- FIFA and FIFPRO reveal Women's World 11 at The Best FIFA Football Awards in London, England
- The World 11 is the only global player award decided exclusively by professional footballers
- Spain and England stars dominate Women’s World 11 line-up
The FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11 has been revealed at The Best FIFA Football Awards in London, England after over 6,000 women's football players voted for their global team of the year.
Two of Spain’s Women’s World Cup-winning heroes – Aitana Bonmati and Olga Carmona – made it into the Women’s World 11 for the first time. They were joined in the team of the year by seven England internationals: Mary Earps, Alex Greenwood, Lucy Bronze, Ella Toone, Keira Walsh, Alessia Russo and Lauren James.
Since 2015, FIFPRO has invited women's football players to choose their World 11. It is the only global player award decided exclusively by footballers.
FIFPRO and FIFA congratulate the following winners:
2023 FIFA FIFPRO WOMEN’S WORLD 11
Goalkeeper
Mary Earps (Manchester United, England)
Defenders
Lucy Bronze (Barcelona, England)
Olga Carmona (Real Madrid, Spain)
Alex Greenwood (Manchester City, England)
Midfielders
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain)
Ella Toone (Manchester United, England)
Keira Walsh (Barcelona, England)
Forwards
Lauren James (Chelsea, England)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea, Australia)
Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave, USA)
Alessia Russo (Manchester United/Arsenal, England)
How did the voting work?
The 2023 FIFA FIFPRO World 11 was voted for by professional footballers from 69 countries. FIFPRO and affiliated player unions distributed unique links that gave players access to a digital voting platform.
Women’s football players were asked to vote for their peers based on their performances from 1 August 2022 to 20 August 2023 inclusive. Players in the World 11 must have appeared in at least 25 official matches during that period.
Footballers picked the three players who, in their opinion, were the most outstanding in each of the following positions: goalkeeper, defence, midfield and forward.
The goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfielders and three forwards with the most votes in their position made it into the World 11. The 11th spot was assigned to the outfield player with the next highest number of votes.
Players were free to choose any of their peers. The voting tool contained a suggestion list, but players were allowed to add other names if they were not mentioned on that list.
