1959 Ballon d'Or

The 1959 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 Alfredo Di Stéfano on 15 December 1959.[1] It was the second time that Di Stéfano won the award.

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Alfredo Di StéfanoReal Madrid Spain[lower-alpha 1]80
2Raymond KopaReims France42
3John CharlesJuventus Wales24
4Luis SuárezBarcelona Spain22
5Agne SimonssonÖrgryte IS Sweden20
6Lajos TichyBudapest Honvéd Hungary18
7Ferenc PuskásReal Madrid Hungary16
8Francisco GentoReal Madrid Spain12
9Helmut Rahn1. FC Köln West Germany11
10Horst SzymaniakKarlsruher SC West Germany8
11Lev YashinDynamo Moscow Soviet Union7
12Yuriy VoynovDynamo Kyiv Soviet Union5
13Dezső BundzsákVasas Hungary4
Gyula GrosicsTatabánya Hungary
Ivan KolevCDNA Sofia Bulgaria
Nils LiedholmMilan Sweden
17Titus BuberníkČH Bratislava Czechoslovakia3
Just FontaineReims France
Georgi NaydenovCDNA Sofia Bulgaria
20Flórián AlbertFerencváros Hungary2
Uwe SeelerHamburger SV West Germany
Joan SegarraBarcelona Spain
23János GöröcsÚjpest Hungary1
Ken JonesScunthorpe United Wales
Roger MarcheRC Paris France
Antoni RamalletsBarcelona Spain

Notes
  1. Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and went on to play for the Spanish national team.[2]

References
  1. Pierrend, José (15 December 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1959". RSSSF.
  2. "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
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