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. It was the second time that Di Stéfano had won the award.
Rankings
| Rank | Name | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfredo Di Stéfano[lower-alpha 1] | Real Madrid | .svg.png){kind=small} | 80 |
| 2 | Raymond Kopa | Stade Reims |  | 42 |
| 3 | John Charles | Juventus | .svg.png){kind=small} | 24 |
| 4 | Luis Suárez | Barcelona | | 22 |
| 5 | Agne Simonsson | Örgryte IS |  | 20 |
| 6 | Lajos Tichy | Budapest Honvéd |  | 18 |
| 7 | Ferenc Puskás | Real Madrid | | 16 |
| 8 | Francisco Gento | Real Madrid | | 12 |
| 9 | Helmut Rahn | 1. FC Köln |  | 11 |
| 10 | Horst Szymaniak | Karlsruher SC | | 8 |
| 11 | Lev Yashin | Dynamo Moscow |  | 7 |
| 12 | Yuriy Voynov | Dynamo Kyiv | | 5 |
| 13 | Ivan Kolev | CDNA Sofia | .svg.png){kind=small} | 4 |
| Gyula Grosics | Tatabánya | | 4 | |
| Dezső Bundzsák | Vasas | | 4 | |
| Nils Liedholm | Milan | | 4 | |
| 17 | Georgi Naydenov | CDNA Sofia | | 3 |
| Titus Buberník | ČH Bratislava |  | 3 | |
| Just Fontaine | Reims | | 3 | |
| 20 | Joan Segarra | Barcelona | | 2 |
| Flórián Albert | Ferencváros | | 2 | |
| Uwe Seeler | Hamburger SV | | 2 | |
| 23 | Antoni Ramallets | Barcelona | | 1 |
| János Göröcs | Újpest | | 1 | |
| Ken Jones | Scunthorpe United | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1 | |
| Roger Marche | Racing Club Paris | | 1 |
Notes
- Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stefano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and went on to play for the Spanish national football team.[1]
References
- "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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