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]

1976 Ballon d'Or winner Franz Beckenbauer.

Rankings
Rank Name Club Nationality Points
1Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany91
2Rob Rensenbrink Anderlecht Netherlands75
3Ivo Viktor Dukla Praha Czechoslovakia 52
4Kevin Keegan Liverpool England32
5Michel Platini AS Nancy France19
6Anton Ondrus Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia16
7Johan Cruyff FC Barcelona Netherlands12
Ivan Curkovic AS Saint-Etienne Yugoslavia
9Rainer Bonhof Borussia M’Gladbach West Germany9
Gerd Müller Bayern Munich West Germany
Marian Masny Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia
12Franco Causio Juventus Italy7
13Berti Vogts Borussia M’Gladbach West Germany6
14Tibor Nyilasi Ferencvaros Hungary5
15Jaroslav Pollak Kosice Czechoslovakia4
Roberto Bettega Juventus Italy
Jürgen Croy Sachsenring Zwickau East Germany
Dudu Georgescu Dinamo Bucarest Romania
19Joachim Streich Magdeburg East Germany3
Oleg Blokhin Dinamo Kiev Soviet Union
21Gérard Janvion AS Saint-Etienne France2
Dieter Müller FC Köln West Germany
Carlos Alonso "Santillana" Real Madrid Spain
Benny Wendt Tennis Borussia Berlin Sweden
Dominique Rocheteau AS Saint-Etienne France
26Dominique Bathenay AS Saint-Etienne France1
Ali Cemal Trabzonspor Turkey
Jupp Heynckes Borussia M’Gladbach West Germany
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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