1962 Ballon d'Or

The 1962 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 Josef Masopust on 18 December 1962.^[1]

1962 Ballon d'Or
1962 Ballon d'Or winner Josef Masopust
Date	18 December 1962
Location	Paris, France
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Josef Masopust (1st award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Josef Masopust	Dukla Prague	Czechoslovakia	65
2	Eusébio	Benfica	Portugal	53
3	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	1. FC Köln	West Germany	33
4	Dragoslav Šekularac	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	26
5	Jef Jurion	Anderlecht	Belgium	15
6	Gianni Rivera	Milan	Italy	14
7	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	England	11
8	John Charles	Juventus Leeds United Roma	Wales	10
	Milan Galić	Partizan	Yugoslavia
10	János Göröcs	Újpest	Hungary	6
11	José Águas	Benfica	Portugal	4
	Raymond Kopa	Reims	France
	Denis Law	Torino Manchester United	Scotland
	Omar Sívori	Juventus	Argentina
15	Luis del Sol	Real Madrid Juventus	Spain	3
	Andrej Kvašňák	Sparta Prague	Czechoslovakia
	André Lerond	Stade Français	France
	Luis Suárez	Internazionale	Spain
19	Flórián Albert	Ferencváros	Hungary	2
	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	Sweden
	Horst Nemec	Austria Wien	Austria
	Joaquín Peiró	Atlético Madrid Torino	Spain
	Viliam Schrojf	Slovan Bratislava	Czechoslovakia
	Ernő Solymosi	Újpest	Hungary
25	Paco Gento	Real Madrid	Spain	1
	Ezio Pascutti	Bologna	Italy
	Lajos Tichy	Budapest Honvéd	Hungary

^[2] Source: France Football