Real,barca dominate world xi

With four players each from Barcelona and Real

Madrid, the Spanish giants combined to put eight

players on the 2015 FIFPro World XI.

The team, announced on Monday at the Ballon

d'Or ceremony in Zurich, featured Lionel Messi,

Neymar, Dani Alves and Andres Iniesta from

Barcelona, while Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcelo,

Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric represented Real

Madrid.



Also on the team were Paul Pogba of Juventus,

Paris Saint-Germain's Thiago Silva and Bayern

Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

Messi and Ronaldo both made the XI for the ninth

time in their careers, the most appearances of

any players. Iniesta is next on that list with his

seventh appearance on the team.

Neuer made the team for the third straight

season, while Neymar, Modric and Pogba all made

their debuts.



Barcelona's Luis Suarez was again left off the list,

while Real Madid's Gareth Bale and James

Rodriguez are also left waiting for their names to

be called for the first time.



Over the last six seasons, 47 of the 66 players

selected to the World's eleven best players have

come from La Liga, 40 more than the Bundesliga,

the next most-represented league.

England's Premier League was the only one of

Europe's five major leagues not to be represented

on the team, which is made up from 45,000

ballots by professional players from countries

whose national associations are FIFPro members.

2015 FIFPro World XI



Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich,

Germany)



Defenders: Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain,

Brazil), Marcelo (Real Madrid, Brazil), Sergio

Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain), Dani Alves

(Barcelona, Brazil)



Midfielders: Andres Iniesta (Barcelona, Spain),

Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia), Paul Pogba

(Juventus, France)





Forwards: Neymar (Barcelona, Brazil), Lionel Messi

(Barcelona, Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real

Madrid, Portugal)