1982 Ballon d'Or
| 1982 Ballon d'Or | |
|---|---|
 1982 Ballon d'Or winner Paolo Rossi | |
| Date | 28 December 1982 |
| Presented by | France Football |
| Website | francefootball.fr/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]
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
- ^ France Football reports Giresse with 68 points.
- ^ France Football reports Rummenigge with 47 points.