Nine Barça players among the nominees for FIFA's FIFPro World11

FIFA announced on Thursday the 55 players pre-selected for the FIFA FIFPro World11 2016, a prize awarded by the players to the players. More than 25,000 players from more than 75 countries participate in the vote in which they select a goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three strikers. Nine FC Barcelona players have been chosen: Jordi Alba, Javier Mascherano, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Ivan Rakitic, Leo Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez. Real Madrid beat them, though, with 11 pre-selected players. This is the complete list of nominees:

GOALKEEPERS 

Claudio Bravo (Chile/FC Barcelona/Manchester City), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus), David de Gea (Spain/Manchester United), Keylor Navas (Costa Rica/Real Madrid) y Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern de Múnich). 

DEFENDERS

David Alaba (Austria/Bayern de Múnich), Jordi Alba (Spain/FC Barcelona), Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast/Paris Saint-Germain), Héctor Bellerín (Spain/Arsenal), Jérôme Boateng (Germany/Bayern de Múnich), Leonardo Bonucci (Italy/Juventus), Daniel Carvajal (Spain/Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Italy/Juventus), Dani Alves (Brazil/FC Barcelona/Juventus), David Luiz (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain/Chelsea), Diego Godín (Uruguay/Atlético de Madrid), Mats Hummels (Germany/Borussia Dortmund/Bayern de Múnich), Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern de Múnich), Marcelo (Brazil/Real Madrid), Javier Mascherano (Argentina/FC Barcelona), Pepe (Portugal/Real Madrid), Gerard Piqué (Spain/FC Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid), Thiago Silva (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain) y Raphaël Varane (France/Real Madrid).

MIDFIELDERS 

Xabi Alonso (Spain/Bayern de Múnich), Sergio Busquets (Spain/FC Barcelona), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City), Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea), Andrés Iniesta (Spain/FC Barcelona), N’Golo Kanté (France/Leicester City/Chelsea) Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid), Luka Modrić (Croatia/Real Madrid), Mesut Özil (Germany/Arsenal), Dimitri Payet (France/West Ham United), Paul Pogba (France/Juventus/Manchester United), Ivan Rakitić (Croatia/FC Barcelona), David Silva (Spain/Manchester City), Marco Verratti (Italy/Paris Saint-Germain) and Arturo Vidal (Chile/Bayern de Múnich).

FORWARDS

Sergio Agüero (Argentina/Manchester City), Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid), Karim Benzema (Francw/Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid), Paulo Dybala (Argentina/Juventus), Antoine Griezmann (France/Atlético de Madrid), Gonzalo Higuaín (Argentina/Napoli/Juventus), Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden/Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester United), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern de Múnich), Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona), Thomas Müller (Germany/Bayern de Múnich), Neymar (Brazil/FC Barcelona), Alexis Sánchez (Chile/Arsenal), Luis Suárez (Uruguay/FC Barcelona) and Jamie Vardy (England/Leicester City).

The FIFA FIFPro World11 will be announced on Jan. 9, 2017 at The Best FIFA Football Awards™ in Zurich.