European Footballer of the yearEuropean Footballer of the year| Year | Player | Club | Country |
| 1956 | Stanley Matthews | Blackpool | England |
| 1957 | Alfredo de Stefano | Real madrid | Spain |
| 1958 | Raymond Kopa | Real Madrid | France |
| 1959 | Alfredo de Stefano | Real madrid | Spain |
| 1960 | Luis Suarez | Barcelona | Spain |
| 1961 | Omar Sivori | Juventus | Italy |
| 1962 | Josef Masopust | Dukla Prague | Czekoslavia |
| 1963 | Lev Yasia | Dynamo Moscow | USSR |
| 1964 | Denis Law | Manchester Utd. | Scotland |
| 1965 | Eusebio | Benfinca | Portugal |
| 1966 | Bobby Charlton | Manchester Utd. | England |
| 1967 | Florian Albert | Ferencvaros | Hungary |
| 1968 | George Best | Manchester Utd. | Northern Ireland |
| 1969 | Gianni Rivera | AC milan | Italy |
| 1970 | Gerd Muller | Bayern Munich | West Germany |
| 1971 | Johan Cruyff | Ajax | Holland |
| 1972 | Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich | West Germany |
| 1973 | Johan Cruyff | Barcelona | Holland |
| 1974 | Johan Cruyff | Barcelona | Holland |
| 1975 | Oleg Blokin | Dynamo Kiev | USSR |
| 1976 | Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich | West Germany |
| 1977 | Allan Simonsen | Borussia Monchengladback | Denmark |
| 1978 | Kevin Keegan | Hamburger | England |
| 1979 | Kevin Keegan | Hamburger | England |
| 1980 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Bayern Munich | West Germany |
| 1981 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Bayern Munich | West Germany |
| 1982 | Paulo Rossi | Juventus | Italy |
| 1983 | Michel Platini | Juventus | France |
| 1984 | Michel Platini | Juventus | France |
| 1985 | Michel Platini | Juventus | France |
| 1986 | Igor Belanov | Dynamo Kiev | USSR |
| 1987 | Ruud Gullit | AC Milan | Holland |
| 1988 | Marco Van Basten | AC Milan | Holland |
| 1989 | Marco Van Basten | AC Milan | Holland |
| 1990 | Lothar Matthaus | Inter Milan | West Germany |
| 1991 | Jean-Pierre Papin | Marseille | France |
| 1992 | Marco Van Basten | AC Milan | Holland |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio | Juventus | Italy |
| 1994 | Histro Stoichkov | Barcelona | Bulgaria |
| 1995 | George Weah | AC Milan | Liberia |
| 1996 | Matthias Sammer | Borussia Dortmund | Germany |
| 1997 | Ronaldo | Inter Milan | Brazil |
Last Updated : Dec 26, 1997
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