1968 Ballon d'Or

1968 Ballon d'Or
1968 Ballon d'Or winner George Best in 1976
Date24 December 1968
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by George Best (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1968 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 George Best on 24 December 1968.[1]

Best was the first Northern Irish national to win the award. He was the third Manchester United player to win the trophy after Denis Law (1964) and Bobby Charlton (1966).[2]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 George Best Manchester United Northern Ireland 61
2 Bobby Charlton Manchester United England 53
3 Dragan Džajić Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 46
4 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany 36
5 Giacinto Facchetti Internazionale Italy 30
6 Gigi Riva Cagliari Italy 22
7 Amancio Real Madrid Spain 21
8 Eusébio Benfica Portugal 15
9 Gianni Rivera Milan Italy 13
10 Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur England 8
Pirri Real Madrid Spain 8
12 Antal Dunai Újpest Hungary 7
Willi Schulz Hamburger SV West Germany 7
14 Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia Bulgaria 6
Albert Shesternyov CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 6
16 Ove Kindvall Feyenoord Sweden 5
17 Flórián Albert Ferencváros Hungary 4
Sandro Mazzola Internazionale Italy 4
Lajos Szűcs Ferencváros Hungary 4
20 Johan Cruyff Ajax Netherlands 3
Gerd Müller Bayern Munich West Germany 3
22 Jack Charlton Leeds United England 2
Bobby Moore West Ham United England 2
24 Alan Ball Everton England 1
Ferenc Bene Újpest Hungary 1
Angelo Domenghini Internazionale Italy 1
Mirsad Fazlagić Sarajevo Yugoslavia 1
Tommy Gemmell Celtic Scotland 1
Jimmy Johnstone Celtic Scotland 1
Murtaz Khurtsilava Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union 1
Ivica Osim Željezničar Yugoslavia 1
Louis Pilot Standard Liège Luxembourg 1

References

  1. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1968". RSSSF. 25 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
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