1968 Ballon d'Or

1968 Ballon d'Or
1968 Ballon d'Or
	1968 Ballon d'Or winner George Best in 1976
Date	24 December 1968
Location	Paris , France
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	George Best (1st award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1968 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 George Best on 24 December 1968. ^[1]

Best was the first Northern Irish national to win the award. He was the third Manchester United player to win the trophy after Denis Law (1964) and Bobby Charlton (1966). ^[2]

Rankings [ edit ]

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	George Best	Manchester United	Northern Ireland	61
2	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	England	53
3	Dragan D?aji?	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	46
4	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	West Germany	36
5	Giacinto Facchetti	Internazionale	Italy	30
6	Gigi Riva	Cagliari	Italy	22
7	Amancio	Real Madrid	Spain	21
8	Eusebio	Benfica	Portugal	15
9	Gianni Rivera	Milan	Italy	13
10	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	England	8
10	Pirri	Real Madrid	Spain	8
12	Antal Dunai	Ujpest	Hungary	7
12	Willi Schulz	Hamburger SV	West Germany	7
14	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	Bulgaria	6
14	Albert Shesternyov	CSKA Moscow	Soviet Union	6
16	Ove Kindvall	Feyenoord	Sweden	5
17	Florian Albert	Ferencvaros	Hungary	4
	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale	Italy	4
	Lajos Sz?cs	Ferencvaros	Hungary	4
20	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	Netherlands	3
20	Gerd Muller	Bayern Munich	West Germany	3
22	Jack Charlton	Leeds United	England	2
22	Bobby Moore	West Ham United	England	2
24	Alan Ball	Everton	England	1
	Ferenc Bene	Ujpest	Hungary	1
	Angelo Domenghini	Internazionale	Italy	1
	Mirsad Fazlagi?	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	1
	Tommy Gemmell	Celtic	Scotland	1
	Jimmy Johnstone	Celtic	Scotland	1
	Murtaz Khurtsilava	Dinamo Tbilisi	Soviet Union	1
	Ivica Osim	?eljezni?ar	Yugoslavia	1
	Louis Pilot	Standard Liege	Luxembourg	1

References [ edit ]

^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1968" . RSSSF . 25 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009 . Retrieved 13 January 2009 .
^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")" . RSSSF . 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009 . Retrieved 13 January 2009 .

External links [ edit ]

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

[1] "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1968" . RSSSF . 25 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009 . Retrieved 13 January 2009 .

[2] "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")" . RSSSF . 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009 . Retrieved 13 January 2009 .

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