Facebook Football Awards

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

Logo created by Facebook for the awards.

Winners in 2015

Awards were issued only to the Premier League in 2015.

Premier League

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

Winners in 2016

La Liga

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 Goal: James Rodríguez[4]
Best Manager: Diego Simeone
Best Supporters: The supporters of Real Madrid[4]

Premier League

Player of the Year: Riyad Mahrez[5]
Young Player of the Year: Anthony Martial[6]
Manager of the Year: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
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 [7]

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Smalling

Huth

Bellerín

Alderweireld

Payet

Mahrez

Alli

Kane

Vardy

Agüero

Team of the Year 2016[7]

Position	Player	National team	Club
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

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

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References

https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/facebook-football-awards
"The other side of the MARCA Football Awards - MARCA English".
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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

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[1] ttps://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/facebook-football-awards

[2] "The other side of the MARCA Football Awards - MARCA English".

[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.

[RMA-4] "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] 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.

[6] 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.

[PL-7] 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.