1982 Ballon d'Or

The 1982 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 Paolo Rossi on 28 December 1982.^[1]

1982 Ballon d'Or
1982 Ballon d'Or winner Paolo Rossi
Date	28 December 1982
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Paolo Rossi (1st award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rossi was the third Italian national to win the award after Omar Sívori in 1961 and Gianni Rivera in 1969. Rossi was also the second Juventus player to win the trophy, after Sívori in 1961.^[2]

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Paolo Rossi	Juventus	Italy	115
2	Alain Giresse[notes 1]	Bordeaux	France	64
3	Zbigniew Boniek	Juventus	Poland	53
4	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge[notes 2]	Bayern Munich	West Germany	51
5	Bruno Conti	Roma	Italy	48
6	Rinat Dasayev	Spartak Moscow	Soviet Union	17
7	Pierre Littbarski	1. FC Köln	West Germany	10
8	Dino Zoff	Juventus	Italy	9
9	Michel Platini	Juventus	France	5
10	Bernd Schuster	Barcelona	West Germany	4
11	Giancarlo Antognoni	Fiorentina	Italy	3
12	Bruno Pezzey	Eintracht Frankfurt	Austria	2
	Gaetano Scirea	Juventus	Italy	2
	Eric Gerets	Standard Liège	Belgium	2
15	Paul Breitner	Bayern Munich	West Germany	1
	Torbjörn Nilsson	IFK Göteborg	Sweden	1
	Walter Schachner	Cesena	Austria	1
	Marco Tardelli	Juventus	Italy	1
	Marius Trésor	Bordeaux	France	1

Notes

1. France Football reports Giresse with 68 points.
2. France Football reports Rummenigge with 47 points.