The 1978 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from

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member countries, was awarded to the

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forward Kevin Keegan on 27 December 1978. There were 26 voters, from 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.

Rankings

References

External links

''France Football'' Official Ballon d'Or page
{{Ballon d'Or recipients 1978 1978–79 in European football