1965 Ballon d'Or

1965 Ballon d'Or
1965 Ballon d'Or winner Eusébio
Date28 December 1965
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won byPortugal 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 Portugal Benfica Portugal 67
2 Giacinto Facchetti Italy Internazionale Italy 59
3 Luis Suárez Italy Internazionale Spain 45
4 Paul Van Himst Belgium Anderlecht Belgium 25
5 Bobby Charlton England Manchester United England 19
6 Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencváros Hungary 14
7 Gianni Rivera Italy Milan Italy 10
8 Georgi Asparuhov Bulgaria Levski Sofia Bulgaria 9
Sandro Mazzola Italy Internazionale Italy
Valery Voronin Soviet Union Torpedo Moskva Soviet Union
11 Denis Law England Manchester United Scotland 8
12 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Italy Roma
Italy Milan		 West Germany 6
13 Jim Baxter Scotland Rangers
England Sunderland		 Scotland 5
Ferenc Puskás Spain Real Madrid Spain
15 Mario Corso Italy Internazionale Italy 3
Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union
17 Amancio Spain Real Madrid Spain 2
Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich West Germany
Ferenc Bene Hungary Újpest Hungary
Mário Coluna Portugal Benfica Portugal
Milan Galić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Yugoslavia
Philippe Gondet France Nantes France
Andrej Kvašňák Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia
Slava Metreveli Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union
25 Ivor Allchurch Wales Cardiff City
Wales Swansea Town		 Wales 1
Sigfried Held West Germany Kickers Offenbach
West Germany Borussia Dortmund		 West Germany
Köbi Kuhn Switzerland 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.
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