2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or

The 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the third year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Zürich on 7 January 2013,[1] with Lionel Messi winning a record fourth consecutive Ballon d'Or.

2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or logo

The gala ceremony was hosted by former Ballon d'Or winner Ruud Gullit and broadcast journalist Kay Murray of Real Madrid TV and Fox Soccer.[2]

Winners and nominees

FIFA Ballon d'Or
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Andrés Iniesta

A shortlist of 23 male players was compiled by members of FIFA's Football Committee as well as a group of experts from France Football.[3] It was announced on 29 October 2012.[4][5] There were three voters per FIFA member federation, one journalist and the coaches and captain of the national men's team. Each picked a first (5 points), second (3 points) and third choice (1 point), with their choices made public by FIFA.[6] This was cut to a set of three "finalists" – Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Cristiano Ronaldo – on 29 November 2012.[7][8]

The odds-on[9] favourite Lionel Messi won the award.[10] Messi won all three FIFA Ballons d'Or since its inception in 2010 and also won both predecessor awards (the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year) in 2009.

The results for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or were:

RankPlayer[11]NationalityClub(s)Percent
1stLionel Messi Argentina Barcelona41.60%
2ndCristiano Ronaldo Portugal Real Madrid23.68%
3rdAndrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona10.91%

The following 20 men were originally in contention for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d’Or:

RankPlayer[11]NationalityClub(s)Percent
4thXavi Spain Barcelona4.08%
5thRadamel Falcao Colombia Atlético Madrid3.67%
6thIker Casillas Spain Real Madrid3.18%
7thAndrea Pirlo Italy Juventus2.66%
8thDidier Drogba Ivory Coast Chelsea
Shanghai Shenhua		2.60%
9thRobin van Persie Netherlands Arsenal
Manchester United		1.45%
10thZlatan Ibrahimović Sweden Milan
Paris Saint-Germain		1.24%
11thXabi Alonso Spain Real Madrid1.09%
12thYaya Touré Ivory Coast Manchester City0.76%
13thNeymar Brazil Santos0.61%
14thMesut Özil Germany Real Madrid0.41%
15thWayne Rooney England Manchester United0.39%
16thGianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus0.35%
17thSergio Agüero Argentina Manchester City0.30%
18thSergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid0.22%
19thManuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich0.21%
20thSergio Busquets Spain Barcelona0.20%
21stGerard Piqué[12] Spain Barcelona0.11%
22ndKarim Benzema France Real Madrid0.11%
23rdMario Balotelli Italy Manchester City0.07%

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

On 25 October 2012, a ten-player shortlist was unveiled for the FIFA's Women's Player of the Year, which was chosen by experts from FIFA's Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup and a group of experts from France Football.[13]

The voting system used was the same as that of the men's award (see above), with coaches and captains of women's national teams and persons from the media making public top-three selections.[14]

RankPlayer[15]NationalityClub(s)Percent
1stAbby Wambach United Statesw/o Club20.67%
2ndMarta Brazil Tyresö FF13.50%
3rdAlex Morgan United States Seattle Sounders10.87%
RankPlayer[11]NationalityClub(s)Percent
4thHomare Sawa Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa10.85%
5thChristine Sinclair Canada Western New York Flash10.33%
6thCarli Lloyd United Statesw/o Club7.99%
7thCamille Abily France Lyon Ladies7.70%
8thAya Miyama Japan Yunogo Belle7.51%
9thMiho Fukumoto Japan Yunogo Belle7.32%
10thMegan Rapinoe United States Seattle Sounders2.89%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football

This award was decided by the same voters and system as that of the men's player award.[16]

RankCoach[15]NationalityTeam(s)Percent
1stVicente del Bosque Spain Spain34.51%
2ndJosé Mourinho Portugal Real Madrid20.49%
3rdPep Guardiola Spain Barcelona12.91%
RankCoach[11]NationalityTeam(s)Percent
4thRoberto Di Matteo Italy Chelsea12.02%
5thAlex Ferguson Scotland Manchester United5.82%
6thJürgen Klopp Germany Borussia Dortmund4.78%
7thCesare Prandelli Italy Italy3.34%
8thRoberto Mancini Italy Manchester City3.10%
9thJoachim Löw Germany Germany1.15%
10thJupp Heynckes Germany Bayern Munich1.00%

FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football

This award was decided by the same voters and system as that of the women's player award.[17]

RankCoach[15]NationalityTeam(s)Percent
1stPia Sundhage Sweden United States28.59%
2ndNorio Sasaki Japan Japan23.83%
3rdBruno Bini France France9.02%
RankCoach[11]NationalityTeam(s)Percent
4thPatrice Lair France Lyon7.64%
5thSilvia Neid Germany Germany6.48%
6thJohn Herdman England Canada6.31%
7thHiroshi Yoshida Japan Japan U17
Japan U20		5.75%
8thSteve Swanson United States United States U205.02%
9thMaren Meinert Germany Germany U203.70%
10thHope Powell England England
Great Britain Olympic		3.29%

FIFA/FIFPro World XI
FIFA/FIFPro World XI 2012[18]
PositionPlayer[15]NationalityClub(s)
GKIker Casillas Spain Real Madrid
DFDani Alves Brazil Barcelona
DFSergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid
DFGerard Piqué Spain Barcelona
DFMarcelo Brazil Real Madrid
MFXabi Alonso Spain Real Madrid
MFXavi Spain Barcelona
MFAndrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona
FWLionel Messi Argentina Barcelona
FWRadamel Falcao Colombia Atlético Madrid
FWCristiano Ronaldo Portugal Real Madrid

This was the first occasion that all 11 FIFPro World XI players were players from the same league (La Liga).[19]

FIFA Puskás Award

The Puskás Award for best goal was decided by a public online vote.[20]

RankPlayer[15]NationalityTeamPercentNotes
1stMiroslav Stoch Slovakia Fenerbahçe78%Volley into top corner of net, 3 March 2012, Turkish Süper Lig match against Gençlerbirliği[21]
2ndRadamel Falcao Colombia Atlético Madrid15%
3rdNeymar Brazil Santos7%

FIFA Presidential Award

FIFA Fair Play Award

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