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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| alt =

| caption = 1978 Ballon d'Or winner Kevin Keegan

| date = 27 December 1978

| location =

| presenter = France Football

| host =

| 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 Keeganalign="left" |{{flagicon|FRG}} Hamburger SV{{flag|England}}87
2Hans Kranklalign="left" |{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Barcelona{{flag|Austria}}81
3

|Rob Rensenbrink

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|50

4

|Roberto Bettega

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus

|{{flag|Italy}}

|28

5Paolo Rossialign="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} L.R. Vicenza{{flag|Italy}}23
rowspan="2" |6

|Ronnie Hellström

|{{flagicon|FRG}} Kaiserslautern

|{{flag|Sweden}}

| rowspan="2" |20

Ruud Krol

|{{flagicon|NED}} Ajax

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

rowspan="2" |8

|Kenny Dalglish

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|{{flag|Scotland}}

| rowspan="2" |10

Allan Simonsen

|{{flagicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|{{flag|Denmark}}

10

|Peter Shilton

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest

|{{flag|England}}

|9

11

|Arie Haan

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|7

12

|René van de Kerkhof

|{{flagicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|6

rowspan="2" |13

|Antonio Cabrini

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus

|{{flag|Italy}}

| rowspan="2" |5

Willy van de Kerkhof

|{{flagicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

rowspan="3" | 15Johan Cruyffalign="left" |{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Barcelona{{flag|Netherlands}}rowspan="3" | 4
Graeme Sounessalign="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool{{flag|Scotland}}
Zdeněk Nehodaalign="left" |{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Dukla Prague{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
18

| Marián Masný

align="left" |{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Slovan Bratislava{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}

|3

rowspan="2" | 19Archie Gemmillalign="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest{{flag|Scotland}}rowspan="2" | 2
Marius Trésor

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Marseille

|{{flag|France}}

rowspan="10" |21

|João Alves

|{{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 Rummeniggealign="left" |{{flagicon|FRG}} Bayern Munich{{flag|West Germany}}
Didier Sixalign="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Marseille{{flag|France}}
François Van Der Elstalign="left" |{{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht{{flag|Belgium}}

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