Ballon d'Or 1963

Lev Yashin (here 1965)

The eighth Ballon d'Or (French for Golden Ball) was awarded by France Football magazine in 1963 . The winner was the Soviet player Lev Yashin . He was the first - and so far only (as of 2019) - goalkeeper to receive an award.

Result

On December 17, 1963, France Football published the result:

1. Lev Yashin ( Dynamo Moscow ) (73)
2. Gianni Rivera ( AC Milan ) (56)
3. Jimmy Greaves ( Tottenham Hotspur ) (51)
4. Denis Law ( Manchester United ) (45)
5. Eusébio ( Benfica Lisbon ) (19)
6. Karl-Heinz Schnellinger ( 1. FC Cologne / Mantova ) (16)
7. Uwe Seeler ( Hamburger SV ) (9)
8. Luis Suárez ( Inter Milan ) (5) Bobby Charlton (Manchester United) (5) Giovanni Trapattoni (AC Milan) (5)
   
   
11. José Altafini (AC Milan) (4)
12. Omar Sívori ( Juventus Turin ) (3) Josef Masopust ( Dukla Prague ) (3) Flórián Albert ( Ferencváros Budapest ) (3) Harry Bild ( IFK Norrköping ) (3) Paul Van Himst ( RSC Anderlecht ) (3)
    
    
    
    
17. Robert Herbin ( AS Saint-Étienne ) (2) Cesare Maldini (AC Milan) (2) Jef Jurion (RSC Anderlecht) (2)
    
    

In addition, Manfred Kaiser ( , Wismut Aue ), Åke Johansson ( , IFK Norrköping), Metin Oktay ( , Galatasaray Istanbul ), Svatopluk Pluskal ( , Dukla Prague) and Mário Coluna ( , Benfica Lisbon) each received one vote.

Web links

• Ballon d'Or 1963 at francefootball.fr
• European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1963 overview at RSSSF.com (English)