Messi Ronaldo in UEFA Fans' Team of the Year, Neymar misses out again
Despite becoming the world's most expensive player when he moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain and thriving in Ligue 1, Neymar did not make the cut.
Instead, Eden Hazard of Chelsea is the third member of an attacking trident in a team dominated by Real Madrid stars after Zinedine Zidane's men retained the Champions League and beat Barca to winning LaLiga last year.
Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric join Ronaldo in the team, while Messi is the only Barcelona player to feature.
Although Neymar did not receive enough votes to make the team, his Brazil and PSG team-mate Dani Alves is in, with veteran Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon - included for the fifth time - joined by his Juventus colleague Giorgio Chiellini.
Hazard is one of just two Premier League representatives included - both of whom are in the team for the first time - with Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne earning a place for his dazzling form.
The total number of 8,779,639 votes for the 2017 UEFA Fans' Team of the Year is a record, with 798,149 unique users taking part.
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UEFA.com Fans' Team of the Year 2017 in full:
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus Italy); Dani Alves (Juventus/Paris Saint-Germain Brazil), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid Spain), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus Italy), Marcelo (Real Madrid Brazil); Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City Belgium, Toni Kroos (Real Madrid Germany), Luka Modric (Real Madrid Croatia); Eden Hazard (Chelsea Belgium; Lionel Messi (Barcelona Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid Portugal).