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, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2]

1979 Ballon d'Or winner Kevin Keegan.

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Kevin KeeganWest Germany Hamburger SV England118
2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich  West Germany 52
3 Ruud Krol Netherlands Ajax  Netherlands 41
4 Manfred Kaltz West Germany Hamburger SV  West Germany 27
5 Michel Platini France Saint-Étienne  France 23
6 Paolo Rossi Italy Perugia  Italy 16
7 Trevor Francis England Nottingham Forest  England 13
Liam Brady England Arsenal  Republic of Ireland
9 Zbigniew Boniek Poland Widzew Łódź  Poland 8
Zdeněk Nehoda Czech Republic Dukla Prague  Czechoslovakia
11 Kenny Dalglish England Liverpool  Scotland 7
Allan Simonsen Spain Barcelona  Denmark
13 Paul Breitner West Germany Bayern Munich  West Germany 6
Kees Kist Netherlands AZ  Netherlands
15 Johnny Rep France Saint-Étienne  Netherlands 5
Tony Woodcock West Germany 1. FC Köln  England
Hans KranklSpain Barcelona Austria
Safet Sušić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Sarajevo  SFR Yugoslavia
19 Uli Stielike Spain Real Madrid  West Germany 4
20Marius TrésorFrance Marseille France3
21 João Alves France Paris Saint-Germain  Portugal 2
Franco Causio Italy Juventus  Italy
Gordon McQueen England Manchester United  Scotland
René van de Kerkhof Netherlands PSV Eindhoven  Netherlands
Bruno Pezzey West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt  Austria
Simon Tahamata Netherlands Ajax  Netherlands
27 Juan Manuel Asensi Spain Barcelona  Spain 1
Trevor Brooking England West Ham United  England
Ronnie HellströmWest Germany Kaiserslautern Sweden
Hansi MüllerWest Germany VfB Stuttgart West Germany
Antonín PanenkaCzechoslovakia Bohemians 1905 Czechoslovakia
Walter SchachnerAustria 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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