1965 Ballon d'Or

1965 Ballon d'Or
1965 Ballon d'Or winner Eusébio
Date28 December 1965
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Eusébio (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

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