Manchester City and Liverpool account for 17 of the 55 players on the FIFA TOTY shortlist. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo made the cut.
Liverpool lead the way with 10 nominations for the EA Sports FIFA Team of the Year.
FIFA players will take part in a fan vote to select their best XI from 2019 and there are almost a full team of Liverpool stars to choose from among the 55-man shortlist.
Goalkeeper Alisson is joined by full-backs, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson, along with Ballon d’Or runner-up Virgil van Dijk. Klopp’s first-choice midfield trio of Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum and captain Jordan Henderson are joined by formidable from three Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.
It is a tale of dominance for the Premier League’s top two in 2018-19 as England’s domestic treble-winners Manchester City are represented by seven players – Ederson, Aymeric Laporte, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero.
Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are all present, but there is no place for the latter’s Barcelona team-mate Antoine Griezmann or Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba.
Neymar is joined by four of his Paris Saint-Germain team-mates, while Borussia Dortmund surprisingly outstrip Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich. BVB trio Jadon Sancho, Marco Reus and Mats Hummels are in the mix along with Robert Lewandowski and Joshua Kimmich.
Andre Onana, Nicolas Tagliafico, Hakim Ziyech and Dusan Tadic make up the Ajax contingent, while the now departed De Jong and De Ligt were, of course, a key factor in their domestic double and progress to the semi-finals of Europe’s top competition.
De Ligt and Ronaldo are the Juventus nominees alongside Paulo Dybala, Alex Sandro and Leonardo Bonucci.
EA Sports’ 55-man shortlist for the FIFA Team of the Year in full:
Attackers
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Sergio Agüero, Karim Benzema, Roberto Firmino, Eden Hazard, Harry Kane, Robert Lewandowski, Sadio Mané, Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Neymar Jr, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah, Bernardo Silva, Heung-Min Son and Raheem Sterling.
Midfielders
Kevin De Bruyne, Paulo Dybala, Christian Eriksen, Fabinho, Kai Havertz, Jordan Henderson, Frenkie de Jong, N’Golo Kanté, Luka Modric, Marco Reus, Jadon Sancho, David Silva, Dušan Tadić, Marco Verratti, Georginio Wijnaldum and Hakim Ziyech.
Defenders
Jordi Alba, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Leonardo Bonucci, José María Giménez, Mats Hummels, Joshua Kimmich, Kalidou Koulibaly, Aymeric Laporte, Matthijs de Ligt, Marquinhos, Sergio Ramos, Andrew Robertson, Alex Sandro, Thiago Silva, Milan Škriniar, Nicolás Tagliafico, Virgil van Dijk and Jan Vertonghen.
Goalkeepers
Alisson – Liverpool, Ederson – Manchester City, Jan Oblak – Atlético de Madrid, André Onana – Ajax and Marc-André ter Stegen – FC Barcelona.
