1965 Ballon d'Or

The 1965 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 Eusébio on 28 December 1965.[1][2]

1965 Ballon d'Or
1965 Ballon d'Or winner Eusébio
Date28 December 1965
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Eusébio (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

Eusébio was the first Portuguese national to win the award and still is the only Benfica player to have won it.[3]

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Eusébio Benfica Portugal67
2Giacinto Facchetti Internazionale Italy59
3Luis Suárez Internazionale Spain45
4Paul Van Himst Anderlecht Belgium25
5Bobby Charlton Manchester United England19
6Flórián Albert Ferencváros Hungary14
7Gianni Rivera Milan Italy10
8Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia Bulgaria9
Sandro Mazzola Internazionale Italy
Valery Voronin Torpedo Moskva Soviet Union
11Denis Law Manchester United Scotland8
12Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Roma
Milan		 West Germany6
13Jim Baxter Rangers
Sunderland		 Scotland5
Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid Spain
15Mario Corso Internazionale Italy3
Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union
17Amancio Real Madrid Spain2
Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany
Ferenc Bene Újpest Hungary
Mário Coluna Benfica Portugal
Milan Galić Partizan Yugoslavia
Philippe Gondet Nantes France
Andrej Kvašňák Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia
Slava Metreveli Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union
25Ivor Allchurch Cardiff City
Swansea Town		 Wales1
Sigfried Held Kickers Offenbach
Borussia Dortmund		 West Germany
Köbi Kuhn Zürich  Switzerland

References
  1. Pierrend, José Luis (22 June 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1965". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  2. "50 Ans De Ballon D'Or: 1965 - Eusebio - Une Lutte sans Merci". France Football (in French). Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  3. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
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