Top rated Bundesliga players 1975/76

7,03 Berti Vogts (Bor. Mönchengladbach)

6,94 Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern München)

6,91 Bernard Dietz (MSV Duisburg)

6,90 Horst Wolter (Hertha BSC)

6,88 Rudi Kargus (Hamburger SV), Bernd Helmschrot (Kickers Offenbach)

6,87 Georg Damjanoff (Hannover 96)

6,86 Bernd Franke (Eintr. Braunschweig)

6,84 Sepp Maier (Bayern München), Reinhard Dittel (Hannover 96)

6,82 Karl-Heinz Handschuh (Eintr. Braunschweig)

6,80 Reiner Hollmann (Eint. Braunschweig), Johannes Riedl (Kaiserslautern)

6,79 Ronnie Hellström (Kaiserslautern)

6,78 Günther Wienhold (Eintr. Frankfurt)

6,73 Jupp Tenhagen (Bochum), Gerhard Heinze (Stuttgart)

6,72 Dieter Burdenski (Werder Bremen), Norbert Nigbur (Schalke 04)

6,68 Peter Nogly (Hamburger SV)

6,66 Jürgen Grabowski (Eintr. Frankfurt)

6,64 Per Røntved (Werder Bremen), Hernert Wimmer, Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (Bor. Mönchengladbach)

6,62 Klaus Fichtel (Schalke 04), Rudolf Wimmer (Karlsruhe)

6,58 Wolfgang Grzyb (Eintr. Braunschweig)

6,56 Rainer Bonhof (Bor. Mönchengladbach)

6,55 Allan Simonsen (Bor. Mönchengladbach)

6,52 Henning Jensen (Bor. Mönchengladbach)

La Liga ratings 1975/76

6,12 Neeskens (Barcelona), Pirri (Real Madrid)
5,86 Cruyff (Barcelona)
5,73 Rezza (Salamanca)
5,69 Robi (Salamanca)
5,58 Pulido (Sevilla)
5,56 Marcial (Barcelona)
5,54 Junquera (Zaragoza)
5,48 Irureta (Athletic)

Allsvenskan 1976

 

Players having received the mark 4 ("national team class") or higher at least twice during the season. Ratings: Idrottsbladet.

  8 times: Anders Linderoth (Öster, photo, left)
  4: Yngve Källqvist (ÖIS), Bo Larsson (MFF, photo, right)
  3: Kenneth Ohlsson (Hammarby), Odd Lindberg (Örebro), Tommy Evesson (Öster), Lennart "Lie" Larsson (Halmstad)
  2: Jan Svensson, Bo Matsson (Hammarby), Göran Hagberg (Öster), Jan-Olof Wallgren (AIK Stockholm), Claes Cronqvist, Bo Augustsson, Sonny Johansson (Landskrona), Olle Nordin (IFK Sundsvall), Björn Alkeby (Djurgården), Thomas Sjöberg (MFF)

Average ratings Juventus 1976/77

6,49 Claudio Gentile

6,47 Francesco Morini

6,46 Roberto Bettega

6,41 Dino Zoff

6,40 Antonello Cuccureddu

6,26 Franco Causio, Marco Tardelli

6,21 Gaetano Scirea

6,18 Romeo Benetti

6,06 Giuseppe Furino

5,99 Sergio Gori

5,98 Roberto Boninsegna

Top rated Serie A players 1976/77

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo.

6,98 Claudio Sala (Torino)
6,83 Renato Zaccarelli (Torino)
6,72 Giovanni Pirazzini (Foggia)
6,71 Roberto Salvadori (Torino)
6,70 Franco Superchi (Torino)
6,66 Giuseppe Wilson (Lazio)
6,64 Sandro Mazzola (Inter), Lamberto Boranga (Cesena)
6,63 Piergiorgio Negrisolo (Verona)
6,62 Francesco Morini (Juventus)
6,61 Giorgio Rognoni (Cesena)

Top rated First Division players 1976/77

Ratings: The People.

7,50 Gordon McQueen (Leeds)
7,48 Kevin Beattie (Ipswich)
7,42 Martin Buchan (Man United)
7,39 Trevor Brooking (West Ham)
7,38 Trevor Francis (Birmingham)
7,35 Archie Gemmill (Derby)
7,32 Ray Kennedy (Liverpool)
7,31 Tony Towers (Sunderland)
7,30 Jeff Clarke (Sunderland), Kevin Keegan (Liverpool)
7,26 Ian Callaghan (Liverpool), Liam Brady (Arsenal)
7,25 Peter Shilton (Stoke), Tony Currie (Leeds), Brian Talbot (Ipswich)
7,23 John Gidman (Aston Villa)
7,22 Roy McFarland (Derby)
7,20 Ray Clemence (Liverpool)
7,19 Andy Gray (Aston Villa)
7,18 Laurie Cunningham (West Brom)
7,17 Willie Maddren (Middlesbrough)
7,16 Dennis Mortimer (Aston Villa), Terry Cooper (Middlesbrough)
7,15 Asa Hartford, Brian Kidd (Man City)
7,11 Mike Doyle (Man City)
7,10 Colin Todd (Derby)

Real Madrid ratings 1975/76

 All competitions.

