1965 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France
Award
1965 Ballon d'Or
1965 Ballon d'Or winner Eusébio
Date28 December 1965[citation needed]
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won byPortugal Eusébio (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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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]

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
1 Eusébio Portugal Benfica  Portugal 67
2 Giacinto Facchetti Italy Internazionale  Italy 59
3 Luis Suárez Italy Internazionale  Spain 45
4 Paul Van Himst Belgium Anderlecht  Belgium 25
5 Bobby Charlton England Manchester United  England 19
6 Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencváros  Hungary 14
7 Gianni Rivera Italy Milan  Italy 10
8 Georgi Asparuhov Bulgaria Levski Sofia  Bulgaria 9
Sandro Mazzola Italy Internazionale  Italy
Valery Voronin Soviet Union Torpedo Moskva  Soviet Union
11 Denis Law England Manchester United  Scotland 8
12 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Italy Roma
Italy Milan
 West Germany 6
13 Jim Baxter Scotland Rangers
England Sunderland
 Scotland 5
Ferenc Puskás Spain Real Madrid  Spain
15 Mario Corso Italy Internazionale  Italy 3
Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow  Soviet Union
17 Amancio Spain Real Madrid  Spain 2
Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich  West Germany
Ferenc Bene Hungary Újpest  Hungary
Mário Coluna Portugal Benfica  Portugal
Milan Galić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan  Yugoslavia
Philippe Gondet France Nantes  France
Andrej Kvašňák Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague  Czechoslovakia
Slava Metreveli Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi  Soviet Union
25 Ivor Allchurch Wales Cardiff City
Wales Swansea Town
 Wales 1
Sigfried Held West Germany Kickers Offenbach
West Germany Borussia Dortmund
 West Germany
Köbi Kuhn Switzerland 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.

External links

  • France Football Official Ballon d'Or page
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