The Ballon d'Or Dream Team is an all-time
all-star
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team published by ''
France Football
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'' on 14 December 2020 after conducting an internet poll of fans to select a football dream team starting from October 2020.
The final team was selected by 140 ''France Football'' correspondents around the world.
A second and a third team were also published.
Nominations
The nominations were announced from 5 October 2020 through 19 October 2020. The winners were revealed on 14 December 2020 and lined up in a
3–4–3 formation.
Brazil
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was the country with the highest number of nominated players (20 athletes), ahead of
Italy
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(16),
Germany
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(13),
Netherlands
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(12),
Spain
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(8),
England
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and
France
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(7).
Goalkeepers

The nominations for the goalkeepers were announced on 5 October 2020.
Right-backs

The nominations for the right-backs were announced on 5 October 2020.
Centre-backs
The nominations for the centre-backs were announced on 5 October 2020.
Left-backs
The nominations for the left-backs were announced on 5 October 2020.
Defensive midfielders/Centre midfielders
The nominations for the defensive midfielders were announced on 12 October 2020.
Attacking midfielders/Inside Forwards
The nominations for the offensive midfielders were announced on 12 October 2020.
Right wingers
The nominations for the right wingers were announced on 19 October 2020.
Centre-forward
The nominations for the center-forward were announced on 19 October 2020.
Left wingers
The nominations for the left wingers were announced on 19 October 2020.
Selected teams
First Team
Second Team
Third Team
Notes
See also
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Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or (; ) is an annual association football, football award presented by French magazine ''France Football'' since 1956 Ballon d'Or, 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season.
Conceived ...
References
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