The 1979 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 25 December 1979. 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.
Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Kevin Keegan Hamburger SV 1182Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich523Ruud Krol Ajax414Manfred Kaltz Hamburger SV275Michel Platini Saint-Étienne236Paolo Rossi Perugia167Trevor Francis Nottingham Forest13Liam Brady Arsenal9Zbigniew Boniek Widzew Łódź8Zdeněk Nehoda Dukla Prague11Kenny Dalglish Liverpool7Allan Simonsen Barcelona13Paul Breitner Bayern Munich6Kees Kist AZ 15Johnny Rep Saint-Étienne5Tony Woodcock 1. FC KölnHans Krankl BarcelonaSafet Sušić FK Sarajevo19Uli Stielike Real Madrid4 20 Marius Trésor Marseille 321João Alves Paris Saint-Germain2Franco Causio JuventusGordon McQueen Manchester UnitedRené van de Kerkhof PSV EindhovenBruno Pezzey Eintracht FrankfurtSimon Tahamata Ajax27Juan Manuel Asensi Barcelona1Trevor Brooking West Ham UnitedRonnie Hellström KaiserslauternHansi Müller VfB StuttgartAntonín Panenka Bohemians 1905 Walter Schachner Austria Wien
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page