The 1978 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 English forward Kevin Keegan on 27 December 1978. 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.
Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Kevin Keegan Hamburger SV 872 Hans Krankl Barcelona 813Rob Rensenbrink Anderlecht504Roberto Bettega Juventus28 5 Paolo Rossi L.R. Vicenza 236Ronnie Hellström Kaiserslautern20Ruud Krol Ajax8Kenny Dalglish Liverpool10Allan Simonsen Borussia Mönchengladbach10Peter Shilton Nottingham Forest911Arie Haan Anderlecht712René van de Kerkhof PSV Eindhoven613Antonio Cabrini Juventus5Willy van de Kerkhof PSV Eindhoven 15 Johan Cruyff Barcelona 4 Graeme Souness Liverpool Zdeněk Nehoda Dukla Prague18 Marián Masný Slovan Bratislava 3 19 Archie Gemmill Nottingham Forest 2Marius Trésor Marseille21João Alves Benfica1Rainer Bonhof ValenciaZbigniew Boniek Widzew ŁódźFranco Causio JuventusHansi Müller VfB StuttgartJohan Neeskens BarcelonaMichel Platini Nancy Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich Didier Six MarseilleFrançois Van der Elst Anderlecht
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page