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1994 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France

Field	Value
name	1994 Ballon d'Or
image	Stoichkov in 2011.JPG
caption	1994 Ballon d'Or winner Hristo Stoichkov in 2011
date	20 December 1994
presenter	France Football
website
award1_type	Won by
award1_winner	BUL Hristo Stoichkov (1st award)
previous	1993
main	Ballon d'Or
next	1995

The 1994 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 Hristo Stoichkov on 20 December 1994.{{Cite web | access-date = 23 December 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090116142305/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy94.html| archive-date= 16 January 2009 | url-status= live}}

Stoichkov was the first Bulgarian national to win the award. He was the third Barcelona player to win the trophy after Luis Suárez (1960), and Johan Cruyff (1973, 1974).{{cite web | access-date = 24 December 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081217034637/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html| archive-date= 17 December 2008 | url-status= live}}

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Hristo Stoichkov	ESP Barcelona	Bulgaria	210
2	Roberto Baggio	ITA Juventus	Italy	136
3	Paolo Maldini	ITA Milan	Italy	109
4	Gheorghe Hagi	ESP Barcelona	Romania	68
Tomas Brolin	ITA Parma	Sweden	68
6	Jürgen Klinsmann	ENG Tottenham Hotspur	Germany	43
7	Thomas Ravelli	SWE IFK Göteborg	Sweden	21
8	Jari Litmanen	NED Ajax	Finland	12
9	Marcel Desailly	ITA Milan	France	8
Dejan Savićević	ITA Milan	FR Yugoslavia	8
11	Franco Baresi	ITA Milan	Italy	7
Michel Preud'homme	POR Benfica	Belgium	7
13	Michael Laudrup	ESP Real Madrid	Denmark	4
Yordan Letchkov	GER Hamburger SV	Bulgaria	4
Eric Cantona	ENG Manchester United	France	4
16	Krasimir BalakovFrance Football reports Balakov with 4 points.	POR Sporting CP	Bulgaria	3
José Luis Caminero	ESP Atlético Madrid	Spain	3
Jean-Pierre Papin	GER Bayern Munich	France	3
Giuseppe Signori	ITA Lazio	Italy	3
Lothar Matthäus	GER Bayern Munich	Germany	3
21	Philippe Albert	ENG Newcastle United	Belgium	2
Otto Konrad	AUT Austria Salzburg	Austria	2
Ciriaco Sforza	GER Kaiserslautern	Switzerland	2
24	Kennet Andersson	FRA Caen	Sweden	1
Zvonimir Boban	ITA Milan	Croatia	1
Martin Dahlin	GER Borussia Mönchengladbach	Sweden	1
Pep Guardiola	ESP Barcelona	Spain	1
Andreas Möller	GER Borussia Dortmund	Germany	1

Team of the Year

Apparently there was also a European Team of the Year chosen at the Ballon d'Or presentation. The team reported by El País was as follows:

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards

References

Carbonell, Rafael. (1994-12-19). "París corona a Stoichkov como rey de Europa". El País.

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