In 1960 the Ballon d'Or was won by Luis Suárez. The gifted playmaker won a second consecutive Spanish league championship with his club FC Barcelona that year. Suárez also helped Barca win that year's Intercity Fairs Cup, although he missed both legs of the final against Birmingham City.
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Suárez being voted European Footballer of the Year was the outcome of a ballot held among a panel of football journalists organised by the magazine France Football, with one vote coming from each of the following 19 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.
The result was announced in the edition dated December 13th, 1960.
| Name | Country | Club | Pts. |
|
1. |
Luis Suárez | Spain | FC Barcelona | 54 |
2. |
Ferenc Puskas | Hungary | Real Madrid | 37 |
3. |
Uwe Seeler | West Germany | Hamburger SV | 33 |
4. |
Alfredo di Stefano | Spain [1] | Real Madrid | 32 |
5. |
Lev Yashin | Soviet Union | Dinamo Moscow | 28 |
6. |
Raymond Kopa | France | Stade de Reims | 14 |
7. |
John Charles | Wales | Juventus | 11 |
| Bobby Charlton | England | Manchester United | 11 | |
9. |
Omar Sivori | Italy [2] | Juventus | 9 |
| Horst Szymaniak | West Germany | Karlsruher SC | 9 | |
| 11. | Francisco Gento | Spain | Real Madrid | 8 |
12. |
Borislav Kostic | Yugoslavia | Red Star Belgrade | 7 |
13. |
Joseph Ujlaki | France | Racing Club de Paris | 5 |
14. |
Kurt Hamrin | Sweden | Fiorentina | 4 |
| Bobby Smith | England | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | |
16. |
Luis del Sol | Spain | Real Madrid | 3 |
| Jimmy Greaves | England | Chelsea | 3 | |
| Ivan Kolev | Bulgaria | CDNA Sofia | 3 | |
19. |
János Göröcs | Hungary | Ujpesti Dozsa | 2 |
| Karoly Sandor | Hungary | MTK Budapest | 2 | |
| Dragoslav Sekularac | Yugoslavia | Red Star Belgrade | 2 | |
| Agne Simonsson | Sweden | Real Madrid | 2 | |
23. |
Antonio Angelillo | Italy | Internazionale Milan | 1 |
| Gerhard Hanappi | Austria | Rapid Vienna | 1 | |
| Erich Hof | Austria | Wiener SK | 1 | |
| Blagoje Vidinic | Yugoslavia | Red Star Belgrade | 1 | |
1959 • European Footballer of the Year • 1961
#1: Alfredo di Stefano was born in Argentina, and had previously made international appearances for Argentina and Columbia, but now played for Spain.
#2: Omar Sivori was born in Argentina, and had previously made international appearances for Argentina, but now played for Italy.