SEASON RANKINGS
Cumulative votes through the season
GOALKEEPERS
Marc-Andre TER STEGEN (Barcelona) 7
Samir HANDANOVIC (Internazionale) 3
Jan OBLAK (Atletico Madrid) 2
ADRIAN (Liverpool) 1
DEFENDERS
Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD (Liverpool) 5
Virgil VAN DIJK (Liverpool) 5
Diego GODIN (Internazionale) 4
Andrew ROBERTSON (Liverpool) 4
Ricardo PERREIRA (Leicester City) 3
Stefan DE VRIJ (Internazionale) 2
Salif SANE (Schalke) 2
Stevan SAVIC (Atletico Madrid) 2
Milan SKRINIAR (Internazionale) 2
Nicolas TAGLIAFICO (Ajax) 2
Kieran TRIPPIER (Atletico Madrid) 2
Leonardo BONUCCI (Juventus) 1
Aurelien CHEDJOU (Amiens) 1
Mats HUMMELS (Borussia Dortmund) 1
Joshua KIMMICH (Bayern Munich) 1
Robin KNOCHE (Wolfsburg) 1
Aleksandar KOLAROV (Roma) 1
Ibrahima KONATE (RB Leipzig) 1
Kalidou KOULIBALY (Napoli) 1
Renan LODI (Atletico Madrid) 1
Joel MATIP (Liverpool) 1
Willi ORBAN (RB Leipzig) 1
Benjamin PAVARD (Bayern Munich) 1
PEPE (Porto) 1
Gerard PIQUE (Barcelona) 1
Thiago SILVA (Paris Saint-Germain) 1
Caglar SOYUNCU (Leicester City) 1
Raphael VARANE (Real Madrid) 1
Kyle WALKER (Manchester City) 1
MIDFIELDERS
Kevin DE BRUYNE (Manchester City) 9
Stefano SENSI (Internazionale) 6
Angel DI MARIA (Paris Saint-Germain) 3
Marcelo BROZOVIC (Internazionale) 2
Philippe COUTINHO (Bayern Munich) 2
Amine HARIT (Schalke) 2
Wilfred NDIDI (Leicester City) 2
Martin ODEGAARD (Real Sociedad) 2
Georginio WIJNALDUM (Liverpool) 2
ARTHUR (Barcelona) 1
Santi CA ZORLA (Villarreal) 1
Frenkie DE JONG (Barcelona) 1
FELIPE ANDERSON (West Ham United) 1
Alexander GOLOVIN (Monaco) 1
N’Golo KANTE (Chelsea) 1
Miralem PJANIC (Juventus) 1
Franck RIBERY (Fiorentina) 1
Bernardo SILVA (Manchester City) 1
Dusan TADIC (Ajax) 1
Youri TIELEMANS (Leicester City) 1
Hans VANAKEN (Club Brugge) 1
FORWARDS
Robert LEWANDOWSKI (Bayern Munich) 12
Donyell MALEN (PSV) 4
NEYMAR (Paris Saint-Germain) 4
Cristiano RONALDO (Juventus) 3
Karim BENZEMA (Real Madrid) 2
Erling HALAND (RB Salzburg) 2
Dries MERTENS (Napoli) 2
ROBERTO FIRMINO (Liverpool) 2
Islam SLIMANI (Monaco) 2
Sergio AGUERO (Manchester City) 1
Ansu FATI (Barcelona) 1
Lionel MESSI (Barcelona) 1
Teemu PUKKI (Norwich City) 1
Jadon SANCHO (Borussia Dortmund) 1
HOW IT WORKS Every month, journalists from each member of the European Sports Media group select their first Xl based on the best
individual performances from Europe’s top competitions. For details of how each ESM member voted, visit worldsoccer.com/esm11
GLOBAL FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE
ESM XI
EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA
SEPTEMBER 2019
Neymar
Paris Saint-
Germain
OOOO
Kevin De
Bruyne
Manchester City
OOOOO
OOOO
Stefano
Sensi
Internazionale
OOOOOO
Robert
Lewandowski
Bayern Munich
OOOOOO
OOOOOO
Donyell
Malen
PSV
OOOO
Angel
Di Maria
Paris Saint-Germain
OOO
Trent
Alexander-
Arnold
Liverpool
OOOOO
Virgil
Van Dijk
Liverpool
OOOOO
Marc-Andre
Ter Stegen
Barcelona
OOOO
OOO
Diego
Godin
Internazionale
OOOO
Andrew
Robertson
Liverpool
OOOO
NEYMAR
ALEXANDER-
ARNOLD
LEWANDOWSKI
SENSI
MALEN
DI MARIA
TER STEGEN
ROBERTSON
VAN DIJK
DE BRUYNE
GODIN