|
Name |
Country |
Club |
Pts. |
1. |
Josef Masopust |
Czechoslovakia |
Dukla Prague |
65 |
2. |
Eusebio |
Portugal |
Benfica |
53 |
3. |
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger |
West Germany |
1.FC Köln |
33 |
4. |
Dragoslav Sekularac |
Yugoslavia |
Red Star Belgrade |
26 |
5. |
Jef Jurion |
Belgium |
Anderlecht |
15 |
6. |
Gianni Rivera |
Italy |
AC Milan |
14 |
7. |
Jimmy Greaves |
England |
Tottenham Hotspur |
11 |
8. |
Milan Galic |
Yugoslavia |
Partizan Belgrade |
10 |
9. |
John Charles |
Wales |
Leeds |
9 |
10. |
János Göröcs |
Hungary |
Ujpesti Dozsa |
6 |
11. |
José Aguas |
Portugal |
Benfica |
4 |
|
Denis Law |
Scotland |
Manchester United |
4 |
|
Omar Sivori |
Italy [1] |
Juventus |
4 |
|
Raymond Kopa |
France |
Stade de Reims |
4 |
15. |
Luis del Sol |
Spain |
Juventus |
3 |
|
Andrej Kvasniak |
Czechoslovakia |
Sparta Prague |
3 |
|
André Lerond |
France |
Stade Français |
3 |
|
Luis Suárez |
Spain |
Inter Milan |
3 |
19. |
Florian Albert |
Hungary |
Ferencváros |
2 |
|
Kurt Hamrin |
Sweden |
Fiorentina |
2 |
|
|
Horst Nemec |
Austria |
Austria Vienna |
2 |
|
Joaquín Peiró |
Spain |
Atlético Madrid |
2 |
|
Viliam Schroiff |
Czechoslovakia |
Slovan Bratislava |
2 |
|
Ernö Solymosi |
Hungary |
Ujpesti Dozsa |
2 |
25. |
Francisco Gento |
Spain |
Real Madrid |
1 |
|
Ezio Pascutti |
Italy |
Bologna |
1 |
|
Lajos Tichy |
Hungary |
Honved Boedapest |
1 |
|
Josef Masopust captained Czechoslovakia to the final of the World Cup that year. He even scored the opening goal in the game, but the lead only lasted a few minutes, with Brazil going on to win 3-1. With his club Dukla Prague he won a second consecutive Czechoslovak championship.
The result listed above was the outcome of a ballot held amongst 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
France Football (December 18, 1962).
#1: Omar Sivori was born in Argentina, and had previously made international appearances for Argentina, but now played for Italy.