1960 Ballon d'Or

Award

1960 Ballon d'Or

1960 Ballon d'Or winner Luis Suárez

Date

13 December 1960^{[citation needed]}

Location

Paris, France

Presented by

France Football

Highlights

Won by

Luis Suárez (1st award)

Website

francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

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The 1960 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 Luis Suárez on 13 December 1960.^[1]

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Spain	54
2	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	Hungary	37
3	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV	West Germany	33
4	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	Spain^[a]	32
5	Lev Yashin	Dynamo Moscow	Soviet Union	28
6	Raymond Kopa	Reims	France	14
7	John Charles	Juventus	Wales	11
7	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	England	11
9	Omar Sívori	Juventus	Italy	9
9	Horst Szymaniak	Karlsruher SC	West Germany	9
11	Paco Gento	Real Madrid	Spain	8
12	Bora Kostić	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	7
13	Joseph Ujlaki	RC Paris	France	5
14	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	Sweden	4
14	Bobby Smith	Tottenham Hotspur	England	4
16	Luis del Sol	Real Betis Real Madrid	Spain	3
	Jimmy Greaves	Chelsea	England
	Ivan Kolev	CDNA Sofia	Bulgaria
19	János Göröcs	Újpest	Hungary	2
	Károly Sándor	MTK Budapest	Hungary
	Dragoslav Šekularac	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia
	Agne Simonsson	Örgryte IS Real Madrid	Sweden
23	Antonio Angelillo	Internazionale	Italy	1
	Gerhard Hanappi	Rapid Wien	Austria
	Erich Hof	Wiener SC	Austria
	Blagoje Vidinić	Radnički Belgrade	Yugoslavia

Notes

^ Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and would play for the Spain's national team.^[2]

References

^ Pierrend, José Luis (28 May 2009). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1960". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.