Ideal XI of the 1978 World Cup

 

According to Guerin Sportivo (Italy).

According to La Prensa (Peru).

The top 60 of the 1978 World Cup

 

Ranking based on list published by El Gráfico, Clarín y Goles (Argentina), Het Vrije Volk and Trouw (Netherlands), Corriere della Sera, Corriere dello Sport, La Stampa, Tuttosport, Secolo XIX and Guerin Sportivo (Italy), El País (Uruguay), Don Balón (Spain), Daily Telegraph, Daily Record and Daily Mail (UK), L'Équipe (France), A Bola (Portugal), Nürnberger Zeitung, Kicker, Sport-Informations-Dienst and ARD (West Germany), TRT (Turkey), Placar and Manchete (Brazil) and Soccer Express (USA).

1. Mario Kempes (Argentina)
2. Paolo Rossi (Italy)
3. Ubaldo Fillol (Argentina)
4. Ruud Krol (Netherlands)
5. Dirceu (Brazil)
6. Hans Krankl (Austria)
7. Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands)
8. Leopoldo Luque (Argentina)
9. Arie Haan (Netherlands)
10. Teófilo Cubillas (Peru)
11. Ronnie Hellström (Sweden)
12. Daniel Passarella (Argentina)
13. Marius Trésor (France)
14. Roberto Bettega (Italy)
15. Zbigniew Boniek (Poland)
16. Michel Platini (France)
17. Antonio Cabrini (Italy)
18. Johnny Rep (Netherlands)
19. Toninho (Brazil)
20. Johan Neeskens (Netherlands)
21. Herbert Prohaska (Austria), Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
23. Claudio Gentile (Italy), Didier Six (France)
25. Óscar y Batista (Brazil)
27. Leão (Brazil)
28. Amaral (Brazil), Ramón Quiroga (Peru)
30. Bruno Pezzey (Austria), Franco Causio (Italy)
32. Nelinho (Brazil)
33. Romeo Benetti (Italy), Berti Vogts (West Germany)
35. Osvaldo Ardiles (Argentina)
36. Marco Tardelli (Italy)
37. Mauro Bellugi (Italy)
38. Daniel Bertoni (Argentina)
39. Henri Michel (France)
40. Kazimierz Deyna (Poland), René van de Kerkhof (Netherlands)
42. Alberto Tarantini (Argentina)
43. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), Willy van de Kerkhof (Netherlands)
46. András Törőcsik (Hungary)
46. Ernie Brandts (Netherlands), Juan José Muñante (Peru)
48. César Cueto (Peru), Américo Gallego (Argentina)
50. Robert Sara (Austria), Gaetano Scirea (Italy)
52. Antoni Szymanowski (Poland), Juan Manuel Asensi (Spain)
53. Sepp Maier (West Germany), Rubén Toribio Díaz (Peru), Wim Jansen (Netherlands)
56. Jorge Olguin (Argentina), Témime Lahzami (Tunisia)
58. Heinz Flohe (West Germany), Juan Carlos Oblitas (Peru), Adam Nawałka (Poland)

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).

Goalscorers in 1970s European Cup finals

 

5 goals:
Heynckes (M'Gladbach)

4 goals:
Rensenbrink (Anderlecht)
Simonsen (1 pen, M'Gladbach)
Keegan (1 pen, Liverpool)

3 goals:
G. Müller (Bayern)

2 goals:
U. Hoeneß, F. Roth (Bayern)
Van Binst, F. Van der Elst (Anderlecht)
Cruyff (Ajax)
Osgood (Chelsea)
Johnston (Rangers)
Onyshchenko (Dinamo Kiev)
Seel (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Chivers (Tottenham)

