2008 Ballon d'Or


The 2008 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded on 2 December 2008.

Rankings

Additionally, five players were nominated but received no votes:
PlayerNationalityClub
Karim Benzema Lyon
Pepe Real Madrid
Luca Toni Bayern Munich
Rafael van der Vaart Real Madrid
Yuri Zhirkov CSKA Moscow