1976 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France
Award
1976 Ballon d'Or
1976 Ballon d'Or winner Franz Beckenbauer
Date28 December 1976[citation needed]
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1976 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 West German defender Franz Beckenbauer on 28 December 1976.[1] 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.[2]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich  West Germany 91
2 Rob Rensenbrink Belgium Anderlecht  Netherlands 75
3 Ivo Viktor Czech Republic Dukla Prague  Czechoslovakia 52
4 Kevin Keegan England Liverpool  England 32
5 Michel Platini France Nancy  France 19
6 Anton Ondruš Czech Republic Slovan Bratislava  Czechoslovakia 16
7 Johan Cruyff Spain Barcelona  Netherlands 12
Ivan Ćurković France Saint-Étienne  Yugoslavia
9 Rainer Bonhof West Germany Borussia M’Gladbach  West Germany 9
Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich  West Germany
Marián Masný Czech Republic Slovan Bratislava  Czechoslovakia
12 Franco Causio Italy Juventus  Italy 7
13 Berti Vogts West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach  West Germany 6
14 Tibor Nyilasi Hungary Ferencváros  Hungary 5
15 Roberto Bettega Italy Juventus  Italy 4
Jürgen Croy East Germany Sachsenring Zwickau  East Germany
Dudu Georgescu Romania Dinamo București  Romania
Jaroslav Pollák Czech Republic VSS Košice  Czechoslovakia
19 Oleg Blokhin Soviet Union Dinamo Kyiv  Soviet Union 3
Joachim Streich East Germany 1. FC Magdeburg  East Germany
21 Gérard Janvion France Saint-Étienne  France 2
Dieter Müller West Germany 1. FC Köln  West Germany
Dominique Rocheteau France Saint-Étienne  France
Santillana Spain Real Madrid  Spain
Benny Wendt West Germany Tennis Borussia Berlin  Sweden
26 Dominique Bathenay France Saint-Étienne  France 1
Jupp Heynckes West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach  West Germany
Ali Kemal Turkey Trabzonspor  Turkey
Dino Zoff Italy Juventus  Italy

References

  1. ^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1976 - Franz Beckenbauer". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1976". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

External links

  • France Football Official Ballon d'Or page
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