1 goal:
McDermott, Smith, Neal (pen), Dalglish L. Lloyd, R. Kennedy, Case (Liverpool)
Israël, Kindvall, Van Hanegem, De Jong, Rijsbergen, Ressel (Feijenoord)
J. V. Sánchez, Asensi, Rexach, Krankl (Barcelona)
W. van de Kerkhof, Deykers, van der Kuijlen (PSV)
Volkert (pen), Magath (HSV)
Eshtrekov, Makhovikov (Dinamo Moskva)
Holland, K. Robson (West Ham)
T. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Van Dijk, Haan, Rep (Ajax)
McCalliog, Wagstaffe (Wolves)
Mullery, M. England (Tottenham)
Lambert, Cools (Club Brugge)
Irureta, Carlos (Athletic)
Tardelli, Bettega (Juventus)
Gemmell (Celtic)
Schwarzenbeck (Bayern)
Aragonés (Atlético)
Drost (Twente)
T. Francis (Nott'm Forest)
N. Young, F. Lee (Man City)
Oślizło (Górnik Zabrze)
Dempsey (Chelsea)
Fleitas (Real Madrid)
C. Stein (Rangers)
Chiarugi (Milan)
Seguin (Magdeburg)
Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev)
Šestić (Crvena Zvezda)

Goalscorers in 1970s EC finals

 

5 goals:
Heynckes (M'Gladbach)

4 goals:
Rensenbrink (Anderlecht)
Simonsen (1 pen, M'Gladbach)
Keegan (1 pen, Liverpool)

3 goals:
G. Müller (Bayern)

2 goals:
U. Hoeneß, F. Roth (Bayern)
Van Binst, F. Van der Elst (Anderlecht)
Cruyff (Ajax)
Osgood (Chelsea)
Johnston (Rangers)
Onyshchenko (Dinamo Kiev)
Seel (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Chivers (Tottenham)

1 goal:
McDermott, Smith, Neal (pen), Dalglish L. Lloyd, R. Kennedy, Case (Liverpool)
Israël, Kindvall, Van Hanegem, De Jong, Rijsbergen, Ressel (Feijenoord)
J. V. Sánchez, Asensi, Rexach, Krankl (Barcelona)
W. van de Kerkhof, Deykers, van der Kuijlen (PSV)
Volkert (pen), Magath (HSV)
Eshtrekov, Makhovikov (Dinamo Moskva)
Holland, K. Robson (West Ham)
T. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Van Dijk, Haan, Rep (Ajax)
McCalliog, Wagstaffe (Wolves)
Mullery, M. England (Tottenham)
Lambert, Cools (Club Brugge)
Irureta, Carlos (Athletic)
Tardelli, Bettega (Juventus)
Gemmell (Celtic)
Schwarzenbeck (Bayern)
Aragonés (Atlético)
Drost (Twente)
T. Francis (Nott'm Forest)
N. Young, F. Lee (Man City)
Oślizło (Górnik Zabrze)
Dempsey (Chelsea)
Fleitas (Real Madrid)
C. Stein (Rangers)
Chiarugi (Milan)
Seguin (Magdeburg)
Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev)
Šestić (Crvena Zvezda)

Los 60 mejores jugadores del Mundial del 1978

La lista está basada en encuestas de periódicos como El Gráfico, Clarín y Goles (Argentina), Het Vrije Volk y Trouw (Holanda), Corriere della Sera, Corriere dello Sport, La Stampa, Tuttosport, Secolo XIX y Guerin Sportivo (Italia), El País (Uruguay), Don Balón (España), Daily Telegraph, Daily Record y Daily Mail (Reino Unido), L'Équipe (Francia), A Bola (Portugal), Nürnberger Zeitung, Kicker, Sport-Informations-Dienst y ARD (Alemania Federal), TRT (Turquía), Placar y Manchete (Brasil), Soccer Express (EEUU) etc.

