1959 Ballon d'Or

1959 Ballon d'Or
1959 Ballon d'Or winner Alfredo Di Stéfano
Date15 December 1959
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Alfredo Di Stéfano (2nd award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1959 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 Alfredo Di Stéfano on 15 December 1959.[1] It was the second time that Di Stéfano won the award.

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid Spain[a] 80
2 Raymond Kopa Real Madrid
Reims		 France 42
3 John Charles Juventus Wales 24
4 Luis Suárez Barcelona Spain 22
5 Agne Simonsson Örgryte IS Sweden 20
6 Lajos Tichy Budapest Honvéd Hungary 18
7 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid Hungary 16
8 Francisco Gento Real Madrid Spain 12
9 Helmut Rahn Rot-Weiss Essen
1. FC Köln		 West Germany 11
10 Horst Szymaniak Wuppertaler SV
Karlsruher SC		 West Germany 8
11 Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union 7
12 Yuriy Voynov Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 5
13 Dezső Bundzsák Vasas Hungary 4
Gyula Grosics Tatabánya Hungary
Ivan Kolev CDNA Sofia Bulgaria
Nils Liedholm Milan Sweden
17 Titus Buberník ČH Bratislava Czechoslovakia 3
Just Fontaine Reims France
Georgi Naydenov CDNA Sofia Bulgaria
20 Flórián Albert Ferencváros Hungary 2
Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV West Germany
Joan Segarra Barcelona Spain
23 János Göröcs Újpest Hungary 1
Ken Jones Scunthorpe United Wales
Roger Marche RC Paris France
Antoni Ramallets Barcelona Spain

Notes

  1. ^ Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and went on to play for the Spain national team.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pierrend, José (15 December 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1959". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
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