D'or  Manchester United
Patrick Vieira 2005 Ballon D'or  France 2005 Ballon D'or  Arsenal
2005 Ballon D'or  Juventus
Xavi 2005 Ballon D'or  Spain 2005 Ballon D'or  Barcelona

References

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