The full list of eleven players making the 2026 FIFPRO Women\u2019s World XI has been released, with England and Spain nationals dominating the line-up.\n<\/p>\n
According to a post released by the award body via its X handle on Monday, FIFPRO noted that the list was chosen by 6,511 professional women\u2019s footballers worldwide.\n<\/p>\n
The FIFPRO World XI is unique among major individual football awards because it is voted for exclusively by professional players, who select the team based on the performances of their peers.\n<\/p>\n
In goal is Chelsea and England\u2019s Hannah Hampton.<\/p>\n
The defence line featured two English and Spanish players each, with Lucy Bronze, Alex Greenwood, Mapi Leon and Irene Paredes making the cut.\n<\/p>\n
The midfield features a three-man setup, with Barcelona duo and three-time Ballon d\u2019Or winners \u2014 Aitana Bonmat\u00ed and Alexia Putellas, alongside Ella Toone.<\/p>\n
Leading the attack line is Zambian player and the only African on the list, Barbra Banda. She was joined by Claudia Pina and
Alessia Russo.<\/p>\n
Banda has now earned three consecutive FIFPRO Women\u2019s World XI selections, becoming the first African woman to achieve this feat. She remains the most-selected African woman in the team\u2019s history.\n<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, England) <\/p>\n Defenders<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n Lucy Bronze (Chelsea, England) Midfielders<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain) Forwards<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride, Zambia) According to information obtained from its website, \u201cprofessional footballers cast their votes through a secure digital platform shared by FIFPRO and its affiliated player unions.\u201d\n<\/p>\n The award body stated that for the women\u2019s category, \u201cplayers were judged on performances between August 4, 2025 and August 16, 2026, inclusive, with a minimum of 20 official appearances required.\n<\/p>\n \u201cEach voter selected the three footballers they believed performed best in each position: goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and forward.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfielders and three forwards with the most votes in their respective positions earned a place in the World 11. The final spot went to the remaining outfield player with the highest number of votes.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Source: <\/p>\n The full list of eleven players making the 2026 FIFPRO Women\u2019s World XI has been released, with England and Spain nationals dominating the line-up. According to a post released by… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Alex Greenwood (Manchester City, England)
Mapi Leon (Barcelona\/London City Lionesses, Spain)
Irene Paredes (Barcelona, Spain)\n<\/p>\n
Alexia Putellas (Barcelona\/London City Lionesses, Spain) BALLON
Ella Toone (Manchester United, England)<\/p>\n
Claudia Pina (Barcelona, Spain)
Alessia Russo (Arsenal, England)\n<\/p>\nHow did the voting work?<\/h3>\n