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UEFA announces Team of the Year 2015 nominees

ByMarco D'Onofrio|
Jun 22, 2014; Manaus, Amazonas, BRAZIL; Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo reacts against USA during the 2014 World Cup at Arena Amazonia. The game ended in a 2-2 draw. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 22, 2014; Manaus, Amazonas, BRAZIL; Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo reacts against USA during the 2014 World Cup at Arena Amazonia. The game ended in a 2-2 draw. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

On Tuesday, UEFA officially announced the nominees for the 2015 Team of the Year. 

Despite the fact that the organization’s president is currently suspended and could be banned for life, UEFA officially announced the 2015 Team of the Year nominees. After their UEFA Champions League triumph in May, it is no surprise that Barcelona has the most representation on the list, with a total of eight nominees plying their trade in Catalonia.

Champions of Italy and Champions League finalists, Juventus, have also been shown quite a fair bit of respect, with six nominees from the club. Interestingly, Juventus have both the youngest and oldest players on the list with Frenchman, Paul Pogba, who is just 22-years-old, and the 2006 World Cup winner, Gianluigi Buffon, who is now 37 years of age.

2015 UEFA Team of the Year Nominees
PositionPlayerClub
GoalkeeperJoe HartManchester City
GoalkeeperGianluigi BuffonJuventus
GoalkeeperManuel NeuerBayern Munich
GoalkeeperDenys BoykoDnipro
DefenderDani AlvesBarcelona
DefenderGerard PiqueBarcelona
DefenderJavier MascheranoBarcelona
DefenderJerome BoatengBayern Munich
DefenderDavid AlabaBayern Munich
DefenderDavid LuizParis Saint-Germain
DefenderThiago SilvaParis Saint-Germain
DefenderDiego GodinAtletico Madrid
DefenderRicardo RodriguezWolfsburg
DefenderSergio RamosReal Madrid
DefenderLeonardo BonucciJuventus
DefenderGiorgio ChielliniJuventus
MidfielderIvan RakiticBarcelona
MidfielderAndres IniestaBarcelona
MidfielderKevin De BruyneManchester City
MidfielderEden HazardChelsea
MidfielderJames RodriguezReal Madrid
MidfielderYevhen KonoplyankaSevilla
MidfielderGrzegorz KrychowiakSevilla
MidfielderHakan CalhanogluBayer Leverkusen
MidfielderArturo VidalBayern Munich
MidfielderPaul PogbaJuventus
MidfielderClaudio MarchisioJuventus
MidfielderMarco VerrattiParis Saint-Germain
ForwardNeymarBarcelona
ForwardLuis SuarezBarcelona
ForwardLionel MessiBarcelona
ForwardCristiano RonaldoReal Madrid
ForwardGareth BaleReal Madrid
ForwardRobert LewandowskiBayern Munich
ForwardThomas MullerBayern Munich
ForwardZlatan IbrahimovicParis Saint-Germain
ForwardSergio AgueroManchester City
ForwardAntoine GriezmannAtletico Madrid
ForwardAlexis SanchezArsen1al
ForwardAlvaro MorataJuventus

Premier League fans may be disappointed to discover that just five players currently playing in England made the list, but with their disappointing performances in Europe last season, it shouldn’t be much of a shock.

Fans will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite players and who they would like to see make the final cut through the official UEFA website. The deadline to get your votes in is at 7 a.m. ET on Tuesday, January 5, with the final UEFA 2015 Team of the Year to be officially unveiled on Friday, January 8.

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