The results of this voting were published on France Football # 1655 (27 December 1977).
There were 25 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. Allan Simonsen Denmark Borussia M’Gladbach 74 7 7 3 1 - 18
2. Kevin Keegan England Hamburger SV 71 11 3 - 1 2 17
3. Michel Platini France AS Nancy 70 5 4 5 5 4 23
4. Roberto Bettega Italy Juventus 39 1 1 7 3 3 15
5. Johan Cruyff Netherlands FC Barcelona 23 1 2 2 2 - 7
6. Klaus Fischer West Germany Schalke 04 21 - 3 2 1 1 7
7. Tibor Nyilasi Hungary Ferencvaros 13 - 1 2 1 1 5
Rob Rensenbrink Netherlands Anderlecht 13 - 1 2 1 1 5
9. Dudu Georgescu Romania Dinamo Bucarest 6 - - 1 1 1 3
10. Emlyn Hughes England Liverpool 5 1 - - - - 1
Steve Heighway Eire Liverpool 5 - 1 - - 1 2
Berti Vogts West Germany Borussia M’Gladbach 5 - - 1 1 - 2
13. Dominique Bathenay France AS Saint-Etienne 4 - 1 - - - 1
Trevor Brooking England West Ham United 4 - 1 - - - 1
Anders Linderoth Sweden Olympique Marseille 4 - 1 - - - 1
Ronnie Hellström Sweden Kaiserslautern 4 - - - 2 - 2
Franco Causio Italy Juventus 4 - - - 1 2 3
18. Ruud Krol Netherlands Ajax 3 - - 1 - - 1
Marius Tresor France Olympique Marseille 3 - - - 1 1 2
20. Rainer Bonhof West Germany Borussia M’Gladbach 2 - - - 1 - 1
Heinz Flohe West Germany FC Köln 2 - - - 1 - 1
Ruud Geels Netherlands Ajax 2 - - - 1 - 1
Dieter Müller West Germany FC Köln 2 - - - 1 - 1
Peter Shilton England Nottingham Forest 2 - - - 1 - 1
José Martínez "Pirri" Spain Real Madrid 2 - - - - 2 2
26. Giancarlo Antognoni Italy Fiorentina 1 - - - - 1 1
Jürgen Grabowski West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - - - - 1 1
Gérard Janvion France AS Saint-Etienne 1 - - - - 1 1
Ray Kennedy England Liverpool 1 - - - - 1 1
Hans Krankl Austria Rapid Wien 1 - - - - 1 1
Gordon McQueen Scotland Leeds United 1 - - - - 1 1
Andras Toroczik Hungary Ujpest Dozsa 1 - - - - 1 1
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