title: Facebook Football Awards
text: # Facebook Football Awards
  
  The Facebook Football Awards is an awards which is only for the English Premier League. Which was announced in April 2015. In 2016, it was announced for various leagues around Europe. It is associated with Facebook, with La Liga awards associated with MARCA.
  
  ## Winners in 2015
  
  Awards were issued only to the Premier League in 2015.
  
  ### Premier League
  
  * Player of the Year: Alexis Sánchez
  * Manager of the Year: Arsène Wenger
  
  ## Winners in 2016
  
  ### La Liga
  
  * Player of the Year: Cristiano Ronaldo
  * Best Striker: Cristiano Ronaldo
  * Best Defender: Marcelo
  * Best Midfielder: Luka Modrić
  * Best Goalkeeper: Keylor Navas
  * Best Breakthrough: Cedric Bakambu
  * Best Goal: James Rodríguez
  * Best Manager: Diego Simeone
  * Best Supporters: The supporters of Real Madrid
  
  ### Premier League
  
  * Player of the Year: Riyad Mahrez
  * Young Player of the Year: Anthony Martial
  * Manager of the Year: Claudio Ranieri
  * 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
  
  | Position | Player | National team | Club |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | GK | David de Gea | Spain | Manchester United |
  | DF | Héctor Bellerín | Spain | Arsenal |
  | DF | Chris Smalling | England | Manchester United |
  | DF | Robert Huth | Germany | Leicester City |
  | DF | Toby Alderweireld | Belgium | Tottenham Hotspur |
  | MF | Riyad Mahrez | Algeria | Leicester City |
  | MF | Dele Alli | England | Tottenham Hotspur |
  | MF | Dimitri Payet | France | West Ham |
  | FW | Jamie Vardy | England | Leicester City |
  | FW | Harry Kane | England | Tottenham Hotspur |
  | FW | Agüero | Argentina | Manchester City |
  
  ### Bundesliga
  
  * Player of the Year: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
  * New Comer of the Year: Julian Weigl
  * Best Manager: Pep Guardiola
  