4,14 Pirri
3,51 Camacho
3,46 Miguel Ángel
3,35 Benito
3,19 Günter Netzer
3,06 Vicente Del Bosque
3,00 Sol
2,95 Velázquez
2,86 Paul Breitner
2,74 Santillana
2,68 Amancio
2,67 Roberto Martínez
2,57 Vitoria
2,54 Uría
2,50 Rubiñan, José Luis
2,33 Carlos Guerini

La Liga ratings 1975/76

 

6,12 Johan Neeskens (Barcelona), Pirri (Real Madrid)
5,86 Johan Cruyff (Barcelona)
5,73 Ricardo Rezza (Salamanca)
5,69 Robi (Salamanca)
5,58 Pulido (Sevilla)
5,56 Marcial (Barcelona)
5,54 Junquera (Zaragoza)
5,48 Irureta (Athletic)

European topscorers in the 1978 World Cup

 

Including Qualifiers.

  11: Roberto Bettega (Italy), Hans Krankl (Austria)
  6: Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
  5: Rob Rensenbrink (Holland), Kazimierz Deyna (Poland), Thomas Sjöberg (Sweden), Cemil Turan (Turkey), Martin Hoffmann (East Germany)
  4: Johnny Rep (Holland), Michel Platini (France), Kevin Keegan (England), Manuel Fernandes (Portugal), Joachim Streich (East Germany)
  3: Ruud Geels (Holland), Francesco Graziani & Paolo Rossi (Italy), Andrzej Szarmach & Zbigniew Boniek (Poland), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), Tibor Nyilasi (Hungary), Kenny Dalglish (Scotland), Mick Channon (England), Safet Sušić (Yugoslavia), Chris McGrath (Northern Ireland)
  2: Johan Cruyff, Willy van de Kerkhof, René van de Kerkhof, Ernie Brandts & Arie Haan (Holland), Giancarlo Antognoni, Romeo Benetti & Renato Zaccarelli (Italy), Dieter Müller & Heinz Flohe (West Germany), Stanislaw Terlecki & Wlodzimierz Lubański (Poland), Bernard Lacombe & Dominique Rocheteau (France), Joe Jordan & Archie Gemmill (Scotland), Andras Töröcsik & Sándor Zombori (Hungary), Rubén Cano (Spain), Bo Börjesson (Sweden), Josef Stering (Austria), Raoul Lambert (Belgium), Per Røntved, Lars Bastrup, Henning Munk Jensen & Allan Simonsen (Denmark), Ray Kennedy (England), Chalana & Nené (Portugal), Anghel Iordănescu & Dudu Georgescu (Romania), Aki Heiskanen, Esa Heiskanen & Olavi Rissanen (Finland), David Kipiani (USSR), Mimis Papaioannou (Greece), Hartmut Schade (East Germany), Pavel Panov (Bulgaria), Leighton James (Wales), Sedat (Turkey), Gerry Armstrong (Northern Ireland).

Real Madrid ratings 1975/76

6,95 Camacho
6,88 Pirri
6,68 Miguel Ángel
6,30 Benito
6,25 Velázquez
6,12 Vicente Del Bosque
6,01 Sol
5,75 Uría
5,22 Amancio
5,20 Santillana
5,18 Paul Breitner
5,01 Günter Netzer

Ranking La Liga 1975/76

Calificaciones: Don Balón.

2,03 Miguel Ángel (Real Madrid)
1,96 Pirri (Real Madrid)
1,92 Johan Neeskens (Barcelona), José A. Puente (Granada)
1,90 Roberto D'Alessandro (Salamanca)
1,89 Ricardo Rezza (Salamanca)
1,87 Gregorio Benito (Real Madrid)
1,86 José Antonio Camacho (Real Madrid), Carmelo Giuliano (Hércules)
1,85 Luis Pereira (Atlético), José Pulido (Sevilla)
1,84 Gallego (Sevilla)
1,82 Migueli (Barcelona), José Carrete (Real Oviedo), Quinito (Racing), Pepe Rivera (Hércules)
1,80 Luis Ortoz Aquino (Espanyol), Juan Baena, José Antonio  (Hércules), Jesú Castro (Sporting), Robi (Salamanca)
1,79 Andrés Junquera (Zaragoza)
1,78 Iñaki Churruca (Sporting)
1,76 Johan Cruyff, Juan Manuel Asensi (Barcelona), Ciriaco Cano (Sporting), José González (Zaragoza), Sérgio Lloret (Racing), Urruti (Real Sociedad), Enrique Wolff (Las Palmas)
1,75 Francisco Elkoro (Real Sociedad), José Manuel Lasa (Athletic), Francisco López (Betis), Marcial (Barcelona), Miguel Reina (Atlético), Juan Sol (Real Madrid)
1,74 Sebastián Alabanda (Betis)
1,73 Julio Cardeñosa (Betis), Ignacio Kortabarria (Real Sociedad), Juan Deusto, Juan Carlos Álvarez (Hércules), Javier Irureta (Athletic)
1,72 Eduardo Anzarda (Betis), Enrique Costas (Barcelona), Aníbal Montero (Elche), Paco (Sevilla), Crisante Valdés (Sporting)
1,70 Antonio Biosca (Betis), Eusebio Bejarano (Atlético), Rubén Cano (Elche)

