1972 Ballon d'Or

The 1972 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the West German defender Franz Beckenbauer on 26 December 1972.[1] There were 25 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2]

1972 Ballon d'Or winner Franz Beckenbauer.

Beckenbauer became the second West German national and Bayern Munich player to win the trophy after Gerd Müller (1970).[3]

Rankings
Rank Name Club Nationality Points
1Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany81
2Gerd Müller Bayern Munich West Germany79
Günter Netzer Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany
4Johan Cruyff Ajax Netherlands73
5Piet Keizer Ajax Netherlands13
6Kazimierz Deyna Legia Warsaw Poland6
7Gordon Banks Stoke City England4
Barry Hulshoff Ajax Netherlands
Włodzimierz Lubański Górnik Zabrze Poland
Bobby Moore West Ham United England
11Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria3
Murtaz Khurtsilava Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union
Gerrie Mühren Ajax Netherlands
Paul Van Himst Anderlecht Belgium
15Antal Dunai Újpesti Dózsa Hungary2
Eusébio Benfica Portugal
Alessandro Mazzola Internazionale Italy
18Amancio Amaro Real Madrid Spain1
Paul Breitner Bayern Munich West Germany
Giorgio Chinaglia Lazio Italy
Dragan Džajić Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia
Johnny Giles Leeds United Republic of Ireland
John Greig Glasgow Rangers Scotland
Johan Neeskens Ajax Netherlands
Gianni Rivera Milan Italy
Yevgeniy Rudakov Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union
Marius Trésor Marseille France

References
  1. "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1972 - Franz Beckenbaueur". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1972". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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