The 1981 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on 29 December 1981. [1][2]

1981 Ballon d'Or
1981 Ballon d'Or winner Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in 1982
Date29 December 1981
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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This was Rummenigge's second win in succession.

Rankings

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Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge   Bayern Munich   West Germany 106
2 Paul Breitner   Bayern Munich   West Germany 64
3 Bernd Schuster   Barcelona   West Germany 39
4 Michel Platini   Saint-Étienne   France 36
5 Oleg Blokhin   Dinamo Kyiv   Soviet Union 14
6 Dino Zoff   Juventus   Italy 13
7 Ramaz Shengelia   Dinamo Tbilisi   Soviet Union 10
8 Alexsandr Chivadze   Dinamo Tbilisi   Soviet Union 9
9 Liam Brady   Juventus   Republic of Ireland 7
John Wark   Ipswich Town   Scotland
11 David Kipiani   Dinamo Tbilisi   Soviet Union 6
András Törőcsik   Újpest   Hungary
Zbigniew Boniek   Widzew Łódź   Poland
Maxime Bossis   Nantes   France
Bruno Pezzey   Eintracht Frankfurt   Austria
16 Horst Hrubesch   Hamburger SV   West Germany 5
Ruud Krol   Napoli   Netherlands
Vladimir Petrović   Red Star Belgrade   Yugoslavia
19 Zlatko Vujovic   Hajduk Split   Yugoslavia 4
Trevor Brooking   West Ham United   England
21 Giancarlo Antognoni   Fiorentina   Italy 3
Jan Ceulemans   Club Brugge   Belgium
Kenny Dalglish   Liverpool   Scotland
Bryan Robson   Manchester United   England
Frank Stapleton   Manchester United   Ireland
Wilfried Van Moer   Beveren   Belgium
Luis Arconada   Real Sociedad   Spain
28 Grzegorz Lato   Lokeren   Poland 2
Tibor Nyilasi   Ferencváros   Hungary
Wlodzimierz Smolarek   Widzew Łódź   Poland
Frans Thijssen   Ipswich Town   Netherlands
32 António Oliveira   Sporting CP   Portugal 1
Uli Stielike   Real Madrid   West Germany
Jesús Zamora   Real Sociedad   Spain

References

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  1. ^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1981 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1981". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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