The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo, The Best FIFA Men's Player 2016
Date9 January 2017 (2017-01-09)
LocationZürich, Switzerland
Presented byFIFA
Hosted byEva Longoria and Marco Schreyl
Highlights
The Best FIFA PlayerMen's:
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Women's:
United States Carli Lloyd
The Best FIFA CoachMen's:
Italy Claudio Ranieri
Women's:
Germany Silvia Neid
FIFA Puskás AwardMalaysia Mohd Faiz Subri
Websitefifa.com
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The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 were held on 9 January 2017 in Zürich, Switzerland.[1] The Best FIFA Football Awards are the annual recognitions awarded by FIFA to several individuals across different categories, including: best eleven players of the year, known as FIFA FIFPro World XI (awards goalkeeper, best defenders l, midfielders, attackers), FIFA World Coach of the Year for men's and for women's football, best female player of the year, 2nd best male player of the year, and best goal of the year (known as FIFA Puskás Award). The FIFA Fair Play Award is the only award that usually goes to groups or entities instead of individuals.

The selection criteria for the (men's and women's) players of the year were: sporting performance, as well as general conduct on and off the pitch from 20 November 2015 to 22 November 2016. The selection criteria for the coaches of the year were: performance and general behaviour of their teams on and off the pitch from 20 November 2015 to 22 November 2016.

The votes were decided by media representatives, national team coaches, and national team captains. In October 2016, it was announced that the general public would also be allowed to vote.[2] Each group contributed 25% of the overall vote.

The ceremony was hosted by Eva Longoria and Marco Schreyl.[3][4]

Winners and nominees

The Best FIFA Men's Player

See also: The Best FIFA Men's Player

The Football Committee compiled a shortlist of 23 male players for The Best FIFA Men's Player.[1]

The 23 candidates were announced on 4 November.[5] The three finalists were announced on 1 December 2016.[6]

Cristiano Ronaldo won the award with nearly 35% of the vote.[7]

Lionel Messi
Antoine Griezmann
Rank Name Club(s) played for National team Percent
The finalists
1 Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid  Portugal 34.54%
2 Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona  Argentina 26.42%
3 Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid  France 7.53%
Other candidates
4 Neymar Spain Barcelona  Brazil 6.23%
5 Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona  Uruguay 5.11%
6 Gareth Bale Spain Real Madrid  Wales 4.62%
7 Riyad Mahrez England Leicester City  Algeria 2.20%
8 Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus  Italy 1.85%
9 Andrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona  Spain 1.69%
10 Toni Kroos Spain Real Madrid  Germany 1.25%
11 Alexis Sánchez England Arsenal  Chile 1.19%
12 Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich  Poland 0.93%
13 Luka Modrić Spain Real Madrid  Croatia 0.89%
14 Mesut Özil England Arsenal  Germany 0.86%
15 Jamie Vardy England Leicester City  England 0.81%
16 Manuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich  Germany 0.80%
17 Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid  Spain 0.70%
18 Zlatan Ibrahimović
 Sweden 0.50%
19 Paul Pogba
 France 0.47%
20 Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City  Belgium 0.46%
21 N'Golo Kanté
 France 0.40%
22 Sergio Agüero England Manchester City  Argentina 0.38%
23 Dimitri Payet England West Ham United  France 0.17%

The Best FIFA Women's Player

See also: The Best FIFA Women's Player
Carli Lloyd
Marta
Melanie Behringer

The Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women's World Cup compiled a shortlist of 10 female players for The Best FIFA Women's Player.[1]

The 10 candidates were announced on 3 November.[8] The three finalists were announced on 2 December.[9]

Carli Lloyd won the award with nearly 21% of the vote.[7]

Rank Name Club(s) played for National team Percent
The finalists
1 Carli Lloyd United States Houston Dash  United States 20.68%
2 Marta Sweden FC Rosengård  Brazil 16.60%
3 Melanie Behringer Germany Bayern Munich  Germany 12.34%
Other candidates
4 Dzsenifer Marozsán
 Germany 11.68%
5 Sara Däbritz Germany Bayern Munich  Germany 8.19%
6 Saki Kumagai France Lyon  Japan 6.94%
7 Lotta Schelin France Lyon  Sweden 6.58%
8 Christine Sinclair United States Portland Thorns  Canada 5.99%
9 Amandine Henry United States Portland Thorns  France 5.96%
10 Camille Abily France Lyon  France 5.04%

