Ballon d'Or 1959

Europe's footballer of the year
Alfredo di Stefano

The fourth award of the Ballon d'Or (French for Golden Ball) by France Football magazine took place in 1959 . The winner was the Argentine-Spanish player Alfredo di Stefano , who had already won the prize in 1957 .

Result

On December 15, 1959, France Football published the result:

1. Alfredo di Stefano ( Real Madrid ) (80)
2. Raymond Kopa ( Stade Reims ) (42)
3. John Charles ( Juventus Turin ) (24)
4. Luis Suárez ( FC Barcelona ) (22)
5. Agne Simonsson ( Örgryte IS ) (20)
6. Lajos Tichy ( Honvéd Budapest ) (18)
7. Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid) (16)
8. Francisco Gento (Real Madrid) (12)
9. Helmut Rahn ( 1. FC Cologne ) (11)
10. Horst Szymaniak ( Karlsruher SC ) (8)
11. Lev Yashin ( Dynamo Moscow ) (7)
12. Yuri Voinov ( Dynamo Kiev ) (5)
13. Iwan Kolew ( CSKA Sofia ) (4) Gyula Grosics ( FC Tatabánya ) (4) Dezső Bundzsák ( Vasas Budapest ) (4) Nils Liedholm ( AC Milan ) (4)
    
    
    
17. Georgi Naidenow (CSKA Sofia) (3) Titus Buberník ( ŠK Slovan Bratislava ) (3) Just Fontaine (Stade Reims) (3)
    
    
20. Joan Segarra ( FC Barcelona ) (2) Florian Albert ( Ferencváros Budapest ) (2) Uwe Seeler ( Hamburger SV ) (2)
    
    
23. Antoni Ramallets (FC Barcelona) (1) János Göröcs ( Újpest Budapest ) (1) Ken Jones ( Scunthorpe United ) (1) Roger Marche ( Racing Club de Paris ) (1)
    
    
    

Web links

• Ballon d'Or 1959 at francefootball.fr