UEFA Team of the Year announced: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar in exciting XI

ByChris Wheatley

Updated 08/01/2016 at 11:56 GMT

Players from Barcelona and Real Madrid took eight of the 11 places in a 2015 Team of the Year voted for by fans on UEFA's official website.

In similar fashion to previous years, Spain's top two clubs dominated the list with 2015 Champions League winners Barcelona having five players featured.

Lionel Messi received the most votes (448,445), while Bayern Munich's David Alaba followed in second place with an impressive 433,244 votes.

The 40-man shortlist originally included five players from the Premier League, including Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez and Manchester City's Sergio Aguero, although neither of them made it onto the final list.

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