1963 Ballon d'Or

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]

1963 Ballon d'Or
1963 Ballon d'Or winner Lev Yashin in 1965
Date17 December 1963
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Lev Yashin (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union73
2Gianni Rivera Milan Italy55
3Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur England50
4Denis Law Manchester United Scotland45
5Eusébio Benfica Portugal19
6Karl-Heinz Schnellinger 1. FC Köln
Mantova		 West Germany16
7Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV West Germany9
8Bobby Charlton Manchester United England5
Luis Suárez Inter Milan Spain
Giovanni Trapattoni Milan Italy
11José Altafini Milan Brazil4
Paul Van Himst Anderlecht Belgium
13Flórián Albert Ferencváros Hungary3
Harry Bild IFK Norrköping Sweden
Josef Masopust Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia
Omar Sívori Juventus Argentina
17Robert Herbin Saint-Étienne France2
Jef Jurion Anderlecht Belgium
Cesare Maldini Milan Italy
Károly Sándor MTK Budapest Hungary
21Mário Coluna Benfica Portugal1
Ake Johansson IFK Norrköping Sweden
Manfred Kaiser Wismut Aue East Germany
Metin Oktay Galatasaray Turkey
Svatopluk Pluskal Dukla Prague 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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