1980 Ballon d'Or

Summary

The 1980 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 30 December 1980.[1]

1980 Ballon d'Or
1980 Ballon d'Or winner Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in 1982
Date30 December 1980
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rummenigge was the third (West) German national to win the award after Gerd Müller in 1970 and Franz Beckenbauer in 1972 and 1976. After these two players, Rummenigge was also the third Bayern Munich player to win the trophy.[2]

Rankings edit

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge   Bayern Munich   West Germany 122
2 Bernd Schuster   Barcelona   West Germany 34
3 Michel Platini   Saint-Étienne   France 33
4 Wilfried Van Moer   Beveren   Belgium 27
5 Jan Ceulemans   Club Brugge   Belgium 20
6 Horst Hrubesch   Hamburger SV   West Germany 18
7 Herbert Prohaska[notes 1]   Internazionale   Austria 14
8 Hansi Müller   VfB Stuttgart   West Germany 11
Liam Brady   Juventus   Republic of Ireland 11
10 Manfred Kaltz   Hamburger SV   West Germany 10
11 Erwin Vandenbergh   Lierse   Belgium 9
Luis Arconada   Real Sociedad   Spain 9
Dino Zoff   Juventus   Italy 9
14 Kenny Dalglish   Liverpool   Scotland 5
Bruno Pezzey[notes 2]   Eintracht Frankfurt   Austria 5
16 Terry McDermott   Liverpool   England 4
Viv Anderson   Nottingham Forest   England 4
Ruud Krol   Napoli   Netherlands 4
Francesco Graziani   Torino   Italy 4
20 Ladislav Vízek   Dukla Prague   Czechoslovakia 3
Manuel Bento   Benfica   Portugal 3
22 Frank Arnesen   Ajax   Denmark 2
Antonín Panenka   Bohemians 1905   Czechoslovakia 2
David O'Leary   Arsenal   Republic of Ireland 2
Vladimir Petrović   Red Star Belgrade   SFR Yugoslavia 2
Zbigniew Boniek   Widzew Łódź   Poland 2
27 Giancarlo Antognoni   Fiorentina   Italy 1
Alessandro Altobelli   Internazionale   Italy 1
Marcel Răducanu   Steaua București   Romania 1
Trevor Francis   Nottingham Forest   England 1
Zdeněk Nehoda   Dukla Prague   Czechoslovakia 1
Peter Shilton   Nottingham Forest   England 1

Notes edit

  1. ^ France Football reports Prohaska with 16 points.
  2. ^ France Football reports Pezzey with 3 points.

References edit

  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (1 May 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1980". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.

External links edit

  • France Football Official Ballon d'Or page