1972 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. Up until 1995 it was awarded only to football players from Europe and was generally known as the European Footballer of the Year award.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 1972 award. The winner was German defender Franz Beckenbauer. Actually, the first three placegetters were German. Beckenbauer also won in 1976, and is the only defender to win the award twice. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1972 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 81 |
| 2 | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 79 |
| Günter Netzer | Borussia Mönchengladbach | West Germany | 79 | |
| 4 | Johan Cruyff | Ajax | Netherlands | 73 |
| 5 | Piet Keizer | Ajax | Netherlands | 13 |
| 6 | Kazimierz Deyna | Legia Warsaw | Poland | 6 |
| 7 | Gordon Banks | Stoke City | England | 4 |
| Barry Hulshoff | Ajax | Netherlands | 4 | |
| Włodzimierz Lubański | Górnik Zabrze | Poland | 4 | |
| Bobby Moore | West Ham United | England | 4 | |
| 11 | Hristo Bonev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Bulgaria | 3 |
| Murtaz Khurtsilava | Dinamo Tbilisi | Soviet Union | 3 | |
| Gerrie Mühren | Ajax | Netherlands | 3 | |
| Paul Van Himst | Anderlecht | Belgium | 3 | |
| 15 | Antal Dunai | Újpest | Hungary | 2 |
| Eusébio | Benfica | Portugal | 2 | |
| Sandro Mazzola | Internazionale | Italy | 2 | |
| 18 | Amancio | Real Madrid | Spain | 1 |
| Paul Breitner | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 1 | |
| Giorgio Chinaglia | Lazio | Italy | 1 | |
| Dragan Džajić | Red Star Belgrade | Yugoslavia | 1 | |
| Johnny Giles | Leeds United | Republic of Ireland | 1 | |
| John Greig | Rangers | Scotland | 1 | |
| Johan Neeskens | Ajax | Netherlands | 1 | |
| Gianni Rivera | Milan | Italy | 1 | |
| Yevhen Rudakov | Dynamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 1 | |
| Marius Trésor | Marseille | France | 1 |
Related Pages
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
- The Year in Sport: 1972
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