1969 Ballon d'Or

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The 1969 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 the Italian midfielder Gianni Rivera (Milan) on 23 December 1969.[1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2] Rivera became the second Italian to win the award, after Omar Sívori in 1961. He was also the first Milan player to win the trophy.[3]

Rankings[]

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Gianni Rivera Milan  Italy 83
2 Gigi Riva Cagliari  Italy 79
3 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich  West Germany 38
4 Johan Cruyff Ajax  Netherlands 30
Ove Kindvall Feyenoord  Sweden
6 George Best Manchester United  Northern Ireland 21
7 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich  West Germany 18
8 Pierino Prati Milan  Italy 17
9 Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia  Bulgaria 14
10 Jack Charlton Leeds United  England 10
11 Albert Shesternyov CSKA Moscow  Soviet Union 8
12 Dragan Džajić Red Star Belgrade  Yugoslavia 6
13 Franny Lee Manchester City  England 4
Martin Peters West Ham United  England
15 Jozef Adamec Spartak Trnava  Czechoslovakia 3
Bobby Charlton Manchester United  England
Angelo Sormani Milan  Italy
18 Ferenc Bene Újpest  Hungary 2
Andrej Kvašňák KRC Mechelen  Czechoslovakia
Louis Pilot Standard Liège  Luxembourg
Giorgos Sideris Olympiacos  Greece
Manuel Velázquez Real Madrid  Spain
23 Billy Bremner Leeds United  Scotland 1
Kazimierz Deyna Legia Warsaw  Poland
Mimis Domazos Panathinaikos  Greece
Gilbert Gress VfB Stuttgart  France
Jimmy Johnstone Celtic  Scotland
Włodzimierz Lubański Górnik Zabrze  Poland
Vladimir Muntyan Dynamo Kyiv  Soviet Union
Wilfried Van Moer Standard Liège  Belgium
Ivo Viktor Dukla Prague  Czechoslovakia

References[]

  1. ^ "1969 – Gianni Rivera". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1969". RSSSF. 22 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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