1963 Ballon d'Or

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, the first, and as of August 2023, the only goalkeeper to win this award. He also became the first Soviet and Russian national to win the award.[1][2]

Lev Yashin in 1965

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Lev YashinSoviet Union Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union73
2Gianni RiveraItaly Milan Italy55
3Jimmy GreavesEngland Tottenham Hotspur England50
4Denis LawEngland Manchester United Scotland45
5EusébioPortugal Benfica Portugal19
6Karl-Heinz SchnellingerWest Germany 1. FC Köln
Italy Mantova		 West Germany16
7Uwe SeelerWest Germany Hamburger SV West Germany9
8Bobby CharltonEngland Manchester United England5
Luis SuárezItaly Inter Milan Spain
Giovanni TrapattoniItaly Milan Italy
11José AltafiniItaly Milan Brazil4
Paul Van HimstBelgium Anderlecht Belgium
13Flórián AlbertHungary Ferencváros Hungary3
Harry BildSweden IFK Norrköping Sweden
Josef MasopustCzechoslovakia Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia
Omar SívoriItaly Juventus Argentina
17Robert HerbinFrance Saint-Étienne France2
Jef JurionBelgium Anderlecht Belgium
Cesare MaldiniItaly Milan Italy
Károly SándorHungary MTK Budapest Hungary
21Mário ColunaPortugal Benfica Portugal1
Ake JohanssonSweden IFK Norrköping Sweden
Manfred KaiserEast Germany Wismut Aue East Germany
Metin OktayTurkey Galatasaray Turkey
Svatopluk PluskalCzechoslovakia Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia

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