Barcelona and Real Madrid dominate the 2016 FIFPro
World 11 which was announced at The Best Fifa
Awards ceremony in Zurich.
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is the only
player included within the team who did not ply his
trade in Spain's top flight last season.
Current Juventus right-back Dani Alves is the other
current non-La Liga player, though he played the
whole of last season at Barcelona, having only joined
the Italian champions in the summer.
The rest of the defence is made up by Real skipper
Sergio Ramos, Barca and Spain centre-half Gerard
Pique and Real's Brazilian left-back Marcelo.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino and former Argentina
legend Diego Maradona are among those in
attendance
The midfield includes Real Madrid and Croatia's Luka
Modric, Spain and Barcelona's Andres Iniesta and
Modric's Madrid team-mate and Germany
international Toni Kroos.
The front three consists of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez
and Cristiano Ronaldo, with Neymar and FIFA Men's
Player Award nominee Antoine Griezmann the most
high-profile omissions.
Antoine Griezmann, a FIFA Men's Player Award
nominee, was a surprise omission from the XI
The award, which is decided by the players, is
deliberated at the end of every season.
It involves votes from more than 25,000 professional
footballers from over 75 different countries with each
selecting one goalkeeper, four defenders, three
midfielders and three forwards.
Cristiano Ronaldo is included in the XI
The 55-man shortlist was revealed at the start of
December, including 14 players from the Premier
League with Jamie Vardy, N'Golo Kante, Dimitri Payet
and Claudio Bravo among the nominees.
FIFPro World 11: Manuel Neuer, Dani Alves, Gerard
Pique, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Luka Modric, Toni
Kroos, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez,
Cristiano Ronaldo.
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