Barcelona, Juventus and Bayern Munich dominate UEFA TOTY poll

The 40 candidates for UEFA.com users' Team of the Year 2015 poll have been announced, with 14 players from Barcelona and Juventus among the selection.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who topped the polling with 623,046 individual votes last season, is one of four Real Madrid players available for selection along with Sergio Ramos, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale, but the list is dominated by last year's Champions League finalists.

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European champions Barcelona have eight candidates -- Gerard Pique, Dani Alves, Javier Mascherano, Ivan Rakitic, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.

Beaten finalists Juventus have six on the list, including the youngest nominee, Paul Pogba, and the oldest, Gianluigi Buffon, as well as defenders Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini, midfielder Claudio Marchisio and forward Alvaro Morata.

Arturo Vidal, who left Juve for Bayern Munich in the summer, is also included.

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In addition to Vidal, Bayern have Manuel Neuer, David Alaba, Jerome Boateng, Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller on the list.

There are three representatives from last season's Europa League final, with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk keeper Denys Boyko and Sevilla midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak joined by Yevhen Konoplyanka, who moved from the former to the latter in the summer.

The Premier League contributes five players: Chelsea's Eden Hazard, Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, and Manchester City trio Joe Hart, Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero.

De Bruyne was part of the Wolfsburg side that reached last season's Europa League quarterfinals.