The 1985 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 Michel Platini on 24 December 1985. [1][2]

1985 Ballon d'Or
1985 Ballon d'Or winner Michel Platini in 1986
Date24 December 1985
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rankings

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Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Michel Platini   Juventus   France 127
2 Preben Elkjær   Hellas Verona   Denmark 71
3 Bernd Schuster   Barcelona   West Germany 46
4 Michael Laudrup   Juventus   Denmark 14
5 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge   Internazionale   West Germany 13
6 Zbigniew Boniek   Roma   Poland 12
7 Oleh Protasov   Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk   Soviet Union 10
8 Hans-Peter Briegel   Hellas Verona   West Germany 9
9 Bryan Robson   Manchester United   England 8
Rinat Dasayev   Spartak Moscow   Soviet Union
11 Rudi Völler   Werder Bremen   West Germany 7
12 Luis Fernández   Paris Saint-Germain   France 6
Søren Lerby   Bayern Munich   Denmark
14 Rafael Gordillo   Real Madrid   Spain 5
Ian Rush   Liverpool   Wales
16 Emilio Butragueño   Real Madrid   Spain 4
Fernando Gomes   Porto   Portugal
18 Harald Schumacher   1. FC Köln   West Germany 3
John Sivebæk   Vejle   Denmark
Neville Southall   Everton   Wales
21 Lajos Détári   Budapest Honvéd   Hungary 2
Alain Giresse   Bordeaux   France
Vahid Halilhodžić   Nantes   Yugoslavia
Tibor Nyilasi   Austria Wien   Hungary
Peter Reid   Everton   England
Peter Shilton   Southampton   England
Graeme Souness   Sampdoria   Scotland
Pat Jennings   Tottenham Hotspur   Northern Ireland
29 Steve Archibald   Barcelona   Scotland 1
Jan Ceulemans   Club Brugge   Belgium
Anatoliy Demyanenko   Dinamo Kyiv   Soviet Union
Georgi Dimitrov   CSKA Sofia   Bulgaria
Gheorghe Hagi   Sportul Studențesc   Romania
Mark Hateley   Milan   England
Herbert Prohaska   Austria Wien   Austria
Gary Stevens   Everton   England
Andreas Thom   Dynamo Berlin   East Germany
Ladislav Vízek   Dukla Prague   Czechoslovakia

References

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  1. ^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1985 - Michel Platini". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1985". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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