1962 Ballon d'Or

The 1962 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 Josef Masopust on 18 December 1962.

1962 Ballon d'Or
1962 Ballon d'Or winner Josef Masopust
Date	18 December 1962
Location	Paris, France
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Josef Masopust (1st award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	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	János Göröcs	Újpest	Hungary	6
11	José Águas	Benfica	Portugal	4
	Raymond Kopa	Reims	France
	Denis Law	Torino Manchester United	Scotland
	Omar Sívori	Juventus	Argentina
15	Luis del Sol	Real Madrid Juventus	Spain	3
	Andrej Kvašňák	Sparta Prague	Czechoslovakia
	André Lerond	Stade Français	France
	Luis Suárez	Internazionale	Spain
19	Flórián Albert	Ferencváros	Hungary	2
	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	Sweden
	Horst Nemec	Austria Wien	Austria
	Joaquín Peiró	Atlético Madrid Torino	Spain
	Viliam Schrojf	Slovan Bratislava	Czechoslovakia
	Ernő Solymosi	Újpest	Hungary
25	Paco Gento	Real Madrid	Spain	1
	Ezio Pascutti	Bologna	Italy
	Lajos Tichy	Budapest Honvéd	Hungary

Source: France Football

External links

• France Football Official Ballon d'Or page