1968 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France 1968 Ballon d'Or George Best (1976).jpg 1968 Ballon d'Or winner, George Best in 1976 24 December 1968 Paris, France France Football ballondor.com Won by Northern Ireland George Best (1st award) 1967 Ballon d'Or 1969 The 1968 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to George Best on 24 December 1968. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy68.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1968 RSSSF 25 June 2005 13 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090118061631/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy68.html 18 January 2009 live Best was the first Northern Irish national to win the award. He was the third Manchester United player to win the trophy after Denis Law (1964) and Bobby Charlton (1966). https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") RSSSF 18 December 2008 13 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090116080615/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html 16 January 2009 live Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 George Best ENG Manchester United Northern Ireland 61 2 Bobby Charlton ENG Manchester United England 53 3 Dragan Džajić YUG Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 46 4 Franz Beckenbauer GER Bayern Munich West Germany 36 5 Giacinto Facchetti ITA Internazionale Italy 30 6 Gigi Riva ITA Cagliari Italy 22 7 Amancio ESP 1945 Real Madrid Spain 1945 21 8 Eusébio POR Benfica Portugal 15 9 Gianni Rivera ITA Milan Italy 13 10 Jimmy Greaves ENG Tottenham Hotspur England 8 Pirri ESP 1945 Real Madrid Spain 1945 8 12 Antal Dunai HUN Újpest Hungary 7 Willi Schulz GER Hamburger SV West Germany 7 14 Georgi Asparuhov BUL 1967 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1967 6 Albert Shesternyov SOV CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 6 16 Ove Kindvall NED Feyenoord Sweden 5 17 Flórián Albert HUN Ferencváros Hungary 4 Sandro Mazzola ITA Internazionale Italy 4 Lajos Szűcs HUN Ferencváros Hungary 4 20 Johan Cruyff NED Ajax Netherlands 3 Gerd Müller GER Bayern Munich West Germany 3 22 Jack Charlton ENG Leeds United England 2 Bobby Moore ENG West Ham United England 2 24 Alan Ball ENG Everton England 1 Ferenc Bene HUN Újpest Hungary 1 Angelo Domenghini ITA Internazionale Italy 1 Mirsad Fazlagić YUG Sarajevo Yugoslavia 1 Tommy Gemmell SCO Celtic Scotland 1 Jimmy Johnstone SCO Celtic Scotland 1 Murtaz Khurtsilava SOV Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union 1 Ivica Osim YUG Željezničar Yugoslavia 1 Louis Pilot BEL Standard Liège Luxembourg 1 References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 1968 Category:1968–69 in European football