1979 Ballon d'Or

The 1979 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 English Forward Kevin Keegan on 25 December 1979.[1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2]

1979 Ballon d'Or winner Kevin Keegan.

Rankings
Rank Name Club Nationality Points
1Kevin Keegan Hamburger SV England118
2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich  West Germany 52
3 Ruud Krol Ajax  Netherlands 41
4 Manfred Kaltz Hamburger SV  West Germany 27
5 Michel Platini AS Saint-Étienne  France 23
6 Paolo Rossi Perugia  Italy 16
7 Trevor Francis Nottingham Forest  England 13
Liam Brady Arsenal  Ireland
9 Zbigniew Boniek Widzew Łódź  Poland 8
Zdenek Nehoda Dukla Praha  Czechoslovakia
11 Kenny Dalglish Liverpool  Scotland 7
Allan Simonsen FC Barcelona  Denmark
13 Paul Breitner Bayern Munich  West Germany 6
Kees Kist AZ Alkmaar  Netherlands
15 Johnny Rep AS Saint-Étienne  Netherlands 5
Tony Woodcock 1. FC Köln  England
Hans Krankl FC Barcelona Austria
Safet Susic FK Sarajevo  Yugoslavia
19 Uli Stielike Real Madrid  West Germany 4
20Marius Tresor Olympique Marseille France3
21 João Alves Paris Saint-Germain  Portugal 2
Franco Causio Juventus  Italy
Gordon McQueen Manchester United  Scotland
René van de Kerkhof PSV Eindhoven  Netherlands
Bruno Pezzey Eintracht Frankfurt  Austria
Simon Tahamata Ajax  Netherlands
27 Juan Manuel Asensi FC Barcelona  Spain 1
Trevor Brooking West Ham United  England
Ronnie Hellström Kaiserslautern Sweden
Hansi Müller VfB Stuttgart West Germany
Antonín Panenka Bohemians Praha Czechoslovakia
Walter Schachner Austria Wien Austria

References
  1. "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1979 - Kevin Keegan". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1979". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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