1961 Ballon d'Or

The 1961 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 Omar Sívori on 12 December 1961.[1]

1961 Ballon d'Or
1961 Ballon d'Or winner Omar Sívori
Date12 December 1961
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Omar Sívori (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Omar Sívori Juventus Italy[lower-alpha 1]46
2Luis Suárez Barcelona
Internazionale		 Spain40
3Johnny Haynes Fulham England22
4Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union21
5Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid Hungary16
6Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid Spain[lower-alpha 2]13
Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV West Germany13
8John Charles Juventus Wales10
9Paco Gento Real Madrid Spain8
10José Águas Benfica Portugal5
Bobby Charlton Manchester United England
Gyula Grosics Tatabánya Hungary
Gerhard Hanappi Rapid Wien Austria
Josef Masopust Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia
José Santamaría Real Madrid Spain
Dragoslav Šekularac Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia
17Danny Blanchflower Tottenham Hotspur Northern Ireland4
Germano Benfica Portugal
Kurt Hamrin Fiorentina Sweden
Mikheil Meskhi Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union
Viktor Ponedelnik SKA Rostov-on-Don Soviet Union
Horst Szymaniak Karlsruher SC
Catania		 West Germany
23José Augusto Benfica Portugal3
Denis Law Manchester City
Torino		 Scotland
Slava Metreveli Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union
Max Morlock 1. FC Nürnberg West Germany
Horst Nemec Austria Wien Austria
28Pierre Bernard Sedan
Nîmes		 France2
Gert Dörfel Hamburger SV West Germany
Norbert Eschmann Stade Français  Switzerland
Jimmy Greaves Chelsea
Milan
Tottenham Hotspur		 England
Lucien Muller Reims France
Costa Pereira Benfica Portugal
Lajos Tichy Budapest Honvéd Hungary
35Charles Antenen La Chaux-de-Fonds  Switzerland1
Mário Coluna Benfica Portugal
Eusébio Benfica Portugal
Gernot Fraydl Austria Wien Austria
Karl Koller First Vienna Austria
Rudolf Kučera Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia
Dumitru Macri Rapid București Romania
Jimmy McIlroy Burnley Northern Ireland
Karl Stotz Austria Wien Austria

Notes
  1. Despite being born in Argentina, Omar Sívori acquired Italian citizenship in 1961, and went on to play for the Italy national team.[2]
  2. Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and would play for the Spain national team.[3]

References
  1. Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1961". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  2. "Juve legend Sívori dies". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
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