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]

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Oleg BlokhinSoviet Union Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union122
2Franz BeckenbauerWest Germany Bayern Munich West Germany42
3Johan CruyffSpain Barcelona Netherlands27
4Berti VogtsWest Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany25
5Sepp MaierWest Germany Bayern Munich West Germany20
6Ruud GeelsNetherlands Ajax Netherlands18
7Jupp HeynckesWest Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany17
8Paul BreitnerSpain Real Madrid West Germany14
9Colin ToddEngland Derby County England12
10Dudu GeorgescuRomania Dinamo București Romania11
11Peter LorimerEngland Leeds United Scotland9
Branko OblakWest Germany Schalke 04 Yugoslavia
PirriSpain Real Madrid Spain
14Ralf EdströmNetherlands PSV Eindhoven Sweden6
Günter NetzerSpain Real Madrid West Germany
Dino ZoffItaly Juventus Italy
17Hristo BonevBulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria4
Josip KatalinskiFrance Nice Yugoslavia
Grzegorz LatoPoland Stal Mielec Poland
Gerd MüllerWest Germany Bayern Munich West Germany
Ivo ViktorCzechoslovakia Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia
22Ján PivarníkCzechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia3
23Leonid BuryakSoviet Union Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union2
Jürgen CroyEast Germany Sachsenring Zwickau East Germany
Johan NeeskensSpain Barcelona Netherlands
Jean-Marc GuillouFrance Nice France
27João AlvesPortugal Boavista Portugal1
Dragan DžajićFrance Bastia Yugoslavia
Giacinto FacchettiItaly Internazionale Italy
Don GivensEngland Queens Park Rangers Republic of Ireland
Pat JenningsEngland Tottenham Hotspur Northern Ireland
Allan SimonsenWest Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 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.
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