1972 Ballon d'Or

1972 Ballon d'Or winner Franz Beckenbauer.

The 1972 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 West German defender Franz Beckenbauer on 26 December 1972.^[1] There were 25 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.^[2] Beckenbauer became the second West German national and Bayern Munich player to win the trophy after Gerd Müller (1970).^[3]

Rankings[]

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	West Germany	81
2	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	West Germany	79
2	Günter Netzer	Borussia Mönchengladbach	West Germany	79
4	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	Netherlands	73
5	Piet Keizer	Ajax	Netherlands	13
6	Kazimierz Deyna	Legia Warsaw	Poland	6
7	Gordon Banks	Stoke City	England	4
	Barry Hulshoff	Ajax	Netherlands
	Włodzimierz Lubański	Górnik Zabrze	Poland
	Bobby Moore	West Ham United	England
11	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Bulgaria	3
	Murtaz Khurtsilava	Dinamo Tbilisi	Soviet Union
	Gerrie Mühren	Ajax	Netherlands
	Paul Van Himst	Anderlecht	Belgium
15	Antal Dunai	Újpest	Hungary	2
	Eusébio	Benfica	Portugal
	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale	Italy
18	Amancio Amaro	Real Madrid	Spain	1
	Paul Breitner	Bayern Munich	West Germany
	Giorgio Chinaglia	Lazio	Italy
	Dragan Džajić	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia
	Johnny Giles	Leeds United	Republic of Ireland
	John Greig	Rangers	Scotland
	Johan Neeskens	Ajax	Netherlands
	Gianni Rivera	Milan	Italy
	Yevhen Rudakov	Dynamo Kyiv	Soviet Union
	Marius Trésor	Marseille	France

References[]

^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1972 - Franz Beckenbaueur". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1972". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

External links[]

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

[1] "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1972 - Franz Beckenbaueur". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

[2] "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1972". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

[3] "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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