European Footballer of the Year - Same Nationality in Top 3

European Footballer of the Year (1956-2010) - Players of the same nationality who finished in the top 3 of the Ballon d'Or vote in the same year.  Underlined players = Ballon d'Or winners

1957 - Billy Wright and Duncan Edwards (England)
1958 - Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine (France)
1964 - Luis Suarez and Amancio (Spain)
1969 - Gianni Rivera and Luigi Riva (Italy)
1972 - Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, and Günter Netzer (West Germany)
1980 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Bernd Schuster (West Germany)
1981 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Paul Breitner, and Bernd Schuster (West Germany)
1984 - Michel Platini and Jean Tigana (France)
1988 - Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, and Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands)
1989 - Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands)
1990 - Lothar Matthäus and Andreas Brehme (Germany)
1991 - Dejan Savićević and Darko Pančev (Yugoslavia)
1992 - Marco van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands)
1994 - Roberto Baggio and Paolo Maldini (Italy)
2002 - Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos (Brazil)
2005 - Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard (England)
2006 - Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
2010 - Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez (Spain)