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1971 Ballon d'Or

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1971 Ballon d'Or
1971 Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff
Date28 December 1971
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
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Won byNetherlands Johan Cruyff (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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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

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

Notes

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  1. ^ France Football reports Chivers with 13 points.

References

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  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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