So for the third year consecutively, Messi manages to score his own and win the notorious Ballon d’Or, which makes him officially the World’s Best Footballer.
Continue reading “Messi Helps FC Barcelona make History – again!”Category: Football Awards
Pep Guardiola : best coach of 2011
Right before Leo Messi was given the FIFA Ballon d’or for the 3rd consecutive time, Pep Guardiola, FC Barcelona‘s head coach, was named “World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football”, ahead of Manchester United’s Alex Ferguson, and Real Madrid’s Jose Mourinho.
Continue reading “Pep Guardiola : best coach of 2011”FIFA World XI: 5 FC Barcelona players in the best team of 2011
Over 50,000 professional football players have submitted their votes for the FIFA/FIFPro World XI, designating the best current player at each position : Every voting player selected 1 goalkeeper, 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 forwards.
Continue reading “FIFA World XI: 5 FC Barcelona players in the best team of 2011”Messi leads the top of the Euro shortlist
A panel of fifty-three European journalists will vote to decide the top 10 and will vote again live on the day to determine the winner.
We at footballticketsbarcelona.com think it will go like this (but we are biased). Messi deserves the top spot after an incredible scoring season for the record books.
Xavi, Iniesta and Ronaldo all had unbelievable ventures as well. But La Pulga, Lionel Andrés Messi, is at the top of the Football World at the moment.
1 Lionel Messi
2 Xavi
3 Cristiano Ronaldo
4 Andres Iniesta
5 Falcao
6 Wayne Rooney
7 Nemanja Vidic
8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
9. Gerard Pique
10 Manuel Neuer
FC Barcelona has been voted the best club in the world
The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has voted FC Barcelona the best football club in football history.
Continue reading “FC Barcelona has been voted the best club in the world”Leo Messi is Ballon d’or 2009
The 2009 Ballon d’or is Blaugrana. Lionel Messi has been voted ballon d’or by the French magazine “France Football”. This trophy is an achievement for the fantastic year for all FC Barcelona player… He is the first FC Barcelona player to win it since Ronaldinho in 2005.
Lionel Messi in 2009:
- Spanish League: 31 games – 23 goals
- Champions League: 12 games – 9 goals
- Spanish League Winner
- Champions League Winner
- Spanish Cup Winner
- Spanish Super Cup Winner
- European Super Cup Winner
The classification:
- Lionel Messi – FC Barcelona : 473 pts
- Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United and Real Madrid : 233 pts
- Xavi – FC Barcelona : 170 pts
- Iniesta – FC Barcelona : 149 pts
- Samuel Eto’o – FC Barcelona and Inter Milan : 75 pts
- Kaka – Milan AC and Real Madrid : 58 pts
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Inter Milan and FC Barcelona : 50 pts
- Wayne Rooney – Manchester United : 35 pts
- Didier Drogba – Chelsea: 33 pts
- Steven Gerrard – Liverpool : 32 pts
Spanish League classification – 2008-2009 season
Spanish League Champion: FC Barcelona
Qualified for the Champions League :
- FC Barcelona
- Real Madrid
Qualified for the preliminary round of the Champions League :
- FC Sevilla
- Atletico Madrid
Qualified for the Europa cup (UEFA cup) :
- Villareal
- FC Valencia
Relegated in 2nd division :
- Recreativo Huelva
- C.D. Numancia
- Osasuna
Best offense: FC Barcelona with 105 goals
Best defence: FC Barcelona with 35 goals
Pichichi ranking :
- Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid) : 32 goals
- Samuel Eto’o (FC Barcelona : 30 goals
- David Villa (FC Valencia) : 28 goals
- Leo Messi (FC Barcelona) : 23 goals
- Gonzalo Higuain Real Madrid) : 21 goals
- Thierry Henry (FC Barcelona) : 19 goals
- Alvaro Sanchez Negredo ( Almeria) : 19 goals
- Frédéric Kanouté (FC Sevilla) : 18 goals
- Raul (Real Madrid) : 18 goals
- Sergio Agüero (Atletico Madrid) : 17 goals