The 1969 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the Italian midfielder Gianni Rivera (Milan) on 23 December 1969. There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia. Rivera became the second Italian to win the award, after Omar Sívori in 1961. He was also the first Milan player to win the trophy.
Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Gianni Rivera Milan 83 2 Gigi Riva Cagliari 79 3 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich 38 4 Johan Cruyff Ajax 30 Ove Kindvall Feyenoord 6 George Best Manchester United 21 7 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich 18 8 Pierino Prati Milan 17 9 Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 14 10 Jack Charlton Leeds United 10 11 Albert Shesternyov CSKA Moscow 8 12 Dragan Džajić Red Star Belgrade 6 13 Francis Lee Manchester City 4 Martin Peters West Ham United 15 Jozef Adamec Spartak Trnava 3 Bobby Charlton Manchester United Angelo Sormani Milan 18 Ferenc Bene Újpest 2 Andrej Kvašňák KRC Mechelen Louis Pilot Standard Liège Giorgos Sideris Olympiacos Manuel Velázquez Real Madrid 23 Billy Bremner Leeds United 1 Kazimierz Deyna Legia Warsaw Mimis Domazos Panathinaikos Gilbert Gress VfB Stuttgart Jimmy Johnstone Celtic Włodzimierz Lubański Górnik Zabrze Vladimir Muntyan Dynamo Kyiv Wilfried Van Moer Standard Liège Ivo Viktor Dukla Prague
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page