International players’ union FIFPro received votes from 26,478 professional players from around the world for the FIFA FIFPro World XI,
the best team of 2015, with the following result: Manuel Neuer
(Germany/FC Bayern Munich) in goal; Dani Alves (Brazil/FC Barcelona),
Marcelo (Brazil/Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid) and
Thiago Silva (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain) in defence; Andrés Iniesta
(Spain/FC Barcelona), Luka Modrić (Croatia/Real Madrid) and Paul Pogba
(France/Juventus) in midfield; and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real
Madrid), Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona) and Neymar (Brazil/FC
Barcelona) in attack.The FIFA Puskás Award for the best goal of the year was also presented after 1.6 million football fans cast their votes on FIFA.com, FIFA on YouTube and francefootball.fr. This award, which is a tribute to Ferenc Puskás, the captain and star of the 1950s Hungary team, was won by Brazilian Wendell Lira from Goianésia, who topped the poll with 46.7 % of the votes ahead of Lionel Messi (33.3 %) and Alessandro Florenzi (7.1%).
The FIFA Ballon d’Or was presented for the sixth time since the merging of the FIFA World Player of the Year award and France Football’s Ballon d’Or award in 2010.
165 national team coaches, 162 national team captains and 171 media representatives submitted their votes for the FIFA Ballon d’Or award. Lionel Messi won the title with 41.33% of all votes ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (27.76%) and Neymar (7.86%).
FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award, 136 national team coaches, 135 national team captains and 106 media representatives voted for the . Carli Lloyd came out on top with 35.28% of all votes, ahead of German Célia Šašić (12.60%) and Japan’s Aya Miyama (9.88%).
FIFA
World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football award, 167 national team coaches, 161
national team captains and 171 media representatives voted for the . Luis Enrique Martínez
won the award with 31.08% of all votes after leading FC Barcelona to
four titles (La Liga, Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League and FIFA Club
World Cup) in 2015. Second and third places were claimed by Pep Guardiola
(FC Bayern Munich, 22.97%) and Jorge Sampaoli (Chilean national team,
9.47%) respectively. FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football award, 137 national team coaches, 137 national team captains and 106 media representatives voted for the . Jill Ellis won this prize after leading the US women’s national team to glory at the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in Canada. She secured 42.98% of all votes, ahead of Japan coach Norio Sasaki (17.79%) and England women’s national team coach Mark Sampson (10.68%).
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