Fifa 2015 - 2016 Team Of The Year 55-Player Shortlist: Real Madrid 12 Players, Win Barcelona And Bayern

fifa announced the 2015--2016 team of the year candidate 55-player shortlist, including 5 goalkeepers, 20 defenders, 15 midfielders and 15 strikers. the final year 11 will be published on fifa annual awards ceremony, held january 12, 2016. then fifa 16 football game and the reality of this synchronization will announce toty 2015 lineup ultimate team.

the 55-player shortlist: (home country/club)

goalkeepers (5): gianluigi buffon (italy/juventus), iker casillas (spain/fc porto), david de gea (spain/manchester united), keylor navas (costa rica/real madrid) and manuel neuer (germany/fc bayern munich).

defenders (20): david alaba (austria/fc bayern munich), jordi alba (spain/fc barcelona), jérôme boateng (germany/fc bayern munich), daniel carvajal (spain/real madrid), giorgio chiellini (italy/juventus), dani alves (brazil/fc barcelona), david luiz (brazil/paris saint-germain), diego godín (uruguay/atletico madrid), mats hummels (germany/borussia dortmund), branislav ivanović (serbia/chelsea), vincent kompany (belgium/manchester city), philipp lahm (germany/fc bayern munich), marcelo (brazil/real madrid), javier mascherano (argentina/fc barcelona), pepe (portugal/real madrid), gerard piqué (spain/fc barcelona), sergio ramos (spain/real madrid), john terry (england/chelsea), thiago silva (brazil/paris saint-germain) and raphaël varane (france/real madrid).

midfielders (15): thiago alcântara (spain/fc bayern munich), xabi alonso (spain/fc bayern munich), sergio busquets (spain/fc barcelona), eden hazard (belgium/chelsea), andrés iniesta (spain/fc barcelona), toni kroos (germany/real madrid), luka modrić (croatia/real madrid), andrea pirlo (italy/new york city fc), paul pogba (france/juventus), ivan rakitić (croatia/fc barcelona), james rodríguez (colombia/real madrid), david silva (spain/manchester city),yaya touré (côte d’ivoire/manchester city), marco verratti (italy/paris saint-germain) and arturo vidal (chile/fc bayern munich).

strikers (15): sergio agüero (argentina/manchester city), gareth bale (wales/real madrid), karim benzema (france/real madrid), douglas costa (brazil/fc bayern munich), cristiano ronaldo (portugal/real madrid), zlatan ibrahimović (sweden/paris saint-germain), robert lewandowski (poland/fc bayern munich), lionel messi (argentina/fc barcelona), thomas müller (germany/fc bayern munich), neymar (brazil/fc barcelona), arjen robben (netherlands/fc bayern munich), wayne rooney (england/manchester united), alexis sánchez (chile/arsenal), luis suárez (uruguay/fc barcelona) and carlos tevez (argentina/boca juniors).

the final fifa fifpro world xi will be announced at the fifa ballon d’or award ceremony at the kongresshaus in zurich on 11 january 2016. during the televised ceremony, the winner of the fifa ballon d’or for best player of 2015 and the winner of the fifa women’s world player of the year 2015 award will also be revealed, while the fifa world coach of the year awards for men’s and women’s football will be presented for the sixth time.