1963 Ballon d'Or

Annual football award event in France 1963 Ballon d'Or Lev Yashin.jpg 1963 Ballon d'Or winner, Lev Yashin in 1965 17 December 1963 Paris, France France Football ballondor.com Won by SOV Lev Yashin (1st award) 1962 Ballon d'Or 1964 The 1963 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the World as judged by a panel of sports journalists from France Football member countries, was awarded to Lev Yashin on 17 December 1963.Pierrend José 1 February 2006 European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1963 https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy63.html RSSSF He was the first, and as of 2025, the only goalkeeper to win this award. He also became the first Soviet and Russian national to win the award.Reno, Bill (May 12, 2015) Why a Goalkeeper Will Never Win Another Ballon d'Or. Paster Magazine.European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1963. rsssf.org Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union 73 2 Gianni Rivera Italy Milan Italy 55 3 Jimmy Greaves England Tottenham Hotspur England 50 4 Denis Law England Manchester United Scotland 45 5 Eusébio Portugal Benfica Portugal 19 6 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger West Germany 1. FC KölnItaly Mantova West Germany 16 7 Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV West Germany 98 Bobby Charlton England Manchester United England 5 Luis Suárez Italy Inter Milan Spain 1945 Giovanni Trapattoni Italy Milan Italy11 José Altafini Italy Milan Brazil 4 Paul Van Himst Belgium Anderlecht Belgium13 Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencváros Hungary 3 Harry Bild Sweden IFK Norrköping Sweden Josef Masopust Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia Omar Sívori Italy Juventus Argentina17 Robert Herbin France Saint-Étienne France 2 Jef Jurion Belgium Anderlecht Belgium Cesare Maldini Italy Milan Italy Károly Sándor Hungary MTK Budapest Hungary21 Mário Coluna Portugal Benfica Portugal 1 Ake Johansson Sweden IFK Norrköping Sweden Manfred Kaiser East Germany Wismut Aue East Germany Metin Oktay Turkey Galatasaray Turkey Svatopluk Pluskal Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia References 1963 Category:1963–64 in European football