1. Mario Kempes (Arg)
2. Paolo Rossi (Ita)
3. Ubaldo Fillol (Arg)
4. Ruud Krol (Hol)
5. Dirceu (Bra)
6. Hans Krankl (Aut)
7. Rob Rensenbrink (Hol)
8. Leopoldo Luque (Arg)
9. Arie Haan (Hol)
10. Teófilo Cubillas (Per)
11. Ronnie Hellström (Swe)
12. Daniel Passarella (Arg)
13. Marius Trésor (Fra)
14. Roberto Bettega (Ita)
15. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol)
16. Michel Platini (Fra)
17. Antonio Cabrini (Ita)
18. Johnny Rep (Hol)
19. Toninho (Bra)
20. Johan Neeskens (Hol)
21. Herbert Prohaska (Aut), Grzegorz Lato (Pol)
23. Claudio Gentile (Ita), Didier Six (Fra)
25. Óscar y Batista (Bra)
27. Leão (Bra)
28. Amaral (Bra), Ramón Quiroga (Per)
30. Bruno Pezzey (Aut), Franco Causio (Ita)
32. Nelinho (Bra)
33. Romeo Benetti (Ita), Berti Vogts (BRD)
35. Osvaldo Ardiles (Arg)
36. Marco Tardelli (Ita)
37. Mauro Bellugi (Ita)
38. Daniel Bertoni (Arg)
39. Henri Michel (Fra)
40. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol), René van de Kerkhof (Hol)
42. Alberto Tarantini (Arg)
43. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (BRD), Willy van de Kerkhof (Hol)
46. András Törőcsik (Hun)
46. Ernie Brandts (Hol), Juan José Muñante (Per)
48. César Cueto (Per), Américo Gallego (Arg)
50. Robert Sara (Aut), Gaetano Scirea (Ita)
52. Antoni Szymanowski (Pol), Juan Manuel Asensi (Esp)
53. Sepp Maier (BRD), Rubén Toribio Díaz (Per), Wim Jansen (Hol)
56. Jorge Olguin (Arg), Témime Lahzami (Tun)
58. Heinz Flohe (BRD), Juan Carlos Oblitas (Per), Adam Nawałka (Pol)

Los 60 mejores jugadores del Mundial del 1978

La lista está basada en encuestas de periódicos como El Gráfico, Clarín y Goles (Argentina), Het Vrije Volk y Trouw (Holanda), Corriere della Sera, Corriere dello Sport, La Stampa, Tuttosport, Secolo XIX y Guerin Sportivo (Italia), El País (Uruguay), Don Balón (España), Daily Telegraph, Daily Record y Daily Mail (Reino Unido), L'Équipe (Francia), A Bola (Portugal), Nürnberger Zeitung, Kicker, Sport-Informations-Dienst y ARD (Alemania Federal), TRT (Turquía), Placar y Manchete (Brasil), Soccer Express (EEUU) etc.

1. Mario Kempes (Arg)
2. Paolo Rossi (Ita)
3. Ubaldo Fillol (Arg)
4. Ruud Krol (Hol)
5. Dirceu (Bra)
6. Hans Krankl (Aut)
7. Rob Rensenbrink (Hol)
8. Leopoldo Luque (Arg)
9. Arie Haan (Hol)
10. Teófilo Cubillas (Per)
11. Ronnie Hellström (Swe)
12. Daniel Passarella (Arg)
13. Marius Trésor (Fra)
14. Roberto Bettega (Ita)
15. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol)
16. Michel Platini (Fra)
17. Antonio Cabrini (Ita)
18. Johnny Rep (Hol)
19. Toninho (Bra)
20. Johan Neeskens (Hol)
21. Herbert Prohaska (Aut), Grzegorz Lato (Pol)
23. Claudio Gentile (Ita), Didier Six (Fra)
25. Óscar y Batista (Bra)
27. Leão (Bra)
28. Amaral (Bra), Ramón Quiroga (Per)
30. Bruno Pezzey (Aut), Franco Causio (Ita)
32. Nelinho (Bra)
33. Romeo Benetti (Ita), Berti Vogts (BRD)
35. Osvaldo Ardiles (Arg)
36. Marco Tardelli (Ita)
37. Mauro Bellugi (Ita)
38. Daniel Bertoni (Arg)
39. Henri Michel (Fra)
40. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol), René van de Kerkhof (Hol)
42. Alberto Tarantini (Arg)
43. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (BRD), Willy van de Kerkhof (Hol)
46. András Törőcsik (Hun)
46. Ernie Brandts (Hol), Juan José Muñante (Per)
48. César Cueto (Per), Américo Gallego (Arg)
50. Robert Sara (Aut), Gaetano Scirea (Ita)
52. Antoni Szymanowski (Pol), Juan Manuel Asensi (Esp)
53. Sepp Maier (BRD), Rubén Toribio Díaz (Per), Wim Jansen (Hol)
56. Jorge Olguin (Arg), Témime Lahzami (Tun)
58. Heinz Flohe (BRD), Juan Carlos Oblitas (Per), Adam Nawałka (Pol)

