The results of this voting were published on France Football # 1707 (27 December 1978).
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.
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. Kevin Keegan England Hamburger SV 87 9 6 4 3 - 22
2. Hans Krankl Austria FC Barcelona 81 8 3 8 2 1 22
3. Rob Rensenbrink Netherlands Anderlecht 50 3 4 4 3 1 15
4. Roberto Bettega Italy Juventus 28 1 1 2 6 1 11
5. Paolo Rossi Italy Lanerossi Vicenza 23 - 2 3 2 2 9
6. Ronnie Hellström Sweden Kaiserslautern 20 2 1 - 1 4 8
Ruud Krol Netherlands Ajax 20 1 2 - 2 3 8
8. Kenny Dalglish Scotland Livepool 10 - 1 1 1 1 4
Allan Simonsen Denmark Borussia M’Gladbach 10 - 1 - 2 2 5
10. Peter Shilton England Nottingham Forest 9 - 1 1 1 - 3
11. Arie Haan Netherlands Anderlecht 7 - 1 1 - - 2
12. René van de Kerkhof Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 - 1 - 1 - 2
13. Antonio Cabrini Italy Juventus 5 1 - - - - 1
Willy van de Kerkhof Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 5 1 - - - - 1
15. Johan Cruyff Netherlands FC Barcelona 4 - 1 - - - 1
Graeme Souness Scotland Liverpool 4 - 1 - - - 1
Zdenek Nehoda Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 4 - - 1 - 1 2
18. Marian Masny Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 3 - - 1 - - 1
19. Archie Gemmill Scotland Nottingham Forest 2 - - - 1 - 1
Marius Tresor France Olympique Marseille 2 - - - 1 - 1
21. João Alves Portugal Benfica 1 - - - - 1 1
Rainer Bonhof West Germany Valencia CF 1 - - - - 1 1
Zbigniew Boniek Poland Stal Mielec 1 - - - - 1 1
Franco Causio Italy Juventus 1 - - - - 1 1
Hansi Müller West Germany VfB Stuttgart 1 - - - - 1 1
Johan Neeskens Netherlands FC Barcelona 1 - - - - 1 1
Michel Platini France AS Nancy 1 - - - - 1 1
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich 1 - - - - 1 1
Didier Six France Olympique Marseille 1 - - - - 1 1
François Van Der Elst Belgium Anderlecht 1 - - - - 1 1
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