European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1963


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 927 (17 December 1963).

There were 21 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, 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    1P 2P 3P 4P 5P Votes
===========================================================================================================
  1. Lev Yashin                        Soviet Union       Dynamo Moskva          73    11  3  1  1  1    17
  2. Gianni Rivera                     Italy              Milan AC               55     5  3  3  4  1    16
  3. Jimmy Greaves                     England            Tottenham              50     2  4  6  3  -    15
  4. Denis Law                         Scotland           Manchester United      45     2  4  3  4  2    15
  5. Eusébio da Silva Ferreira         Portugal           Benfica                19     -  2  2  2  1     7
  6. Karl-Heinz Schnellinger           West Germany       Mantova                16     -  1  4  -  -     5
  7. Uwe Seeler                        West Germany       Hamburger SV            9     1  1  -  -  -     2
  8. Bobby Charlton                    England            Manchester United       5     -  1  -  -  1     2
     Giovanni Trapattoni               Italy              Milan AC                5     -  1  -  -  1     2
     Luis Suárez                       Spain              Internazionale          5     -  -  -  2  1     3
 11. José Altafini                     Italy              Milan AC                4     -  1  -  -  -     1
     Paul Van Himst                    Belgium            Anderlecht              4     -  -  1  -  1     2
 13. Omar Sivori                       Italy              Juventus                3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Flórián Albert                    Hungary            Ferencváros             3     -  -  -  1  1     2
     Harry Bild                        Sweden             Norrköping              3     -  -  -  1  1     2
     Josef Masopust                    Czechoslovakia     Dukla Praha             3     -  -  -  1  1     2
 17. Jef Jurion                        Belgium            Anderlecht              2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Karoly Sandor                     Hungary            MTK Budapest            2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Robert Herbin                     France             AS Saint-Etienne        2     -  -  -  -  2     2
     Cesare Maldini                    Italy              Milan AC                2     -  -  -  -  2     2
 21. Mario Coluna                      Portugal           Benfica                 1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Ake Johansson                     Sweden             Norrköping              1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Manfred Kaiser                    East Germany       Wismut Aue [*]          1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Metin Oktay                       Turkey             Galatasaray             1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Svatopluk Pluskal                 Czechoslovakia     Dukla Praha             1     -  -  -  -  1     1

[*]Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt were renamed Wismut Aue during 1963.

Note: The printed edition of the magazine reports Rivera with 56 points, Greaves 
      with 51 points, and Van Himst with 3 points.

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