1961 Ballon d'Or

1961 Ballon d'Or
1961 Ballon d'Or
	1961 Ballon d'Or winner Omar Sívori
Date	12 December 1961
Location	Paris, France
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Omar Sívori (1st award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1961 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 Omar Sívori on 12 December 1961.^[1]

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Omar Sívori	Juventus	Italy^[a]	46
2	Luis Suárez	Barcelona Internazionale	Spain	40
3	Johnny Haynes	Fulham	England	22
4	Lev Yashin	Dynamo Moscow	Soviet Union	21
5	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	Hungary	16
6	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	Spain^[b]	13
6	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV	West Germany	13
8	John Charles	Juventus	Wales	10
9	Paco Gento	Real Madrid	Spain	8
10	José Águas	Benfica	Portugal	5
	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	England
	Gyula Grosics	Tatabánya	Hungary
	Gerhard Hanappi	Rapid Wien	Austria
	Josef Masopust	Dukla Prague	Czechoslovakia
	José Santamaría	Real Madrid	Spain
	Dragoslav Šekularac	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia
17	Danny Blanchflower	Tottenham Hotspur	Northern Ireland	4
	Germano	Benfica	Portugal
	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	Sweden
	Mikheil Meskhi	Dinamo Tbilisi	Soviet Union
	Viktor Ponedelnik	SKA Rostov-on-Don	Soviet Union
	Horst Szymaniak	Karlsruher SC Catania	West Germany
23	José Augusto	Benfica	Portugal	3
	Denis Law	Manchester City Torino	Scotland
	Slava Metreveli	Torpedo Moscow	Soviet Union
	Max Morlock	1. FC Nürnberg	West Germany
	Horst Nemec	Austria Wien	Austria
28	Pierre Bernard	Sedan Nîmes	France	2
	Gert Dörfel	Hamburger SV	West Germany
	Norbert Eschmann	Stade Français	Switzerland
	Jimmy Greaves	Chelsea Milan Tottenham Hotspur	England
	Lucien Muller	Reims	France
	Costa Pereira	Benfica	Portugal
	Lajos Tichy	Budapest Honvéd	Hungary
35	Charles Antenen	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Switzerland	1
	Mário Coluna	Benfica	Portugal
	Eusébio	Benfica	Portugal
	Gernot Fraydl	Austria Wien	Austria
	Karl Koller	First Vienna	Austria
	Rudolf Kučera	Dukla Prague	Czechoslovakia
	Dumitru Macri	Rapid București	Romania
	Jimmy McIlroy	Burnley	Northern Ireland
	Karl Stotz	Austria Wien	Austria

Notes

^ Despite being born in Argentina, Omar Sívori acquired Italian citizenship in 1961, and went on to play for the Italy national team.^[2]
^ Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and would play for the Spain national team.^[3]

References

^ Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1961". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ "Juve legend Sívori dies". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

External links

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

[3] Despite being born in Argentina, Omar Sívori acquired Italian citizenship in 1961, and went on to play for the Italy national team.^[2]

[5] Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and would play for the Spain national team.^[3]

[1] Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1961". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[2] "Juve legend Sívori dies". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[4] "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

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