European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1974


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 1500 (31 December 1974).

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.

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. Johan Cruyff                      Netherlands        FC Barcelona          116    15  9  1  1  -    26
  2. Franz Beckenbauer                 West Germany       Bayern Munich         105    10 13  1  -  -    24
  3. Kazimierz Deyna                   Poland             Legia Warszawa         35     -  - 10  1  3    14
  4. Paul Breitner                     West Germany       Bayern Munich          32     -  3  4  3  2    12
  5. Johan Neeskens                    Netherlands        FC Barcelona           21     -  -  4  2  5    11
  6. Grzegorz Lato                     Poland             Stal Mielec            16     -  -  2  4  2     8
  7. Gerd Müller                       West Germany       Bayern Munich          14     1  1  1  -  2     5
  8. Robert Gadocha                    Poland             Legia Warszawa         11     -  -  2  2  1     5
  9. Billy Bremner                     Scotland           Leeds United            9     -  -  1  3  -     4
 10. Ralf Edström                      Sweden             PSV Eindhoven           4     -  -  -  2  -     2
     Jürgen Sparwasser                 East Germany       Magdeburg               4     -  -  -  2  -     2
     Berti Vogts                       West Germany       Borussia M’Gladbach     4     -  -  -  2  -     2
 13. Jan Tomaszewski                   Poland             LKS Lodz                3     -  -  -  1  1     2
     Ronnie Hellström                  Sweden             Kaiserslautern          3     -  -  -  -  3     3
 15. Jose Altafini                     Italy              Juventus                2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Hristo Bonev                      Bulgaria           Lokomotiv Plovdiv       2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Jerzy Gorgon                      Poland             Gornik Zabrze           2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Sepp Maier                        West Germany       Bayern Munich           2     -  -  -  -  2     2
 19. Oleg Blokhin                      Soviet Union       Dinamo Kiev             1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Rainer Bonhof                     West Germany       Borussia M’Gladbach     1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Jean-Marc Guillou                 France             Angers                  1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Uli Hoeness                       West Germany       Bayern Munich           1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Branko Oblak                      Yugoslavia         Hajduk Split            1     -  -  -  -  1     1



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