1961 Ballon d'Or
1961 Ballon d'Or winner Omar Sívori
Date12 December 1961
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.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
1Omar SívoriItaly Juventus Italy[lower-alpha 1]46
2Luis SuárezSpain Barcelona
Italy Internazionale		 Spain40
3Johnny HaynesEngland Fulham England22
4Lev YashinSoviet Union Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union21
5Ferenc PuskásSpain Real Madrid Hungary16
6Alfredo Di StéfanoSpain Real Madrid Spain[lower-alpha 2]13
Uwe SeelerWest Germany Hamburger SV West Germany13
8John CharlesItaly Juventus Wales10
9Francisco GentoSpain Real Madrid Spain8
10José ÁguasPortugal Benfica Portugal5
Bobby CharltonEngland Manchester United England
Gyula GrosicsHungary Tatabánya Hungary
Gerhard HanappiAustria Rapid Wien Austria
Josef MasopustCzechoslovakia Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia
José SantamaríaSpain Real Madrid Spain
Dragoslav ŠekularacSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia
17Danny BlanchflowerEngland Tottenham Hotspur Northern Ireland4
GermanoPortugal Benfica Portugal
Kurt HamrinItaly Fiorentina Sweden
Mikheil MeskhiSoviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union
Viktor PonedelnikSoviet Union SKA Rostov-on-Don Soviet Union
Horst SzymaniakWest Germany Karlsruher SC
Italy Catania		 West Germany
23José AugustoPortugal Benfica Portugal3
Denis LawEngland Manchester City
Italy Torino		 Scotland
Slava MetreveliSoviet Union Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union
Max MorlockWest Germany 1. FC Nürnberg West Germany
Horst NemecAustria Austria Wien Austria
28Pierre BernardFrance Sedan
France Nîmes		 France2
Gert DörfelWest Germany Hamburger SV West Germany
Norbert EschmannFrance Stade Français  Switzerland
Jimmy GreavesEngland Chelsea
Italy Milan
England Tottenham Hotspur		 England
Lucien MullerFrance Reims France
Costa PereiraPortugal Benfica Portugal
Lajos TichyHungary Budapest Honvéd Hungary
35Charles AntenenSwitzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds  Switzerland1
Mário ColunaPortugal Benfica Portugal
EusébioPortugal Benfica Portugal
Gernot FraydlAustria Austria Wien Austria
Karl KollerAustria First Vienna Austria
Rudolf KučeraCzechoslovakia Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia
Dumitru MacriRomania Rapid București Romania
Jimmy McIlroyEngland Burnley Northern Ireland
Karl StotzAustria 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]

References

  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.
  3. ↑ "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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