THE FIFA BEST AWARD: WINNERS AND BEST XI

The 2024 World 11 was set to be revealed on January 15, 2024, at The Best FIFA Football Awards in London, England

Leo Messi forward and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF and the Argentine national team won the “BEST FIFA MEN’S AWARD”

The award is highly regarded as it is the only global player award decided exclusively by professional footballers

Messi and Erling Haaland both finished with 48 points, but Messi edged out Haaland for the award by receiving more first-place votes. Kylian Mbappe finished third with 35 points

The winners of the award were determined by a combination of votes from national team captains, journalists, and supporters

Aitana Bonmati won “THE BEST FIFA WOMEN’S AWARD”

Mary Earps won “THE BEST FIFA WOMEN’S GOALKEEPER”

EDERSON won “THE BEST FIFA MEN’S GOALKEEPER”

Guilherme Madruga won “FIFA PUSKAS AWARD”

Sarina Wiegman has been named The Best FIFA Women’s Coach for 2023

Pep Guardiola has been named The Best FIFA Men’s Coach 2023

Marta has been honoured with the FIFA Special Award

The voting system for the FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World 11 involves professional football players from around the world voting for their peers in each position.

FIFPRO and affiliated player unions distribute unique links that give players from professional football clubs

The opportunity to vote for the three players who, in their opinion, were the most outstanding in each of the following positions: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and forwards. The goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfielders, and three forwards with the most votes in their position make it into the World 11.

The remaining spot is assigned to the outfield player with the next highest number of votes who is not already included in the team already included in the team

The World 11 is the only global player award decided exclusively by professional footballers

Lionel Messi makes record 17th successive Men’s World 11 appearance; Spain and England stars dominate Women’s World 11

The FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World 11 and FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11 have been revealed at The Best FIFA Football Awards in London, England after over 28,000 professional footballers voted for their global team of the year.

Six of Manchester City’s treble-winning side were voted into the men’s team of the year: Kyle Walker, John Stones, Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland.

Two of Spain’s Women’s World Cup-winning heroes – Aitana Bonmati and Olga Carmona – made it into the FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11 for the first time. They were joined by seven England internationals: Mary Earps, Alex Greenwood, Lucy Bronze, Ella Toone, Keira Walsh, Alessia Russo and Lauren James.

Since 2005, FIFPRO has invited the world’s professional footballers to choose their World 11. It is the only global player award decided exclusively by footballers.

2023 FIFA FIFPRO WOMEN’S WORLD 11

Goalkeeper

Mary Earps (Manchester United, England)

Defenders

Lucy Bronze (Barcelona, England)

Olga Carmona (Real Madrid, Spain)

Alex Greenwood (Manchester City, England)

Midfielders

Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain)

Ella Toone (Manchester United, England)

Keira Walsh (Barcelona, England)

Forwards

Lauren James (Chelsea, England)

Sam Kerr (Chelsea, Australia)

Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave, USA)

Alessia Russo (Manchester United/Arsenal, England)

2023 FIFA FIFPRO MEN’S WORLD 11

Goalkeeper

Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, Belgium)

Defenders

Ruben Dias (Manchester City, Portugal)

John Stones (Manchester City, England)

Kyle Walker (Manchester City, England)

Midfielders

Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund/Real Madrid, England)

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium)

Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, Portugal)

Forwards

Erling Haaland (Manchester City, Norway)

Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain, France)

Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain/Inter Miami, Argentina)

Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid, Brazil)

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