1962 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 1962 award. The winner was Josef Masopust. Dukla Prague's Masopust become the first player from Eastern Europe to win the Ballon d'Or. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1962 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josef Masopust | Dukla Prague | Czechoslovakia | 65 |
| 2 | Eusébio | Benfica | Portugal | 53 |
| 3 | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | 1. FC Köln | West Germany | 33 |
| 4 | Dragoslav Šekularac | Red Star Belgrade | Yugoslavia | 26 |
| 5 | Jef Jurion | Anderlecht | Belgium | 15 |
| 6 | Gianni Rivera | Milan | Italy | 14 |
| 7 | Jimmy Greaves | Tottenham Hotspur | England | 11 |
| 8 | John Charles | Juventus / Leeds United / Roma | Wales | 10 |
| Milan Galić | Partizan | Yugoslavia | 10 | |
| 10 | János Göröcs | Újpest | Hungary | 6 |
| 11 | José Águas | Benfica | Portugal | 4 |
| Raymond Kopa | Reims | France | 4 | |
| Denis Law | Torino / Manchester United | Scotland | 4 | |
| Omar Sívori | Juventus | Argentina | 4 | |
| 15 | Luis Del Sol | Real Madrid / Juventus | Spain | 3 |
| Andrej Kvašňák | Sparta Prague | Czechoslovakia | 3 | |
| André Lerond | Stade Français | France | 3 | |
| Luis Suárez | Internazionale | Spain | 3 | |
| 19 | Flórián Albert | Ferencváros | Hungary | 2 |
| Kurt Hamrin | Fiorentina | Sweden | 2 | |
| Horst Nemec | Austria Wien | Austria | 2 | |
| Joaquín Peiró | Atlético Madrid / Torino | Spain | 2 | |
| Viliam Schrojf | Slovan Bratislava | Czechoslovakia | 2 | |
| Ernő Solymosi | Újpest | Hungary | 2 | |
| 25 | Francisco Gento | Real Madrid | Spain | 1 |
| Ezio Pascutti | Bologna | Italy | 1 | |
| Lajos Tichy | Budapest Honvéd | Hungary | 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: 1962
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