1968 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France

Award

1968 Ballon d'Or

1968 Ballon d'Or winner George Best in 1976

Date

24 December 1968

Location

Paris, France

Presented by

France Football

Highlights

Won by

George Best (1st award)

Website

francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

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The 1968 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 George Best on 24 December 1968.^[1]

Best was the first Northern Irish national to win the award. He was the third Manchester United player to win the trophy after Denis Law (1964) and Bobby Charlton (1966).^[2]

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	George Best	Manchester United	Northern Ireland	61
2	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	England	53
3	Dragan Džajić	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	46
4	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	West Germany	36
5	Giacinto Facchetti	Internazionale	Italy	30
6	Gigi Riva	Cagliari	Italy	22
7	Amancio	Real Madrid	Spain	21
8	Eusébio	Benfica	Portugal	15
9	Gianni Rivera	Milan	Italy	13
10	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	England	8
10	Pirri	Real Madrid	Spain	8
12	Antal Dunai	Újpest	Hungary	7
12	Willi Schulz	Hamburger SV	West Germany	7
14	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	Bulgaria	6
14	Albert Shesternyov	CSKA Moscow	Soviet Union	6
16	Ove Kindvall	Feyenoord	Sweden	5
17	Flórián Albert	Ferencváros	Hungary	4
	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale	Italy	4
	Lajos Szűcs	Ferencváros	Hungary	4
20	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	Netherlands	3
20	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	West Germany	3
22	Jack Charlton	Leeds United	England	2
22	Bobby Moore	West Ham United	England	2
24	Alan Ball	Everton	England	1
	Ferenc Bene	Újpest	Hungary	1
	Angelo Domenghini	Internazionale	Italy	1
	Mirsad Fazlagić	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	1
	Tommy Gemmell	Celtic	Scotland	1
	Jimmy Johnstone	Celtic	Scotland	1
	Murtaz Khurtsilava	Dinamo Tbilisi	Soviet Union	1
	Ivica Osim	Željezničar	Yugoslavia	1
	Louis Pilot	Standard Liège	Luxembourg	1

References

^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1968". RSSSF. 25 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009.