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1963 Ballon d'Or

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1963 Ballon d'Or
1963 Ballon d'Or winner Lev Yashin in 1965
Date17 December 1963
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won bySoviet Union Lev Yashin (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.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

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

References

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  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