1978 Ballon d'Or
{{Short description|Annual association football award event in France}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 1978 Ballon d'Or
| image = FC Zürich against Liverpool - Kevin Keegan (cropped).jpg
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| caption = 1978 Ballon d'Or winner Kevin Keegan
| date = 27 December 1978
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| 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|ENG}} Kevin Keegan (1st award)
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| previous = 1977
| main = Ballon d'Or
| next = 1979
}}
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.{{Cite web|date=8 December 2013|title=Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1978 - Kevin Keegan|url=https://www.francefootball.fr/news/1978-kevin-keegan/423412|access-date=4 July 2020|publisher=France Football}} 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.{{Cite web|date=1 May 2005|title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1978|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy78.html|access-date=4 July 2020|publisher=RSSSF}}
Rankings
class="wikitable"
!Rank !Name !Club(s) !Nationality !Points | ||||
style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;"
| 1 | Kevin Keegan | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburger SV | {{flag|England}} | 87 |
2 | Hans Krankl | align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Barcelona | {{flag|Austria}} | 81 |
3
|{{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht |{{flag|Netherlands}} |50 | ||||
4
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus |{{flag|Italy}} |28 | ||||
5 | Paolo Rossi | align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} L.R. Vicenza | {{flag|Italy}} | 23 |
rowspan="2" |6
|{{flagicon|FRG}} Kaiserslautern |{{flag|Sweden}} | rowspan="2" |20 | ||||
Ruud Krol
|{{flagicon|NED}} Ajax |{{flag|Netherlands}} | ||||
rowspan="2" |8
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool |{{flag|Scotland}} | rowspan="2" |10 | ||||
Allan Simonsen
|{{flagicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach |{{flag|Denmark}} | ||||
10
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest |{{flag|England}} |9 | ||||
11
|{{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht |{{flag|Netherlands}} |7 | ||||
12
|{{flagicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven |{{flag|Netherlands}} |6 | ||||
rowspan="2" |13
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus |{{flag|Italy}} | rowspan="2" |5 | ||||
Willy van de Kerkhof
|{{flagicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven |{{flag|Netherlands}} | ||||
rowspan="3" | 15 | Johan Cruyff | align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Barcelona | {{flag|Netherlands}} | rowspan="3" | 4 |
Graeme Souness | align="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool | {{flag|Scotland}} | ||
Zdeněk Nehoda | align="left" |{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Dukla Prague | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} | ||
18 | align="left" |{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Slovan Bratislava | {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|3 | ||
rowspan="2" | 19 | Archie Gemmill | align="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest | {{flag|Scotland}} | rowspan="2" | 2 |
Marius Trésor
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Marseille |{{flag|France}} | ||||
rowspan="10" |21
|{{flagicon|POR}} Benfica |{{flag|Portugal}} | rowspan="10" |1 | ||||
Rainer Bonhof
|{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Valencia |{{flag|West Germany}} | ||||
Zbigniew Boniek
|{{flagicon|POL}} Widzew Łódź |{{flag|Poland}} | ||||
Franco Causio
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus |{{flag|Italy}} | ||||
Hansi Müller
|{{flagicon|FRG}} VfB Stuttgart |{{flag|West Germany}} | ||||
Johan Neeskens
|{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Barcelona |{{flag|Netherlands}} | ||||
Michel Platini
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nancy |{{flag|France}} | ||||
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRG}} Bayern Munich | {{flag|West Germany}} | ||
Didier Six | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Marseille | {{flag|France}} | ||
François Van Der Elst | align="left" |{{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht | {{flag|Belgium}} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.francefootball.fr/news/1978-kevin-keegan/423412 France Football Official Ballon d'Or page]
{{Ballon d'Or recipients}}