The 1978 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 27 December 1978.[1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2]

1978 Ballon d'Or
1978 Ballon d'Or winner Kevin Keegan
Date27 December 1978
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rankings

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Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Kevin Keegan   Hamburger SV   England 87
2 Hans Krankl   Barcelona   Austria 81
3 Rob Rensenbrink   Anderlecht   Netherlands 50
4 Roberto Bettega   Juventus   Italy 28
5 Paolo Rossi   L.R. Vicenza   Italy 23
6 Ronnie Hellström   Kaiserslautern   Sweden 20
Ruud Krol   Ajax   Netherlands
8 Kenny Dalglish   Liverpool   Scotland 10
Allan Simonsen   Borussia Mönchengladbach   Denmark
10 Peter Shilton   Nottingham Forest   England 9
11 Arie Haan   Anderlecht   Netherlands 7
12 René van de Kerkhof   PSV Eindhoven   Netherlands 6
13 Antonio Cabrini   Juventus   Italy 5
Willy van de Kerkhof   PSV Eindhoven   Netherlands
15 Johan Cruyff   Barcelona   Netherlands 4
Graeme Souness   Liverpool   Scotland
Zdeněk Nehoda   Dukla Prague   Czechoslovakia
18 Marián Masný   Slovan Bratislava   Czechoslovakia 3
19 Archie Gemmill   Nottingham Forest   Scotland 2
Marius Trésor   Marseille   France
21 João Alves   Benfica   Portugal 1
Rainer Bonhof   Valencia   West Germany
Zbigniew Boniek   Widzew Łódź   Poland
Franco Causio   Juventus   Italy
Hansi Müller   VfB Stuttgart   West Germany
Johan Neeskens   Barcelona   Netherlands
Michel Platini   Nancy   France
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge   Bayern Munich   West Germany
Didier Six   Marseille   France
François Van Der Elst   Anderlecht   Belgium

References

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  1. ^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1978 - Kevin Keegan". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1978". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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