1963 Ballon d'Or
Annual football award event in France
Award
1963 Ballon d'Or | ||||
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1963 Ballon d'Or winner Lev Yashin in 1965 | ||||
Date | 17 December 1963 | |||
Location | Paris, France | |||
Presented by | France Football | |||
Highlights | ||||
Won by | Lev Yashin (1st award) | |||
Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or | |||
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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]
Rankings
Rank | Name | Club(s) | Nationality | Points |
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1 | Lev Yashin | Dynamo Moscow | Soviet Union | 73 |
2 | Gianni Rivera | Milan | Italy | 55 |
3 | Jimmy Greaves | Tottenham Hotspur | England | 50 |
4 | Denis Law | Manchester United | Scotland | 45 |
5 | Eusébio | Benfica | Portugal | 19 |
6 | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | 1. FC Köln Mantova | West Germany | 16 |
7 | Uwe Seeler | Hamburger SV | West Germany | 9 |
8 | Bobby Charlton | Manchester United | England | 5 |
Luis Suárez | Inter Milan | Spain | ||
Giovanni Trapattoni | Milan | Italy | ||
11 | José Altafini | Milan | Brazil | 4 |
Paul Van Himst | Anderlecht | Belgium | ||
13 | Flórián Albert | Ferencváros | Hungary | 3 |
Harry Bild | IFK Norrköping | Sweden | ||
Josef Masopust | Dukla Prague | Czechoslovakia | ||
Omar Sívori | Juventus | Argentina | ||
17 | Robert Herbin | Saint-Étienne | France | 2 |
Jef Jurion | Anderlecht | Belgium | ||
Cesare Maldini | Milan | Italy | ||
Károly Sándor | MTK Budapest | Hungary | ||
21 | Mário Coluna | Benfica | Portugal | 1 |
Ake Johansson | IFK Norrköping | Sweden | ||
Manfred Kaiser | Wismut Aue | East Germany | ||
Metin Oktay | Galatasaray | Turkey | ||
Svatopluk Pluskal | Dukla Prague | Czechoslovakia |
References
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- France Football magazine award
- 1956: Matthews
- 1957: Di Stéfano
- 1958: Kopa
- 1959: Di Stéfano
- 1960: Suárez
- 1961: Sívori
- 1962: Masopust
- 1963: Yashin
- 1964: Law
- 1965: Eusébio
- 1966: Charlton
- 1967: Albert
- 1968: Best
- 1969: Rivera
- 1970: Müller
- 1971: Cruyff
- 1972: Beckenbauer
- 1973: Cruyff
- 1974: Cruyff
- 1975: Blokhin
- 1976: Beckenbauer
- 1977: Simonsen
- 1978: Keegan
- 1979: Keegan
- 1980: Rummenigge
- 1981: Rummenigge
- 1982: Rossi
- 1983: Platini
- 1984: Platini
- 1985: Platini
- 1986: Belanov
- 1987: Gullit
- 1988: van Basten
- 1989: van Basten
- 1990: Matthäus
- 1991: Papin
- 1992: van Basten
- 1993: Baggio
- 1994: Stoichkov
- 1995: Weah
- 1996: Sammer
- 1997: Ronaldo
- 1998: Zidane
- 1999: Rivaldo
- 2000: Figo
- 2001: Owen
- 2002: Ronaldo
- 2003: Nedvěd
- 2004: Shevchenko
- 2005: Ronaldinho
- 2006: Cannavaro
- 2007: Kaká
- 2008: C. Ronaldo
- 2009: Messi
Ballon d'Or additional awards (Ballon d'Or Féminin, Kopa Trophy, Yashin Trophy, Gerd Müller Trophy, Super Ballon d'Or, Ballon d'Or Dream Team)
Related awards (French Player of the Year, FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015), FIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009), The Best FIFA Men's Player)
Related awards (French Player of the Year, FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015), FIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009), The Best FIFA Men's Player)