2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or
The 56 Ballon d'Or (French for Golden Ball ) was awarded for the year 2011 For the second time by the magazine France Football and the football 's world governing body FIFA, under the name FIFA Ballon d'Or. For the fifth time so that the world's best footballer of the year award. After the three best players - even without their respective placement on the " podium " - were published in December 2011, was announced on January 8, 2012 at FIFA headquarters in Zurich the final result. Winner of the Ballon d' Or 2011 was Lionel Messi - total for the third time in succession - before Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi.
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The prize was awarded by a jury, which was composed of 147 national team coaches, 143 captains and 154 national journalists. Each of them awarded to three players from a jointly specified by the France- Football - editors and FIFA list five, three or one point. The performance of the players should be appreciated throughout the calendar year. Since the three groups of voters have different electoral numbers, the votes of these three " electoral colleges " but are ever exactly cover one third of the overall results, the absolute scores were then converted and published as percentages.
Result
Of the nominated German players Mesut Özil was best placed as 11, Thomas Mueller finished 13th and Bastian Schweinsteiger 15th place.
Statistics
Overall, the result at the top of this year was as clear as never before. This also applies to the votes the involved three groups of judges, in each of Messi, Ronaldo, Xavi and Iniesta took the first four places in that order. Regarding the ranking of the remaining 19 candidates but there were notable differences:
When the journalists accepted in the stands 5-8 Suarez before Rooney, Neymar and Forlan; stood by the national coaches Rooney before Forlan, Eto'o and Casillas ( here in ninth place: Ozil ), and in the national team captains was the placement Eto'o, Casillas, Rooney and Sneijder.
- Germany Karl Heinz Wild ( KICKER Sports Magazine ): 1 Messi, second Xabi Alonso, Ozil 3
- Joachim Löw: 1 Xavi, Messi 2nd, 3rd Iniesta
- Philipp Lahm: 1 Messi, Xavi 2, 3 Cristiano Ronaldo
- Ernst Hasler ( Liechtenstein Fatherland): 1 Messi, Xavi 2, 3 Özil
- Hans -Peter Zaugg: 1 Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo 2, 3 Xavi
- Mario Frick: 1 Messi, Xavi 2, 3 Cristiano Ronaldo
- Didier and Christophe Hiegel Nadin (La Voix du Luxembourg ): 1 Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo 2nd, 3rd Rooney
- Luc Holtz: 1 Messi, Xavi 2, 3 Cristiano Ronaldo
- René Peters: 1 Messi, Xavi 2nd, 3rd Iniesta
- Walter Kowatsch Black ( freelance journalist ): 1 Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo 2, 3 Xavi
- Marcel Koller: 1 Iniesta, Messi 2nd, 3rd Schweinsteiger
- Marc Janko: 1 Iniesta, Cristiano Ronaldo 2, 3 Xavi
- Pierre -Alain Dupuis ( Télévision Suisse Romande ): 1 Messi, Xavi 2, 3 Cristiano Ronaldo
- Ottmar Hitzfeld: 1 Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo 2nd, 3rd Schweinsteiger
- Gökhan Inler: 1 Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo 2, 3 Xavi
Nominees
The end of October of 23 players full circle of the candidates was announced:
- Éric Abidal France (FC Barcelona)
- Argentina Sergio Agüero ( Manchester City )
- Spain Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)
- Brazil Daniel Alves ( FC Barcelona)
- France Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
- Spain Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
- Cameroon 's Samuel Eto'o ( Inter Milan, Anzhi Makhachkala )
- Spain Cesc Fabregas ( Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)
- Uruguay Diego Forlán (Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan )
- Spain Andrés Iniesta ( FC Barcelona)
- Argentina 's Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona, last year's winner )
- Germany Thomas Müller ( Bayern Munich)
- Portugal Nani (Manchester United)
- Brazil Neymar ( Santos FC )
- Germany Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid)
- Spain Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona)
- Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
- England Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
- Germany Bastian Schweinsteiger ( Bayern Munich)
- Netherlands Wesley Sneijder ( Inter Milan )
- Uruguay Luis Suárez ( Liverpool )
- Spain 's David Villa (FC Barcelona)
- Spain Xavi (FC Barcelona)