GOALKEEPERS
Marc-Andre TER STEGEN (Barcelona) 14
Jan OBLAK (Atletico Madrid) 12
ALISSON (Liverpool) 11
EDERSON (Manchester City) 9
David DE GEA (Manchester United) 7
Wojciech SZCZESNY (Juventus) 5
Thibaut COURTOIS (Real Madrid) 4
Gianluigi DONNARUMMA (Milan) 3
Salvatore SIRIGU (Torino) 2
Roman BURKI (Borussia Dortmund) 1
Petr CECH (Arsenal) 1
Ralf FAHRMANN (Schalke) 1
Hugo LLORIS (Tottenham Hotspur) 1
Mike MAIGNAN (Lille) 1
Jordi MASIP (Real Valladolid) 1
NETO (Valencia) 1
Oier OLA ZABAL (Levante) 1
Rui PATRICIO (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 1
Jordan PICKFORD (Everton) 1
DEFENDERS
Virgil VAN DIJK (Liverpool) 39
Jordi ALBA (Barcelona) 19
Giorgio CHIELLINI (Juventus) 16
Leonardo BONUCCI (Juventus) 15
Ashraf HAKIMI (Borussia Dortmund) 13
ALEX SANDRO (Juventus) 12
Joshua KIMMICH (Bayern Munich) 12
Joao CANCELO (Juventus) 11
Gerard PIQUE (Barcelona) 11
Kalidou KOULIBALY (Napoli) 8
Aymeric LAPORTE (Manchester City) 8
MARQUINHOS (Paris Saint-Germain) 8
Sergio RAMOS (Real Madrid) 8
Jose GIMENEZ (Atletico Madrid) 7
Thomas MEUNIER (Paris Saint-Germain) 7
Lukasz PISZCZEK (Borussia Dortmund) 7
Andrew ROBERTSON (Liverpool) 7
Kyle WALKER (Manchester City) 5
Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD (Liverpool) 4
Marcos ALONSO (Chelsea) 4
Juan BERNAT (Paris Saint-Germain) 4
Diego GODIN (Atletico Madrid) 4
Thiago SILVA (Paris Saint-Germain) 4
Manuel AKANJI (Borussia Dortmund) 3
Santiago ARIAS (Atletico Madrid) 3
DAVID LUIZ (Chelsea) 3
Milan SKRINIAR (Internazionale) 3
Matthijs DE LIGT (Ajax) 2
Nico ELVEDI (Borussia Monchengladbach) 2
Joe GOMEZ (Liverpool) 2
Lucas HERNANDEZ (Atletico Madrid) 2
Thilo KEHRER (Paris Saint-Germain) 2
Vincent KOMPANY (Manchester City) 2
Victor LINEDLOF (Manchester United) 2
MARCELO (Real Madrid) 2
Willy ORBAN (RB Leipzig) 2
Nicolas OTAMENDI (Manchester City) 2
Sergi ROBERTO (Barcelona) 2
Alessio ROMAGNOLI (Milan) 2
Nelson SEMEDO (Barcelona) 2
Jan VERTONGHEN (Tottenham Hotspur) 2
David ALABA (Bayern Munich) 1
Daley BLIND (Ajax) 1
Dani CARVAJAL (Real Madrid) 1
Danny DA COSTA (Eintracht Frankfurt) 1
Abdou DIALO (Borussia Dortmund) 1
FILIPE LUIS (Atletico Madrid) 1
Junior FIRPO (Real Betis) 1
Matthias GINTER (Borussia M’gladbach) 1
Makoto HASEBE (Eintracht Frankfurt) 1
Mats HUMMELS (Bayern Munich) 1
Laurent KOSCIELNY (Arsenal) 1
Kenny LALA (Strasbourg) 1
Dejan LOVREN (Liverpool) 1
MARCELO (Lyon) 1
Benjamin MENDY (Manchester City) 1
Ferland MENDY (Lyon) 1
EDER MILITAO (Porto) 1
Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS (Arsenal) 1
Benjamin PAVARD (Stuttgart) 1
Daniele RUGANI (Juventus) 1
Nico SCHUL Z (Hoffenheim) 1
Nicolas TAGLIAFICO (Ajax) 1
Alex TELLES (Porto) 1
Omer TOPRAK (Borussia Dortmund) 1
Hamari TRAORE (Rennes) 1
Kieran TRIPPIER (Tottenham Hotspur) 1
MIDFIELDERS
Eden HA ZARD (Chelsea) 23
Paul POGBA (Manchester United) 23
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
SEASON RANKINGS Cumulative votes through the seasonMarco REUS (Borussia Dortmund) 17
David SILVA (Manchester City) 12
Axel WITSEL (Borussia Dortmund) 11
Leroy SANE (Manchester City) 10
N’Golo KANTE (Chelsea) 8
Jadon SANCHO (Borussia Dortmund) 8
Leon GORETZKA (Bayern Munich) 7
FERNANDINHO (Manchester City) 6
Bernardo SILVA (Manchester City) 6
Philippe COUTINHO (Barcelona) 5
Angel DI MARIA (Paris Saint-Germain) 5
Christian ERIKSEN (Tottenham Hotspur) 5
JORGINHO (Chelsea) 5
