Three French World champions were selected by their peers for the 2018 FIFA FIFPRO World 11. And finally, the first Belgium player received a World 11 award.

The World 11 went to Spain: all eleven footballers who were elected for the 2012 FIFPRO World 11 played at a Spanish Liga club.

The fifth edition of the World 11 was celebrated in Zurich, as FIFA joined FIFPRO in celebrating the most outstanding eleven players on the planet. For the first time in World 11 history, all players appeared on the same stage.

Three German world champions and four new faces appeared on stage for the 2014 FIFPRO World 11.

Ten years after winning his previous trophy, Gianluigi Buffon returns to the FIFPRO World 11. His countryman and former teammate Leonardo Bonucci was the only debutant in the 2017 World 11.

Luis Suarez was the new face in the 2016 FIFPRO World 11 and Manuel Neuer was the only player who was not from Barcelona or Real Madrid.

Barcelona and Real Madrid tightened their grip on the FIFPRO World 11. In 2011, only two players did not play for these Spanish teams: Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic.

It was a night to remember: the premiere of the FIFPRO Women's World 11, which also marked the first appearance of four players in the Men's World 11.

A total of 26,364 professional footballers from 68 countries decided on their 2015 FIFPRO World 11, which included four players from Spanish rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Collecting five awards, players from Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain managed to win back a few places in the 2013 FIFA FIFPRO World 11 that were previously held by their peers at Spanish clubs.

The 2007-2008 FIFPRO World 11 marked the end of one era and the beginning of another. As Italian, French and Brazilian players dominated the World 11 in its early years, Spanish players started taking over their reigns.

The second edition of the FIFPRO World 11 was dominated by players from Italy and France, the two countries that faced each other in the 2006 World Cup final.