1974 Ballon d'Or

1974 Ballon d'Or
1974 Ballon d'Or
	1974 Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff
Date	31 December 1974
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Johan Cruyff (3rd award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1974 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 Dutch striker Johan Cruyff on 31 December 1974.^[1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.^[2] Cruyff became the first footballer to earn the award three times, following up from his wins in 1971 and 1973. French playmaker Michel Platini and Dutch compatriot Marco van Basten also won the Ballon d'Or three times after him.^[3]

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Johan Cruyff	Barcelona	Netherlands	116
2	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	West Germany	105
3	Kazimierz Deyna	Legia Warsaw	Poland	35
4	Paul Breitner	Bayern Munich	West Germany	32
5	Johan Neeskens	Barcelona	Netherlands	21
6	Grzegorz Lato	Stal Mielec	Poland	16
7	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	West Germany	14
8	Robert Gadocha	Legia Warsaw	Poland	11
9	Billy Bremner	Leeds United	Scotland	9
10	Ralf Edström	PSV Eindhoven	Sweden	4
	Jürgen Sparwasser	1. FC Magdeburg	East Germany
	Berti Vogts	Borussia Mönchengladbach	West Germany
13	Ronnie Hellström	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Sweden	3
13	Jan Tomaszewski	ŁKS Łódź	Poland	3
15	José Altafini	Juventus	Italy	2
	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Bulgaria
	Jerzy Gorgoń	Górnik Zabrze	Poland
	Sepp Maier	Bayern Munich	West Germany
19	Oleg Blokhin	Dynamo Kyiv	Soviet Union	1
	Rainer Bonhof	Borussia Mönchengladbach	West Germany
	Jean-Marc Guillou	Angers	France
	Uli Hoeneß	Bayern Munich	West Germany
	Branko Oblak	Hajduk Split	Yugoslavia