GOALKEEPERS
ALISSON (Liverpool) 10
Jan OBLAK (Atletico Madrid) 10
Marc-Andre TER STEGEN (Barcelona) 10
EDERSON (Manchester City) 7
David DE GEA (Manchester United) 6
Wojciech SZCZESNY (Juventus) 5
Thibaut COURTOIS (Real Madrid) 4
Gianluigi DONNARUMMA (Milan) 3
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) 32
Jordi ALBA (Barcelona) 16
Giorgio CHIELLINI (Juventus) 15
Leonardo BONUCCI (Juventus) 14
Ashraf HAKIMI (Borussia Dortmund) 13
ALEX SANDRO (Juventus) 11
Joao CANCELO (Juventus) 11
Gerard PIQUE (Barcelona) 9
MARQUINHOS (Paris Saint-Germain) 8
Sergio RAMOS (Real Madrid) 8
Joshua KIMMICH (Bayern Munich) 7
Thomas MEUNIER (Paris Saint-Germain) 7
Lukasz PISZCZEK (Borussia Dortmund) 7
Kalidou KOULIBALY (Napoli) 6
Aymeric LAPORTE (Manchester City) 6
Andrew ROBERTSON (Liverpool) 5
Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD (Liverpool) 4
Marcos ALONSO (Chelsea) 4
Juan BERNAT (Paris Saint-Germain) 4
Kyle WALKER (Manchester City) 4
Manuel AKANJI (Borussia Dortmund) 3
Santiago ARIAS (Atletico Madrid) 3
DAVID LUIZ (Chelsea) 3
Jose GIMENEZ (Atletico Madrid) 3
Milan SKRINIAR (Internazionale) 3
Matthijs DE LIGT (Ajax) 2
Nico ELVEDI (Borussia Monchengladbach) 2
Joe GOMEZ (Liverpool) 2
Lucas HERNANDEZ (Atletico Madrid) 2
Vincent KOMPANY (Manchester City) 2
MARCELO (Real Madrid) 2
Thiago SILVA (Paris Saint-Germain) 2
David ALABA (Bayern Munich) 1
Daley BLIND (Ajax) 1
Dani CARVAJAL (Real Madrid) 1
Abdou DIALO (Borussia Dortmund) 1
EDER MILITAO (Porto) 1
Junior FIRPO (Real Betis) 1
Matthias GINTER (Borussia M’gladbach) 1
Diego GODIN (Atletico Madrid) 1
Makoto HASEBE (Eintracht Frankfurt) 1
Mats HUMMELS (Bayern Munich) 1
Thilo KEHRER (Paris Saint-Germain) 1
Laurent KOSCIELNY (Arsenal) 1
Kenny LALA (Strasbourg) 1
Victor LINEDLOF (Manchester United) 1
Dejan LOVREN (Liverpool) 1
MARCELO (Lyon) 1
Benjamin MENDY (Manchester City) 1
Ferland MENDY (Lyon) 1
Nicolas OTAMENDI (Manchester City) 1
Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS (Arsenal) 1
Benjamin PAVARD (Stuttgart) 1
Daniele RUGANI (Juventus) 1
Sergi ROBERTO (Barcelona) 1
Nico SCHUL Z (Hoffenheim) 1
Nelson SEMEDO (Barcelona) 1
Nicolas TAGLIAFICO (Ajax) 1
Alex TELLES (Porto) 1
Omer TOPRAK (Borussia Dortmund) 1
Kieran TRIPPIER (Tottenham Hotspur) 1
MIDFIELDERS
Eden HA ZARD (Chelsea) 22
Marco REUS (Borussia Dortmund) 17
Paul POGBA (Manchester United) 14
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 seasonDavid SILVA (Manchester City) 12
Axel WITSEL (Borussia Dortmund) 11
Leroy SANE (Manchester City) 9
Jadon SANCHO (Borussia Dortmund) 8
Leon GORETZKA (Bayern Munich) 7
N’Golo KANTE (Chelsea) 7
Philippe COUTINHO (Barcelona) 5
Christian ERIKSEN (Tottenham Hotspur) 5
FERNANDINHO (Manchester City) 5
JORGINHO (Chelsea) 5
Thorgan HA ZARD (Borussia M’gladbach) 4
Miralem PJANIC (Juventus) 4
Bernardo SILVA (Manchester City) 4
