1964 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. Up until 1995 it was awarded only to football players from Europe and was generally known as the European Footballer of the Year award.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 1964 award. The winner was Scottish player Denis Law, who played for Manchester United. Law is the only player from Scotland to win the award.
As only European players were eligible for the Ballon d'Or at this time, there may have been players outside of Europe deserving of the best player of the year award. To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or in 2016, the results were reevaluated, and it was determined that in 1964 Pelé would have won if he was eligible.
See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1964 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denis Law | Manchester United | Scotland | 61 |
| 2 | Luis Suárez | Internazionale | Spain | 43 |
| 3 | Amancio | Real Madrid | Spain | 38 |
| 4 | Eusébio | Benfica | Portugal | 31 |
| 5 | Paul Van Himst | Anderlecht | Belgium | 28 |
| 6 | Jimmy Greaves | Tottenham Hotspur | England | 19 |
| 7 | Mario Corso | Internazionale | Italy | 17 |
| 8 | Lev Yashin | Dynamo Moscow | Soviet Union | 15 |
| 9 | Gianni Rivera | Milan | Italy | 14 |
| 10 | Valery Voronin | Torpedo Moscow | Soviet Union | 11 |
| 11 | Ferenc Bene | Újpest | Hungary | 6 |
| Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | Mantova / Roma | West Germany | 6 | |
| 13 | Jean Nicolay | Standard Liège | Belgium | 5 |
| 14 | Helmut Haller | Bologna | West Germany | 4 |
| 15 | José Torres | Benfica | Portugal | 3 |
| 16 | Flórián Albert | Ferencváros | Hungary | 2 |
| José Altafini | Milan | Italy | 2 | |
| Coen Moulijn | Feyenoord | Netherlands | 2 | |
| 19 | Néstor Combin | Lyon / Juventus | France | 1 |
| Giacinto Facchetti | Internazionale | Italy | 1 | |
| Ole Madsen | HIK | Denmark | 1 | |
| Sandro Mazzola | Internazionale | Italy | 1 | |
| Bobby Moore | West Ham United | England | 1 | |
| Jef Jurion | Anderlecht | Belgium | 1 | |
| Omar Sívori | Juventus | Italy | 1 | |
| Klaus Urbanczyk | Chemie Halle | East Germany | 1 |
Related Pages
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
- The Year in Sport: 1964
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