1971 Ballon d'Or

The 1971 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 Johan Cruyff on 28 December 1971.^[1]

Cruyff was the first Dutch national to win the award, and also the first Ajax player to win the trophy.^[2]

Rankings

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club(s)	Points
1	Johan Cruyff	Netherlands	Ajax	116
2	Sandro Mazzola	Italy	Internazionale	57
3	George Best	Northern Ireland	Manchester United	56
4	Günter Netzer	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	30
5	Franz Beckenbauer	West Germany	Bayern Munich	27
6	Gerd Müller	West Germany	Bayern Munich	18
6	Josip Skoblar	Yugoslavia	Marseille	18
8	Martin Chivers^{[notes 1]}	England	Tottenham Hotspur	12
9	Piet Keizer	Netherlands	Ajax	9
10	Bobby Moore	England	West Ham United	7
10	Ferenc Bene	Hungary	Újpest	7
12	Yevhen Rudakov	Soviet Union	Dynamo Kyiv	6
13	Giacinto Facchetti	Italy	Internazionale	4
13	Mimis Domazos	Greece	Panathinaikos	4
15	Pirri	Spain	Real Madrid	3
	Dragan Džajić	Yugoslavia	Red Star Belgrade
	Berti Vogts	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach
18	Terry Cooper	England	Leeds United	2
	Francis Lee	England	Manchester City
	Wolfgang Overath	West Germany	1. FC Köln
	Wilfried Van Moer	Belgium	Standard Liège
22	Bobby Charlton	England	Manchester United	1
22	Albert Shesternyov	Soviet Union	CSKA Moscow	1

Notes

^ France Football reports Chivers with 13 points.

References

^ Pierrend, José Luis (7 Apr 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1971". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2008.

External links

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

[3] France Football reports Chivers with 13 points.

[1] Pierrend, José Luis (7 Apr 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1971". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2008.

[2] "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2008.

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