The results of this voting were published on France Football # 1759 (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.
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 118 18 6 - 2 - 26
2. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich 52 2 5 5 3 1 16
3. Ruud Krol Netherlands Ajax 41 3 - 4 6 2 15
4. Manfred Kaltz West Germany Hamburger SV 27 1 2 3 2 1 9
5. Michel Platini France AS Saint-Etienne 23 1 2 2 1 2 8
6. Paolo Rossi Italy Perugia 16 - 2 1 2 1 6
7. Trevor Francis England Nottingham Forest 13 - 2 1 - 2 5
Liam Brady Eire Arsenal 13 - 1 1 2 2 6
9. Zbigniew Boniek Poland Widzew Lodz 8 - 2 - - - 2
Zdenek Nehoda Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 8 - - 2 - 2 4
11. Kenny Dalglish Scotland Livepool 7 - 1 1 - - 2
Allan Simonsen Denmark FC Barcelona 7 - 1 - 1 1 3
13. Paul Breitner West Germany Bayern Munich 6 - - 2 - - 2
Kees Kist Netherlands AZ’67 Alkmaar 6 - - 1 1 1 3
15. Johnny Rep Netherlands AS Saint-Etienne 5 1 - - - - 1
Tony Woodcock England FC Köln 5 - 1 - - 1 2
Hans Krankl Austria FC Barcelona 5 - - 1 1 - 2
Safet Susic Yugoslavia Sarajevo 5 - - 1 1 - 2
19. Uli Stielike West Germany Real Madrid 4 - 1 - - - 1
20. Marius Tresor France Olympique Marseille 3 - - 1 - - 1
21. João Alves Portugal Paris Saint-Germain 2 - - - 1 - 1
Franco Causio Italy Juventus 2 - - - 1 - 1
Gordon McQueen Scotland Manchester United 2 - - - 1 - 1
René van de Kerkhof Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2 - - - 1 - 1
Bruno Pezzey Austria Eintracht Frankfurt 2 - - - - 2 2
Simon Tahamata Netherlands Ajax 2 - - - - 2 2
27. Juan Manuel Asensi Spain FC Barcelona 1 - - - - 1 1
Trevor Brooking England West Ham United 1 - - - - 1 1
Ronnie Hellström Sweden Kaiserslautern 1 - - - - 1 1
Hansi Müller West Germany VfB Stuttgart 1 - - - - 1 1
Antonin Panenka Czechsolovakia Bohemians Praha 1 - - - - 1 1
Walter Schachner Austria Austria Wien 1 - - - - 1 1
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