1956 Ballon d'Or

1956 Ballon d'Or
1956 Ballon d'Or winner Stanley Matthews in 1962
Date18 December 1956
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won byEngland Stanley Matthews (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1956 Ballon d'Or was the first Ballon d'Or awarded. The award was given to the best football player in Europe that year, and was chosen by a group of journalists from countries in UEFA.[1] The award was won by Blackpool winger Stanley Matthews.[2][3]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Stanley MatthewsEngland Blackpool England47
2Alfredo Di StéfanoSpain Real Madrid Spain[a]44
3Raymond KopaFrance Reims
Spain Real Madrid		 France33
4Ferenc PuskásHungary Budapest Honvéd Hungary32
5Lev YashinSoviet Union Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union19
6József BozsikHungary Budapest Honvéd Hungary15
7Ernst OcwirkAustria Austria Wien
Italy Sampdoria		 Austria9
8Sándor KocsisHungary Budapest Honvéd Hungary6
9Thadée CisowskiFrance RC Paris France4
Ivan KolevBulgaria CDNA Sofia Bulgaria
Billy WrightEngland Wolverhampton Wanderers England
12Júlio BotelhoItaly Fiorentina Italy[b]3
13Stefan BozhkovBulgaria CDNA Sofia Bulgaria2
Duncan EdwardsEngland Manchester United England
Gerhard HanappiAustria Rapid Wien Austria
Robert JonquetFrance Reims France
Miguel MontuoriItaly Fiorentina Italy
PepilloSpain Sevilla Spain
Juan Alberto SchiaffinoItaly Milan Italy
Eduard StreltsovSoviet Union Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union
21Marcelino CampanalSpain Sevilla Spain1
Břetislav DolejšíCzechoslovakia Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia
Roger PiantoniFrance FC Nancy France
Kees RijversFrance Saint-Étienne Netherlands

Notes

  1. ↑ Alfredo Di Stéfano was born in Argentina. He gained Spanish citizenship in 1956, and would play for the Spainish national team in 1957.[4]
  2. ↑ Júlio Botelho was born in Brazil. He gained Italian citizenship in 1956.

References

  1. ↑ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  2. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (23 October 2008). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1956". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "50 Ans De Ballon D'Or" (in French). France Football. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  4. ↑ "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

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