1974 Ballon d'Or

The 1974 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 Dutch striker Johan Cruyff on 31 December 1974.[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]

1974 Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff

Cruyff became the first footballer who won the trophy three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974. French playmaker Michel Platini and Dutch compatriot Marco van Basten also won the Ballon d'Or three times after him.[3]

Rankings
Rank Name Club Nationality Points
1Johan Cruyff Barcelona Netherlands116
2Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany105
3Kazimierz Deyna Legia Warsaw Poland35
4Paul Breitner Bayern Munich West Germany32
5Johan Neeskens Barcelona Netherlands21
6Grzegorz Lato Stal Mielec Poland16
7Gerd Müller Bayern Munich West Germany14
8Robert Gadocha Legia Warsaw Poland11
9Billy Bremner Leeds United Scotland9
10Ralf Edström PSV Eindhoven Sweden4
Jürgen Sparwasser Magdeburg East Germany
Berti Vogts Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany
13Ronnie Hellström Kaiserslautern Sweden3
Jan Tomaszewski ŁKS Łódź Poland
15José Altafini Juventus Italy2
Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria
Jerzy Gorgoń Górnik Zabrze Poland
Sepp Maier Bayern Munich West Germany
19Oleg Blokhin Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union1
Rainer Bonhof Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany
Jean-Marc Guillou Angers France
Uli Hoeneß Bayern Munich West Germany
Branko Oblak Hajduk Split Yugoslavia

References
  1. "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1974 - Johan Cruyff". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1974". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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