1970 Ballon d'Or

1970 Ballon d'Or
1970 Ballon d'Or winner Gerd Müller
Date29 December 1970
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Gerd Müller (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1970 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 forward Gerd Müller on 29 December 1970.[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] Müller became the first West German national and the first Bayern Munich player to win the Ballon d'Or.[3]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich West Germany 77
2 Bobby Moore West Ham United England 70
3 Gigi Riva Cagliari Italy 65
4 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany 32
5 Wolfgang Overath 1. FC Köln West Germany 29
6 Dragan Džajić Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 24
7 Johan Cruyff Ajax Netherlands 13
8 Gordon Banks Stoke City England 8
Sandro Mazzola Internazionale Italy
10 Rinus Israël Feyenoord Netherlands 7
Gianni Rivera Milan Italy
Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV West Germany
Albert Shesternyov CSKA Moscow Soviet Union
14 Angelo Domenghini Cagliari Italy 4
Ove Kindvall Feyenoord Sweden
Francis Lee Manchester City England
Willem van Hanegem Feyenoord Netherlands
18 Alan Ball Everton England 3
Terry Cooper Leeds United England
Giacinto Facchetti Internazionale Italy
Geoff Hurst West Ham United England
22 Eusébio Benfica Portugal 2
Josip Skoblar Marseille Yugoslavia
24 Cornel Dinu Dinamo București Romania 1
Jean Djorkaeff Paris Saint-Germain France
Florea Dumitrache Dinamo București Romania
Franz Hasil Feyenoord Austria
Hans-Jürgen Kreische Dynamo Dresden East Germany
Carles Rexach Barcelona Spain

References

  1. ^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1970 – Gerd Müller – France Football". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1970". RSSSF. 22 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 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.