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MUNICH, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 29: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE - MINIMUM FEE OF 50.00 EUR OR LOCAL EQUIVALENT) FC Bayern Muenchen FIFA Ballon d'Or nominees (L-R) Bastian Schweinsteiger, Franck Ribery, Thomas Mueller, Philipp Lahm, Manuel Neuer and Arjen Robben pose with their 4 trophies at Saebener Strasse on November 29, 2013 in Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich's fantastic season 2012/2013 with the triumphs in the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Supercup, the Bundesliga championship and the DFB Cup is reflected in the Nominations for the World's Best Player of the Year award 2013. The list of 23 candidates which will later be reduced to three finalists features an astonishing six FC Bayern Munich players: in this photo Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany's Player of the Year 2013), Thomas Mueller, Franck Ribery (Europe's Best Player 2013), Philipp Lahm, Manuel Neuer and Arjen Robben are posing with the trophies they won in Bayern's successful year 2013. Six nominated players for the Ballon d'Or mark a further record for Bayern Munich in 2013. The World Player of the Year will be announced and honoured on January 13th in Zurich. (Photo by A. Pretty/FC Bayern via Getty Images)

MUNICH, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 29: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE - MINIMUM FEE OF 50.00 EUR OR LOCAL EQUIVALENT) FC Bayern Muenchen FIFA Ballon d'Or nominees (L-R) Bastian Schweinsteiger, Franck Ribery, Thomas Mueller, Philipp Lahm, Manuel Neuer and Arjen Robben pose with their 4 trophies at Saebener Strasse on November 29, 2013 in Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich's fantastic season 2012/2013 with the triumphs in the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Supercup, the Bundesliga championship and the DFB Cup is reflected in the Nominations for the World's Best Player of the Year award 2013.  The list of 23 candidates which will later be reduced to three finalists features an astonishing six FC Bayern Munich players: in this photo Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany's Player of the Year 2013), Thomas Mueller, Franck Ribery (Europe's Best Player 2013), Philipp Lahm, Manuel Neuer and Arjen Robben are posing with the trophies they won in Bayern's successful year 2013. Six nominated players for the Ballon d'Or mark a further record for Bayern Munich in 2013. The World Player of the Year will be announced and honoured on January 13th in Zurich. (Photo by A. Pretty/FC Bayern via Getty Images)