Frank Ribery has blamed the French media for his failure to win a Ballon d'Or, claiming he was robbed of the crown in 2013.

Coming off the back of a season where Ribery and Bayern Munich had dominated both domestically and in Europe – where Champions League glory at the end of the season completed an unprecedented quadruple – Ribery was left stunned when he was beaten to the Ballon d'Or by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ribery played an influential part in Jupp Heynckes's European conquerors, providing two assists in a 7-0 aggregate demolition of Barcelona in the semi-final, before adding another to Arjen Robben's winner over Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund in the final.

Frank Ribery has slammed the French media for their part in his 2013 Ballon d'Or failure

'It was as if it was stolen from me,' Ribery told Canal Football Club. 'It's incomprehensible. I won every trophy, I couldn't have done more. It was an injustice.'

In his 43 appearances for Bayern that season, Ribery had a hand in 34 goals, while the eventual Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo – with his second in a row – only had a Spanish Super Cup to his name but scored a ludicrous sum of 55 goals in as many appearances.

Real finished 15 points off the pace in La Liga, with rivals Barcelona winning the title with 100 points, and fell to Dortmund in the Champions League semis.

On top of this, one of the main contributing factors to Ribery's utter bemusement by the defeat was that he beat Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to the UEFA Best Footballer of the Year crown.

However, taking into account Ronaldo's individual performance across the season and the UEFA honour, Ribery claimed his case for the Ballon d'Or was not damaged by himself nor the Portuguese star's outstanding goalscoring record, but more so by the French media.

Ribery won the quadruple including the Champions League with Bayer Munich in 2012-13

He feels the media had a vendetta against him and caused him to be robbed of the Ballon d'Or

RIBERY V RONALDO 2012-13 Ribery Appearances: 43 Goals: 11 Assists: 23 Titles: 4 - Bundesliga, Champions League, German Cup, German Super Cup Honours: UEFA Best Player in Europe Ronaldo Appearances: 55 Goals: 55 Assists: 13 Titles: 1 - Spanish Super Cup Honours: Ballon d'Or Advertisement

'I didn't have my country behind me,' he claimed. 'I saw it with my own eyes that the French said Cristiano should win. Did the Portuguese want it to be Ribery or Messi? Of course not.'

Ribery secured 23.36 per cent of the votes at the 2013 awards ceremony, fewer than one per cent behind Messi, but more than four behind Ronaldo.

He claims that the French media's vendetta against him were a result of the national side's capitulation at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa where they finished rock-bottom and winless in their group.

Ribery felt the media refused to support him after France's 2010 capitulation at the World Cup

The French squad famously boycotted training after coach Raymond Domenech expelled Nicolas Anelka from his side for verbally abusing him. Understandably, both the French media and public were unimpressed by the situation, which Ribery claims would go on to hinder his hopes at individual glory.

He added: 'In 2010, they needed someone to blame,' he said. 'Everyone in France believed I was the problem – even my parents.

'I can't forget the actions of certain French media. It's a scar that stays with me, it was too much.'