Ballon d'Or: FIFA Releases 59-Man List

The 59 players shortlisted for this year's Ballon d'Or have been named. The two top spanish clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona have seven players each while Bayern follows with five players. Manchester City and Chelsea are also tied with four players each while the surprise inclusion is David Ospina from Arsenal.... what a surpise....


'La Gazzetta dello Sport' has published a list of the players shortlisted for the prestigious award.

Real Madrid and Barcelona both feature heavily with seven players each. The list also includes five world-class Spaniards who are keen to win the award: Diego Costa (Chelsea), David de Gea (Manchester United), Iniesta (Barcelona), Morata (Juventus) and Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid).

The 59 players are

Kroos (Real Madrid)
Muller (Bayern)
Neuer (Bayern)
Agüero (Man City)
Mascherano (Barcelona)
Messi (Barcelona)
Otamendi (Valencia-Man City)
Pastore (PSG)
Tevez (Juventus-Boca)
Massimo Luongo (QPR)
Alaba (Bayern Munich)
Courtois (Chelsea)
De Bruyne (Wolfsburg-Man City)
Hazard (Chelsea)
Coutinho (Liverpool)
Neymar (Barcelona)
Willian (Chelsea)
Bravo (Barcelona)
Medel (Inter)
Sanchez (Arsenal)
Vargas (QPR-Hoffenheim)
Vidal (Juventus-Bayern)
Carlos Bacca (Sevilla-AC Milan)
Jackson Martinez (Porto-Atl. Madrid)
Ospina (Arsenal
Rodriguez (Real Madrid)
Son Heung-Min (Leverkusen-Tottenham)
Bony (Swansea-Man City)
Toure (Man City)
Modric (Real Madrid)
Rakitic (Barcelona)
Costa (Chelsea)
De Gea (Man Utd)
Iniesta (Barcelona)
Morata (Juventus)
Ramos (Real Madrid)
Benzema (Real Madrid)
Griezmann (Atl. Madrid)
Lacazette (Lyon)
Pogba (Juventus)
Bale (Real Madrid)
Atsu (Everton-Bournemouth)
Ayew (Marseille-Swansea)
Okazaki (Leicester)
Depay (PSV-Man Utd)
Robben (Bayern)
Kane (Tottenham)
Rooney (Man Utd)
Chiellini (Juventus)
Pirlo (Juventus
Dos Santos (Villarreal-LA Galaxy)
Guardado (PSV)
Guerrero (Corinthians-Flamengo)
Lewandowski (Bayern)
Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Ibrahimovic (PSG)
Cavani (PSG)
Sanchez (River)
Suarez (Barcelona)