Argentinos Juniors 1976: promedios de El Gráfico

Puntuación: 10 = genial, 9 = excelente, 8 = muy bien, 7 = bien, 6 = correcto, 5 = flojo, 4 = muy flojo.

6,18 Diego Armando Maradona
6,00 Humberto Jorge Minutti, Jorge Orlando López
5,73 Carlos Alberto Munutti
5,60 Ricardo Fusani
5,56 Ricardo Pellerano
5,50 Miguel Gette
5,40 Mateo Di Donato
5,36 Alfonso Dante Roma
5,20 Carlos Fren
5,17 Abel Roux Larrosa
5,14 Carlos Alberto Álvarez
5,00 Sebastián Ovelar
4,70 Rubén Giordano
4,67 Ibrahim Hallar

 

20 octubre de 1976: debut, con 15 años, de Diego Armando Maradona contra Talleres Córdoba en La Paternal (0-1).

El debut de Maradona en Primera Divisón, octubre 1976

 

 

Segundo partido: 

Memory Lane: European topscorers in the 1978 World Cup.

Including Qualifiers.

  11: Roberto Bettega (Italy), Hans Krankl (Austria)
  6: Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
  5: Rob Rensenbrink (Holland), Kazimierz Deyna (Poland), Thomas Sjöberg (Sweden), Cemil Turan (Turkey), Martin Hoffmann (East Germany)
  4: Johnny Rep (Holland), Michel Platini (France), Kevin Keegan (England), Manuel Fernandes (Portugal), Joachim Streich (East Germany)
  3: Ruud Geels (Holland), Francesco Graziani & Paolo Rossi (Italy), Andrzej Szarmach & Zbigniew Boniek (Poland), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), Tibor Nyilasi (Hungary), Kenny Dalglish (Scotland), Mick Channon (England), Safet Sušić (Yugoslavia), Chris McGrath (Northern Ireland)
  2: Johan Cruyff, Willy van de Kerkhof, René van de Kerkhof, Ernie Brandts & Arie Haan (Holland), Giancarlo Antognoni, Romeo Benetti & Renato Zaccarelli (Italy), Dieter Müller & Heinz Flohe (West Germany), Stanislaw Terlecki & Wlodzimierz Lubański (Poland), Bernard Lacombe & Dominique Rocheteau (France), Joe Jordan & Archie Gemmill (Scotland), Andras Töröcsik & Sándor Zombori (Hungary), Rubén Cano (Spain), Bo Börjesson (Sweden), Josef Stering (Austria), Raoul Lambert (Belgium), Per Røntved, Lars Bastrup, Henning Munk Jensen & Allan Simonsen (Denmark), Ray Kennedy (England), Chalana & Nené (Portugal), Anghel Iordănescu & Dudu Georgescu (Romania), Aki Heiskanen, Esa Heiskanen & Olavi Rissanen (Finland), David Kipiani (USSR), Mimis Papaioannou (Greece), Hartmut Schade (East Germany), Pavel Panov (Bulgaria), Leighton James (Wales), Sedat (Turkey), Gerry Armstrong (Northern Ireland).

Memory Lane: Atlético de Madrid 1976/77.

League matches only.

4,21 Luís Pereira
3,55 Capón
3,52 Rubén Ayala
3,44 Alberto
3,40 Leivinha
3,34 Rubén Cano
3,30 Leal
3,20 Marcelino
3,16 Eusebio
3,03 Robi
2,92 Bermejo
2,81 Benegas
2,77 Panadero Díaz
2,60 Heredia


Las notas del Atlético de Madrid, campeón de Liga 1976/77.

Memory Lane: Real Madrid 1976/77.

3,74 Pirri
3,39 Miguel Ángel
3,24 Uria
3,19 Camacho
3,14 H. Jensen
3,12 Velázquez
3,00 Breitner
2,96 Sol
2,94 Roberto Martínez
2,91 Benito
2,89 Santillana
2,72 Del Bosque
2,69 Guerini
2,67 Sánchez Barrios

Memory Lane: Borussia Mönchengladbach 1975/76.

