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'''Ballon d'Or 2003''', yang diberikan kepada pemain sepak bola terbaik di Eropa menurut penilaian panel jurnalis olahraga dari negara-negara anggota [[UEFA]]
, dianugerahkan [[kepada]] gelandang Ceko Pavel Nedvěd pada 22 Desember 2003The '''2003 Ballon d'Or''', given to the best [[Association football|football]] player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from [[UEFA]] member countries, was awarded to the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[midfielder]] [[Pavel Nedvěd]] on 22 December 2003.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite web |last= BBC Sport staff | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3341645.stm | title = Nedved scoops top award | date = 22 December 2003 | work = [[BBC Sport]] }}</ref> On 11 November 2003, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from ''[[France Football]]'' was announced.<ref>{{cite news|last= Leite |first= Augusto |url= http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Porto/interior.aspx?content_id=178657 |title= Deco na corrida à Bola de Ouro |trans-title= Deco racing for the Ballon D'or |language= pt |date= 11 November 2003 | work = [[Record (Portuguese newspaper)|Record]]}}</ref> There were 52 voters, from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,20 Belaruselarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and [[FR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).<ref name="rsssf">{{cite web |last= Pierrend |first= José | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy03.html | title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2003 | date = 26 March 2005 | work = [[RSSSF]] }}</ref>
Nedvěd was the second Czech player to win the award after [[Josef Masopust]] ([[1962 Ballon d'Or|1962]]).<ref name="bbc1">{{cite web|last=BBC Sport staff|date=22 December 2003|title=Nedved scoops top award|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3341645.stm|work=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref> [[Gianluigi Buffon]] (Italy) was the top ranked goalkeeper in the list, in ninth place. [[Paolo Maldini]] (Italy) was the best ranked [[Defender (association football)|defender]] in third place, while [[Thierry Henry]] (France) was the top [[Forward (association football)|forward]], in second place.<ref name="rsssf"/>
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