Holland ratings in the 1978 World Cup

Ratings: El Gráfico.

7,29 Ruud Krol
7,00 Wim Rijsbergen
6,86 Willy van de Kerkhof
6,57 Rob Rensenbrink
6,50 Arie Haan
6,00 Wim Suurbier, Johnny Rep, René van de Kerkhof
5,80 Johan Neeskens
5,75 Willy Brandts
5,57 Wim Jansen
5,17 Jan Poortvliet

European Cup topscorers 1970-79

46: Gerd Müller (Bayern)
45: Jupp Heynckes (M'gladbach)
34: Rob Rensenbrink (Brugge, Anderlecht)
33: Allan Simonsen (M'gladbach, Barcelona)
28: Zoran Filipovic (Crvena Zvezda)
26: Willy van der Kuijlen (PSV)
25: Johan Cruyff (Ajax, Barcelona)
24: Lex Schoenmaker (Feyenoord)
23: Ruud Geels (Brugge, Ajax)
23: Dieter Müller (Köln)
22: Włodzimierz Lubański (Górnik Zabrze, Lokeren)
22: François van der Elst (Anderlecht)
22: Martin Chivers (Tottenham, Servette)
20: Roberto Boninsegna (Inter, Juventus)
20: Wim van Hanegem (Feyenoord, AZ '67)
20: Jürgen Sparwasser (Magdeburg)
19: Santillana (Real Madrid)
19: Raoul Lambert (Brugge)
17: Harry Lubse (PSV)
17: Luciano Chiarugi (Fiorentina, Milan, Napoli)
17: Kiril Milanov (Levski)
17: Ferenc Bene (Újpest)
16: Kevin Hector (Derby)
16: John Toshack (Cardiff, Liverpool)
16: Rexach (Barcelona)
16: Antonis Antoniadis (Panathinaikos)
15: Eusébio (Benfica)
15: Nené (Benfica)
15: Luis Aragonés (Atlético)
15: Jan Jeuring (Twente)
15: Conny Torstensson (Åtvidaberg, Bayern, FC Zürich)
15: Roberto Bettega (Juventus)
14: Oleg Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev)
14: Kevin Keegan (Liverpool, HSV)
13: Theo de Jong (Feyenoord)
14: Allan Clarke (Leeds)
14: Peter Osgood (Chelsea, Southampton)
14: Francis Lee (Manchester City, Derby)
13: Martin Peters (Tottenham)
13: Nico Jansen (FC Amsterdam, Feyenoord, RWDM)
13: Luis Aragonés (Atlético)
13: Henning Jensen (M'gladbach, Real Madrid, Ajax)
13: Claudio Sulser (Grasshoppers)
13: Kenny Dalglish (Celtic, Liverpool)
13: Gerry Deijkers (PSV)
13: Bernd Hölzenbein (Eintr. Frankfurt)
13: Pavel Panov (Levski)
13: Heinz Flohe (Köln)
12: Eduard Markarov (Ararat Erevan)
12: Johan Neeskens (Ajax, Barcelona)
12: Charlie George (Arsenal, Derby)
12: Jimmy Case (Liverpool)
12: Mick Jones (Leeds)
12: Gerd Heidler (Dynamo Dresden)
12: Vladimir Onishchenko (Zorya, Dinamo Kiev)
12: Arie Haan (Ajax, Anderlecht)
12: Pietro Anastasi (Juventus, Inter)
12: Slaviša Žungul (Hajduk Split)
11: Raimondo Ponte (Grasshoppers)
11: Stan Bowles (QPR)
11: Roberto Martínez (Real Madrid)
11: Jordão (Benfica, Sporting CP)
11: Duda (Vitória Setúbal, FC Porto)
11: Joachim Streich (Magdeburg)
11: Petko Petkov (Beroe)
11: Hans-Jürgen Kreische (Dynamo Dresden)

