1964 Ballon d'Or

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1964 Ballon d'Or
1964 Ballon d'Or winner Denis Law in 2011
Date22 December 1964
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won byScotland Denis Law (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1964 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 Denis Law on 22 December 1964.[1] He was the first Scotsman to win the honour.

Rankings[edit]

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Denis Law England Manchester United  Scotland 61
2 Luis Suárez Italy Internazionale  Spain 43
3 Amancio Spain Real Madrid  Spain 38
4 Eusébio Portugal Benfica  Portugal 31
5 Paul Van Himst Belgium Anderlecht  Belgium 28
6 Jimmy Greaves England Tottenham Hotspur  England 19
7 Mario Corso Italy Internazionale  Italy 17
8 Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow  Soviet Union 15
9 Gianni Rivera Italy Milan  Italy 14
10 Valery Voronin Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow  Soviet Union 11
11 Ferenc Bene Hungary Újpest  Hungary 6
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Italy Mantova
Italy Roma
 West Germany
13 Jean Nicolay Belgium Standard Liège  Belgium 5
14 Helmut Haller Italy Bologna  West Germany 4
15 José Torres Portugal Benfica  Portugal 3
16 Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencváros  Hungary 2
José Altafini Italy Milan  Italy
Coen Moulijn Netherlands Feyenoord  Netherlands
19 Néstor Combin France Lyon
Italy Juventus
 France 1
Giacinto Facchetti Italy Internazionale  Italy
Ole Madsen Denmark HIK  Denmark
Sandro Mazzola Italy Internazionale  Italy
Bobby Moore England West Ham United  England
Jef Jurion Belgium Anderlecht  Belgium
Omar Sívori Italy Juventus  Italy
Klaus Urbanczyk East Germany Chemie Halle  East Germany

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pierrend, José (22 June 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1964". RSSSF.

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