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Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Gianluigi Buffon and fifteen others have been included in the 2016/17 Champions League squad of the season.

Real Madrid has eight players in the 18-man squad published on UEFA’s website on Monday.

The technical observers, who compiled the list, include Sir Alex Ferguson, Ryan Giggs, Mircea Lucescu, Fabio Capello, Roy Hodgson, Peter Rudbæk, Mixu Paatelainen, Ginés Meléndez, Thomas Schaaf and Ioan Lupescu.

The Champions League squad of the season in full:

Goalkeepers

Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)

Jan Oblak (Atlético)

Defenders:

Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)

Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)

Marcelo (Real Madrid)

Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

Diego Godin (Atlético)

Midfielders

Casemiro (Real Madrid)

Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)

Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Isco (Real Madrid)

Miralem Pjanic (Juventus)

Tiemoue Bakayoko (Monaco)

Forwards

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Antoine Griezmann (Atlético)

Kylian Mbappe (Monaco)

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern)