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

1976 Ballon d'Or winner Franz Beckenbauer.

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany91
2Rob Rensenbrink Anderlecht Netherlands75
3Ivo Viktor Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 52
4Kevin Keegan Liverpool England32
5Michel Platini Nancy France19
6Anton Ondruš Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia16
7Johan Cruyff Barcelona Netherlands12
Ivan Ćurković Saint-Étienne Yugoslavia
9Rainer Bonhof Borussia M’Gladbach West Germany9
Gerd Müller Bayern Munich West Germany
Marián Masný Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia
12Franco Causio Juventus Italy7
13Berti Vogts Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany6
14Tibor Nyilasi Ferencváros Hungary5
15Roberto Bettega Juventus Italy4
Jürgen Croy Sachsenring Zwickau East Germany
Dudu Georgescu Dinamo București Romania
Jaroslav Pollák VSS Košice Czechoslovakia
19Oleg Blokhin Dinamo Kyiv Soviet Union3
Joachim Streich 1. FC Magdeburg East Germany
21Gérard Janvion Saint-Étienne France2
Dieter Müller 1. FC Köln West Germany
Dominique Rocheteau Saint-Étienne France
Santillana Real Madrid Spain
Benny Wendt Tennis Borussia Berlin Sweden
26Dominique Bathenay Saint-Étienne France1
Jupp Heynckes Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany
Ali Kemal Trabzonspor Turkey
Dino Zoff 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.
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