ARTHUR (Barcelona) 3
Nicolas PEPE (Lille) 3
Pablo SARABIA (Sevilla) 3
Rodrigo BETANCUR (Juventus) 2
Kevin DE BRUYNE (Manchester City) 2
Thomas DELANEY (Borussia Dortmund) 2
Angel DI MARIA (Paris Saint-Germain) 2
ISCO (Real Madrid) 2
Blaise MATUIDI (Juventus) 2
James MILNER (Liverpool) 2
Luka MODRIC (Real Madrid) 2
SAUL NIGUEZ (Atletico Madrid) 2
Cengiz UNDER (Roma) 2
Nicolo ZANIOLO (Roma) 2
Ever BANEGA (Sevilla) 1
Ross BARKLEY (Chelsea) 1
Sergio BUSQUETS (Barcelona) 1
Memphis DEPAY (Lyon) 1
Javairo DILROSUN (Hertha Berlin) 1Julian DRAXLER (Paris Saint-Germain) 1
Ondrej DUDA (Hertha Berlin) 1
FABINHO (Liverpool) 1
Bruno FERNANDES (Sporting) 1
Andre GOMES (Everton) 1
Ilkay GUNDOGAN (Mancheser City) 1
Hector HERRERA (Porto) 1
Franck KESSIE (Milan) 1
Sami KHEDIRA (Juventus) 1
Giovani LO CELSO (Real Betis) 1
Riyad MAHREZ (Manchester City) 1
Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC (Lazio) 1
Joao MOUTINHO (Wolves) 1
Jesus NAVAS (Sevilla) 1
Thomas PARTEY (Atletico Madrid) 1
Matteo POLITANO (Internazionale) 1
Ivan RAKITIC (Barcelona) 1
RODRI (Valencia) 1
SON Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) 1
Lucas TORREIRA (Arsenal) 1
Oliver TORRES (Porto) 1
Marco VERRATTI (Paris Saint-Germain) 1
Georginio WIJNALDUM (Liverpool) 1
WILLIAN (Chelsea) 1
FORWARDS
Lionel MESSI (Barcelona) 38
Cristiano RONALDO (Juventus) 20
Kylian MBAPPE (Paris Saint-Germain) 14
Paco ALCACER (Borussia Dortmund) 11
Mohamed SALAH (Liverpool) 11
Krzysztof PIATEK (Genoa/Milan) 10NEYMAR (Paris Saint-Germain) 8
Andre SILVA (Sevilla) 8
Sergio AGUERO (Manchester City) 7
Raheem STERLING (Manchester City) 7
Luis SUAREZ (Barcelona) 7
Duvan ZAPATA (Atalanta) 7
Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG (Arsenal) 6
Mauro ICARDI (Internazionale) 6
Harry KANE (Tottenham Hotrspur) 4
Fabio QUAGLIARELLA (Sampdoria) 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
Luka JOVIC (Eintracht Frankfurt) 2
Marcus RASHFORD (Manchester United) 2
Hakim ZIYECH (Ajax) 2
Gareth BALE (Real Madrid) 1
Sebastien HALLER (Eintracht Frankfurt) 1
Gonzalo HIGUAIN (Chelsea) 1
Borja IGLESIAS (Espanyol) 1
Robert LEWANDOWSKI (Bayern Munich) 1
Sadio MANE (Liverpool) 1
Cristhian STUANI (Girona) 1ESM XI
EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA
JANUARY 2018
Virgil
Van Dijk
Liverpool
●●●Ashraf
Hakimi
Borussia
Dortmund
●●●●●Sergio
Ramos
Real Madrid
●●●●Paul
Pogba
Man United
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●●●●Cristiano
Ronaldo
Juventus
●●●●●Duvan
Zapata
Atalanta
●●●●●David
De Gea
Man United
●●●●●Jordi
Alba
Barcelona
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●●●Leroy
Sane
Manchester City
●●●●Leon
Goretzka
Bayern Munich
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●●●Lionel
Messi
Barcelona
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GORETZKAMESSIALBAVAN DIJKSANE