Statue of 1965 Ballon d'Or winner Eusébio outside the Benfica stadium, the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.

The 1965 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 Eusébio on 28 December 1965.[1][2]

Eusébio was the first Portuguese national to win the award and still is the only Benfica player to have won it.[3]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1EusébioPortugal Benfica Portugal67
2Giacinto FacchettiItaly Internazionale Italy59
3Luis SuárezItaly Internazionale Spain45
4Paul Van HimstBelgium Anderlecht Belgium25
5Bobby CharltonEngland Manchester United England19
6Flórián AlbertHungary Ferencváros Hungary14
7Gianni RiveraItaly Milan Italy10
8Georgi AsparuhovBulgaria Levski Sofia Bulgaria9
Sandro MazzolaItaly Internazionale Italy
Valery VoroninSoviet Union Torpedo Moskva Soviet Union
11Denis LawEngland Manchester United Scotland8
12Karl-Heinz SchnellingerItaly Roma
Italy Milan		 West Germany6
13Jim BaxterScotland Rangers
England Sunderland		 Scotland5
Ferenc PuskásSpain Real Madrid Spain
15Mario CorsoItaly Internazionale Italy3
Lev YashinSoviet Union Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union
17AmancioSpain Real Madrid Spain2
Franz BeckenbauerWest Germany Bayern Munich West Germany
Ferenc BeneHungary Újpest Hungary
Mário ColunaPortugal Benfica Portugal
Milan GalićSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Yugoslavia
Philippe GondetFrance Nantes France
Andrej KvašňákCzechoslovakia Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia
Slava MetreveliSoviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union
25Ivor AllchurchWales Cardiff City
Wales Swansea Town		 Wales1
Sigfried HeldWest Germany Kickers Offenbach
West Germany Borussia Dortmund		 West Germany
Köbi KuhnSwitzerland Zürich  Switzerland

References

  1. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (22 June 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1965". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "50 Ans De Ballon D'Or: 1965 - Eusebio - Une Lutte sans Merci". France Football (in French). Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
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