|
Name |
Country |
Club |
Pts. |
1. |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
West Germany |
Bayern Munich |
106 |
2. |
Paul Breitner |
West Germany |
Bayern Munich |
64 |
3. |
Bernd Schuster |
West Germany |
FC Barcelona |
39 |
4. |
Michel Platini |
France |
AS Saint Etienne |
36 |
5. |
Oleg Blokhin |
Soviet Union |
Dynamo Kiev |
14 |
6. |
Dino Zoff |
Italy |
Juventus |
13 |
7. |
Ramaz Shengelia |
Soviet Union |
Dinamo Tbilisi |
10 |
8. |
Alexsandr Chivadze |
Soviet Union |
Dinamo Tbilisi |
9 |
9. |
Liam Brady |
Ireland |
Juventus |
7 |
|
John Wark |
Scotland |
Ipswich Town |
7 |
11. |
David Kipiani |
Soviet Union |
Dinamo Tbilisi |
6 |
|
Andras Toroczik |
Hungary |
Újpest Dózsa |
6 |
|
Zbigniew Boniek |
Poland |
Widzew Lodz |
6 |
|
Maxime Bossis |
France |
FC Nantes |
6 |
|
Bruno Pezzey |
Austria |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
6 |
16. |
Horst Hrubesch |
West Germany |
Hamburger SV |
5 |
|
Ruud Krol |
Holland |
Napoli |
5 |
|
Vladimir Petrovic |
Yugoslavia |
Red Star Belgrade |
5 |
19. |
Zlatko Vujovic |
Yugoslavia |
Hajduk Split |
4 |
|
Trevor Brooking |
England |
West Ham United |
4 |
21. |
Giancarlo Antognoni |
Italy |
Fiorentina |
3 |
|
Jan Ceulemans |
Belgium |
Club Brugge |
3 |
|
Kenny Dalglish |
Scotland |
Liverpool |
3 |
|
Bryan Robson |
England |
Manchester United |
3 |
|
Frank Stapleton |
Ireland |
Manchester United |
3 |
|
Wilfried van Moer |
Belgium |
SK Beveren |
3 |
|
Luis Arconada |
Spain |
Real Sociedad |
3 |
28. |
Grzegorz Lato |
Poland |
Lokeren |
2 |
|
Tibor Nyilasi |
Hungary |
Ferencváros |
2 |
|
Wlodzimierz Smolarek |
Poland |
Widzew Lódz |
2 |
|
Frans Thijssen |
Holland |
Ipswich Town |
2 |
32. |
Antonio Oliveira |
Portugal |
Sporting Lisbon |
1 |
|
Uli Stielike |
West Germany |
Real Madrid |
1 |
|
Jesús Zamora |
Spain |
Real Sociedad |
1 |
| |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was named European Footballer of the Year in 1981, winning the prestigious award for the second year in a row. The 1980-1981 Bundesliga top scorer, Rummenigge played a significant part in his club 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 26 countries: 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. The result was announced in
France Football (December 29, 1981).