The Best FIFA Men's Coach

See also: The Best FIFA Football Coach

The Football Committee compiled a shortlist of 10 men's football coaches for The Best FIFA Men's Coach.[1]

The 10 candidates were announced on 2 November.[10] The three finalists were announced in December 2016.[11]

Claudio Ranieri

Claudio Ranieri won the award with over 22% of the vote.[7]

Rank Name Team(s) managed Percent
The finalists
1 Italy Claudio Ranieri England Leicester City 22.06%
2 France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 16.56%
3 Portugal Fernando Santos  Portugal 16.24%
Other candidates
4 Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Atlético Madrid 12.98%
5 Spain Pep Guardiola
11.13%
6 Spain Luis Enrique Spain Barcelona 8.32%
7 Germany Jürgen Klopp England Liverpool 7.71%
8 France Didier Deschamps  France 1.97%
9 Wales Chris Coleman  Wales 1.82%
10 Argentina Mauricio Pochettino England Tottenham Hotspur 1.21%

The Best FIFA Women's Coach

See also: The Best FIFA Football Coach

The Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women's World Cup compiled a shortlist of 10 women's football coaches for The Best FIFA Women's Coach.[1]

The 10 candidates were announced on 1 November.[12] The three finalists were announced on 2 December 2016.[13]

Silvia Neid

Silvia Neid won the award with nearly 30% of the vote.[7]

Rank Name Team(s) managed Percent
The finalists
1 Germany Silvia Neid  Germany 29.99%
2 England Jill Ellis  United States 16.68%
3 Sweden Pia Sundhage  Sweden 16.47%
Other candidates
4 England John Herdman  Canada 7.85%
5 France Gérard Prêcheur France Lyon 7.26%
6 Brazil Vadão  Brazil 6.00%
7 Germany Martina Voss-Tecklenburg  Switzerland 4.07%
8 Netherlands Vera Pauw  South Africa 3.99%
9 Germany Thomas Wörle Germany Bayern Munich 3.96%
10 France Philippe Bergeroo  France 3.73%

FIFA Fair Play Award

See also: FIFA Fair Play Award

Colombian club Atlético Nacional won the award due to their gesture of asking CONMEBOL to award the 2016 Copa Sudamericana title to Brazilian club Chapecoense following the LaMia Flight 2933 disaster, which resulted in the deaths of 19 players and 23 staff members of the Brazilian club.[14]

Winner Reason
Colombia Atlético Nacional Requested CONMEBOL to award Chapecoense with the 2016 Copa Sudamericana title following LaMia Flight 2933 crash

FIFA Award for an Outstanding Career

Brazilian futsal player Falcão won the award for his 27 years of contribution to the sport.[15]

Player Reason
Brazil Falcão As a result of his remarkable contribution to the sport

FIFA Puskás Award

See also: FIFA Puskás Award
External videos
video icon Mohd Faiz Subri (MAS) - FIFA PUSKAS AWARD 2016 WINNER! on YouTube
video icon THE FIFA PUSKAS AWARD 2016 - Mohd Faiz Subri WINNER on YouTube

The shortlist was announced on 21 November 2016.[16] The three finalists were announced on 2 December 2016.[17]

Mohd Faiz Subri won the award with over 59% of the vote.[18]

Rank Player Match Competition Date Percent
The finalists
1 Malaysia Mohd Faiz Subri Penang – Pahang 2016 Liga Super 16 February 2016 59.46%
2 Brazil Marlone Corinthians – Cobresal 2016 Copa Libertadores 21 April 2016 22.86%
3 Venezuela Daniuska Rodríguez Venezuela – Colombia 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship 14 March 2016 10.01%
Other candidates
Spain Mario Gaspar Spain – England International friendly 13 November 2015 7.68%
South Africa Hlompho Kekana Cameroon – South Africa 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 26 March 2016
Argentina Lionel Messi United States – Argentina Copa América Centenario 21 June 2016
Brazil Neymar Barcelona – Villarreal 2015–16 La Liga 8 November 2015
Spain Saúl Ñíguez Atlético Madrid – Bayern Munich 2015–16 UEFA Champions League 27 April 2016
Wales Hal Robson-Kanu Wales – Belgium UEFA Euro 2016 1 July 2016
Finland Simon Skrabb Gefle IF – Åtvidabergs FF 2015 Allsvenskan 31 October 2015

FIFA Fan Award

The three nominees were announced on 9 December 2016.[19] It was the first time that this award was given.

Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool supporters won the award with nearly 46% of the vote.[20]

Rank Fans Match Competition Date Percent
1 Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool supporters Liverpool – Borussia Dortmund 2015–16 UEFA Europa League 14 April 2016 45.92%
2 Iceland supporters France – Iceland UEFA Euro 2016 3 July 2016 31.37%
3 ADO Den Haag supporters Feyenoord – ADO Den Haag 2016–17 Eredivisie 11 September 2016 22.71%

FIFA FIFPro World11

See also: FIFA FIFPro World11

The 55–player men's shortlist was announced on 1 December 2016.[21]

The players chosen included Manuel Neuer as goalkeeper, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Ramos, and Marcelo as defenders, Luka Modrić, Toni Kroos, and Andrés Iniesta as midfielders, and Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, and Cristiano Ronaldo as forwards.[22]

9 out of the 11 players played in La Liga.

FIFA FIFPro World11 2016
Name Club(s)
Goalkeeper
Germany Manuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich
Defenders
Brazil Dani Alves
Spain Gerard Piqué Spain Barcelona
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid
Brazil Marcelo Spain Real Madrid
Midfielders
Croatia Luka Modrić Spain Real Madrid
Germany Toni Kroos Spain Real Madrid
Spain Andrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona
Forwards
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona
Uruguay Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid
Second Team[23]
Name Club(s)
Goalkeeper
Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus
Defenders
Austria David Alaba Germany Bayern Munich
Portugal Pepe Spain Real Madrid
Brazil Thiago Silva France Paris Saint-Germain
Germany Jérôme Boateng Germany Bayern Munich
Midfielders
Germany Mesut Özil England Arsenal
Spain Sergio Busquets Spain Barcelona
France Paul Pogba
Forwards
Brazil Neymar Spain Barcelona
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid
Third Team[23]
Name Club(s)
Goalkeeper
Spain David de Gea England Manchester United
Defenders
Spain Jordi Alba Spain Barcelona
Spain Dani Carvajal Spain Real Madrid
Uruguay Diego Godín Spain Atlético Madrid
Germany Philipp Lahm Germany Bayern Munich
Midfielders
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City
France N'Golo Kanté
Chile Arturo Vidal Germany Bayern Munich
Forwards
Argentina Sergio Agüero England Manchester City
Wales Gareth Bale Spain Real Madrid
Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich
Fourth Team[23]
Name Club(s)
Goalkeeper
Costa Rica Keylor Navas Spain Real Madrid
Defenders
France Raphaël Varane Spain Real Madrid
Germany Mats Hummels
Italy Leonardo Bonucci Italy Juventus
Brazil David Luiz
Midfielders
Belgium Eden Hazard England Chelsea
Italy Marco Verratti France Paris Saint-Germain
Croatia Ivan Rakitić Spain Barcelona
Forwards
France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid
Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín
Chile Alexis Sánchez England Arsenal
Fifth Team[23]
Name Club(s)
Goalkeeper
Chile Claudio Bravo
Defenders
Ivory Coast Serge Aurier France Paris Saint-Germain
Argentina Javier Mascherano Spain Barcelona
Italy Giorgio Chiellini Italy Juventus
Spain Héctor Bellerín England Arsenal
Midfielders
France Dimitri Payet England West Ham United
Spain Xabi Alonso Germany Bayern Munich
Spain David Silva England Manchester City
Forwards
Argentina Paulo Dybala Italy Juventus
England Jamie Vardy England Leicester City
Germany Thomas Müller Germany Bayern Munich

See also

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