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
1Franz BeckenbauerWest Germany Bayern Munich West Germany81
2Gerd MüllerWest Germany Bayern Munich West Germany79
Günter NetzerWest Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany
4Johan CruyffNetherlands Ajax Netherlands73
5Piet KeizerNetherlands Ajax Netherlands13
6Kazimierz DeynaPoland Legia Warsaw Poland6
7Gordon BanksEngland Stoke City England4
Barry HulshoffNetherlands Ajax Netherlands
Włodzimierz LubańskiPoland Górnik Zabrze Poland
Bobby MooreEngland West Ham United England
11Hristo BonevBulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria3
Murtaz KhurtsilavaSoviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union
Gerrie MührenNetherlands Ajax Netherlands
Paul Van HimstBelgium Anderlecht Belgium
15Antal DunaiHungary Újpest Hungary2
EusébioPortugal Benfica Portugal
Sandro MazzolaItaly Internazionale Italy
18AmancioSpain Real Madrid Spain1
Paul BreitnerWest Germany Bayern Munich West Germany
Giorgio ChinagliaItaly Lazio Italy
Dragan DžajićSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia
Johnny GilesEngland Leeds United Republic of Ireland
John GreigScotland Rangers Scotland
Johan NeeskensNetherlands Ajax Netherlands
Gianni RiveraItaly Milan Italy
Yevhen RudakovSoviet Union Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union
Marius TrésorFrance Marseille France

References

  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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