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Annual football award event in France Award
1963 Ballon d'Or
1963 Ballon d'Or winner Lev Yashin in 1965
Date17 December 1963
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won bySoviet Union Lev Yashin (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1963 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 Lev Yashin on 17 December 1963. He was the first, and as of 2024, the only goalkeeper to win this award. He also became the first Soviet and Russian national to win the award.

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow  Soviet Union 73
2 Gianni Rivera Italy Milan  Italy 55
3 Jimmy Greaves England Tottenham Hotspur  England 50
4 Denis Law England Manchester United  Scotland 45
5 Eusébio Portugal Benfica  Portugal 19
6 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger West Germany 1. FC Köln
Italy Mantova		  West Germany 16
7 Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV  West Germany 9
8 Bobby Charlton England Manchester United  England 5
Luis Suárez Italy Inter Milan  Spain
Giovanni Trapattoni Italy Milan  Italy
11 José Altafini Italy Milan  Brazil 4
Paul Van Himst Belgium Anderlecht  Belgium
13 Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencváros  Hungary 3
Harry Bild Sweden IFK Norrköping  Sweden
Josef Masopust Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague  Czechoslovakia
Omar Sívori Italy Juventus  Argentina
17 Robert Herbin France Saint-Étienne  France 2
Jef Jurion Belgium Anderlecht  Belgium
Cesare Maldini Italy Milan  Italy
Károly Sándor Hungary MTK Budapest  Hungary
21 Mário Coluna Portugal Benfica  Portugal 1
Ake Johansson Sweden IFK Norrköping  Sweden
Manfred Kaiser East Germany Wismut Aue  East Germany
Metin Oktay Turkey Galatasaray  Turkey
Svatopluk Pluskal Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague  Czechoslovakia

References

  1. Pierrend, José (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1963". RSSSF.
  2. Reno, Bill (May 12, 2015) Why a Goalkeeper Will Never Win Another Ballon d'Or. Paster Magazine.
  3. European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1963. rsssf.org
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