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| 2 || [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] || {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] || {{flag|Spain|1945}}{{#tag:ref|Despite being born in [[Argentina]], [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and would play for the [[Spain national football team|Spain national team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=122/newsId=255616.html |title=Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano |publisher=[[UEFA]] |date=22 November 2004 |access-date=25 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211210548/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association%3D122/newsId%3D255616.html |archive-date=11 December 2008 }}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}} || 44
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| 3 || [[Raymond Kopa]] || {{flagicon|France}} [[Stade de Reims|Reims]]<br>{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] || {{flag|France}} || 33
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| 4 || [[Ferenc Puskás]] || {{flagicon|HUN|1949}} [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]] || {{flag|Hungary|1949}} || 32
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| 8 || [[Sándor Kocsis]] || {{flagicon|HUN|1949}} [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]] || {{flag|Hungary|1949}} || 6
| 8 || [[Sándor Kocsis]] || {{flagicon|HUN|1949}} [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]] || {{flag|Hungary|1949}} || 6

Revision as of 03:01, 31 October 2023

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
← Established · Ballon d'Or · 1957 →

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.[1] Stanley Matthews received the award on 18 December 1956.[2][3]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Stanley Matthews England Blackpool  England 47
2 Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid  Spain[a] 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[b] 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

Notes

  1. ^ Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and would play for the Spain national team.[4]
  2. ^ Despite being born in Brazil, Júlio Botelho acquired Italian citizenship in 1956.

References

  1. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  2. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (23 October 2008). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1956". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  3. ^ "50 Ans De Ballon D'Or" (in French). France Football. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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