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1956 Ballon d'Or
Annual football award event in France
Annual football award event in France
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1956 Ballon d'Or |
| image | File:Stanley Matthews 1962 (crop).jpg |
| caption | 1956 Ballon d'Or winner Stanley Matthews in 1962 |
| date | 18 December 1956 |
| location | Paris, France |
| presenter | France Football |
| website | |
| award1_type | Won by |
| award1_winner | ENG Stanley Matthews (1st award) |
| previous | Established |
| main | Ballon d'Or |
| next | 1957 |
The 1956 Ballon d'Or was the inaugural Ballon d'Or award given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries.{{Cite web | access-date = 19 December 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081217034637/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html| archive-date= 17 December 2008 | url-status= live}} Stanley Matthews received the award on 18 December 1956.{{Cite web | access-date = 19 December 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090116140915/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy56.html| archive-date= 16 January 2009 | url-status= live}}{{Cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090219033150/http://www.lequipe.fr/FF/ballon_or/bo_1956.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 19, 2009 | access-date = 19 December 2008
Rankings
| Rank | Name | Club(s) | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanley Matthews | Blackpool | England | 47 |
| 2 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Real Madrid | Spain | 44 |
| 3 | Raymond Kopa | Reims | ||
| Real Madrid | France | 33 | ||
| 4 | Ferenc Puskás | Budapest Honvéd | Hungary | 32 |
| 5 | Lev Yashin | Dynamo Moscow | Soviet Union | 19 |
| 6 | József Bozsik | Budapest Honvéd | Hungary | 15 |
| 7 | Ernst Ocwirk | Austria Wien | ||
| Sampdoria | Austria | 9 | ||
| 8 | Sándor Kocsis | Budapest Honvéd | Hungary | 6 |
| 9 | Thadée Cisowski | FRA RC Paris | France | 4 |
| Ivan Kolev | CDNA Sofia | Bulgaria | ||
| Billy Wright | Wolverhampton Wanderers | England | ||
| 12 | Júlio Botelho | Fiorentina | Italy | 3 |
| 13 | Stefan Bozhkov | CDNA Sofia | Bulgaria | 2 |
| Duncan Edwards | Manchester United | England | ||
| Gerhard Hanappi | Rapid Wien | Austria | ||
| Robert Jonquet | Reims | France | ||
| Miguel Montuori | Fiorentina | Italy | ||
| Pepillo | Sevilla | Spain | ||
| Juan Alberto Schiaffino | Milan | Italy | ||
| Eduard Streltsov | Torpedo Moscow | Soviet Union | ||
| 21 | Marcelino Campanal | Sevilla | Spain | 1 |
| Břetislav Dolejší | Dukla Prague | Czechoslovakia | ||
| Roger Piantoni | FC Nancy | France | ||
| Kees Rijvers | Saint-Étienne | Netherlands |
Notes
References
References
- (22 November 2004). "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". [[UEFA]].
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