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 and only player from Czechoslovakia to win the Ballon d'Or, and the first from Eastern Europe. Masopust was born in an area which now part of the Czech Republic. Only one other Czech player has won the award, Pavel Nedvěd in 2003.
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 1962 Garrincha would have won if he was eligible.
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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