1976 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. Up until 1995 it was awarded only to football players from Europe and was generally known as the European Footballer of the Year award.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 1976 award. The winner was Franz Beckenbauer. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1976 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 91 |
| 2 | Rob Rensenbrink | Anderlecht | Netherlands | 75 |
| 3 | Ivo Viktor | Dukla Prague | Czechoslovakia | 52 |
| 4 | Kevin Keegan | Liverpool | England | 32 |
| 5 | Michel Platini | Nancy | France | 19 |
| 6 | Anton Ondruš | Slovan Bratislava | Czechoslovakia | 16 |
| 7 | Johan Cruyff | Barcelona | Netherlands | 12 |
| Ivan Ćurković | Saint-Étienne | Yugoslavia | 12 | |
| 9 | Rainer Bonhof | Borussia M'Gladbach | West Germany | 9 |
| Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 9 | |
| Marián Masný | Slovan Bratislava | Czechoslovakia | 9 | |
| 12 | Franco Causio | Juventus | Italy | 7 |
| 13 | Berti Vogts | Borussia Mönchengladbach | West Germany | 6 |
| 14 | Tibor Nyilasi | Ferencváros | Hungary | 5 |
| 15 | Roberto Bettega | Juventus | Italy | 4 |
| Jürgen Croy | Sachsenring Zwickau | East Germany | 4 | |
| Dudu Georgescu | Dinamo București | Romania | 4 | |
| Jaroslav Pollák | VSS Košice | Czechoslovakia | 4 | |
| 19 | Oleg Blokhin | Dinamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 3 |
| Joachim Streich | 1. FC Magdeburg | East Germany | 3 | |
| 21 | Gérard Janvion | Saint-Étienne | France | 2 |
| Dieter Müller | 1. FC Köln | West Germany | 2 | |
| Dominique Rocheteau | Saint-Étienne | France | 2 | |
| Santillana | Real Madrid | Spain | 2 | |
| Benny Wendt | Tennis Borussia Berlin | Sweden | 2 | |
| 26 | Dominique Bathenay | Saint-Étienne | France | 1 |
| Jupp Heynckes | Borussia Mönchengladbach | West Germany | 1 | |
| Ali Kemal | Trabzonspor | Turkey | 1 | |
| Dino Zoff | Juventus | Italy | 1 |
Related Pages
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
- The Year in Sport: 1976
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