1969 Ballon d'Or

The 1969 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 the Italian midfielder Gianni Rivera (Milan) on 23 December 1969.[1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2] Rivera became the second Italian to win the award, after Omar Sívori in 1961. He was also the first Milan player to win the trophy.[3]

1969 Ballon d'Or
1969 Ballon d'Or winner Gianni Rivera
Date23 December 1969
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Gianni Rivera (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Gianni Rivera Milan Italy83
2Gigi Riva Cagliari Italy79
3Gerd Müller Bayern Munich West Germany38
4Johan Cruyff Ajax Netherlands30
Ove Kindvall Feyenoord Sweden
6George Best Manchester United Northern Ireland21
7Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany18
8Pierino Prati Milan Italy17
9Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia Bulgaria14
10Jack Charlton Leeds United England10
11Albert Shesternyov CSKA Moscow Soviet Union8
12Dragan Džajić Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia6
13Francis Lee Manchester City England4
Martin Peters West Ham United England
15Jozef Adamec Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia3
Bobby Charlton Manchester United England
Angelo Sormani Milan Italy
18Ferenc Bene Újpest Hungary2
Andrej Kvašňák KRC Mechelen Czechoslovakia
Louis Pilot Standard Liège Luxembourg
Giorgos Sideris Olympiacos Greece
Manuel Velázquez Real Madrid Spain
23Billy Bremner Leeds United Scotland1
Kazimierz Deyna Legia Warsaw Poland
Mimis Domazos Panathinaikos Greece
Gilbert Gress VfB Stuttgart France
Jimmy Johnstone Celtic Scotland
Włodzimierz Lubański Górnik Zabrze Poland
Vladimir Muntyan Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union
Wilfried Van Moer Standard Liège Belgium
Ivo Viktor Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia

References
  1. "1969 – Gianni Rivera". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1969". RSSSF. 22 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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