UEFA named a 40-man list for the 2016 Team of the Year, encouraging fans to select their favourites online from a group that includes 12 Premier League nominees as well as La Liga stars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar and Andres Iniesta.
No Premier League players made the Team of the Year shortlist last season after just five were included among the original 40. This year's 40 are made up of four goalkeepers, 12 defenders, 12 midfielders and 12 forwards.
The 2016 list for fan voting features Joe Allen of Stoke City as well as players from Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Manchester United, Leicester City, West Ham and Manchester City.
Arsenal have the most included from any Premier League club, including defender Laurent Koscielny, midfielder Aaron Ramsey and forward Alexis Sanchez.
Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are the only two Manchester United players on the shortlist while Manchester City's featured players are Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero.
Real Madrid players Keylor Navas, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Dani Carvajal, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Gareth Bale and Ronaldo were all included.
Gerard Pique, Iniesta, Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez were named from Barcelona.
In terms of the 18 different nationalities represented, France and Spain both have five players nominated, while there are four from European champions Portugal.
No English players are among the 40 nominations for UEFA's Team of the Year poll, though three Welshman made the cut in Allen, Bale and Ramsey.
Complete list:
Goalkeepers: Rui Patricio (Sporting), Keylor Navas (Real Madrid), Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus).
Defenders: Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), Pepe (Real Madrid), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid), Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid, Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich).
Midfielders: Dimitri Payet (West Ham), Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), Paul Pogba (Man United), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester), Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), Joe Allen (Stoke City), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Toni Kroos, (Real Madrid), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), N'Golo Kante (Chelsea), Grzegorz Krychowiak (PSG).
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Luis Suarez (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Man United), Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus) Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund), Neymar (Barcelona), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal), Sergio Aguero (Man City).