1971 Ballon d'Or
1971 Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff
Date28 December 1971
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1971 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 Johan Cruyff on 28 December 1971.[1]

Cruyff was the first Dutch national to win the award, and also the first Ajax player to win the trophy.[2]

Rankings

Rank Player Nationality Club(s) Points
1 Johan Cruyff  Netherlands Netherlands Ajax 116
2 Sandro Mazzola  Italy Italy Internazionale 57
3 George Best  Northern Ireland England Manchester United 56
4 Günter Netzer  West Germany West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 30
5 Franz Beckenbauer  West Germany West Germany Bayern Munich 27
6 Gerd Müller  West Germany West Germany Bayern Munich 18
Josip Skoblar  Yugoslavia France Marseille
8 Martin Chivers[notes 1]  England England Tottenham Hotspur 12
9 Piet Keizer  Netherlands Netherlands Ajax 9
10 Bobby Moore  England England West Ham United 7
Ferenc Bene  Hungary Hungary Újpest
12 Yevhen Rudakov  Soviet Union Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 6
13 Giacinto Facchetti  Italy Italy Internazionale 4
Mimis Domazos  Greece Greece Panathinaikos
15 Pirri  Spain Spain Real Madrid 3
Dragan Džajić  Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Berti Vogts  West Germany West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
18 Terry Cooper  England England Leeds United 2
Francis Lee  England England Manchester City
Wolfgang Overath  West Germany West Germany 1. FC Köln
Wilfried Van Moer  Belgium Belgium Standard Liège
22 Bobby Charlton  England England Manchester United 1
Albert Shesternyov  Soviet Union Soviet Union CSKA Moscow

Notes

  1. ↑ France Football reports Chivers with 13 points.

References

  1. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (7 Apr 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1971". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
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