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