Ballon d'Or award winners (Reuters)

Published 12/2/2007 at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News

Following is a list of winners of the Ballon d'Or award: 1956 - Stanley Matthews (England) 1957 - Alfredo di Stefano (Spain) 1958 - Raymond Kopa (France) 1959 - Alfredo di Stefano (Spain) 1960 - Luis Suarez (Spain) 1961 - Omar Sivori (Italy) 1962 - Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia) 1963 - Lev Yashin (Soviet Union) 1964 - Denis Law (Scotland) 1965 - Eusebio (Portugal) 1966 - Bobby Charlton (England) 1967 - Florian Albert (Hungary) 1968 - George Best (Northern Ireland) 1969 - Gianni Rivera (Italy) 1970 - Gerd Mueller (West Germany) 1971 - Johan Cruyff (Netherlands) 1972 - Franz Beckenbauer (Germany) 1973 - Johan Cruyff (Netherlands) 1974 - Johan Cruyff (Netherlands) 1975 - Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union) 1976 - Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany) 1977 - Allan Simonsen (Denmark) 1978 - Kevin Keegan (England) 1979 - Kevin Keegan (England) 1980 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany) 1981 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany) 1982 - Paolo Rossi (Italy) 1983 - Michel Platini (France) ... [link]

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UEFA.com: FOOTBALL EUROPE Matchcentre

MVNsoccer posted 12/2/2007 from www.uefa.com

In advance of Sunday's EURO 2008 Final Draw, UEFA unveils its new FOOTBALL EUROPE Matchcentre...

Euro 2008 Group Stage Draw - Italy get “Group of Death” with France, Holland, and Romania

mcalcio posted 12/2/2007 from www.mcalcio.com

The Euro 2008 Groups have been drawn and... bloody hell… France again for Italy? Are you serious? One thing's for sure, it is going to be an exciting tournament next summer

EURO 2008: Draw sets up heavyweight contests

MVNsoccer posted 12/2/2007 from www.uefa.com

December 2 --- UEFA.com: Former winners the Netherlands, Italy and France will meet in Group C (Romania, who finished ahead of the Netherlands on the road to Austria and Switzerland, complete the most testing of the groups)...

EURO 2008: Group of Death draws mixed reaction

MVNsoccer posted 12/2/2007 from www.uefa.com

December 2 --- UEFA.com: The look on France coach Raymond Domenech's face said it all as Les Bleus were the second team drawn in Group C after the Netherlands. Romania were next out of the pot, then the hammer blow – Italy. The Group of Death... (pictured: Italy coach Roberto Donadoni)

EURO 2008: ...the story so far

MVNsoccer posted 12/2/2007 from www.uefa.com

December 2 --- UEFA.com: The qualifying campaign was not just a tale of winners and losers. --- uefa.com looks beyond the 14 successful qualifiers to the individual and collective stories that illuminated the competition...(pictured: Hakan Şükür set a new mark for Turkey)

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Italy gets France and Dutch in tough Euro 2008 draw (AP)
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France coach Raymond Domenech described the seeding system as madness after his side were drawn in the same group as world champions Italy, top seeds the Netherlands and stylish Romania at Euro 2008.