1976 Ballon d'Or

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, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.^[2]

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club	Nationality	Points
1	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	West Germany	91
2	Rob Rensenbrink	Anderlecht	Netherlands	75
3	Ivo Viktor	Dukla Praha	Czechoslovakia	52
4	Kevin Keegan	Liverpool	England	32
5	Michel Platini	AS Nancy	France	19
6	Anton Ondrus	Slovan Bratislava	Czechoslovakia	16
7	Johan Cruyff	FC Barcelona	Netherlands	12
7	Ivan Curkovic	AS Saint-Etienne	Yugoslavia	12
9	Rainer Bonhof	Borussia M’Gladbach	West Germany	9
	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	West Germany
	Marian Masny	Slovan Bratislava	Czechoslovakia
12	Franco Causio	Juventus	Italy	7
13	Berti Vogts	Borussia M’Gladbach	West Germany	6
14	Tibor Nyilasi	Ferencvaros	Hungary	5
15	Jaroslav Pollak	Kosice	Czechoslovakia	4
	Roberto Bettega	Juventus	Italy
	Jürgen Croy	Sachsenring Zwickau	East Germany
	Dudu Georgescu	Dinamo Bucarest	Romania
19	Joachim Streich	Magdeburg	East Germany	3
19	Oleg Blokhin	Dinamo Kiev	Soviet Union	3
21	Gérard Janvion	AS Saint-Etienne	France	2
	Dieter Müller	FC Köln	West Germany
	Carlos Alonso "Santillana"	Real Madrid	Spain
	Benny Wendt	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Sweden
	Dominique Rocheteau	AS Saint-Etienne	France
26	Dominique Bathenay	AS Saint-Etienne	France	1
	Ali Cemal	Trabzonspor	Turkey
	Jupp Heynckes	Borussia M’Gladbach	West Germany
	Dino Zoff	Juventus	Italy

References

^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1976 - Franz Beckenbauer". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "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

[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.

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