1958 Ballon d'Or

1958 Ballon d'Or
1958 Ballon d'Or winner Raymond Kopa
Date16 December 1958
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Raymond Kopa (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1958 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 Raymond Kopa on 16 December 1958.[1]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Raymond Kopa Real Madrid France 71
2 Helmut Rahn Rot-Weiss Essen West Germany 40
3 Just Fontaine Reims France 23
4 John Charles Juventus Wales 15
Kurt Hamrin Padova
Fiorentina
Sweden
6 Billy Wright Wolverhampton Wanderers England 9
7 Johnny Haynes Fulham England 7
8 Harry Gregg Manchester United Northern Ireland 6
Nils Liedholm Milan Sweden
Horst Szymaniak Wuppertaler SV West Germany
11 Colin McDonald Burnley England 5
12 Paco Gento Real Madrid Spain 4
Gunnar Gren Örgryte IS Sweden
14 Vujadin Boškov Vojvodina Yugoslavia 3
Bengt Gustavsson Atalanta Sweden
Valentin Ivanov Torpedo Moskva Soviet Union
Luis Suárez Barcelona Spain
Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union
19 Orvar Bergmark Örebro SK Sweden 2
Danny Blanchflower Tottenham Hotspur Northern Ireland
Ivan Kolev CDNA Sofia Bulgaria
Bruno Nicolè Juventus Italy
Ladislav Novák Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia
Lennart Skoglund Internazionale Sweden
25 Giampiero Boniperti Juventus Italy 1
Gerhard Hanappi Rapid Wien Austria

References

  1. ^ Pierrend, José (31 October 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1958". RSSSF.