1975 Ballon d'Or

1975 Ballon d'Or
1975 Ballon d'Or winner Oleg Blokhin in 1977
Date30 December 1975
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1975 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 Soviet forward Oleg Blokhin on 30 December 1975.[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] Blokhin became the second Soviet (and the first Ukrainian) footballer who won the trophy after Lev Yashin (1963).[3]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Oleg Blokhin Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv  Soviet Union 122
2 Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich  West Germany 42
3 Johan Cruyff Spain Barcelona  Netherlands 27
4 Berti Vogts West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach  West Germany 25
5 Sepp Maier West Germany Bayern Munich  West Germany 20
6 Ruud Geels Netherlands Ajax  Netherlands 18
7 Jupp Heynckes West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach  West Germany 17
8 Paul Breitner Spain Real Madrid  West Germany 14
9 Colin Todd England Derby County  England 12
10 Dudu Georgescu Romania Dinamo București  Romania 11
11 Peter Lorimer England Leeds United  Scotland 9
Branko Oblak West Germany Schalke 04  Yugoslavia
Pirri Spain Real Madrid  Spain
14 Ralf Edström Netherlands PSV Eindhoven  Sweden 6
Günter Netzer Spain Real Madrid  West Germany
Dino Zoff Italy Juventus  Italy
17 Hristo Bonev Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv  Bulgaria 4
Josip Katalinski France Nice  Yugoslavia
Grzegorz Lato Poland Stal Mielec  Poland
Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich  West Germany
Ivo Viktor Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague  Czechoslovakia
22 Ján Pivarník Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava  Czechoslovakia 3
23 Leonid Buryak Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv  Soviet Union 2
Jürgen Croy East Germany Sachsenring Zwickau  East Germany
Johan Neeskens Spain Barcelona  Netherlands
Jean-Marc Guillou France Nice  France
27 João Alves Portugal Boavista  Portugal 1
Dragan Džajić France Bastia  Yugoslavia
Giacinto Facchetti Italy Internazionale  Italy
Don Givens England Queens Park Rangers  Republic of Ireland
Pat Jennings England Tottenham Hotspur  Northern Ireland
Allan Simonsen West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach  Denmark

References

  1. ^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1975 – Oleg Blokhine". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1975". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.