1956 Ballon d'Or

1956 Ballon d'Or
1956 Ballon d'Or winner Stantley Matthews in 1962
Date18 December 1956[citation needed]
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1956 Ballon d'Or was the inaugural Ballon d'Or award given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries. Stanley Matthews received the award on 18 December 1956.

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Stanley Matthews England Blackpool  England 47
2 Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid  Spain 44
3 Raymond Kopa France Reims/Spain Real Madrid  France 33
4 Ferenc Puskás Hungary Budapest Honvéd  Hungary 32
5 Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow  Soviet Union 19
6 József Bozsik Hungary Budapest Honvéd  Hungary 15
7 Ernst Ocwirk Austria Austria Wien/Italy Sampdoria  Austria 9
8 Sándor Kocsis Hungary Budapest Honvéd  Hungary 6
9 Thadée Cisowski France RC Paris  France 4
Ivan Kolev Bulgaria CDNA Sofia  Bulgaria
Billy Wright England Wolverhampton Wanderers  England
12 Júlio Botelho Italy Fiorentina  Italy 3
13 Stefan Bozhkov Bulgaria CDNA Sofia  Bulgaria 2
Duncan Edwards England Manchester United  England
Gerhard Hanappi Austria Rapid Wien  Austria
Robert Jonquet France Reims  France
Miguel Montuori Italy Fiorentina  Italy
Pepillo Spain Sevilla  Spain
Juan Alberto Schiaffino Italy Milan  Italy
Eduard Streltsov Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow  Soviet Union
21 Marcelino Campanal Spain Sevilla  Spain 1
Břetislav Dolejší Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague  Czechoslovakia
Roger Piantoni France FC Nancy  France
Kees Rijvers France Saint-Étienne  Netherlands

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