European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1967


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 1137 (26 December 1967).

There were 24 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, 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. Flórián Albert                    Hungary            Ferencváros            68     8  4  3  -  3    18
  2. Bobby Charlton                    England            Manchester United      40     4  2  1  4  1    12
  3. Jimmy Johnstone                   Scotland           Celtic Glasgow         39     2  5  1  3  -    11
  4. Franz Beckenbauer                 West Germany       Bayern Munich          37     2  2  6  -  1    11
  5. Eusébio da Silva Ferreira         Portugal           Benfica                26     2  2  1  2  1     8
  6. Tommy Gemmel                      Scotland           Celtic Glasgow         21     1  1  2  3  -     7
  7. George Best                       Northern Ireland   Manchester United      18     3  -  1  -  -     4
     Gerd Müller                       West Germany       Bayern Munich          18     -  3  1  1  1     6     [see note 1]
  9. Igor Chislenko                    Soviet Union       Torpedo Moskva          9     1  -  -  2  -     3
 10. Alessandro Mazzola                Italy              Internazionale          8     -  2  -  -  -     2
     Janos Farkas                      Hungary            Vasas Budapest          8     -  -  2  1  -     3
     José Martínez "Pirri"             Spain              Real Madrid             8     -  -  2  1  -     3
 13. Eduard Streltsov                  Soviet Union       Torpedo Moskva          6     1  -  -  -  1     2
     Luigi Riva                        Italy              Cagliari                6     -  -  1  -  3     4
 15. Anatoli Bishovets                 Soviet Union       Dinamo Kiev             5     -  -  -  2  1     3
 16. Alan Ball                         England            Everton                 4     -  1  -  -  -     1
     Helmut Haller                     West Germany       Bologna                 4     -  1  -  -  -     1
     Gianni Rivera                     Italy              Milan AC                4     -  1  -  -  -     1
     Wlodzimierz Lubanski              Poland             Gornik Zabrze           4     -  -  -  1  2     3
 20. Zvezdan Cebinac                   Yugoslavia         Nurnberg                3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Giacinto Facchetti                Italy              Internazionale          3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Wolfgang Overath                  West Germany       Munich 1860             3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Geoff Hurst                       England            West Ham United         3     -  -  -  1  1     2
     Paul Van Himst                    Belgium            Anderlecht              3     -  -  -  1  1     2
 25. Jimmy Greaves                     England            Tottenham               2     -  -  -  1  -     1     [see note 2]
     Nikola Kotkov                     Bulgaria           Lokomotiv Sofia         2     -  -  -  1  -     1
 27. Jose Augusto Pinto De Almeida     Portugal           Benfica                 1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Johnny Bjerregaard                Denmark            Rapid Wien              1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Nestor Combin                     France             Torino                  1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Johan Cruyff                      Netherlands        Ajax                    1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Pedro De Felipe                   Spain              Real Madrid             1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Ove Kindvall                      Sweden             Feyenoord               1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Louis Pilot                       Luxembourg         Anderlecht              1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Zygfryd Szoltysik                 Poland             Gornik Zabrze           1     -  -  -  -  1     1
 
Notes:
1. France-Football reports Gerd Müller with 19 points.
2. The printed edition lists Valery Voronin with 2 points; however no jury voted for him. Jimmy Greaves is not 
   listed in the printed edition but he received 2 points from the Yugoslav jury.


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