Ballon D'or/UEFA Best Player in Europe award - Ultimate quiz

Name the top 3 players named for the best player in Europe award from 1956-2014
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Year:
First Place:
Nationality
Runner Up:
Nationality
Third Place:
Nationality:
1956
Stanley Matthews
England
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Argentina/Spain
Raymond Kopa
France
1957
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Argentina/Spain
Billy Wright
England
Duncan Edwards
Raymond Kopa
England
France
1958
Raymond Kopa
France
Helmut Rahn
Germany
Just Fontaine
France
1959
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Argentina/Spain
Raymond Kopa
France
John Charles
Wales
1960
Luis Suárez
Spain
Ferenc Puskás
Hungary
Uwe Seeler
Germany
1961
Omar Sívori
Argentina/Italy
Luis Suárez
Spain
Johnny Haynes
England
1962
Josef Masopust
Czechoslovakia
Eusébio
Portugal
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
West Germany
1963
Lev Yashin
Soviet Union
Gianni Rivera
Italy
Jimmy Greaves
England
1964
Denis Law
Scotland
Luis Suárez
Spain
Amancio
Spain
1965
Eusébio
Portugal
Giacinto Facchetti
Italy
Luis Suárez
Spain
1966
Bobby Charlton
England
Eusébio
Portugal
Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany
1967
Flórián Albert
Hungary
Bobby Charlton
England
Jimmy Johnstone
Scotland
1968
George Best
Northern Ireland
Bobby Charlton
England
Dragan Džajić
Yugoslavia
1969
Gianni Rivera
Italy
Luigi Riva
Italy
Gerd Müller
West Germany
1970
Gerd Müller
West Germany
Bobby Moore
England
Luigi Riva
Italy
1971
Johan Cruyff
Netherlands
Sandro Mazzola
Italy
George Best
Northern Ireland
1972
Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany
Gerd Müller
Günter Netzer
West Germany
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1973
Johan Cruyff
Netherlands
Dino Zoff
Italy
Gerd Müller
West Germany
1974
Johan Cruyff
Netherlands
Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany
Kazimierz Deyna
Poland
1975
Oleg Blokhin
Soviet Union
Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany
Johan Cruyff
Netherlands
1976
Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany
Rob Rensenbrink
Netherlands
Ivo Viktor
Czechoslovakia
1977
Allan Simonsen
Denmark
Kevin Keegan
England
Michel Platini
France
1978
Kevin Keegan
England
Hans Krankl
Austria
Rob Rensenbrink
Netherlands
1979
Kevin Keegan
England
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
West Germany
Ruud Krol
Netherlands
1980
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
West Germany
Bernd Schuster
West Germany
Michel Platini
France
1981
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
West Germany
Paul Breitner
West Germany
Bernd Schuster
West Germany
1982
Paolo Rossi
Italy
Alain Giresse
France
Zbigniew Boniek
Poland
1983
Michel Platini
France
Kenny Dalglish
Scotland
Allan Simonsen
Denmark
1984
Michel Platini
France
Jean Tigana
France
Preben Elkjær
Denmark
1985
Michel Platini
France
Preben Elkjær
Denmark
Bernd Schuster
West Germany
1986
Igor Belanov
Soviet Union
Gary Lineker
England
Emilio Butragueño
Spain
1987
Ruud Gullit
Netherlands
Paulo Futre
Portugal
Emilio Butragueño
Spain
1988
Marco van Basten
Netherlands
Ruud Gullit
Netherlands
Frank Rijkaard
Netherlands
1989
Marco van Basten
Netherlands
Franco Baresi
Italy
Frank Rijkaard
Netherlands
1990
Lothar Matthaüs
Germany
Salvatore Schillaci
Italy
Andreas Brehme
West Germany
1991
Jean-Pierre Papin
France
Dejan Savićevic
Darko Pančev
Yugoslavia
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1992
Marco van Basten
Netherlands
Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgaria
Dennis Bergkamp
Netherlands
1993
Roberto Baggio
Italy
Dennis Bergkamp
Netherlands
Eric Cantona
France
1994
Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgaria
Roberto Baggio
Italy
Paolo Maldini
Italy
1995
George Weah
Liberia
Jürgen Klinsmann
Germany
Jari Litmanen
Finland
1996
Matthias Sammer
Germany
Ronaldo
Brazil
Alan Shearer
England
1997
Ronaldo
Brazil
Predrag Mijatović
Yugoslavia
Zinedane Zidane
France
1998
Zinedane Zidane
France
Davor Šuker
Croatia
Ronaldo
Brazil
1999
Rivaldo
Brazil
David Beckham
England
Andriy Shevchenko
Ukraine
2000
Luís Figo
Portugal
Zinedane Zidane
France
Andriy Shevchenko
Ukraine
2001
Michael Owen
England
Raúl
Spain
Oliver Kahn
Germany
2002
Ronaldo
Brazil
Roberto Carlos
Brazil
Oliver Kahn
Germany
2003
Pavel Nedvěd
Czech Republic
Thierry Henry
France
Paolo Maldini
Italy
2004
Andriy Shevchenko
Ukraine
Deco
Portugal
Ronaldinho
Brazil
2005
Ronaldinho
Brazil
Frank Lampard
England
Steven Gerrard
England
2006
Fabio Cannavaro
Italy
Gianluigi Buffon
Italy
Thierry Henry
France
2007
Kaká
Brazil
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2008
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Fernando Torres
Spain
2009
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
Xavi
Spain
2010
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Andrés Iniesta
Spain
Xavi
Spain
2011
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Xavi
Spain
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
2012
Andrés Iniesta
Spain
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
2013
Franck Ribéry
France
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
2014
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
Manuel Neuer
Germany
Arjen Robben
Netherlands
2015
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Luis Suárez
Uruguay
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
2016
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
Antoine Griezmann
France
Gareth Bale
Wales
2017
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Gianluigi Buffon
Italy
2018
Luka Modrić
Croatia
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
Mohamed Salah
Egypt
2019
Virgil Van Dijk
Netherlands
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
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Level 33
Mar 26, 2015
Preben Elkjaer LARSEN ! LARSEN !!!
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Level 19
May 5, 2015
Good quiz!knew many bit forgot😭
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Level 38
Jun 10, 2020
In Ballon d’Or the d is lowercase and the O is a capital
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Level 66
Jan 31, 2021
Was doing the quiz but stopped half way through when I realised that the result for 2019 is literally just wrong as you've got first and second the wrong way around.
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Level 21
Feb 1, 2021
Van Dijk won UEFA Player of the Season. Messi won Ballon d'Or. The title specifies 'UEFA POTY'. Ballon d'Or was awarded until 2009 when it merged with FIFA. In 2016 it separated from FIFA again and became its own seperate award. The answers are correct