European Footballers of the Year

Year	Player	Club
1956	Stanley Matthews	Blackpool
1957	Alfredo di Stefano	Real Madrid
1958	Raymond Kopa	Real Madrid
1959	Alfredo di Stefano	Real Madrid
1960	Luis Suarez	Barcelona
1961	Omar Sivori	Juventus
1962	Josef Masopust	Dukla Prague
1963	Lev Yashin	Dynamo Moscow
1964	Denis Law	Manchester United
1965	Eusebio	Benfica
1966	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United
1967	Florian Albert	Ferencvaros
1968	George Best	Manchester United
1969	Gianni Rivera	AC Milan
1970	Gerd Muller	Bayern Munich
1971	Johann Cruyff	Ajax
1972	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich
1973	Johann Cruyff	Ajax
1974	Johann Cruyff	Ajax
1975	Oleg Blokhin	Dynamo Kiev
1976	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich
1977	Alan Simonsen	Borussia Moenchengladbach
1978	Kevin Keegan	Hamburg SV
1979	Kevin Keegan	Hamburg SV
1980	Karl-Heinz Rumenigge	Bayern Munich
1981	Karl-Heinz Rumenigge	Bayern Munich
1982	Paolo Rossi	Juventus
1983	Michel Platini	Juventus
1984	Michel Platini	Juventus
1985	Michel Platini	Juventus
1986	Igor Belanov	Dynamo Kiev
1987	Ruud Gullit	AC Milan
1988	Marco Van Basten	AC Milan
1989	Marco Van Basten	AC Milan
1990	Lothar Matthaus	Internazionale
1991	Jean-Pierre Papin	Olympique Marseille
1992	Marco Van Basten	AC Milan
1993	Roberto Baggio	Juventus
1994	Hristo Stoichkov	Barcelona
1995	George Weah	AC Milan
1996	Matthias Sammer	Borussia Dortmund
1997	Ronaldo	Internazionale
1998	Zinedine Zidane	Juventus
1999	Rivaldo	Barcelona
2000	Luis Figo	Real Madrid
2001	Michael Owen	Liverpool
2002	Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2003	Pavel Nedved	Juventus
2004	Andriy Shevchenko	AC Milan
2005	Ronaldinho	Barcelona