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Chelsea dominate Ballon d'Or shortlist

24/10/2005

Premiership champions Chelsea have had seven of their players named on the 50-man shortlist for this year's European footballer of the year award.

Chelsea's tally, including the likes of Frank Lampard, John Terry and Michael Essien is second only to Juventus who have nine players shortlisted.

In total, 16 Premiership stars make the list, with four coming via Manchester United, three from European champions Liverpool and one each from Newcastle United and Arsenal.

There are seven Englishmen named in the list including Blues pair Lampard and Terry, United forward Wayne Rooney, national team skipper David Beckham, Liverpool duo Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard plus Newcastle's Michael Owen.

The Gunners' new all-time record scorer Thierry Henry is as expected one of the firm favourites for the Ballon d'Or.

However, AC Milan's Andriy Shevchenko will be vying to retain his crown, while Barcelona star Ronaldinho and his Brazilian compatriot Robinho of Real Madrid have also been named.

The decision will be announced on Monday November 28th and is made by a panel of international football journalists.

<b>Full list:</b>
Adriano (Inter Milan), Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich), David Beckham (Real Madrid), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Petr Cech (Chelsea), Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan), Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Cris (Lyon), Deco (Barcelona), Dida (AC Milan), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Emerson (Juventus), Michael Essien (Chelsea), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona), Luis Figo (Inter Milan), Diego Forlan (Villarreal), Luis Garcia (Liverpool), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus), Juninho (Lyon), Kaka (AC Milan), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Roy Makaay (Bayern Munich), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Paolo Maldini (AC Milan), Pavel Nedved (Juventus), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Raul (Real Madrid), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal), Arjen Robben (Chelsea), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Robinho (Real Madrid), Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea), Lilian Thuram (Juventus), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Marc van Bommel (Barcelona), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Patrick Vieira (Juventus), Xavi (Barcelona), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid).

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