8,21 Vogts
7,68 Wittkamp
7,62 Wimmer
7,60 Bonhof
7,53 Simonsen
7,52 H. Jensen
7,35 Kleff
7,32 Danner
7,25 Heynckes
7,24 Stielike
7,10 Klinkhammer
7,08 Schäffer

Memory Lane: average ratings in Clásicos, 1970-76.

Liga matches only. Minimum 5 rated matches. Maximum point: 5. Barcelona players in bold text.

4,25 Cruyff (rated 8 times)
4,00 Migueli (10)
3,90 Rifé (10)
3,89 Neeskens (9)
3,83 H. Jensen (6)
3,80 Olmo (5)
3,62 Gallego (8)
3,60 Reina (5)
3,55 Miguel Ángel (11)
3,50 Torres (8)
3,47 Asensi (17)
3,44 Juan Carlos (9)
3,38 Zoco (8)
3,36 Rexach (14), Marcial (11)
3,29 Pirri (14), Camacho (7)
3,27 Amancio (11)
3,24 Benito (17)
3,20 Del Bosque (10)
3,14 Costas (7)
3,00 De la Cruz (12), Sol (7), García Remón (6), Artola (5)
2,80 Rubiñán, Guerini & Netzer (5)
2,70 Velázquez (10)
2,67 Grosso (6)
2,60 Touriño (5)
2,43 Santillana (14), Aguilar (7)
2,20 Verdugo (5)

Players rated four times: 4,50 Stielike, 4,25 Heredia, 4,00 Juanito & Wolff, 3,75 Mora & Sadurní, 3,50 Zabalza; San José, 3,25 Breitner, 3,00 Sánchez & Ramos.

Match stats (Real Madrid's figures first):
At Bernabéu : 3 3 3 10-11
At Camp Nou : 2 2 5 6-11
Total : 5 5 8 16-22

Memory Lane: top rated Bundesliga players 1974-77.

Average ratings in Kicker three following seasons (1974/75, 1975/76 and 1976/77).

8,15 Vogts
8,08 Beckenbauer
8,03 B. Franke
7,95 Hellström
7,91 Maier
7,89 Dietz
7,88 Nigbur
7,83 Kargus & G. Heinze
7,82 Burdenski
7,80 Grabowski
7,76 Röntved
7,75 Tenhagen
7,72 Bonhof
7,70 Neuberger
7,68 Simonsen & Wittkamp
7,66 Scholz
7,65 Fichtel
7,64 Wimmer
7,60 Beer
7,58 Kaltz
7,51 Nogly
7,48 Kliemann
7,45 Pirrung
7,44 Schumacher & Höttges
7,43 Overath & Kremers
7,40 Flohe
7,36 Stielike
7,34 G. Müller
7,33 Heynckes

Memory Lane: European topscorers 1975/76.

Austria: Hans Krankl (Rapid Vienna) : 21 goals
Belgium: Hans Posthumus (Lierse) : 26
Bulgaria: Petko Petkov (Beroe Stara Zagora) : 19
Cyprus: Sotiris Kaiafas -photo- (Omonia Nicosia) : 39
Czechoslovakia: Dušan Galis (VSS Košice) : 21
Denmark: Mogens Jespersen (AaB Ålborg) : 22
East Germany: Hans-Jürgen Kreische (Dynamo Dresden) : 24
England: Ted McDougall (Norwich City) : 23
Finland: Matti Paatelainen (HJK Helsinki) : 17
France: Carlos Bianchi (Stade Reims) : 34
Greece : Giorgos Dedes (AEK Athens) : 15
Holland: Ruud Geels (Ajax) : 29 
Hungary: László Fazekas (Újpesti Dózsa) : 19
Ireland: Brendan Bradley (Finn Harps) : 27
Italy: Paolino Pulici (Torino) : 20 
Luxembourg: Albert Pissinger (Aris Bonnevoie) : 20
Northern Ireland: Ron McAteer (Crusaders) : 20
Norway: Pål Jacobsen (HamKam) : 15
Poland: Andrzej Szarmach (Gorník Zabrze) : 19
Portugal: Rui Jordão (Benfica) : 30
Romania: Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo Bucharest) : 31
Scotland: Kenny Dalglish (Celtic) : 24
Soviet Union: Aleksandr Markin (Zenit) : 18
Spain: Quini (Sporting Gijón) : 21
Sweden: Rutger Backe (Halmstad) : 20
Switzerland: Peter Risi (FC Zürich) : 33
Turkey: Cemil Turan (Fenerbahçe) : 18
West Germany: Klaus Fischer (Schalke 04) : 29
Yugoslavia: Nenad Bjeković (Partizan) : 24