The 1965 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 Eusébio on 28 December 1965.[1][2]

1965 Ballon d'Or
1965 Ballon d'Or winner Eusébio
Date28 December 1965
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
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Won byPortugal Eusébio (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Eusébio was the first Portuguese national to win the award and still is the only Benfica player to have won it.[3]

Rankings

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Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Eusébio   Benfica   Portugal 67
2 Giacinto Facchetti   Internazionale   Italy 59
3 Luis Suárez   Internazionale   Spain 45
4 Paul Van Himst   Anderlecht   Belgium 25
5 Bobby Charlton   Manchester United   England 19
6 Flórián Albert   Ferencváros   Hungary 14
7 Gianni Rivera   Milan   Italy 10
8 Georgi Asparuhov   Levski Sofia   Bulgaria 9
Sandro Mazzola   Internazionale   Italy
Valery Voronin   Torpedo Moskva   Soviet Union
11 Denis Law   Manchester United   Scotland 8
12 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger   Roma
  Milan
  West Germany 6
13 Jim Baxter   Rangers
  Sunderland
  Scotland 5
Ferenc Puskás   Real Madrid   Spain
15 Mario Corso   Internazionale   Italy 3
Lev Yashin   Dynamo Moscow   Soviet Union
17 Amancio   Real Madrid   Spain 2
Franz Beckenbauer   Bayern Munich   West Germany
Ferenc Bene   Újpest   Hungary
Mário Coluna   Benfica   Portugal
Milan Galić   Partizan   Yugoslavia
Philippe Gondet   Nantes   France
Andrej Kvašňák   Sparta Prague   Czechoslovakia
Slava Metreveli   Dinamo Tbilisi   Soviet Union
25 Ivor Allchurch   Cardiff City
  Swansea Town
  Wales 1
Sigfried Held   Kickers Offenbach
  Borussia Dortmund
  West Germany
Köbi Kuhn   Zürich    Switzerland

References

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  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (22 June 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1965". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  2. ^ "50 Ans De Ballon D'Or: 1965 - Eusebio - Une Lutte sans Merci". France Football (in French). Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  3. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
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