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1971 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France

Field	Value
name	1971 Ballon d'Or
image	Johan Cruyff 1971c.jpg
caption	1971 Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff
date	28 December 1971
location	Paris, France
presenter	France Football
website
award1_type	Won by
award1_winner	NED Johan Cruyff (1st award)
previous	[1970](1970-ballon-d-or)
main	Ballon d'Or
next	[1972](1972-ballon-d-or)

The 1971 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 Johan Cruyff on 28 December 1971.{{Cite web

Cruyff was the first Dutch national to win the award, and also the first Ajax player to win the trophy.{{cite web |title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")

Rankings

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	Netherlands	116
2	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale	Italy	57
3	George Best	Manchester United	Northern Ireland	56
4	Günter Netzer	Borussia Mönchengladbach	West Germany	30
5	Franz Beckenbauer	Bayern Munich	West Germany	27
6	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	West Germany	18
Josip Skoblar	Marseille	Yugoslavia
8	Martin ChiversFrance Football reports Chivers with 13 points.	Tottenham Hotspur	England	12
9	Piet Keizer	Ajax	Netherlands	9
10	Bobby Moore	West Ham United	England	7
Ferenc Bene	Újpest	Hungary
12	Yevhen Rudakov	Dynamo Kyiv	Soviet Union	6
13	Giacinto Facchetti	Internazionale	Italy	4
Mimis Domazos	Panathinaikos	Greece
15	Pirri	Real Madrid	Spain	3
Dragan Džajić	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia
Berti Vogts	Borussia Mönchengladbach	West Germany
18	Terry Cooper	Leeds United	England	2
Francis Lee	Manchester City	England
Wolfgang Overath	[1. FC Köln](1-fc-koln)	West Germany
Wilfried Van Moer	Standard Liège	Belgium
22	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	England	1
Albert Shesternyov	CSKA Moscow	Soviet Union

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