1971 Ballon d'Or
{{Short description|Annual association football award event in France}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 1971 Ballon d'Or
| image = Johan Cruyff 1971c.jpg
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| caption = 1971 Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff
| date = 28 December 1971
| presenter = France Football
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| website = {{URL|https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/|2=francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or}}
| award1_type = Won by
| award1_winner = {{flagicon|NED}} Johan Cruyff (1st award)
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| previous = 1970
| main = Ballon d'Or
| next = 1972
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The 1971 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 Johan Cruyff on 28 December 1971.{{Cite web
| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy71.html
| title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1971
| first = José Luis
| last = Pierrend
| publisher = RSSSF
| date = 7 Apr 2005
| accessdate = 25 December 2008
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090118061646/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy71.html| archivedate= 18 January 2009 | url-status= live}}
Cruyff was the first Dutch national to win the award, and also the first Ajax player to win the trophy.{{cite web |title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")
|url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html| publisher = RSSSF | date = 18 December 2008 | accessdate = 25 December 2008| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081217034637/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html| archivedate= 17 December 2008 | url-status= live}}
Rankings
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank !Player !Club(s) !Nationality !Points |
| style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;"
|1 |align="left"|Johan Cruyff | align="left" |{{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax | align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}} |116 |
| 2
|align="left"|Sandro Mazzola | align="left" |{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale | align="left" |{{flag|Italy}} |57 |
| 3
|align="left"|George Best | align="left" |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United | align="left" |{{flag|Northern Ireland}} |56 |
| 4
|align="left"|Günter Netzer | align="left" |{{fbaicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach | align="left" |{{flag|West Germany}} |30 |
| 5
|align="left"|Franz Beckenbauer | align="left" |{{fbaicon|FRG}} Bayern Munich | align="left" |{{flag|West Germany}} |27 |
| rowspan="2"|6
|align="left"|Gerd Müller | align="left" |{{fbaicon|FRG}} Bayern Munich | align="left" |{{flag|West Germany}} |rowspan="2"|18 |
| align="left"|Josip Skoblar
| align="left" |{{fbaicon|FRA}} Marseille | align="left" |{{flag|Yugoslavia}} |
| 8
|align="left"|Martin ChiversFrance Football reports Chivers with 13 points. | align="left" |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur | align="left" |{{flag|England}} |12 |
| 9
|align="left"|Piet Keizer | align="left" |{{fbaicon|NED}} Ajax | align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}} |9 |
| rowspan="2"|10
|align="left"|Bobby Moore | align="left" |{{fbaicon|ENG}} West Ham United | align="left" |{{flag|England}} |rowspan="2"|7 |
| align="left"|Ferenc Bene
| align="left" |{{fbaicon|HUN}} Újpest | align="left" |{{flag|Hungary}} |
| 12
|align="left"|Yevhen Rudakov | align="left" |{{fbaicon|URS}} Dynamo Kyiv | align="left" |{{flag|Soviet Union}} |6 |
| rowspan="2"|13
|align="left"|Giacinto Facchetti | align="left" |{{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale | align="left" |{{flag|Italy}} |rowspan="2"|4 |
| align="left"|Mimis Domazos
| align="left" |{{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos | align="left" |{{flag|Greece}} |
| rowspan="3"|15
|align="left"|Pirri | align="left" |{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} Real Madrid | align="left" |{{flag|Spain|1945}} |rowspan="3"|3 |
| align="left"|Dragan Džajić
| align="left" |{{fbaicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade | align="left" |{{flag|Yugoslavia}} |
| align="left"|Berti Vogts
| align="left" |{{fbaicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach | align="left" |{{flag|West Germany}} |
| rowspan="4"|18
|align="left"|Terry Cooper | align="left" |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Leeds United | align="left" |{{flag|England}} |rowspan="4"|2 |
| align="left"|Francis Lee
| align="left" |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City | align="left" |{{flag|England}} |
| align="left"|Wolfgang Overath
| align="left" |{{fbaicon|FRG}} 1. FC Köln | align="left" |{{flag|West Germany}} |
| align="left"|Wilfried Van Moer
| align="left" |{{fbaicon|BEL}} Standard Liège | align="left" |{{flag|Belgium}} |
| rowspan="2"|22
|align="left"|Bobby Charlton | align="left" |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United | align="left" |{{flag|England}} |rowspan="2"|1 |
| align="left"|Albert Shesternyov
| align="left" |{{fbaicon|URS}} CSKA Moscow | align="left" |{{flag|Soviet Union}} |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090319142513/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/Ballon_Or_home.html France Football Official Ballon d'Or page]
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