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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

UEFA Best Player shortlist

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2014-15 Champions League finalists Barcelona and Juventus provide eight of the 10 players shortlisted for UEFA's Best Player in Europe Award for last season

FC Barcelona players Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez are up against Cristiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard and five Juventus players for UEFA's 2014-15 Best Player in Europe award.

In the UEFA CL FC Barcelona beats Juventus 3–1at the Olympia Stadion in Berlin,Germany on June 06,2015 to gain their fifth trophy in the competition 

UEFA says Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid and Chelsea's Eden Hazard are also voted in from an initial 35-candidate list.

Champions League-winning Barcelona players on the shortlist are forwards Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez.

Beaten finalist Juventus has Gianluigi Buffon, Paul Pogba, Andrea Pirlo, Carlos Tevez and Arturo Vidal.

UEFA asked journalists from its 54 member countries to each name their top five players from the 2014-15 season.

No English players were among the 35 candidates chosen.

A three-man shortlist will be named Aug. 12,2015

The UEFA panel of journalists will pick the winner at the Champions League groups draw in Monaco on Aug. 27,2015

Past winners include Messi (2011), Andres Iniesta (2012), Franck Ribery (2013) and Ronaldo (2014)

UEFA also announced the Best Women's Player of 2014-15 shortlist, including: Nadine Angerer; Ramona Bachmann; Veronica Boquete(FFC); Amandine Henry; Simone Laudehr(FFC); Eugenie Le Sommer; Wendie Renard; Dzsenifer Marozsan(FFC); Anja Mittag; Alexandra Popp; Celia Sasic(FFC); Caroline Seger
Four stars of 1. FFC Frankfurt's UEFA Women's Champions League winners are on the shortlist for the 2014/15 UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award. 

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