1977 Ballon d'Or explained

1977 Ballon d'Or
Date:	27 December 1977
Presenter:	France Football
Award1 Type:	Ballon d'Or
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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		Borussia Mönchengladbach	Denmark	74
2	Kevin Keegan	Liverpool Hamburger SV		71
3	Michel Platini	Nancy	France	70
4	Roberto Bettega	Juventus	Italy	39
5	Johan Cruyff	Barcelona	Netherlands	23
6				21
7	Tibor Nyilasi	Ferencváros	Hungary	13
			Netherlands
9	Dudu Georgescu	Dinamo București	Romania	6
10		Liverpool		5
		Liverpool	Ireland
	Berti Vogts	Borussia Mönchengladbach
13	Dominique Bathenay	Saint-Étienne	France	4
			Sweden
			Sweden
		Juventus	Italy
18			Netherlands	3
			France
20		Borussia Mönchengladbach		2
			Netherlands
	Dieter Müller	1. FC Köln
		Real Madrid	Spain
26			Italy	1
		Saint-Étienne	France
		Liverpool
			Austria
			Hungary

External links

• France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1977 - Allan Simonsen . . 8 December 2013 . 4 July 2020.
2. Web site: European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1977 . . 1 May 2005 . 4 July 2020.