1981 Ballon d'Or

The 1981 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 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on 29 December 1981. [1][2]

This was Rummenigge's second win in succession.

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich  West Germany 106
2 Paul Breitner Bayern Munich  West Germany 64
3 Bernd Schuster Barcelona  West Germany 39
4 Michel Platini Saint-Étienne  France 36
5 Oleg Blokhin Dinamo Kyiv  Soviet Union 14
6 Dino Zoff Juventus  Italy 13
7 Ramaz Shengelia Dinamo Tbilisi  Soviet Union 10
8 Alexsandr Chivadze Dinamo Tbilisi  Soviet Union 9
9 Liam Brady Juventus  Republic of Ireland 7
John Wark Ipswich Town  Scotland
11 David Kipiani Dinamo Tbilisi  Soviet Union 6
Andras Toroczik Újpest  Hungary
Zbigniew Boniek Widzew Łódź  Poland
Maxime Bossis Nantes  France
Bruno Pezzey Eintracht Frankfurt  Austria
16 Horst Hrubesch Hamburger SV  West Germany 5
Ruud Krol Napoli  Netherlands
Vladimir Petrovic Red Star Belgrade  Yugoslavia
19 Zlatko Vujovic Hajduk Split  Yugoslavia 4
Trevor Brooking West Ham United  England
21 Giancarlo Antognoni Fiorentina  Italy 3
Jan Ceulemans Club Brugge  Belgium
Kenny Dalglish Liverpool  Scotland
Bryan Robson Manchester United  England
Frank Stapleton Manchester United  Ireland
Wilfried Van Moer Beveren  Belgium
Luis Arconada Real Sociedad  Spain
28 Grzegorz Lato Lokeren  Poland 2
Tibor Nyilasi Ferencváros  Hungary
Wlodzimierz Smolarek Widzew Łódź  Poland
Frans Thijssen Ipswich Town  Netherlands
32 António Oliveira Sporting CP  Portugal 1
Uli Stielike Real Madrid  West Germany
Jesús Zamora Real Sociedad  Spain

References
  1. "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1981 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1981". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.