Goalscorers in 1970s EC finals

5 goals:
Heynckes (M'Gladbach)

4 goals:
Rensenbrink (Anderlecht)
Simonsen (1 pen, M'Gladbach)
Keegan (1 pen, Liverpool)

3 goals:
G. Müller (Bayern)

2 goals:
U. Hoeneß, F. Roth (Bayern)
Van Binst, F. Van der Elst (Anderlecht)
Cruyff (Ajax)
Osgood (Chelsea)
Johnston (Rangers)
Onyshchenko (Dinamo Kiev)
Seel (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Chivers (Tottenham)

1 goal:
McDermott, Smith, Neal (pen), Dalglish L. Lloyd, R. Kennedy, Case (Liverpool)
Israël, Kindvall, Van Hanegem, De Jong, Rijsbergen, Ressel (Feijenoord)
J. V. Sánchez, Asensi, Rexach, Krankl (Barcelona)
W. van de Kerkhof, Deykers, van der Kuijlen (PSV)
Volkert (pen), Magath (HSV)
Eshtrekov, Makhovikov (Dinamo Moskva)
Holland, K. Robson (West Ham)
T. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Van Dijk, Haan, Rep (Ajax)
McCalliog, Wagstaffe (Wolves)
Mullery, M. England (Tottenham)
Lambert, Cools (Club Brugge)
Irureta, Carlos (Athletic)
Tardelli, Bettega (Juventus)
Gemmell (Celtic)
Schwarzenbeck (Bayern)
Aragonés (Atlético)
Drost (Twente)
T. Francis (Nott'm Forest)
N. Young, F. Lee (Man City)
Oślizło (Górnik Zabrze)
Dempsey (Chelsea)
Fleitas (Real Madrid)
C. Stein (Rangers)
Chiarugi (Milan)
Seguin (Magdeburg)
Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev)
Šestić (Crvena Zvezda)

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).

European footballer of the year, 1970s.

1970 
1. G. Müller (Bayern) 
2. Moore (West Ham) 
3. Riva (Cagliari) 
4. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
5. Overath (Köln) 
6. Džajić (Crvena zvezda) 
7. Cruyff (Ajax) 
8. Banks (Stoke) & Mazzola (Inter) 
10. Israël (Feyenoord), Seeler (HSV) & Rivera (Milan). 


1971 
1. Cruyff (Ajax) 
2. Mazzola (Inter) 
3. Best (Man Utd) 
4. Netzer (M´Gladbach) 
5. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
6. Skoblar (Marseille) & G. Müller (Bayern) 
8. Chivers (Tottenham) 
9. Keizer (Ajax) 
10. Bene (Ujpest) & Moore (West Ham). 


1972 
1. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
2. G. Müller (Bayern) 
3. Netzer (M´Gladbach) 
4. Cruyff (Ajax) 
5. Keizer (Ajax) 
6. Deyna (Legia Warszáwa) 
7. Banks (Stoke), Hulshoff (Ajax), Lubanski (Gornik Zabrze), Moore (West Ham). 


