1963 Ballon d'Or

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1963 Ballon d'Or
Lev Yashin.jpg
1963 Ballon d'Or winner Lev Yashin in 1965
Date17 December 1963
Location Paris, France
Presented by France Football
Highlights
Won by Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Lev Yashin (1st award)
Website francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1963 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Lev Yashin on 17 December 1963. [1] He was the first, and as of 2024, the only goalkeeper to win this award. He also became the first Soviet and Russian national to win the award. [2] [3]

Rankings

RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints
1 Lev Yashin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Moscow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 73
2 Gianni Rivera Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55
3 Jimmy Greaves Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of England.svg  England 50
4 Denis Law Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 45
5 Eusébio Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 19
6 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Köln
Flag of Italy.svg Mantova 		Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 16
7 Uwe Seeler Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9
8 Bobby Charlton Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of England.svg  England 5
Luis Suárez Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
Giovanni Trapattoni Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
11 José Altafini Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4
Paul Van Himst Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
13 Flórián Albert Flag of Hungary.svg Ferencváros Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3
Harry Bild Flag of Sweden.svg IFK Norrköping Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Josef Masopust Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dukla Prague Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Omar Sívori Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
17 Robert Herbin Flag of France.svg Saint-Étienne Flag of France.svg  France 2
Jef Jurion Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Cesare Maldini Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Károly Sándor Flag of Hungary.svg MTK Budapest Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
21 Mário Coluna Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1
Ake Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg IFK Norrköping Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Manfred Kaiser Flag of East Germany.svg Wismut Aue Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Metin Oktay Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Svatopluk Pluskal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dukla Prague Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia

References

  1. ↑ Pierrend, José (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1963". RSSSF .
  2. ↑ Reno, Bill (May 12, 2015) Why a Goalkeeper Will Never Win Another Ballon d'Or. Paster Magazine.
  3. ↑ European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1963. rsssf.org
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