Four Real Madrid players, three from Barcelona, and one from Atletico Madrid were chosen for a spot in UEFA's 2016 team of the year, yet it was defender Sergio Ramos who stole the show.
Receiving the most votes, more than 488,000 total, Ramos beat out Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who received the second and third highest amounts respectively.

The starting XI would be as follows:

Gianluigi Buffon, Sergio Ramos, Leonardo Bonucci, Jerome Boateng, Gerard Pique, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann and Cristiano Ronaldo.