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 2020, the only goalkeeper to win this award. Also he became the first Soviet and Russian national to win the trophy.[1][2]

Lev Yashin in 1965

Rankings
Rank Name Club Nationality Points
1Lev YashinDynamo Moscow Soviet Union73
2Gianni RiveraMilan Italy55
3Jimmy GreavesTottenham Hotspur England50
4Denis LawManchester United Scotland45
5EusébioBenfica Portugal19
6Karl-Heinz Schnellinger1. FC Köln / Mantova West Germany16
7Uwe SeelerHamburger SV West Germany9
8Bobby CharltonManchester United England5
Giovanni TrapattoniMilan Italy5
Luis SuárezInter Milan Spain5
11José AltafiniMilan Brazil4
Paul Van HimstAnderlecht Belgium4
13Omar SívoriJuventus Argentina3
Flórián AlbertFerencváros Hungary3
Harry BildIFK Norrköping Sweden3
Josef MasopustDukla Prague Czechoslovakia3
17Jef JurionAnderlecht Belgium2
Károly SándorMTK Budapest Hungary2
Robert HerbinSaint-Étienne France2
Cesare MaldiniMilan Italy2
21Mário ColunaBenfica Portugal1
Ake JohanssonIFK Norrköping Sweden1
Manfred KaiserWismut Aue East Germany1
Metin OktayGalatasaray Turkey1
Svatopluk PluskalDukla Prague Czechoslovakia1

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.com
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