European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1959


Full results of this election are not available.

The results of this voting were published on France Football # 718 (15 December 1959).

There were 20 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.

The columns are:
   Position
   Name of Player
   Name of Club
   Nationality
   Total Number of Points
   1P = First Places
   2P = Second Places
   3P = Third Places
   4P = Fourth Places
   5P = Fifth Places
   Votes = Number of Voters who nominated this player

 
Pos  Player                            Country            Club                    Total
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  1. Alfredo Di Stéfano                Spain              Real Madrid                80    14  1  1  1  1    18
  2. Raymond Kopa                      France             Stade de Reims             42     -  4  7  2  1    14
  3. John Charles                      Wales              Juventus                   24     2  3  -  -  2     7
  4. Luis Suárez                       Spain              FC Barcelona               22     1  2  1  2  2     8
  5. Agne Simonsson                    Sweden             Örgryte Göteborg           20     1  1  1  3  2     8
  6. Lajos Tichy                       Hungary            Honved                     18     -  3  1  1  1     6
  7. Ferenc Puskas                     Hungary            Real Madrid                16     -  2  2  1  -     5
  8. Francisco Gento                   Spain              Real Madrid                12     1  -  1  2  -     4
  9. Helmut Rahn                       West Germany       1.FC Köln                  11     -  2  1  -  -     3
 10. Horst Szymaniak                   West Germany       Karlsruher SC               8     -  -  2  -  2     4
 11. Lev Yashin                        Soviet Union       Dynamo Moskva               7     1  -  -  -  2     3
 12. Yuri Voinov                       Soviet Union       Spartak Moskva              5     -  -  1  1  -     2
 13. Dezso Bundzsak                    Hungary            Voros Lobogo                4     -  1  -  -  -     1
     Nils Liedholm                     Sweden             Milan AC                    4     -  1  -  -  -     1
     Gyula Grosics                     Hungary            Tatabanya                   4     -  -  -  2  -     2
     Ivan Kolev                        Bulgaria           CDNA Sofia                  4     -  -  -  1  2     3
 17. Just Fontaine                     France             Stade de Reims              3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Georgi Naidenov                   Bulgaria           CDNA Sofia                  3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Titus Bubernik                    Czechoslovakia     Cervená Hviezda Bratislava  3     -  -  -  1  1     2
 20. Florian Albert                    Hungary            Ferencvaros                 2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Uwe Seeler                        West Germany       Hamburger SV                2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Joan Segarra                      Spain              FC Barcelona                2     -  -  -  1  -     1
 23. Janos Gorocs                      Hungary            Ujpest Dozsa                1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Cliff Jones                       Wales              Sunderland                  1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Roger Marche                      France             Racing Club Paris           1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Antonio Ramallets                 Spain              FC Barcelona                1     -  -  -  -  1     1

 

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