1969 Ballon d'Or

The 1969 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 the Italian midfielder Gianni Rivera (Milan) on 23 December 1969.[1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2] Rivera became the second Italian to win the award, after Omar Sívori in 1961. He was also the first Milan player to win the trophy.[3]

1969 Ballon d'Or winner Gianni Rivera.

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Gianni RiveraMilan Italy83
2Gigi RivaCagliari Italy79
3Gerd MüllerBayern Munich West Germany38
4Johan CruyffAjax Netherlands30
Ove KindvallFeyenoord Sweden
6George BestManchester United Northern Ireland21
7Franz BeckenbauerBayern Munich West Germany18
8Pierino PratiMilan Italy17
9Petar ZhekovCSKA Sofia Bulgaria14
10Jack CharltonLeeds United England10
11Albert ShesternyovCSKA Moscow Soviet Union8
12Dragan DžajićRed Star Belgrade Yugoslavia6
13Francis LeeManchester City England4
Martin PetersWest Ham United England
15Jozef AdamecSpartak Trnava Czechoslovakia3
Bobby CharltonManchester United England
Angelo SormaniMilan Italy
18Ferenc BeneÚjpest Hungary2
Andrej KvašňákKRC Mechelen Czechoslovakia
Louis PilotStandard Liège Luxembourg
Giorgos SiderisOlympiacos Greece
Manuel VelázquezReal Madrid Spain
23Billy BremnerLeeds United Scotland1
Kazimierz DeynaLegia Warsaw Poland
Mimis DomazosPanathinaikos Greece
Gilbert GressVfB Stuttgart France
Jimmy JohnstoneCeltic Scotland
Włodzimierz LubańskiGórnik Zabrze Poland
Vladimir MuntyanDynamo Kyiv Soviet Union
Wilfried Van MoerStandard Liège Belgium
Ivo ViktorDukla Prague Czechoslovakia

References
  1. "1969 – Gianni Rivera". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1969". RSSSF. 22 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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