1960 Ballon d'Or

1960 Ballon d'Or
1960 Ballon d'Or winner Luis Suárez
Date13 December 1960
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Luis Suárez (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1960 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 Luis Suárez on 13 December 1960.[1]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Luis Suárez Barcelona Spain 54
2 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid Hungary 37
3 Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV West Germany 33
4 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid Spain[a] 32
5 Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union 28
6 Raymond Kopa Reims France 14
7 John Charles Juventus Wales 11
Bobby Charlton Manchester United England
9 Omar Sívori Juventus Italy 9
Horst Szymaniak Karlsruher SC West Germany
11 Paco Gento Real Madrid Spain 8
12 Bora Kostić Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 7
13 Joseph Ujlaki RC Paris France 5
14 Kurt Hamrin Fiorentina Sweden 4
Bobby Smith Tottenham Hotspur England
16 Luis del Sol Real Betis
Real Madrid
Spain 3
Jimmy Greaves Chelsea England
Ivan Kolev CDNA Sofia Bulgaria
19 János Göröcs Újpest Hungary 2
Károly Sándor MTK Budapest Hungary
Dragoslav Šekularac Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia
Agne Simonsson Örgryte IS
Real Madrid
Sweden
23 Antonio Angelillo Internazionale Italy 1
Gerhard Hanappi Rapid Wien Austria
Erich Hof Wiener SC Austria
Blagoje Vidinić Radnički Belgrade Yugoslavia

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (28 May 2009). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1960". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.