1973 
1. Cruyff (Barcelona) 
2. Zoff (Juventus) 
3. G. Müller (Bayern) 
4. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
5. Bremner (Leeds Utd) 
6. Deyna (Legia Warszáwa) 
7. Eusébio (Benfica) 
8. Rivera (Milan) 
9. Edström (PSV) & Netzer (Real Madrid). 


1974 
1. Cruyff (Barcelona) 
2. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
3. Deyna (Legia Warszáwa) 
4. Breitner (Real Madrid) 
5. Neeskens (Barcelona) 
6. Lato (Stal Mielec) 
7. G. Müller (Bayern) 
8. Gadocha (Legia Warszáwa) 
9. Bremner (Leeds Utd) 
10. Edström (PSV), Sparwasser (Magdeburg) & Vogts (M´Gladbach). 


1975 
1. Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev) 
2. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
3. Cruyff (Barcelona) 
4. Vogts (M´Gladbach) 
5. Maier (Bayern)
6. Geels (Ajax) 
7. Heynckes (M´Gladbach) 
8. Breitner (Real Madrid) 
9. Todd (Derby Co) 
10. Georgescu (Dinamo Bukarest). 


1976 
1. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
2. Rensenbrink (Anderlecht) 
3. Viktor (Dukla Prag) 
4. Keegan (Liverpool) 
5. Platini (Nancy) 
6. Ondrus (Slovan Bratislava) 
7. Curcovic (St-Etienne), Masny (Slovan Bratislava), G. Müller (Bayern) & Bonhof (M'Gladbach). 


1977 
1. Simonsen (M´Gladbach) 
2. Keegan (HSV) 
3. Platini (Nancy) 
4. Bettega (Juventus) 
5. Cruyff (Barcelona) 
6. Fischer (Schalke 04) 
7. Nyilasi (Ferencvaros) & Rensenbrink (Anderlecht) 
9. Georgescu (Dinamo Bukarest) 
10. Hughes (Liverpool), Vogts (M´Gladbach), Heighway (Liverpool). 


1978 
1. Keegan (HSV) 
2. Krankl (Barcelona) 
3. Rensenbrink (Anderlecht) 
4. Bettega (Juventus) 
5. Rossi (Vicenza) 
6. Hellström (Kaiserslautern) & Krol (Ajax) 
8. Dalglish (Liverpool) & Simonsen (M´Gladbach) 
10. Shilton (Nottingham F). 


1979 
1. Keegan (HSV) 
2. Rummenigge (Bayern) 
3. Krol (Ajax) 
4. Kaltz (HSV) 
5. Platini (St-Etienne) 
6. Rossi (Perugia) 
7. Brady (Arsenal) & Francis (Nottingham Forest) 
9. Boniek (Widzew Łódź) & Nehoda (Dukla Prague). 


1970-79:
1. Beckenbauer : 58
2. Cruyff : 57
3. G. Müller : 40
4. Keegan : 26
5. Rensenbrink : 21
6. Platini : 20
7. Deyna : 18
8. Netzer : 17
9. Moore, Bettega : 14
11. Simonsen, Krol : 13
13. S. Mazzola : 12
14. Rossi : 11
15. Breitner, Blokhin : 10
17. Zoff, Vogts, Krankl, Rummenigge : 9
21. Riva, Best, Keizer, Bremner, Viktor : 8
26. Banks, Kaltz : 7
28. Overath, Neeskens, Maier : 6
31. Džajić, Skoblar, Lato, Geels, Ondrus, Fischer, Hellström : 5
38. Lubanski, Hulshoff, Eusébio, Rivera, Heynckes, Bonhof, Masný, Curkovic, Nyilasi, Brady, Francis : 4
49. Chivers, Edström, Gadocha, Georgescu, Dalglish : 3
54. Todd, Boniek, Nehoda : 2
57. Israël, Seeler, Bene, Sparwasser, Heighway, Hughes, Shilton : 1.