The 1976 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 28 December 1976. 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.
Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich 912 Rob Rensenbrink Anderlecht 753 Ivo Viktor Dukla Prague52 4 Kevin Keegan Liverpool 32 5 Michel Platini Nancy 19 6 Anton Ondruš Slovan Bratislava 16 7 Johan Cruyff Barcelona 12 Ivan Ćurković Saint-Étienne 9 Rainer Bonhof Borussia Mönchengladbach 9 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich Marián Masný Slovan Bratislava 12 Franco Causio Juventus 7 13 Berti Vogts Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 14 Tibor Nyilasi Ferencváros 5 15 Roberto Bettega Juventus 4 Jürgen Croy Sachsenring Zwickau Dudu Georgescu Dinamo București Jaroslav Pollák VSS Košice 19 Oleg Blokhin Dinamo Kyiv 3 Joachim Streich 1. FC Magdeburg 21 Gérard Janvion Saint-Étienne 2 Dieter Müller 1. FC Köln Dominique Rocheteau Saint-Étienne Santillana Real Madrid Benny Wendt Tennis Borussia Berlin 26 Dominique Bathenay Saint-Étienne 1 Jupp Heynckes Borussia Mönchengladbach Ali Kemal Trabzonspor Dino Zoff Juventus
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page