1988 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. Up until 1995 it was awarded only to football players from Europe and was generally known as the European Footballer of the Year award.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 1988 award. The winner was Dutch player Marco van Basten, the first of his three awards. He also won in 1988, 1989 and 1992. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1988 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco van Basten | Milan | Netherlands | 129 |
| 2 | Ruud Gullit | Milan | Netherlands | 88 |
| 3 | Frank Rijkaard | Milan | Netherlands | 45 |
| 4 | Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | Dynamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 41 |
| 5 | Ronald Koeman | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | 39 |
| 6 | Lothar Matthäus | Internazionale | West Germany | 10 |
| 7 | Gianluca Vialli | Sampdoria | Italy | 7 |
| 8 | Franco Baresi | Milan | Italy | 5 |
| Jürgen Klinsmann | VfB Stuttgart | West Germany | 5 | |
| Oleksandr Zavarov | Juventus | Soviet Union | 5 | |
| 11 | Tanju Çolak | Galatasaray | Turkey | 4 |
| Oleh Kuznetsov | Dynamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 4 | |
| 13 | Rinat Dasayev | Sevilla | Soviet Union | 3 |
| Anatoliy Demyanenko | Dynamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 3 | |
| Glenn Hysén | Fiorentina | Sweden | 3 | |
| Míchel | Real Madrid | Spain | 3 | |
| 17 | Flemming Povlsen | 1. FC Köln | Denmark | 2 |
| Michel Preud'homme | Mechelen | Belgium | 2 | |
| Walter Zenga | Internazionale | Italy | 2 | |
| 20 | Gheorghe Hagi | Steaua București | Romania | 1 |
| Roberto Mancini | Sampdoria | Italy | 1 | |
| Dejan Savićević | Red Star Belgrade | Yugoslavia | 1 | |
| Neville Southall | Everton | Wales | 1 | |
| Dragan Stojković | Red Star Belgrade | Yugoslavia | 1 |
Related Pages
- Marco van Basten won the Ballon d'Or in 1988, 1989 and 1992.
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
- The Year in Sport: 1988
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