Facebook Football Awards

Logo created by Facebook for the awards.

The Facebook Football Awards[1] is an awards which is only for the English Premier League. Which was announced in April 2015. In 2016, it was announced for various leagues around Europe. It is associated with Facebook, with La Liga awards associated with MARCA.[2]

## Winners in 2015[edit]

Awards were issued only to the Premier League in 2015.

### Premier League[edit]

* Player of the Year: Alexis Sánchez[3]
* Manager of the Year: Arsène Wenger

## Winners in 2016[edit]

### La Liga[edit]

* Player of the Year: Cristiano Ronaldo[4]
* Best Striker: Cristiano Ronaldo[4]
* Best Defender: Marcelo[4]
* Best Midfielder: Luka Modrić[4]
* Best Goalkeeper: Keylor Navas[4]
* Best Breakthrough: Cedric Bakambu[5]
* Best Goal: James Rodríguez[4]
* Best Manager: Diego Simeone
* Best Supporters: The supporters of Real Madrid[4]

### Premier League[edit]

* Player of the Year: Riyad Mahrez[6]
* Young Player of the Year: Anthony Martial[7]
* Manager of the Year: Claudio Ranieri
* Team of the Year: Three Leicester City and three Tottenham Hotspur players was included in team of the year. Manchester United were also represented with two players, as well as one apiece from Arsenal, West Ham United and Manchester City[8]

De Gea

Smalling

Huth

Bellerín

Alderweireld

Payet

Mahrez

Alli

Kane

Vardy

Agüero

Team of the Year 2016[8]

Position | Player | National team | Club

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GK | David de Gea |  Spain |  Manchester United
DF | Héctor Bellerín |  Spain |  Arsenal
DF | Chris Smalling |  England |  Manchester United
DF | Robert Huth |  Germany |  Leicester City
DF | Toby Alderweireld |  Belgium |  Tottenham Hotspur
MF | Riyad Mahrez |  Algeria |  Leicester City
MF | Dele Alli |  England |  Tottenham Hotspur
MF | Dimitri Payet |  France |  West Ham
FW | Jamie Vardy |  England |  Leicester City
FW | Harry Kane |  England |  Tottenham Hotspur
FW | Agüero |  Argentina |  Manchester City

### Bundesliga[edit]

* Player of the Year: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
* New Comer of the Year: Julian Weigl
* Best Manager: Pep Guardiola

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Facebook Football Awards - News, views, gossip, pictures, video - the Mirror". Daily Mirror.
2. ^ "The other side of the MARCA Football Awards - MARCA English". 13 May 2016.
3. ^ Mewis, Joe (26 May 2015). "Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez wins Player of the Year at the inaugural Facebook Football Awards". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
4. ^ a b c d e f g "Five madridistas pick up prizes at the Facebook Football Awards". realmadrid.com. Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016. "Ronaldo (best striker and best player), James (best goal), Modric (best midfielder), Marcelo (best defender) and Navas (best goalkeeper) were the winners at the ceremony which took place at Facebook's offices in Madrid. The Real Madrid fans were also chosen as the best supporters in La Liga."
5. ^ Rédaction (2016-05-15). "Bakambu révélation de l'année au Facebook Football Awards". LEOPARDSFOOT (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-06.
6. ^ Richards, Alex (9 May 2016). "Facebook Football Awards: Riyad Mahrez beats teammate Jamie Vardy to player of the year award". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
7. ^ Richards, Alex (9 May 2016). "Facebook Football Awards: Manchester United's Anthony Martial wins young player of the year". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
8. ^ a b Richards, Alex (9 May 2016). "Facebook Football Awards: Three Leicester and three Tottenham players included in team of the year". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Facebook Media
* Official results by Marca

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