1977 Ballon d'Or

1977 Ballon d'Or
1977 Ballon d'Or winner Allan Simonsen
Date27 December 1977
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Allan Simonsen (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1977 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 Danish forward Allan Simonsen on 27 December 1977.[1] There were 25 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]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Allan Simonsen Borussia Mönchengladbach Denmark 74
2 Kevin Keegan Liverpool
Hamburger SV
England 71
3 Michel Platini Nancy France 70
4 Roberto Bettega Juventus Italy 39
5 Johan Cruyff Barcelona Netherlands 23
6 Klaus Fischer Schalke 04 West Germany 21
7 Tibor Nyilasi Ferencváros Hungary 13
Rob Rensenbrink Anderlecht Netherlands
9 Dudu Georgescu Dinamo București Romania 6
10 Emlyn Hughes Liverpool England 5
Steve Heighway Liverpool Ireland
Berti Vogts Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany
13 Dominique Bathenay Saint-Étienne France 4
Trevor Brooking West Ham United England
Anders Linderoth Marseille Sweden
Ronnie Hellström 1. FC Kaiserslautern Sweden
Franco Causio Juventus Italy
18 Ruud Krol Ajax Netherlands 3
Marius Trésor Marseille France
20 Rainer Bonhof Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 2
Heinz Flohe 1. FC Köln West Germany
Ruud Geels Ajax Netherlands
Dieter Müller 1. FC Köln West Germany
Pirri Real Madrid Spain
Peter Shilton Nottingham Forest England
26 Giancarlo Antognoni Fiorentina Italy 1
Jürgen Grabowski Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
Gérard Janvion Saint-Étienne France
Ray Kennedy Liverpool England
Hans Krankl Rapid Wien Austria
Gordon McQueen Leeds United Scotland
András Törőcsik Újpest Hungary

References

  1. ^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1977 - Allan Simonsen". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1977". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2020.