1961 Ballon d'Or

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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 Italy Juventus  Italy[lower-alpha 1] 46
2 Luis Suárez 23x15px Barcelona
Italy Internazionale
23x15px Spain 40
3 Johnny Haynes England Fulham  England 22
4 Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow  Soviet Union 21
5 Ferenc Puskás 23x15px Real Madrid  Hungary 16
6 Alfredo Di Stéfano 23x15px Real Madrid 23x15px Spain[lower-alpha 2] 13
Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV  West Germany 13
8 John Charles Italy Juventus  Wales 10
9 Francisco Gento 23x15px Real Madrid 23x15px Spain 8
10 José Águas Portugal Benfica  Portugal 5
Bobby Charlton England Manchester United  England
Gyula Grosics Hungary Tatabánya  Hungary
Gerhard Hanappi Austria Rapid Wien  Austria
Josef Masopust Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague  Czechoslovakia
José Santamaría 23x15px Real Madrid 23x15px Spain
Dragoslav Šekularac Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade  Yugoslavia
17 Danny Blanchflower England Tottenham Hotspur  Northern Ireland 4
Germano Portugal Benfica  Portugal
Kurt Hamrin Italy Fiorentina  Sweden
Mikheil Meskhi Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi  USSR
Viktor Ponedelnik Soviet Union SKA Rostov-on-Don  USSR
Horst Szymaniak West Germany Karlsruher SC
Italy Catania
 West Germany
23 José Augusto Portugal Benfica  Portugal 3
Denis Law England Manchester City
Italy Torino
 Scotland
Slava Metreveli Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow  USSR
Max Morlock West Germany 1. FC Nürnberg  West Germany
Horst Nemec Austria Austria Wien  Austria
28 Pierre Bernard France Sedan
France Nîmes
 France 2
Gert Dörfel West Germany Hamburger SV  West Germany
Norbert Eschmann France Stade Français   Switzerland
Jimmy Greaves England Chelsea
Italy Milan
England Tottenham Hotspur
 England
Lucien Muller France Reims  France
Costa Pereira Portugal Benfica  Portugal
Lajos Tichy Hungary Budapest Honvéd  Hungary
35 Charles Antenen Switzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds   Switzerland 1
Mário Coluna Portugal Benfica  Portugal
Eusébio Portugal Benfica  Portugal
Gernot Fraydl Austria Austria Wien  Austria
Karl Koller Austria First Vienna  Austria
Rudolf Kučera Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague  Czechoslovakia
Dumitru Macri Romania Rapid București  Romania
Jimmy McIlroy England Burnley  Northern Ireland
Karl Stotz Austria Austria Wien  Austria

Notes

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

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