1966 Ballon d'Or

1966 Ballon d'Or
1966 Ballon d'Or winner Bobby Charlton
Date27 December 1966
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Bobby Charlton (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1966 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 Bobby Charlton on 27 December 1966.[1] He finished a single point ahead of Eusébio.

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Bobby Charlton Manchester United England 81
2 Eusébio Benfica Portugal 80
3 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany 59
4 Bobby Moore West Ham United England 31
5 Flórián Albert Ferencváros Hungary 23
6 Ferenc Bene Újpest Hungary 8
7 Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union 6
8 Alan Ball Blackpool
Everton		 England 6
9 János Farkas Vasas Hungary 6
10 José Torres Benfica Portugal 5
11 Mario Corso Internazionale Italy 4
Valery Voronin Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union
13 Mário Coluna Benfica Portugal 3
14 Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2
Gordon Banks Leicester City England
Geoff Hurst West Ham United England
Sandro Mazzola Internazionale Italy
18 Igor Chislenko Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union 1
Tony Dunne Manchester United Republic of Ireland
Helmut Haller Bologna West Germany
Denis Law Manchester United Scotland
Willi Schulz Hamburger SV West Germany
Paul Van Himst Anderlecht Belgium

Source: France Football

References

  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (22 June 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1966". RSSSF.
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