1965 Ballon d'Or
Statue of 1965 Ballon d'Or winner Eusébio outside the Benfica stadium, the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.
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]
Eusébio was the first Portuguese national to win the award and still is the only Benfica player to have won it.[3]
Rankings
| Rank | Name | Club | 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 |
| Alessandro Mazzola | Internazionale | Italy | 9 | |
| Valery Voronin | Torpedo Moskva |  Soviet Union | 9 | |
| 11 | Denis Law | Manchester United |  Scotland | 8 |
| 12 | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | Milan |  West Germany | 6 |
| 13 | Ferenc Puskás | Real Madrid | Spain | 5 |
| Jim Baxter | Sunderland | Scotland | 5 | |
| 15 | Mario Corso | Internazionale | Italy | 3 |
| Lev Yashin | Dynamo Moscow | Soviet Union | 3 | |
| 17 | Mário Coluna | Benfica | Portugal | 2 |
| Amancio Amaro | Real Madrid | Spain | 2 | |
| Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 2 | |
| Milan Galić | Partizan |  Yugoslavia | 2 | |
| Philippe Gondet | Nantes |  France | 2 | |
| Andrej Kvašňák | Sparta Prague |  Czechoslovakia | 2 | |
| Ferenc Bene | Ujpest Dozsa | Hungary | 2 | |
| Slava Metreveli | Dinamo Tbilisi | Soviet Union | 2 | |
| 25 | Ivor Allchurch | Cardiff City |  Wales | 1 |
| Jakob Kühn | Zürich |  Switzerland | 1 | |
| Sigfried Held | Borussia Dortmund | West Germany | 1 |
References
^ 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "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.
^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
External links
France Football Official Ballon d'Or page
