The results of this voting were published on France Football # 927 (17 December 1963).
There were 21 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.
The columns are: Position Name of Player Name of Club Nationality Total Number of Points 1P = First Places 2P = Second Places 3P = Third Places 4P = Fourth Places 5P = Fifth Places Votes = Number of Voters who nominated this player
Pos Player Country Club Total 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P Votes
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1. Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moskva 73 11 3 1 1 1 17
2. Gianni Rivera Italy Milan AC 55 5 3 3 4 1 16
3. Jimmy Greaves England Tottenham 50 2 4 6 3 - 15
4. Denis Law Scotland Manchester United 45 2 4 3 4 2 15
5. Eusébio da Silva Ferreira Portugal Benfica 19 - 2 2 2 1 7
6. Karl-Heinz Schnellinger West Germany Mantova 16 - 1 4 - - 5
7. Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV 9 1 1 - - - 2
8. Bobby Charlton England Manchester United 5 - 1 - - 1 2
Giovanni Trapattoni Italy Milan AC 5 - 1 - - 1 2
Luis Suárez Spain Internazionale 5 - - - 2 1 3
11. José Altafini Italy Milan AC 4 - 1 - - - 1
Paul Van Himst Belgium Anderlecht 4 - - 1 - 1 2
13. Omar Sivori Italy Juventus 3 - - 1 - - 1
Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencváros 3 - - - 1 1 2
Harry Bild Sweden Norrköping 3 - - - 1 1 2
Josef Masopust Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 3 - - - 1 1 2
17. Jef Jurion Belgium Anderlecht 2 - - - 1 - 1
Karoly Sandor Hungary MTK Budapest 2 - - - 1 - 1
Robert Herbin France AS Saint-Etienne 2 - - - - 2 2
Cesare Maldini Italy Milan AC 2 - - - - 2 2
21. Mario Coluna Portugal Benfica 1 - - - - 1 1
Ake Johansson Sweden Norrköping 1 - - - - 1 1
Manfred Kaiser East Germany Wismut Aue [*] 1 - - - - 1 1
Metin Oktay Turkey Galatasaray 1 - - - - 1 1
Svatopluk Pluskal Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 1 - - - - 1 1
[*]Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt were renamed Wismut Aue during 1963.
Note: The printed edition of the magazine reports Rivera with 56 points, Greaves
with 51 points, and Van Himst with 3 points.
Thanks to Matthias Arnhold for correcting club of Manfred Kaiser
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