1975 Ballon d'Or

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1975 Ballon d'Or
Oleg Blokhin 1977.jpg
1975 Ballon d'Or winner Oleg Blokhin in 1977
Date30 December 1975
Presented by France Football
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Won by Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Oleg Blokhin (1st award)
Website francefootball.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]

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Rankings

RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints
1 Oleg Blokhin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Kyiv Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 122
2 Franz Beckenbauer Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 42
3 Johan Cruyff Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 27
4 Berti Vogts Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 25
5 Sepp Maier Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 20
6 Ruud Geels Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 18
7 Jupp Heynckes Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 17
8 Paul Breitner Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Real Madrid Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 14
9 Colin Todd Flag of England.svg Derby County Flag of England.svg  England 12
10 Dudu Georgescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Dinamo București Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 11
11 Peter Lorimer Flag of England.svg Leeds United Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 9
Branko Oblak Flag of Germany.svg Schalke 04 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Pirri Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Real Madrid Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
14 Ralf Edström Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6
Günter Netzer Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Real Madrid Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Dino Zoff Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
17 Hristo Bonev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Lokomotiv Plovdiv Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4
Josip Katalinski Flag of France.svg Nice Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Grzegorz Lato Flag of Poland.svg Stal Mielec Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Gerd Müller Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Ivo Viktor Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dukla Prague Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
22 Ján Pivarník Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slovan Bratislava Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3
23 Leonid Buryak Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Kyiv Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2
Jürgen Croy Flag of East Germany.svg Sachsenring Zwickau Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Johan Neeskens Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Jean-Marc Guillou Flag of France.svg Nice Flag of France.svg  France
27 João Alves Flag of Portugal.svg Boavista Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1
Dragan Džajić Flag of France.svg Bastia Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Giacinto Facchetti Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Don Givens Flag of England.svg Queens Park Rangers Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Pat Jennings Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Allan Simonsen Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach Flag of Denmark.svg  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.