In 1975 the Ballon d'Or was won by Oleg Blokhin. Arguably the best player produced by the Soviet Union, he was a powerful striker who combined speed and athleticism with an excellent technique. That year Blokhin helped Dynamo Kiev win the European Cup Winners Cup and the European Supercup.
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| March 1975: Oleg Blokhin in action for the Soviet Union. |
Blokhin being voted European Footballer of the Year was the outcome of a ballot held among 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, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.
The result was announced in the edition dated December 30th, 1975.
| Name | Country | Club | Pts. | |
| 1. | Oleg Blokhin | Soviet Union | Dynamo Kiev | 122 |
| 2. | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | Bayern Munich | 42 |
| 3. | Johan Cruyff | Holland | FC Barcelona | 27 |
| 4. | Berti Vogts | West Germany | Borussia M'gladbach | 25 |
| 5. | Sepp Maier | West Germany | Bayern Munich | 20 |
| 6. | Ruud Geels | Holland | Ajax | 18 |
| 7. | Jupp Heynckes | West Germany | Borussia M'gladbach | 17 |
| 8. | Paul Breitner | West Germany | Real Madrid | 14 |
| 9. | Colin Todd | England | Derby County | 12 |
| 10. | Dudu Georgescu | Romania | Dinamo Bucharest | 11 |
| 11. | Peter Lorimer | Scotland | Leeds United | 9 |
| José Martinez Sánchez | Spain | Real Madrid | 9 | |
| Branko Oblak | Yugoslavia | Schalke 04 | 9 | |
| 14. | Gunter Netzer | West Germany | Real Madrid | 6 |
| Dino Zoff | Italy | Juventus | 6 | |
| Ralf Edström | Sweden | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | |
| 17. | Hristo Bonev | Bulgaria | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 4 |
| Grzegorz Lato | Poland | Stal Mielec | 4 | |
| Gerd Müller | West Germany | Bayern Munich | 4 | |
| Ivo Viktor | Czechoslovakia | Dukla Prague | 4 | |
| Josip Katalinski | Yugoslavia | Nice | 4 | |
| 22. | Jan Pivarnik | Czechoslovakia | Slovan Bratislava | 3 |
| 23. | Leonid Burjak | Soviet Union | Dynamo Kiev | 2 |
| Jürgen Croy | East Germany | Sachsenring Zwickau | 2 | |
| Johan Neeskens | Holland | FC Barcelona | 2 | |
| Jean-Marc Guillou | France | Nice | 2 | |
| 27. | João Antonio Alves | Portugal | Boavista | 1 |
| Dragan Dzajic | Yugoslavia | Bastia | 1 | |
| Giacinto Facchetti | Italy | Inter Milan | 1 | |
| Don Givens | Ireland | Queens Park Rangers | 1 | |
| Pat Jennings | Northern Ireland | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | |
| Allan Simonsen | Denmark | Borussia M'gladbach | 1 | |
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