- VOTING PROCEDURE
VOTING PROCEDURE
FIFPro World XI voting procedure

27 May 2009: The Champions League final rounds off the 2008-09 season.

October: 55,000 voting slips are sent from the FIFPro headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, to the 44 affiliated national unions, which will then distribute them to the clubs.

| Click to Enlarge | Thousands of professional footballers around the world vote for the best 11 players in the world.
15 November: the last day for submission of votes.


1-15 November: The votes are counted at the FIFPro headquarters.

20 Novemer: the 55 nominees were announced in Budapest

21 December: the 11 players of the FIFPro World XI are presented at the FIFA World Player Gala in Zurich.