1971 Ballon d'Or

1971 Ballon d'Or
1971 Ballon d'Or
	1971 Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff
Date	28 December 1971
Location	Paris, France
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Johan Cruyff (1st award)
Website	francefootball.fr/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	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	Netherlands	116
2	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale	Italy	57
3	George Best	Manchester United	Northern Ireland	56
4	Günter Netzer	Borussia Mönchengladbach	West Germany	30
5	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	West Germany	27
6	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	West Germany	18
6	Josip Skoblar	Marseille	Yugoslavia	18
8	Martin Chivers^{[notes 1]}	Tottenham Hotspur	England	12
9	Piet Keizer	Ajax	Netherlands	9
10	Bobby Moore	West Ham United	England	7
10	Ferenc Bene	Újpest	Hungary	7
12	Yevhen Rudakov	Dynamo Kyiv	Soviet Union	6
13	Giacinto Facchetti	Internazionale	Italy	4
13	Mimis Domazos	Panathinaikos	Greece	4
15	Pirri	Real Madrid	Spain	3
	Dragan Džajić	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia
	Berti Vogts	Borussia Mönchengladbach	West Germany
18	Terry Cooper	Leeds United	England	2
	Francis Lee	Manchester City	England
	Wolfgang Overath	1. FC Köln	West Germany
	Wilfried Van Moer	Standard Liège	Belgium
22	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	England	1
22	Albert Shesternyov	CSKA Moscow	Soviet Union	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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