Miralem PJANIC (Juventus) 5
Thorgan HA ZARD (Borussia M’gladbach) 4
ARTHUR (Barcelona) 3
Julian BRANDT (Bayer Leverkusen) 3
Bruno FERNANDES (Sporting) 3
Nicolas PEPE (Lille) 3
Pablo SARABIA (Sevilla) 3
Marco VERRATTI (Paris Saint-Germain) 3
Nicolo ZANIOLO (Roma) 3
Rodrigo BETANCUR (Juventus) 2
Kevin DE BRUYNE (Manchester City) 2
Thomas DELANEY (Borussia Dortmund) 2
Ilkay GUNDOGAN (Mancheser City) 2
ISCO (Real Madrid) 2
Blaise MATUIDI (Juventus) 2
James MILNER (Liverpool) 2
Luka MODRIC (Real Madrid) 2
Ivan RAKITIC (Barcelona) 2
SAUL Niguez (Atletico Madrid) 2
Cengiz UNDER (Roma) 2Ever BANEGA (Sevilla) 1
Ross BARKLEY (Chelsea) 1
Sergio BUSQUETS (Barcelona) 1
CASEMIRO (Real Madrid) 1
Memphis DEPAY (Lyon) 1
Javairo DILROSUN (Hertha Berlin) 1
Julian DRAXLER (Paris Saint-Germain) 1
Ondrej DUDA (Hertha Berlin) 1
FABINHO (Liverpool) 1
Andre GOMES (Everton) 1
Hector HERRERA (Porto) 1
Franck KESSIE (Milan) 1
Sami KHEDIRA (Juventus) 1
Thomas LEMAR (Atletico Madrid) 1
Giovani LO CELSO (Real Betis) 1
Riyad MAHREZ (Manchester City) 1
Javi MARTINEZ (Bayern Munich) 1
Gelson MARTINS (Monaco) 1
Jaime MATA (Getafe) 1
Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC (Lazio) 1
Joao MOUTINHO (Wolves) 1
Jesus NAVAS (Sevilla) 1
Thomas PARTEY (Atletico Madrid) 1
PIZ ZI (Benfi ca) 1
Matteo POLITANO (Internazionale) 1
RODRI (Valencia) 1
Lucas TORREIRA (Arsenal) 1
Oliver TORRES (Porto) 1
Georginio WIJNALDUM (Liverpool) 1
WILLIAN (Chelsea) 1
FORWARDS
Lionel MESSI (Barcelona) 49Kylian MBAPPE (Paris Saint-Germain) 23
Cristiano RONALDO (Juventus) 22
Sergio AGUERO (Manchester City) 15
Krzysztof PIATEK (Genoa/Milan) 15
Paco ALCACER (Borussia Dortmund) 11
Mohamed SALAH (Liverpool) 11
Raheem STERLING (Manchester City) 9
NEYMAR (Paris Saint-Germain) 8
Andre SILVA (Sevilla) 8
Luis SUAREZ (Barcelona) 7
Duvan ZAPATA (Atalanta) 7
Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG (Arsenal) 6
Mauro ICARDI (Internazionale) 6
Luka JOVIC (Eintracht Frankfurt) 5
Fabio QUAGLIARELLA (Sampdoria) 5
Harry KANE (Tottenham Hotrspur) 4
Hakim ZIYECH (Ajax) 4
Edinson CAVANI (Paris Saint-Germain) 3
Ousmane DEMBELE (Barcelona) 3
Dries MERTENS (Napoli) 3
Karim BENZEMA (Real Madrid) 2
Roberto FIRMINO (Liverpool) 2
Lorenzo INSIGNE (Napoli) 2
Robert LEWANDOWSKI (Bayern Munich) 2
Marcus RASHFORD (Manchester United) 2
SON Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) 2
Gareth BALE (Real Madrid) 1
Sebastien HALLER (Eintracht Frankfurt) 1
Gonzalo HIGUAIN (Chelsea) 1
Borja IGLESIAS (Espanyol) 1
Sadio MANE (Liverpool) 1
Cristhian STUANI (Girona) 1ESM XI
EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA FEBRUARY 2019
Virgil Van
Dijk
Liverpool
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●●●Joshua
Kimmich
Bayern
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Gimenez
Atletico Madrid
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Pogba
Man United
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Mbappe
PSG
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Aguero
Man City
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Ter Stegen
Barcelona
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Alba
Barcelona
●●●Julian Brandt
Bayer
Leverkusen
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Maria
PSG
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Messi
Barcelona
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