|
Name |
Country |
Club |
Pts. |
1. |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
West Germany |
Bayern Munich |
122 |
2. |
Bernd Schuster |
West Germany |
FC Barcelona |
34 |
3. |
Michel Platini |
France |
AS Saint Etienne |
33 |
4. |
Wilfried van Moer |
Belgium |
SK Beveren |
27 |
5. |
Jan Ceulemans |
Belgium |
Club Brugge |
20 |
6. |
Horst Hrubesch |
West Germany |
Hamburger SV |
18 |
7. |
Herbert Prohaska |
Austria |
Internazionale |
14 |
8. |
Liam Brady |
Ireland |
Juventus |
11 |
|
Hansi Müller |
West Germany |
VfB Stuttgart |
11 |
10. |
Manfred Kaltz |
West Germany |
Hamburger SV |
10 |
11. |
Erwin Vandenbergh |
Belgium |
Lierse SK |
9 |
|
Dino Zoff |
Italy |
Juventus |
9 |
|
Luis Arconada |
Spain |
Real Sociedad |
9 |
14. |
Kenny Dalglish |
Scotland |
Liverpool |
5 |
|
Bruno Pezzey |
Austria |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
5 |
16. |
Viv Anderson |
England |
Nottingham Forest |
4 |
|
Francesco Graziani |
Italy |
Torino |
4 |
|
Terry McDermott |
England |
Liverpool |
4 |
|
Ruud Krol |
Holland |
Napoli |
4 |
20. |
Manuel Bento |
Portugal |
Benfica |
3 |
|
Ladislav Vizek |
Czechoslovakia |
Dukla Prague |
3 |
22. |
Frank Arnesen |
Denmark |
Ajax |
2 |
|
David O’Leary |
Ireland |
Arsenal |
2 |
|
Antonin Panenka |
Czechoslovakia |
Bohemians Prague |
2 |
|
Vladimir Petrovic |
Yugoslavia |
Red Star Belgrade |
2 |
|
Zbigniew Boniek |
Poland |
Widzew Lodz |
2 |
27. |
Giancarlo Antognoni |
Italy |
Fiorentina |
1 |
|
Alessandro Altobelli |
Italy |
Internazionale |
1 |
|
Trevor Francis |
England |
Nottingham Forest |
1 |
|
Zdenek Nehoda |
Czechoslovakia |
Dukla Prague |
1 |
|
Marcel Raducanu |
Romania |
Steaua Bucharest |
1 |
|
Peter Shilton |
England |
Nottingham Forest |
1 |
| |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was named European Footballer of the Year in 1980. Rummenigge won the European Championship with West Germany that year. The 1979-1980 Bundesliga top scorer, he also played a significant part in Bayern München winning the German championship that season.
The result listed above was the outcome of a ballot held amongst a panel of football journalists organised by the magazine
France Football, with one vote coming from each of the following 25 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England,
Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
West Germany and Yugoslavia. The result was announced in
France Football (December 30, 1980).
Herbert Prohaska was erroneously reported as having received 16 points, after reveiving a fourth place that was in fact awarded to his fellow countryman Bruno Pezzey, who was reported as having received only 3 points.