The results of this voting were published on France Football # 1395 (26 December 1972).
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.
The columns are: Position Name of Player Name of Club Nationality Total Number of Points 1P = First Places 2P = Second Places 3P = Third Places 4P = Fourth Places 5P = Fifth Places Votes = Number of Voters who nominated this player
Pos Player Country Club Total 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P Votes
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1. Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich 81 10 4 1 6 - 21
2. Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich 79 7 4 6 5 - 22
Gunter Netzer West Germany Borussia M’Gladbach 79 5 7 6 4 - 22
4. Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax 73 3 9 4 5 - 21
5. Piet Keizer Netherlands Ajax 13 - 1 1 - 6 8
6. Kazimierz Deyna Poland Legia Warszawa 6 - - 1 1 1 3
7. Gordon Banks England Stoke City 4 - - 1 - 1 2
Barry Hulshoff Netherlands Ajax 4 - - 1 - 1 2
Wlodzimierz Lubanski Poland Gornik Zabrze 4 - - 1 - 1 2
Bobby Moore England West Ham United 4 - - 1 - 1 2
11. Hristo Bonev Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 3 - - 1 - - 1
Gerry Muhren Netherlands Ajax 3 - - 1 - - 1
Murtaz Khurtsilava Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilissi 3 - - - 1 1 2
Paul Van Himst Belgium Anderlecht 3 - - - 1 1 2
15. Antal Dunai Hungary Újpest Dózsa 2 - - - 1 - 1
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira Portugal Benfica 2 - - - 1 - 1
Alessandro Mazzola Italy Internazionale 2 - - - - 2 2
18. Amancio Amaro Spain Real Madrid 1 - - - - 1 1
Paul Breitner West Germany Bayern Munich 1 - - - - 1 1
Giorgio Chinaglia Italy Lazio 1 - - - - 1 1
Dragan Dzajic Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda 1 - - - - 1 1
Johnny Giles Eire Leeds United 1 - - - - 1 1
John Greig Scotland Glasgow Rangers 1 - - - - 1 1
Johan Neeskens Netherlands Ajax 1 - - - - 1 1
Gianni Rivera Italy Milan AC 1 - - - - 1 1
Yevgueni Rudakov Soviet Union Dinamo Kiev 1 - - - - 1 1
Marius Trésor France Olympique Marseille 1 - - - - 1 1 [see note]
Note: By reviewing the printed magazine we found that apparently the Luxemburg jury voted in 5th place for Luigi Riva (who
was not classified by France-Football) and also chose a 6th place, in this case Marius Trésor who indeed was
classified by France-Football.
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